Peru has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1967, when it became the fourth Western Hemisphere country to enter the Oscar Foreign Film race, after Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.
As of 2026, Peru was nominated only once, for The Milk of Sorrow (2009).
Submissions The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1956. The International Feature Film Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award.
Francisco José Lombardi had six films selected as the country official entry, the most by any filmmaker, while Armando Robles Godoy had three films submitted. Claudia Llosa was the first female filmmaker to have a film selected, and her film The Milk of Sorrow (2009) was the country first and only nomination.
Most of the films submitted are primary in Spanish, Quechua, or Aymara. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Peru for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony. Year(Ceremony) Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director Result 1967(40th) No Stars in the Jungle En la selva no hay estrellas Spanish Armando Robles Godoy 1969(42nd) The Green Wall La muralla verde 1972(45th) Mirage Espejismo 1983(56th) Maruja in Hell Maruja en el infierno Francisco José Lombardi 1985(58th) The City and the Dogs La ciudad y los perros 1988(61st) The Mouth of the Wolf La boca del loboSpanish, Quechua 1990(63rd) Fallen from Heaven Caídos del cielo Spanish 1991(64th) Alias 'La Gringa' Alberto Durant 1993(66th) Report on Death Reportaje a la muerte Danny Gavidia 1994(67th) Without Compassion Sin compasión Francisco José Lombardi 1999(72nd) Captain Pantoja and the Special Services Pantaleón y las visitadoras 2003(76th) Paper Dove Paloma de papel Fabrizio Aguilar 2005(78th) Days of Santiago Días de Santiago Josué Méndez 2006(79th) Madeinusa Spanish, Quechua Claudia Llosa 2007(80th) Crossing a Shadow Una sombra al frente Spanish Augusto Tamayo 2009(82nd) The Milk of Sorrow La teta asustada Spanish, Quechua Claudia Llosa 2010(83rd) Undertow Contracorriente Spanish Javier Fuentes-León 2011(84th) October Octubre Daniel Vega Vidal and Diego Vega Vidal 2012(85th) The Bad Intentions Las malas intenciones Rosario Garcia-Montero 2013(86th) The Cleaner El limpiador Adrián Saba 2014(87th) The Gospel of the Flesh El evangelio de la carne Eduardo Mendoza de Echave 2015(88th) NN NN: Sin identidad Héctor Gálvez 2016(89th) Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes) Videofilia: y otros síndromes viralesSpanish, English Juan Daniel F. Molero 2017(90th) Rosa ChumbeSpanish Jonatan Relayze 2018(91st) Eternity Wiñaypacha Aymara Óscar Catacora 2019(92nd) Retablo Quechua Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio 2020(93rd) Song Without a Name Canción sin nombre Spanish, Quechua Melina León 2021(94th) Powerful Chief Manco Cápac Henry Vallejo 2022(95th) Moon Heart El corazón de la luna No dialogue Aldo Salvini 2023(96th) The Erection of Toribio Bardelli La erección de Toribio Bardelli Spanish Adrián Saba 2024(97th) Yana-Wara Aymara Óscar Catacora and Tito Catacora 2025(98th) Kinra Quechua, Spanish Marco Panatonic 2026(99th)Night Has ComeVino la nocheSpanishPaolo Tizón
Shortlisted Films Since 2011, Peru has occasionally announced a list of finalists or eligible films that varies in number over the years (from 3 to 11 films) before announcing its official Oscar nominee. The following films have been preselected by the Ministry of Culture. YearFilms2011The Inca, The Silly Girl, and the Son of a Thief · The Last Chanka Warrior · The Vigil2012El Buen Pedro · Dark Heaven · The Illusionauts · Lars and the Mystery of the Portal · Reshinn, Blood of Anaconda2014Guard Dog · El mudo · Trip to Timbuktu · Viejos amigos2022Indigenous' Slayer · The Invisible Girl · Long Distance · Operation Condor · Un romance singular · The Shape of Things to Come · Willaq Pirqa, the Cinema of My Village2023How to Deal With a Heartbreak · Queens Without a Crown2024The Four Altars · The Inheritance of Flora · Islandia · The Last Laugh · Lima Is Burning · The Most Feared Skin · Redemption · Reinaldo Cutipa · Reinas · Viejas amigas2025Ashes, the Movie · Mistura · Nanito · Quadrilateral · Zafari
See also
List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Feature Film List of Academy Award–winning foreign-language films
Notes
References
External links The Official Academy Awards Database The Motion Picture Credits Database IMDb Academy Awards Page