Héctor Gálvez

Directing

Héctor Gálvez

Screenwriter and film director. His films have been shown at festivals such as Venice, Rotterdam, Toulouse, BAFICI, Cartagena, IDFA. Co-scriptwriter of the film “Retablo”, premiered at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival and finalist at the Independent Spirit Award, as well as winner of the BAFTA award for best foreign film. She has also dabbled in theater, writing and directing “La hija de Marcial.”

Known For

RetabloRetablo · 2018
Retablo
★ 7.42018
MovieDrama
Segundo sees silence as his only option for dealing with his father Noé’s secret. The 14-year-old lives with his parents in a village high up in the mountains. Noé is a respected artisan and Segundo’s role model. With loving eye for detail, he artfully crafts altarpieces for church and homes, and is preparing his son to follow in his footsteps. But cracks form in their tight bond.
NNNN · 2014
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★ 7.32014
MovieDrama
The remains of a male body that disappeared during the years of political violence have been exhumed, but nobody claims them. Now the only clue to his identify is the picture of a smiling girl found in his shirt pocket. Only a blurred photograph, a snapshot of a time and a memory…
Pacificum: Return to the OceanPacificum: Return to the Ocean · 2017
Pacificum: Return to the Ocean
★ 4.92017
MovieDocumentary
Documentary that studies the history, development, fauna and flora of the Peruvian coast.
Classroom 8Classroom 8 · 2023
Classroom 8
2023
MovieDocumentary
From his modest apartment in Lima, a teacher gives virtual classes, seeking to reflect with his young students with low socio-economic backgrounds on racism, politics and inequality: issues that resonate in an increasingly fractured country.
I'll wait until they call my nameI'll wait until they call my name · 2021
I'll wait until they call my name
2021
MovieDocumentary
A theatrical work that talks about the disappeared in the years of political violence in Peru, is taken to present Andean communities. In each place of presentation, the fiction will be confronted with reality.
ChicamaChicama · 2013
Chicama
★ 5.72013
Movie
Chicama tells the story of César a recent graduate of a teacher's college who has a hard time getting a job, so he accepts a position in a rural school in small mountain town.
LucanamarcaLucanamarca · 2008
Lucanamarca
★ 5.02008
MovieDocumentary
Santiago de Lucanamarca, a remote farming community in the Peruvian Andes, is shaken by the presence of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. They have come to open the tombs of the 69 people who died in the massacre of April 3, 1983. Twenty years later there is a chance to close old wounds, but distrust can also be felt in the streets of the town. Aren't we all Peruvians? asks one of the people affected. The history of Lucanamarca shows us how elusive justice can be.
Ramón and RamónRamón and Ramón · 2025
Ramón and Ramón
★ 6.82025
MovieDrama
During the COVID-19 lockdown in Lima, Ramón, a gay man in his thirties, receives the ashes of his estranged father. Unable to hold a funeral, he sets out to return the remains to his father’s native village of Mito. Along the way, he meets Mateo, a striking traveler grounded by the pandemic. Despite curfews, masks, and distancing, an unexpected bond forms. They dance, laugh, and grow attuned to each other’s presence, their closeness charged with quiet intimacy and unspoken possibility. As they journey into the Andean highlands, Ramón is drawn not only to Mateo but also to a deeper confrontation with grief, memory, and the hope of healing.

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