Directing
Javier Izquierdo
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Barajas · 2021Barajas
★ 2.02021
MovieDocumentary
Explores the tragic death of Angel Rama, Marta Traba, Manuel Scorza and Jorge Ibargüengoitia on an airplane crash near Madrid in 1983. Through the biographies of these four authors –each one from a different part of Latin America- the film explores this continent´s history in the second half of the 20th century, full of social unrest, revolutions and dictatorships that influenced a whole generation.
JunkieLove · 2025JunkieLove
2025
Movie
Elena is a frustrated woman living a monotonous life. She meets Ramiro, a painter who was once famous and acclaimed, but now lives only on memories and attempts to reinvent himself. Elena is seduced by Ramiro's stale rhetoric and enters a dreamlike world where everything changes. Infected by Ramiro's bohemian lifestyle, she surrenders to a spiral of lovers driven by jealousy and possessiveness. Her certainties gradually begin to blur.
Panama · 2019Panama
★ 6.62019
MovieDrama
A conversation between two Ecuadorian friends in the city of Panama.
Augusto San Miguel Died Yesterday · 2003Augusto San Miguel Died Yesterday
2003
MovieDocumentary
During the 1920's, Augusto San Miguel (1905-1937) directed, produced and starred in the first feature films made in Ecuador. Unfortunately, San Miguel's films -like many episodes of his life- disappeared in time. The only remains are the movie ads on old newspapers and a mysterious legend, by which San Miguel was buried with his films.
Moments of Campaign · 2015Moments of Campaign
★ 4.02015
MovieDocumentary
Beyond being a historical record, this film explores the implied duality of Rafael Correa's public figure. The behind-the-scenes 2013 presidential re-election race, in campaign-distant black and white invites us to reflect on Ecuador's way of doing politics.
Vida del Ahorcado · 2004Vida del Ahorcado
★ 7.02004
MovieMystery
Adaptation of Pablo Palacio short story that through a teacher and a group of his students, presents an exercise of dispersion and annihilation converted into an aesthetic object.
Crimes of the future · 2019Crimes of the future
★ 1.02019
MovieDocumentary
Through conversations with an array of Norwegian writers, filmmakers, psychiatrists, artists and more, Izquierdo investigates the impact of both the film and novel Sult by Knut Hamsun on generations of Norwegian culture and artistic practice, while exploring how it could speak about what it means to be an artist today.
A Secret in the Box · 2017A Secret in the Box
★ 6.02017
MovieDocumentary
The life and works of Ecuadorian writer Marcelo Chiriboga, a key figure of the Latin American literature and member of the “boom” generation. Through interviews, visits to different cities, archival footage and his most important book, a puzzle is woven that blurs the boundaries between reality and fiction.
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