Martín Rebaza Ponce de León

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Martín Rebaza Ponce de León

Born March 12, 1989 · Trujillo, Peru (age 37)

Martín Rebaza Ponce de León is a director, screenwriter, editor, and cinematographer. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 29th Lima Film Festival (2025) for his film "Family Politics." In 2019, he produced and served as director of photography for "In the Middle of the Labyrinth," which was selected for the Mar del Plata Film Festival (2019) and the Rotterdam Film Festival (2020). His debut fe…

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Family PoliticsFamily Politics · 2025
Family Politics
2025
MovieDocumentary
Martin, a filmmaker based in Germany, returns to the Peruvian jungle to reconnect with his family during the political campaign of his father, who is running for public office for the party that vindicates former dictator Alberto Fujimori. Upon his arrival, he records the chaos of an austere campaign, resulting in an intimate and political portrait of a middle-class Peruvian family that is now remote to him, but that accompanies him from the distance as a migrant.
In between invented treesIn between invented trees · 2021
In between invented trees
2021
Movie
Mel is a photographer who preferably takes pictures of trees, used hotel rooms after sexual encounters and the streets of her hometown Trujillo. After her mother dies, she learns about a large debt she has left her. In an exhibition about her city, which she has organized with some colleagues, her picture catches the attention of a woman whom Mel has already come across in her photographic expeditions on the streets. They develop a special connection while accompanying each other through their days, wandering in a black and white Trujillo.
In the Middle of the LabyrinthIn the Middle of the Labyrinth · 2019
In the Middle of the Labyrinth
2019
MovieDrama
For Renzo, a teenager from Trujillo, Peru, the days pass by on the streets and skateboard runways where he tries to master new tricks on his board. Until fate leads him to meeting Zoe, a girl who spends her afternoons drawing the dozens of telephone antennaes that cut across the city sky, and his life transforms almost imperceptibly.

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