Álvaro Sarmiento Pagán
- Known for
- Directing
Álvaro Sarmiento is a documentary filmmaker and founder of HDPERU, an Indigenous collective dedicated to producing films that defend the rights of native peoples and promote environmental justice in Peru. Throughout his career, Álvaro has received several awards and grants, including those from the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center, the MacDowell Colony, The Yaddo Corporation, the IBERMEDIA Co-production Fund, and the Carolina Foundation Residency. His debut feature, Green River: The Time of the Yakurunas (2017), premiered at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and MoMA Doc Fortnight. Mothers of the Land (2019), his second feature-length documentary, premiered at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival. Veins of the Amazon (2021), his third feature-length documentary, premiered at the 64th DOK Leipzig. Álvaro studied Media, Communication Sciences and Film at the University of Lima in Peru, the Estacio de Sa University in Brazil, and completed a Master's degree in Film Directing at Ohio University in the United States.
Filmography
Veins of the Amazon 2021
Director, Script, Producer, Editor
Mothers of the Land 2019
Director, Writer
Green River: The Time of the Yakurunas 2017
Director
Puerto Fantasma 2015
Director
Carnaval Lamista 2014
Director, Writer
Kay Pacha 2013
Director, Writer
Rancas, desde hace tiempo 2012
Director
Cerro de Pasco, Profunda Sepultura 2009
Director
La Oroya: Aire Metálico 2007
Director
Sheila, artista de 360º 2006
Director
Sonia's Dream 2015
Prop Designer, Writer
Earth's Children 2014
Cinematography, Writer
Q'eros: Hombres de Altura 2010
Cinematography
Credits from TMDB.