Utama

'Utama' is the new film by Alejandro Loayza Grisi, his first feature film in which he makes his directorial debut and is also in charge of the script.. This Bolivian filmmaker has previously directed three short films, Aicha (2019), Dochera (2018) and Polvo (2017), as well as a series called Planeta Bolivia (2016). This year, Loayza debuts with 'Utama', a film focused on the lives of the inhabitants of the Bolivian highlands. There lives an elderly Quechua couple who have lived the same routine for years and will have to face a harsh dilemma when a great drought arrives. Virginio and Sisa will have to choose whether to resist or be defeated by the passage of time when drought settles on their land, threatening their quality of life. The couple receives a visit from their grandson Clever and the three will face, each in their own way, the need for change, the meaning of their lives and the modification of their environment.

'Utama' has participated in several film festivals and has won some awards such as the Jury Award for Best Film at the 2022 Sundance Festival, the Award for Best Ibero-American Film, direction and OST at the Malaga Festival, the Faro de Oro Award for Best First Film at the Santander Film Festival 2022 and the Murcia IBAFF 2022 Festival Award.