Álvaro Sarmiento Pagán
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.
| Film | Credit |
|---|---|
 Veins of the Amazon2021 · Director, Producer | Director, Producer |
 Mothers of the Land2019 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 Green River: The Time of the Yakurunas2017 · Director | Director |
 Sonia's Dream2015 · Writer | Writer |
| PPuerto Fantasma2015 · Director | Director |
 Earth's Children2014 · Writer | Writer |
| CCarnaval Lamista2014 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 Kay Pacha2013 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 Rancas, desde hace tiempo2012 · Director | Director |
 Cerro de Pasco, Profunda Sepultura2009 · Director | Director |
| LLa Oroya: Aire Metálico2007 · Director | Director |
| SSheila, artista de 360º2006 · Director | Director |