Javier Corcuera

Directing·Mar 10, 1967·Lima, Perú

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Javier Corcuera (Lima, 10/03/1967) is a director and screenwriter. He holds a degree in Image Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid. He is a founding member of DOCMA and co-director of the Sahara Film Festival. His films include “The Back of the World,” which presents three stories about human rights violations in the US, Turkey, and Peru, and which won the International Critics' Award at the San Sebastián Film Festival; “Winter in Baghdad,” filmed during the US occupation of Iraq, winner at the Málaga Film Festival and Best Documentary Film at the Los Angeles Latino Film Festival; “The Guerrilla of Memory,” a film that portrays a forgotten part of Spanish history: that of those who refused to accept defeat after the Civil War and continued fighting against Franco in the mountains of Spain; and “Invisibles,” a collaborative film that won the Goya Award from the Spanish Film Academy for Best Documentary Film. or “I’m still here – Kachkaniraqmi”, a film that travels through the worlds of Peru through the lives of its musicians.

Film	Credit
Uyariy2026 · Director	Director
Mariem2023 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
We Are Nothing2021 · Director	Director
The Journey of Javier Heraud2019 · Director	Director
I Still Being2014 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
CCheckpoint rock: Canciones desde Palestina2009 · Director	Director
Invisibles2007 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
WWinter in Baghdad2005 · Director	Director
Every So Often in the World...2004 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
CCondenados al corredor2003 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
La guerrilla de la memoria2002 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Back of the World2000 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
DDoñana, Memoria de un Desastre1998 · Director	Director
CChiapas, Hablan los Rebeldes1998 · Director	Director
FFamilia: Making of1997 · Director	Director
LLa Razón de la Insumisión1997 · Director	Director
PPerú: Presos Inocentes1996 · Director	Director
RRefugiados1995 · Director	Director
AAl Pueblo Cubano...1994 · Director	Director
TTanguito en Lavapies1994 · Director	Director
CCien Días de Ocupación1994 · Director	Director
MMinuesa, Una Okupación con Historia1994 · Director	Director