Fermín Tangüis Figueroa

Biography

Fermin Tangüis Figueroa is an independent filmmaker who belonged to the generation of the 90's. In his formative years he worked as an assistant alongside important figures of Peruvian cinema such as Stefan Kaspar, Charo Lino, Danny Gavidia, Juan Carlos Torrico, Maria Ruiz and Armando Robles Godoy. After that experience, he began a career as an independent filmmaker and has directed many short films, a feature film and two documentaries. He won the award for best short film at the Lima University Anthropological Film Festival in 1996 and received the silver Kantu for the talent shown in "Otra Vez Xera" his first short film. In 1999 he directed the fiction feature film "Lima Sick, the year we made Ketpliff." . Later, he was interested in exploring the field of video art and experimental video, by becoming a resident artist for ATA, NGO that supports the production, development, and research of video art and experimental video in Peru. Under the support of the Cultural Center of Spain he has produced and directed video clips for national and international rock bands. In 2015 he moved to New York and directed a television program in the United States dedicated to promoting Peruvian gastronomy titled "Sabor y Fusion". In 2021 he directed and produced the documentary HISTORIAS DE PERUSALEM. This documentary has been awarded by two important national film festivals, receiving the award for Best Soundtrack at the 2021 "Incontrastable Film Festival" in the city of Huancayo and the audience award for Best Documentary at the 2021 "AQP Festival" in the city of Arequipa. His second feature documentary "EL ARTE DE LA LIBERTAD" (May 2023) won award "Merit" in the 2023 "LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival".