Tramway Film Festival
THE MEMORY OF BUTTERFLIES
Peru, Portugal | 2025 | 77’ | Polish premiere
Emerging from the shadows of the rubber boom, the forgotten stories of Omarino and Aredomi are recovered in a sensory journey that intertwines the filmmaker’s personal story with early 20th-century Amazonian archives. The film is a cinematic ritual that explores the boundaries of research and speculation while reflecting on power, memory, reparations, and the profound dialogue between the living and the dead.
Director: Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski
Script: Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski
Cinematography: Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski, Isabel Madueño Medina
Editing: Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski, Fernanda Bonilla, Elizabeth Landesberg
Sound: Félix Blume
Producer: Lali Madueño, Ico Costa, Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski
Production: Miti Films, Perpetua Cine, Oublaum Filmes
Main festivals:
- Berlin International Film Festival – Forum (FIPRESCI Award for Best Forum Film, Honourable Mention for Best Documentary)
- DocsBarcelona (Prize for Best Film in Docs & Visions)
- BFI London Film Festival
- Festival dei Popoli
- IDFA
