In the short film Warmikuna, kaypimi kanchik (2025), made by the Kichwa-Zapotec filmmaker Frida Muenala, we witness the central role of Kichwa women during the demonstrations that lamented the death of the Indigenous leader Efraín Fueres, reclaiming justice for his death and for the disappearances, arrests and hostilities by the Ecuadorean state against hundreds of
David Gramal is a graphic designer and owner of the GRAMA creative design studio. Since 2011, he has also participated in RUPAI productions and other Kichwa film projects, mainly as an actor. One of his most recent performances is as one of the Indigenous leaders in the latest feature film by Alberto Muenala and RUPAI Productions,
Segundo Fuérez is a Kichwa filmmaker and animator from the community of Yambiro. In his film production, he has always worked experimentally, mixing genres and creating an intimate working environment based on family ties. He graduated as a director of photography for film and television at INCINE after having already made several short films as
1st July 2024 marked the beginning of this Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project “Against the Grain: The Kichwa Film of Alberto Muenala and RUPAI”, part of United Kingdom Research Innovation (UKRI). I would like to start by giving thanks to the assessors of this proposal for seeing the value in this project. Over
Theme by the University of Stirling