After an arduous task of curating and selecting the hundreds of films that arrived at the festival, we are very happy to inform the Finalist Films for the International Short Film and Feature Film Competition of the 2nd Cuzco Underground Cinema Festival (CUCIF 2017):

 Feature Films
• Fiction Feature  
9 Bars / España.  Angel Puado
Abscess / Iran. Armin Tahmasbi, Ali Bateni    
Aberrante / Italy. Mauro Russo Rouge
Camino Al Otro Lado / Perú. Félix Morales
Das Letzte Abteil / Germany. Andreas Schaap   
​En Modo Silencio / España. Teresa Marcos
Even Lovers Get The Blues / Belgium. Laurent Micheli   
Pechorin / Rusia. Roman Khrushch 
The Missing Sun / Usa. Brennan Vance 
You Are Everything / Germany. Lena Geller  
 
• Documentary Feature   
Así Que Pasen Cien Años / España. Mau Cardoso
Br-43, Een Dagboek / Países Bajos. Adriaansens Jeannice
Cairo Jazzman / Germany, Egypt. Atef Ben-Bouzid  
Imago Krzysia / Poland, Germany. Adam Janisch, Barbara Janisch 
Late Blossom Blues / Austria, Usa. Wolfgang Pfoser-Almer
Una Mirada Al Verdadero Cusco / Peru, Italia. Benedetto Francis
Valentina / Germany. Maximilian Feldmann 
 
 Short Films
• Fiction Short Film 
Adaptation / Poland. Bartosz Kruhlik  
Blind Audition / Germany. Andreas Kessler 
Contractors / Reino Unido. Michael Boyd   
Cold Storage / Finland. Thomas Freundlich 
Die Besonderen FäHigkeiten Des Herrn Mahler / Germany. Paul Philipp
Emporium / Australia. Trevor Smith   
Escape From The Island Of The Dead /Peru, Usa. Steve Chamberlain
Lifter / Russia. Selkin Fedor
Mousse / Swedden. John Hellberg    
Perfect Love / Darius Etemadieh. Alemania   
The Luck Bird / Afghanistan. Tamim Zarabi   
The Man Who Forgot To Breathe / Iran. Saman Hosseinpuor 
 
• Documentary Short Film    
Arbaab / Iran. Sajjad Soleymani   
Exit / Germany, Israel.  Katharina Woll 
I Want To Fly / Azerbaijan. Maria Ibrahimova 
Kino Otok / Croacia. Ivan Ramljak.
Mirada Quebrada / Francia. Emanuela Nelli.
MäDchenseele / Germany. Anne Scheschonk 
Nesto O Zivotu / Croacia. Nebojsa Slijepcevic  
 
• Experimental Short Film 
Cloud Kumo / Usa, Japan. Yvonne Ng
Elävältä Piirtyneet / Jukka-Pekka Jalovaara. Finlandia    
Feuer Wasser Erde Luft Und Zeit / Germany. Maria Reinhardt-Szyba
Sara The Dancer /  Germany, Austria. Tim Ellrich
Shot / Usa. Aemilia Scott 
The Man Who Wasn't Here / Iran. Ata Mojabi   
Vuja De / Joby Varghese. India   
 
• Horror Short Film    
Infiziert / Germany. Petr Eremin   
Nimmermehr / Germany. Nils Helling    
Screams And Cries / Spain. Carlos Alcázar
Infection 2028 / Finlandia. Maki Salminen
 
• Lgbt Short Film 
Hard Way / Germany. Daniel Vogelmann   
Lena / Germany. Petr Eremin     
Mmf / Germany. Leonard Garner    
Pria / Indonesia, Usa. Yudho Aditya    
Peacock / Turkey. Gokce Acıkgoz 
Undercover Mistress / Giulio Ciancamerla. Italia    
 
• Animation Short Film  
All The Worlds A Stage / Switzerland. Rafael Sommerhalder  
Au Revoir Balthazar / Switzerland. Rafael Sommerhalder 
Flying Dream / Iran. Mohammad Ali Soheili   
Goose In High Heels / Usa. John R. Dilworth   
Our Wonderful Nature - The Common Chameleon / Germany. Tomer Eshed
The Beach Boy / Germany, Singapore. Hannes Rall