Cinema of Paraguay | |
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No. of screens | 71 (2016)[1] |
• Per capita | 0.5 per 100,000 (2010) |
Main distributors | [2] |
Produced feature films (2002-2015)[3] | |
Total | 76 (average) |
Fictional | 40 |
Animated | 0 |
Documentary | 36 |
The cinema of Paraguay has historically been small. However, this has begun to change in recent years with films like El Toque del Oboe (1998); María Escobar (2002); O Amigo Dunor (2005), which competed for Best Movie in the Rotterdam International Film Festival;[4] Hamaca Paraguaya (2006), which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival,[5] gaining critical acclaim both in Paraguay and abroad; 7 cajas (2012); Latas Vacías (2014); and Luna de Cigarras (2014).