THAT SHADOW FADING w/ Q-POP

Special Features: Special Presentation | Q&A with filmmaker Samuel Urbina and post-screening reception sponsored by the Embassy of Peru

North American Premiere
THAT SHADOW FADING [AQUELLA SOMBRA DESVANECÍA]
A funeral keyboardist, Sol, and her son, Junior, spend one last summer together in Piura, Peru. Junior is due to graduate from university soon and yearns to leave home for the big city of Lima. As mother and son go on long drives through the desert, they struggle to work through everything they have left unsaid, eventually coming to understand each other’s perspectives and needs. Soundtracked by cumbia music playing on the radio, THAT SHADOW FADING is a quiet snapshot of familial love, belonging and knowing when to let go of a place. –Bridget Sweeney

DIR/SCR Samuel Urbina; PROD Jorge G. Castañeda. Peru, 2025, color, 76 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Preceded by:

Q-POP
K-pop and Quechua collide in this documentary about Lenin Tamayo, a Peruvian musician preserving his ancestral language through a unique fusion dubbed “Q-pop.” Lenin’s sudden fame forces him to balance his newfound stardom with his Indigenous identity and his preservation mission. –Javier Chavez

DIR Adri Murguia; PROD Jamie Rogers Caballero, Alpita Patel. Peru/U.S., 2026, color, 27 min. In Quechua, Spanish, Korean and English with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Run Time: 103 Minutes

Opening Date: Sunday, October 04, 2026

Genre: Drama

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