The Distance of Time

In a Peruvian city corroded by an eternal and indifferent winter, an androgynous man with indigenous roots faces a future without his lover, who suffers from an unknown disease.

  • Carlos Ormeño Palma
    Director
  • Carlos Ormeño Palma
    Producer
  • Carlos Ormeño Palma
    Writer
  • Carlos Caycho
    Key Cast
  • Juan
    Key Cast
  • Lidia Quispe
    Key Cast
  • Ginno Paul Melgar
    Key Cast
  • Pepito
    Key Cast
  • Carlos Flores
    Production Design
  • Abel Castro
    Sound mixing
  • Fil Uno
    Music
  • Felipe Pinglo
    Music
  • Kintu Canela
    Music
  • Pedro Iturria
    Line Producer
  • Carlos Ormeño Palma
    Editor
  • Inti Briones
    Editor
  • Melina León
    Editor
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    La distancia del Tiempo
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, LGBTIQ, Identity
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 27 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Peru
  • Country of Filming:
    Peru
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 76th Locarno Film Festival
    Locarno
    Switzerland
    August 4, 2023
  • 68th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
    Oberhausen
    Germany
    April 30, 2022
  • 45th Mill Valley Film Festival
    California
    United States
    October 14, 2022
  • 40th International Film Festival of Uruguay
    Montevideo
    Uruguay
    April 21, 2022
  • 14th Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival
    Athens
    Greece
    June 8, 2022
  • 13th Kashish International Queer Film Festival
    Mumbai
    India
    June 30, 2022
  • 5th Nova Frontier Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    June 25, 2022
  • 19th OutfestPeru International Film Festival
    Lima
    Peru
    July 2, 2022
  • 21st DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival
    Prizren
    Kosovo
    August 5, 2022
  • 14th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala
    Kerala
    India
    August 31, 2022
  • 17th ​Batumi International Art-House Film Festival
    Batumi
    Georgia
    September 18, 2022
  • 40th Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
    Chicago
    United States
    September 24, 2022
    Best Narrative Short
  • 5th Reaktor Film Festival
    Vienna
    Austria
    October 7, 2022
  • 7th Kinenova International Film Festival
    Skopje
    Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
    October 12, 2022
  • 9th Trujillo Film Festival
    La Libertad
    Peru
    October 13, 2022
    Best Short Film
  • 27th Canberra Short Film Festival
    Camberra
    Australia
    November 15, 2022
  • 6th Still Voices Film Festival
    Longford
    Ireland
    November 16, 2022
  • 73rd Montecatini International Short Film Festival
    Montecatini Terme
    Italy
    November 22, 2022
  • 31st Euroshorts Young Filmmakers Film Festival (Poland)
    Warsaw
    Poland
    November 30, 2022
  • 2nd Hanan Film Festival
    Puno
    Peru
    November 24, 2022
  • 9th Transcinema Film Festival
    Lima
    Peru
    December 4, 2022
  • 20th BOGOSHORTS International Short Film Festival
    Bogota
    Colombia
    December 13, 2022
  • 29th Raindance Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    November 1, 2022
  • 5th Piura Short Film Festival
    Piura
    Peru
    December 8, 2022
    Honorable Mention
  • 5th Braziers International Film Festival
    Wallingford
    United Kingdom
    September 2, 2023
  • 9th Semana del cine Universidad de Lima
    Lima
    Peru
    November 15, 2023
  • 31st Festival Mix Brasil De Cultura Da Diversidade
    Sao Paulo
    Brazil
    November 15, 2023
  • 18th Shorts Mexico
    Mexico DF
    Mexico
    September 28, 2023
Director Biography - Carlos Ormeño Palma

Carlos Ormeño Palma is a Peruvian filmmaker and alumnus of La Fémis - Université d'été, Berlinale Talents, Oberhausen Seminar, and Talents Buenos Aires. His passion for filmmaking arose from his family memories and his identity.

Since he started making films, Carlos has produced short films combining different genres of filmmaking, mostly experimenting with documentaries and fiction. "The Distance of Time" (66° Locarno, 68° Oberhausen, 45° Mill Valley, 29° Raindance) is his first Experimental/Fiction short. "The Weight of Air" (Greek Film Center Award - 45° Drama ISFF) will be his second fiction film.

Carlos is currently developing his first feature film, “The Scent of Walls,” (CineQuaNonLab and Locarno Open Doors Producer's Lab).

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Director Statement

This is the force of identity overcoming the silent oppression of a city and its inhabitants. A story that slowly encounters sorrow and love as the sea gently touches the shore in the distance.

I believe in cinema as a form of power whose voice goes beyond silence and darkness. Because in places where it is least expected, there is hope. This film seeks to be a call to togetherness, a means to acknowledge the emptiness we carry inside, and above all, to understand the weight of our existence within the end of life.