Bajo las banderas, el solUnder the flags the, sun
- Logline
- Built entirely from rare archival footage found around the world, Under the Flags, the Sun reconstructs 35 years of Alfredo Stroessner’s dictatorship in Paraguay, revealing how images became instruments of power, propaganda, and memory.
- Talent
- Juanjo Pereira
- Role of participant
- Director
- Director
- Juanjo Pereira
- Producer
- Ivana Urizar, Gabriela Sabate (Production in Paraguay) and Paula Zyngierman and Leandro Listorti (Production in Argentina )
- Screenwriter
- Juanjo Pereira and Sofia Lena Monardo
- Status
- finished
- Year of production
- 2025
- Running time
- 90 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Countries of Production
- Argentina , Paraguay , United States , France , Germany
- Production Companies
- Maravilla Cine, Sabate Films
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Festivals and Awards
Berlin International Film Festival – Berlinale, Panorama (Germany, 2025) — FIPRESCI Prize
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (Greece, 2025) — Human Values Award
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema – BAFICI (Argentina, 2025) — International Grand Prize
It’s All True – International Documentary Film Festival (Brazil, 2025)
FICUNAM – UNAM International Film Festival (Mexico, 2025)
Sheffield DocFest (United Kingdom, 2025)
FIDMarseille (France, 2025)
DokuFest – International Documentary and Short Film Festival (Kosovo, 2025)
Lima Film Festival (Peru, 2025) — Best Documentary / Spondylus Award
San Sebastián International Film Festival – Zabaltegi-Tabakalera (Spain, 2025)
Viennale – Vienna International Film Festival (Austria, 2025)
Doclisboa – International Film Festival (Portugal, 2025) — New Talent Award
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival (Czech Republic, 2025)
Astra Film Festival (Romania, 2025)
Cinematik International Film Festival (Slovakia, 2025)
Films from the South Festival (Norway, 2025)
Montclair Film Festival (USA, 2025)
Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (Hungary, 2025)
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam – IDFA (Netherlands, 2025)
Palm Springs International Film Festival (USA, 2026)
DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival (Finland, 2026)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival (Spain, 2026)
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (Greece, 2025) — Human Values Award
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema – BAFICI (Argentina, 2025) — International Grand Prize
It’s All True – International Documentary Film Festival (Brazil, 2025)
FICUNAM – UNAM International Film Festival (Mexico, 2025)
Sheffield DocFest (United Kingdom, 2025)
FIDMarseille (France, 2025)
DokuFest – International Documentary and Short Film Festival (Kosovo, 2025)
Lima Film Festival (Peru, 2025) — Best Documentary / Spondylus Award
San Sebastián International Film Festival – Zabaltegi-Tabakalera (Spain, 2025)
Viennale – Vienna International Film Festival (Austria, 2025)
Doclisboa – International Film Festival (Portugal, 2025) — New Talent Award
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival (Czech Republic, 2025)
Astra Film Festival (Romania, 2025)
Cinematik International Film Festival (Slovakia, 2025)
Films from the South Festival (Norway, 2025)
Montclair Film Festival (USA, 2025)
Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (Hungary, 2025)
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam – IDFA (Netherlands, 2025)
Palm Springs International Film Festival (USA, 2026)
DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival (Finland, 2026)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival (Spain, 2026)