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Alejandra Moffat and Dany Salvatierra in conversation with Jorge Malpartida

South to North Conversations: inhospitable countries, startling stories

Arequipa 2025, 

From settings as different as clandestine activities during the Chilean dictatorship or a dystopian Lima in ruins Mambo by Alejandra Moffat (Chile) and Criaturas virales by Dany Salvatierra (Peru) converge on a single idea: situating their work in hostile landscapes through which characters affected by silence and violence travel. From a girl who grows up among murmurs and secrets; to the inhabitants of Villa Diodati, creatures who survive drowning in poverty. In conversation with Jorge Malpartida.

Alejandra Moffat and Dany Salvatierra in conversation with Jorge Malpartida