The screening on 31 May will be followed by a live Zoom Q&A with director Victor Ruano. Ticket-holders will be offered complementary horchata or cebada, and Salvadoran snacks.

This immersive dive into the lives of the people of Quelepa, El Salvador, is a tour de force of experimentation, an ethnographic slice of life as vibrant as it is enigmatic. As time is spent with the main character, glimpses of life in a small mountain village teeming with history are caught.

El puma de Quelepa enters into an indigenous cosmovision, offering a semi-ethnographic depiction of quotidian realities of the community of Quelepa through the lens of slow cinematic techniques.  

Director Victor Ruano is also known for his visual art, under the moniker Sombra.