THE CONDOR DAUGHTER
A film by Álvaro Olmos Torrico
Clara is a teenager growing up in a small indigenous community high in the Andes. Her adoptive mother, a midwife who took her in as a baby, has taught her the ancient songs used to guide women through childbirth, melodies passed down for generations, believed to bring new life safely into the world. But while her voice carries on this tradition, her dreams lie elsewhere: she longs to leave the mountains behind and become a folkloric music star in the big city.
Status: Completed
Year: 2025
Genre: Drama
Country: Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay
Language: Quechua, Spanish
Available subtitles: English, French, German, Portuguese, Italian
Runtime: 109 min.
Original title: La Hija Cóndor
Álvaro Olmos Torrico was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia. In 2019, he debuted his first fiction feature film, Wiñay, one of the first Bolivian films released worldwide through Amazon Prime. He has produced several documentaries, as well as the fiction feature films The Ones from Below by Alejandro Quiroga (Mar del Plata IFF, 2022) and The Visitor by Martín Boulocq (Tribeca Film Fest, 2022). He is the founder of BoliviaCine.com, the first SVOD platform specialized in Bolivian cinema. He has also been a professor at the Bolivian Private University and the Andean School of Cinematography. The Condor Daughter is his second feature film, recognized with awards in the Work in Progress sections of Ventana Sur and Cinélatino Toulouse.
FILMOGRAPHY
2025 The Condor Daughter
2018 Wiñay
CAST
María Magdalena Sanizo
Marisol Vallejos Montaño
Nelly Huayta
CREW
Director: Álvaro Olmos Torrico
Screenplay: Álvaro Olmos Torrico
Cinematography: Nicolas Wong Díaz, CCR
Editing: Álvaro Olmos Torrico, Irene Cajías
Composer: Cergio Prudencio, Marcelo Guerrero
Sound: Álvaro Rivero, Federico Moreira
Producers: Álvaro Olmos Torrico, Cecilia Sueiro Mosquera, Diego Sarmiento Pagán, Federico Moreira, Iris Sigalit Ocampo Gil
Executive Producers: Iris Sigalit Ocampo Gil, Aniceto Arroyo
Production Companies: Empatía Cinema, Ayara Producciones, La Mayor Cine
2025
Toronto International Film Festival | Centrepiece
Biarritz Latin American Film Festival | Feature Film Competition · Best Feature Film
Festival do Rio | Première Latina
Vancouver IFF | Panorama
Chicago International Film Festival | New Directors Competition
FIC Cali | International Competition · Best International Film
Miradas Medellín
Kolkata IFF | International Competition
FILMAR en América Latino | Focus Sud
Havana Festival of New Latin American Cinema | Feature Fiction Competition
2026
Palm Springs International Film Festival | World Cinema Now
Göteborg Film Festival | International Competition
Santo Domingo Global Film Festival | Hispanic View
International Film Weekend Würzburg
La Fiesta del Cine – Festival Latino à Nice
Málaga Film Festival | Official Competition · Best Supporting Actress (María Magdalena Sanizo) · Best Score
Rencontres du Cinéma Latino-américain – Pessac | Competition · Best Feature Film
FECHAL – Festival of Hispanic American and Lusophone Cinema
Sofia IFF | International Competition · Special Jury Award · Youth Jury Award
Regard Sur Le Cinema D’Amerique Latine
LATcinema Fest Barcelona
Māoriland Film Festival
Uruguay International Film Festival | Ibero-American Feature Film Competition
Les Reflets du cinéma ibérique et latino-américain
Kinolatino Brussels | Official Competition · Grand Prix Kinolatino
Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse | Feature Film Competition · Rail d’Oc Award
Festival of African, Asian and Latin American Cinema – FESCAAAL | Windows of the World Feature Film Competition · Inspiring SociAAAL Award
Semaine du Cinéma Hispanique de Clermont-Ferrand
Ojoloco – Festival de Cinéma Ibérique et Latino-américain | Fiction Competition
Festival Images Hispano-Américaines Annecy | Feature Film Competition · Audience Award
Hispanorama: Festival de cinéma hispanique
Mostra de CineBaix | Cinema Llatinoamericà
Cine Latino Festival Vienna
FICG Guadalajara | Ibero-American Feature Film Competition
Aswan International Women Film Festival | Feature Film Competition
Alternativa Film Festival | Official Competition
Filmtage Tübingen (CineLatino-CineEspañol)
Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International
Havana Film Festival New York | Fiction Competition
Seattle International Film Festival | Ibero-American Competition
Las Américas Film Festival
A film that evokes universal emotions of belonging, loss, and coming of age, with cinematography that stands out.
J Don Birman, Next Best Picture
A tender and insightful film, with an outstanding cast, breathtaking cinematography, and a very effective use of music.
Lisette Lanuza Sáenz, Fangirlish.