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juanjo pereira
Under the flags the, sun    
Paraguay - Argentina- USA, France- Germany
2025 Berlinale Panorama Premiere







This fully archival journey through the 35 years of Alfredo Stroessner’s regime in Paraguay reveals unseen footage and explores one of the longest-running dictatorships in history, whose effects still resonate today.

Director
Juanjo Pereira

Asist. Direction
Sofia Lena Monardo

Cinematography
Francisco Bouzas

Editing
Manuel Embalse

Music
Andrés Montero Bustamante and  Julián Galay

Sound Design
Julián Galay

Production companies
Cine Mío, MaravillaCine, Sabaté Films

Executive Producer
Ivana Urizar, Gabriela Sabaté, Paula Zyngierman, Leandro Listorti, Juanjo Pereira, James Costa, Trevor Burgess, Hernán Mazzeo, Daniela Martinez Nannini, Sofía Lena Monardo.

Co- production
Bird Street Production, Lardux Films

Associate Producer
Welt Film

Film Festivals
  • 75th BERLINALE – BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
World Premiere | Competitive Panorama Section
Nominated for Best Documentary
FIPRESCI Award – Berlinale Panorama

  • THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Greece) International Premiere | Official Competition
Winner of the “Human Values” Award, granted by the Hellenic Parliament

  • BAFICI – Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival
American Premiere | Official International Competition
Winner of the Grand Prize of the Official International Competition

  • É Tudo Verdade (It’s All True) – International Documentary Festival – São Paulo, Brazil
    Brazilian Premiere | Official Competition

  • Bolzano Film Festival Bozen (Italy)
  • Istanbul International Film Festival (Turkey)
  • Uruguay Film Festival (Montevideo, Uruguay)
  • Cinelatino Tübingen (Germany)
  • Millennium Docs Against Gravity (Poland)
  • UnArchived (Italy)
  • FICUNAM (Mexico) Atlas Section
  • Sheffield (United Kingdom)
  • FID Marseille (France)
    French Premiere | Competition | Cine+ Section




Awards in markets



  • Obtained a grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts of Paraguay (FONDEC), 2021.


  • Mercado Entre Fronteras, Gramado International Film Festival.