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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 Screenings

February 2025
  • Berlinale — Germany — 12/02/2025

March 2025
  • Thessaloniki IFF — Greece — 06/03/2025

April 2025
  • BAFICI — Argentina — 01/04/2025
  • It’s All True — Brazil — 03/04/2025
  • Bolzano FF — Italy — 04/04/2025
  • Uruguay Film Festival — Uruguay — 08/04/2025
  • Istanbul — Turkey — 11/04/2025
  • Cinelatino Tubingen — Germany — 23/04/2025

May 2025
  • Millenium Against Gravity — Poland — 09/05/2025
  • UnArchived Found Footage Fest — Italy — 27/05/2025
  • Ficunam — Mexico — 29/05/2025

June 2025
  • Sheffield — United Kingdom — 11/06/2025

July 2025
  • FID Marseille — France — 05/07/2025

August 2025
  • Dokufest — Kosovo — 01/08/2025
  • Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP — Peru — 07/08/2025

September 2025
  • Cinematik Film Festival — Slovakia — 10/09/2025
  • Camden FF — USA (Maine) — 11/09/2025
  • San Sebastian IFF — Spain — 19/09/2025
  • Panoramica — Sweden — 23/09/2025

October 2025
  • Bogota FF (BIFF) — Colombia — 09/10/2025
  • FIC Valdivia — Chile — 13/10/2025
  • Eden Court — Scotland — 15/10/2025
  • Viennale — Austria — 16/10/2025
  • DocLisboa — Portugal — 16/10/2025
  • Astra — Romania — 19/10/2025
  • 3 Margens — Brazil — 22/10/2025
  • Jihlava — Czech Republic — 24/10/2025
  • MIDBO — Colombia — 29/10/2025

November 2025
  • POADOC — Brazil — 01/11/2025
  • Miradas Medellín — Colombia — 04/11/2025
  • Films From the South — Norway — 06/11/2025
  • IFFMH — Filmfestival Mannheim gGmbH — Germany — 06/11/2025
  • FILMAR in América Latina Festival — Switzerland — 13/11/2025
  • Dias de Cine — Germany — 13/11/2025
  • Cineuropa  — Spain — 18/11/2025
  • Verzio — Hungary — 13/11/2025
  • Kassel DokFest — Germany — 18/11/2025
  • IDFA — Netherlands — 19/11/2025
  • PelDocFest — Greece — 21/11/2025
  • FICVINA — Chile — 24/11/2025

January 2026
  • Palm Springs IFF — USA (California) — 02/01/2026




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.
Film Festivals Awards
  • Fipresci Award in Panorama Section Berlinale, Germany. 
  • Human Values Award, Thessaloniki Film Festival, Greece
  • Grand Prize of the BAFICI Festival, Argentina
  • Best Documentary at Lima International Film Festival, Peru. 
  • Special Mentions of the Jury in Valdivia International Film Festival, Chile.
  • New Talent Awards at Doc Lisboa, Portugal