NOBODY KNOWS THE WORLD

Iberoamerican Short Film Contest 54 ED. 2026
Peru, Colombia, Spain, Mexico 2026 18' Fiction Debut film

In the outskirts of Lima, 11-year-old Chito cares for messenger pigeons used in his brother’s drug trade. After violence shatters his childhood, grief and a fragile gesture of humanity open the possibility of another destiny.

Roddy Dextre

Filmmaker and commercial director trained in Peru, Cuba, and Argentina, he has developed his career between Peru, Chile, São Paulo, and Mexico. As a commercial director, he has received some prestigious recognitions including the Grand Prix at the Cíclope Latino (2024) and the award for Best Peruvian Director at El Ojo de Iberoamerica.
Allá en el Cielo (Nobody Knows the World) is his first short film. The film has been selected at Berlinale Generation 2026. He is currently developing his first feature film, El vuelo de las hojas (The Flight of the Leaves).

TECHNICAL DATA
DIRECTION:

Roddy Dextre

SCRIPT:

Roddy Dextre

PRODUCTION:

Javier Salvador (Chicxs Altos Cine). Producción ejecutiva: Roddy Dextre, Javier Salvador, Alejandro Noriega, Valentina Brero, Beto Barzola, Antonio Sarria, Antonio Acosta, Enrique Nava, Alessandro Pederzoli, Giuliana Tommasi

EDITING:

Beto Barzola

PHOTOGRAPHY:

Julián Amaru DFP

ORIGINAL MUSIC:

Pauchi Sasaki

SOUND:

Carlos García

COSTUME DESING:

Leslie Hinojosa

CAST:

Ransés Naranjo Franco, Gabriel Merino Dorival, Kenyi Farfán Baique, Santiago Solórzano Zevallos, Giordano Silva Blas

CONTACT:

lightson@lightsonfilm.org