Farid Rodriguez Rivero

Farid Rodriguez Rivero (1993) is a Peruvian independent filmmaker. He is also the director and programmer of Lima Alterna International Film Festival.

Farid Rodriguez Rivero participated in “Greatest” Short Films of All Time 2025, a first-ever poll of its kind as a collective love letter to the art of short-form moving image. yanco and Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, in collaboration with Talking Shorts, invited filmmakers, curators, distributors, critics, and scholars worldwide to nominate 10 audiovisual works under sixty minutes that they personally consider the “greatest” of all time. This was Farid Rodriguez Rivero’s submission:

Movie Original Title Director Country Year Duration
Chiri Naomi Kawase Japan 2012 45’
Food Jidlo Jan Švankmajer Czech Republic 1992 17’
Nuit et brouillard Night and Fog Alain Resnais France 1955 32’
Lessons of Darkness Lektionen in Finsternis Werner Herzog Germany 1992 52’
Barzakh Mantas Kvedaravičius Lithuania 2011 59’
Houses of Poverty Les maisons de la misère Henri Storck Belgium 1936 30’
La cabina Antonio Mercero Spain 1972 35’
The House Is Black Khaneh siah ast Forugh Farrokzhad Iran 1963 22’
The Vampires of Poverty Agarrando Pueblo Carlos Mayolo , Luis Ospina Colombia 1977 29’
World of Glory Härlig är jorden Roy Andersson Sweden 1991 17’