Pianoman

Pianoman

Director: Felipe Quiroga
Country: Bolivia

World Premiere
2026 | 86 min. | Spanish
Subtitles: German, English

Cast_ Alex Terán Gorena, Pedro Grossman, Sasha Salaverry, Mónica Mamani, Michael Apaza Screenplay_ Felipe Quiroga, Leonardo Nicodemo Camera_ Igor Vera Salas Producer_ Sol Calle Rights_ Alkamari Gangsta

Generations come together in pink, blue, and yellow! An aging musician gets the chance of a lifetime to play one last big gig – but whether his daughter wants to come see him perform is another question.

The Pianoman was once a minor star in Bolivia. But that was a long time ago. Nowadays, he plays yesterday’s hits in third-rate clubs and hardly anyone in the audience pays attention. His wife has long left him, and his daughter no longer wants anything to do with him. He finally decides to end his life. But something holds him back. Then he runs into his old friend Gena, dressed in a rooster costume, who tells him that the owner of a famous club has been looking for him. Sure enough, the club owner offers him a gig. Unfortunately, someone has stolen the suit Pianoman is supposed to wear on stage. And he desperately hopes that his daughter will show up for the event, too.

Not since Michael Mann’s ›Miami Vice‹ has anyone experimented with the digital camera in quite this way. We are delighted to present this tragicomedy as a world premiere.

Director

Felipe Quiroga is a Bolivian director and cinematographer with more than 15 years of experience in independent film. Trained at the Escuela de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (ECA), he places the visual and atmospheric dimensions of storytelling at the center of his work. His short films have been invited to national and international festivals, where they received numerous awards.

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