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An innovative way of tackling piracy in Peru was among the topics up for discussion at a panel hosted by Ventana Sur genre sidebar Blood Window on Wednesday.

Peruvian director Dorian Fernández-Moris told the audience in a session moderated by Screen International Us editor Jeremy Kay how the counterfeiters wasted no time going after his first film Cementario General.

“My movie opened and next day they were selling my movie at the traffic lights for $2,” said Fernández-Moris. “I wanted to kick them but I understand this is part of a huge machine.”

What happened next was even more eye-opening. The filmmaker explained how the people who distributed pirate copies formed Fencopac, an association that acquired home distribution rights to Peruvian films.

Fencopac sells legal DVDs and Blu-ray discs at around $4 and returns $1 from each sale to the producers.

“We don’t have piracy any more. I received $35,000 for Cemetary 2 and a similar amount for another film. Now...

Desaparecer is Dorian Fernández-Moris' third film in two years. Moving away from the found footage horror format of his previous pictures, Cementerio General and Secreto Matusita, the director is now trying his hand at an action thriller, and despite some flaws, he's come out with what is probably his best film so far.Giovanni (Ismael La Rosa) travels to the city of Iquitos in search of his girlfriend Milena (Virna Flores), an environmentalist who's gone missing. The trail leads him to a secluded village on the banks of the Amazon river struck by a rash of mysterious disappearances that the locals blame on the Yakurunas, a mythical race of "fish-men".At first glance, this is a lot like one of those "backwoods" survival thrillers a la Deliverance,...

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