Upcoming screenings and events
Runa Simi: Film screenings in Sheffield and London this May
Join us for two special screenings of Runa Simi, directed by Augusto Zegarra and winner of the Youth Jury Award at Sheffield DocFest 2025.
Fernando, an indigenous voice actor, goes on a quest to dub The Lion King into Quechua, pushing the boundaries set by Hollywood.
Fernando, a single-parent, is a voice actor from Cusco. He became a viral sensation for dubbing animated clips into Quechua, an endangered language, yet the most spoken indigenous dialect in South America. His actions engage with wider issues regarding transmission, identity and fatherhood, and in doing so they push him to dream even bigger – to dub The Lion King into his native language.
Fernando’s story is a reminder that access to entertainment is a privilege, too often taken for granted in an era when platforms like Disney offer countless language and subtitling options to make content accessible to ‘all’. This joyful and engaging film highlights how meaningful it is to transform a language of the oppressed into a language of power.
Screenings:
Monday 25 May: Showroom Cinema, Sheffield (18:00 BST)
Tuesday 26 May: Bertha DocHouse, London - followed by a live Q&A with director Augusto Zegarra (18:20 BST)
