Americano is a personal journey through the back alleys of the Americas by Peruvian-Québécois filmmaker Carlos Ferrand. Travelling from Patagonia to Nu- navut over a period of four years, he revisits some of the men and women he befriended during his wanderings through the Americas: family members; film- makers and professors; a doctor; the cook of his childhood home. All have lived meaningful lives and carry those he memories with them; all have stories to tell that bear witness to the political upheavals of recent years. Ferrand gives them a moment in the spotlight and each, in his or her own way, encourages us to question our own identity.

De la Tierra de Fuego a la “tierra de hielo”, Americano es el viaje personal de un cineasta Peruano-Quebequense. Carlos Ferrand Zavala viaja desde la Patago- nia hasta Nunavut visitando a viejos amigos, conocidos durante sus épocas de vagabundeo. Los personajes de Americano, cocinera, buscador de oro, doctor, profesora y otros inclasificables nos dan acceso a historias que el filme saca de la sombra. Lo filmado está hecho con cariño y sencillez y la road-movie nos permite tomar el pulso de esta nueva época americana donde una vez más la esperanza nace de poder reconstruir.

Awards: Best Documentary JUTRA 2008