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\u00bbNunkui is a story of resistance that emerges from the female practice of tending the garden and honouring the spirits of the Earth. I want to portray the beauty and the pain that comes with growing up [\u2026] in a hostile world and in the fight for territory.\u00bb Verenice Ben\u00edtez<\/p>\n

It is a lush green world with a fascinating soundscape. In the twilight, they pick maize cobs and laugh with their grandfather about city folk who have never seen an armadillo and eat with dainty fingers. \u00bbYou only say that so we won\u2019t leave,\u00bb giggles Nunkui. \u00bbbut I want to study in Quito\u00ab. The 13-year-old lives in a Shuar community with her extended family. An estimated 110,000 indigenous Shuar live in around 650 communities in the Amazon lowlands. Nunkui is also the name of the female spirit said to live beneath the orchards. The older women call on her through magical songs, asking her to provide for their families. Their animist belief in the coexistence of human and non-human beings stands in stark contrast to the Western view of the earth as inert matter. The community now faces the very real threat of displacement, as Ecuador\u2019s government pushes forward the exploitation of its natural resources. Nunkui\u2019s grandfather Yaunchu \u2013 played by well-known Shuar leader and activist, Domingo Ankuash \u2013 fights to defend the territory and explains to her the complex contradictions of the world today. With surreal elements and a wonderful cast of non-professional actors, the director gently interweaves Nunkui\u2019s coming-of-age with urgent social and ecological issues.<\/p>\n

Guest: Verenice Ben\u00edtez<\/strong><\/p>\n

European premiere<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the support of Goethe Institut<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":46668,"template":"","movie_year":[895],"movie_genre":[629],"movie_cat":[878,881],"festival":[886],"class_list":["post-46670","movie","type-movie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","movie_year-895","movie_genre-spielfilm-2","movie_cat-international-feature-film-competition-en-2026","movie_cat-audience-award-en-2026","festival-886"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNunkui - Internationales Frauen Film Fest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/frauenfilmfest.com\/en\/movie\/nunkui\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nunkui - Internationales Frauen Film Fest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00bbNunkui is a story of resistance that emerges from the female practice of tending the garden and honouring the spirits [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/frauenfilmfest.com\/en\/movie\/nunkui\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Internationales Frauen Film Fest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IFFF.Dortmund.Koeln\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-10T13:42:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/frauenfilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IFFF26_Nunkui_16-9_website_01.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"584\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@frauenfilmfest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/nunkui\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/nunkui\\\/\",\"name\":\"Nunkui - Internationales Frauen Film Fest\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/nunkui\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/nunkui\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/IFFF26_Nunkui_16-9_website_01.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-30T09:41:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-10T13:42:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/nunkui\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/nunkui\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/nunkui\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/IFFF26_Nunkui_16-9_website_01.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/IFFF26_Nunkui_16-9_website_01.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":584,\"caption\":\"A girl is looking directly into the camera through a hole in the wood. 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