Isabel Madueño is an independent producer and filmmaker with over 15 years of experience. She graduated in Audiovisual Communication from the University of Lima, specializing in cinema. Isabel was the co-founder and general producer of DOCUPERU, a significant audiovisual organization, for over a decade (2005-2017). She founded her own production company, Perpetua Cine, in 2020.

Currently, she is the general and creative producer of the documentary feature films: “La Memoria de las Mariposas” by Tatiana Fuentes Sadowsky, “El Coloquio de los pájaros” by Sofía Velázquez, and “Cumbres, lluvia, sol” by Carla Amaro. Additionally, she is working on the fiction feature film “Los espectadores” by Alondra Arroyo R. and Yuri Zapata C. All these projects have won major national grants (Peru) and several have received significant international funding from organizations such as the Ford Foundation and Sundance.

In the development stage, she is also producing “Na Rota do Inca,” directed by Maya Da-Rin, the second co-production of Perpetua Cine, this time with Tamanduá Vermelho from Brazil.

In the distribution stage, she is working on “Fuga,” the first co-production of Perpetua Cine with Belgium, directed by Bénédicte Liénard and Mary Ji- ménez, which will have its world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival in August 2024. Likewise, “Only the Ocean between us” (Peru, Jordan, USA) continues its distribution on online platforms after a successful run at several renowned international festivals, including its premiere at Hot Docs 2021 and the Atlanta Film Festival.

She is dedicated to creating audiovisual pieces and cinematographic works that advocate a particular point of view on the world – intimate stories and those focused on social and political matters mainly related to diversity and identity.