A young Inca girl dreams of joining the all-male Chasqui messenger group. She challenges traditions and gender norms to pursue her ambition against all odds.
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Cast
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| Naomi Serrano | ... |
Kayara
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Nate Begle | ... |
Martin
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| Kolbe Garza | ... |
Young Paullu (voice)
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Jaynalie Rios | ... |
Young Kayara (voice)
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| Charles Gonzales | ... |
Paullu
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Arthur Romero | ... |
Villa Oma (voice)
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Bernardo Rodríguez | ... |
Amauta (voice)
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Paty Cortez | ... |
Birima / Innkeeper (voice)
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Jon Olson | ... |
Wari (voice)
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Aldo Ramirez | ... |
Shaman / Guard (voice)
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Edgar Garcia | ... |
Tunupu (voice)
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Ignacio Pineda | ... |
Kusi / Piro Shaman (voice)
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Directed by
| Cesar Zelada | ... | (directed by) |
| Dirk Hampel | ... | (co-director) |
Written by
| Brian Cleveland | ... | (writer) |
| Jason Cleveland | ... | (writer) |
| Cesar Zelada | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Shannon Brown | ... | assistant producer |
| Flavia Díaz O'Shanahan | ... | Production Coordinator |
| E. Angélica García Beltrán | ... | line producer |
| Javier Gálvez Jarén | ... | assistant producer |
| Dirk Hampel | ... | producer |
| Álvaro Morales Expósito | ... | assistant producer |
| Edward Noeltner | ... | executive producer |
| Miriam Pérez Ricart | ... | Production Coordinator |
| Eduardo Mayo Romo | ... | Production Coordinator |
| Patricia Velásquez Oviedo | ... | assistant producer |
| Jose Zelada | ... | producer |
| Sergio Zelada | ... | producer |
Music by
| Toni M. Mir | ||
Editing by
| David Rodríguez | ||
Editorial Department
| Alejandro Serrano González | ... | Color Grading |
| Pablo Lobato Grande | ... | layout quality check |
Production Design by
| Pierre Salazar | ||
Art Direction by
| Claudio Iriarte | ... | (art direction) |
Production Management
| Ruth María Herrera | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Juan Carlos Garcia del Blanco | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Adria Alvarado | ... | concept artist / matte painter |
| Gabriel Nakata | ... | rigging artist |
Sound Department
| Sergio del Castillo | ... | re-recording mixer / sound designer |
| Nick Skarock | ... | voice coordinator |
| Christian Titus | ... | voice line producer |
Visual Effects by
| Ivan Rodriguez Arquimbau | ... | visual effects artist |
| Leonardo Ashbaugh | ... | Visual Effects Artist |
| Ibai Cosgaya Prieto | ... | visual effects artist |
| Martin Di Turbeaux | ... | visual effects artist |
| Darko Gjorgjievski | ... | fx/cfx supervisor |
| Altea Lao Lezcano | ... | visual effects artist |
| Holger-Nedy Loayza Merchan | ... | visual effects artist |
| María Lodeiro | ... | rigging supervisor |
| Marine Rabino Restori | ... | visual effects artist |
| Malala Sansur Zapata | ... | visual effects artist |
| Fabian Schier | ... | visual effects artist |
| Viktor Vito Tomic | ... | Senior Lighting Artist |
| Victor Manuel Vera | ... | visual effects artist |
Animation Department
| Gerard Aldabó Puig | ... | animator |
| Misael Alegría Terrazas | ... | lighting lead |
| Jonay Alonso González | ... | Compositing Artist |
| Mar Amorós | ... | set modeling artist |
| Juan Carlos Aragón | ... | Rigging Artist |
| Tomas Ariño Sobotkiewicz | ... | animator |
| Carolans Batista Padilla | ... | character modeling supervisor / set dressing supervisor |
| Lucía Blázquez Guerra | ... | animator |
| Berta Bueno Barranco | ... | animator |
| Maëlyss Cancy | ... | Rigging Artist |
| Ángel Anxo Candal Casas | ... | Rigging Artist |
| Marina Cante Piñero | ... | Layout Artist |
| Michelle Carpico | ... | animator |
| Albert Casado | ... | animator |
| Javier 'Chope' Castro Beato | ... | surfacing artist |
| Juliette Chatelain | ... | Layout Artist / animation fixer |
| David Torreiro Cotelo | ... | Rigging Artist |
| Virginia Cuesto Almeida | ... | animator |
| Javier Jau de Manuel | ... | animator |
| Adrien Delamare | ... | Compositing Artist |
| Fran Deltell | ... | animator |
| Marco Di Giovanni | ... | animator |
| Darío Domínguez | ... | animator |
| Edel Echemendía La Verdeza | ... | character modeling artist |
| Patricia Galan Pascual | ... | animator |
| Ivonne García Formoso | ... | Layout Artist / lighting artist / wrangler |
| Maribel García Ramos | ... | surfacing artist |
| Pablo Garzón | ... | animation fixer |
| Laura González Marín | ... | lighting artist |
| Carolina González Morejudo | ... | surfacing supervisor |
| Alejandro Serrano González | ... | compositing supervisor |
| Jorge Luis González | ... | wrangler |
| Vincent Gougelet | ... | lighting artist |
| Alexandre Grassineau | ... | Compositing Artist |
| Andriy Hrushevskyy | ... | lighting artist |
| Ash Ibrahim | ... | animator |
| Claudio Iriarte | ... | storyboard director |
| Jose Pablo Jiménez Macías | ... | animator |
| Maxime 'Lina' Leliévre | ... | Compositing Artist |
| Pablo Ebed Poll López de la Hoz | ... | Rigging Artist |
| Daniel López Martínez | ... | Layout Artist / set dressing artist |
| Oliver López Negrín | ... | surfacing artist |
| Germán Rafael López Ortega | ... | animator |
| Gabriel Mahía Mosca | ... | character modeling artist |
| Sav Martin | ... | Rigging Artist |
| Pedro M. Martinez | ... | animator |
| Ricard Salvá Montaner | ... | layout artist |
| Luis Alfonso Montoto Garcia | ... | Layout Artist / animator |
| Ernesto Morales | ... | set modeling artist |
| Pablo Morin | ... | cg supervisor / lighting supervisor |
| Guillermo Mosquera Fesser | ... | lighting artist |
| Sergio Muñoz González | ... | animator |
| Juan Ignacio Nieto | ... | animator |
| Juan Gabriel Carreño Novillo | ... | animation supervisor |
| Jose Olmedo | ... | set modeling supervisor |
| Sergio Manceñido Osés | ... | animator |
| Yolanda Lolan Paños | ... | animator |
| Bryan Andrés Pedroza Maldonado | ... | Rigging Artist |
| Nathanaël Perron | ... | Layout Supervisor |
| Daniel Pestana | ... | Rigging Artist |
| Javier Planells Crespo | ... | animator |
| Damien Pons | ... | animator |
| Ana Bilbao Prieto | ... | Compositing Artist |
| Daniel Pérez Pérez | ... | surfacing artist |
| Gabriel Pérez | ... | surfacing artist |
| Alejandro Rincón Romero | ... | animator |
| Iván Rodríguez Gutiérrez | ... | Animation QC / CG Supervisors Assistant / Rigging Artist / wrangling supervisor |
| Blanca Rodríguez Gómez | ... | Compositing Artist |
| Marta González Rodríguez | ... | Compositing Artist |
| Daniel Salazar | ... | Rigging Supervisor |
| Dani Saornil | ... | surfacing artist |
| Mahda Miguel Sesay | ... | animation fixer |
| Mario Sierra Acosta | ... | animation fixer |
| Sara Sánchez Chaves | ... | animation qc assistant / wrangler |
| Gema Tello Arceiz | ... | animator |
| Óscar Teresa | ... | set modeling artist |
| Antonio Javier Torralba Moreno | ... | lighting lead |
| Morelia Vera Ruiz | ... | lighting artist |
| Sergio Fernández Villabrille | ... | Layout Artist |
| Sebastian Villanueva Rozo | ... | Rigging Artist |
| Sara Wamba | ... | animator |
Casting Department
| Ned Lott | ... | additional casting |
Music Department
| Bruno Franquet | ... | Music Arranger / additional music / orchestrator |
| Patrick E. Hoogvliet | ... | Executive Music Producer |
Additional Crew
| Sandrine Chassigneux | ... | human resources |
| Ellie Connolly | ... | Executive Assistant: Paterson James |
| Luis Da Silva | ... | technical development team |
| Doramas García Jorge | ... | technical development team |
| Myriam J. García Lara | ... | human resources |
| Kevin García Peña | ... | technical development team |
| Jorge Luis González | ... | technical development team |
| Ayarit Guanche Castellano | ... | human resources |
| Erik Henn | ... | production coordinator |
| María Jesús León Cabeza | ... | human resources |
| Ned Lott | ... | Voice Director |
| Sheila Fraser Milne | ... | Completion Guarantor Services |
| José M. Palazón Sánchez de Toro | ... | technical development supervisor |
| Nick Skarock | ... | production coordinator (as Nicholas Skarock) |
| Christian Titus | ... | voice director |
| Andrea Uceda García | ... | human resources |
| Pablo Urtiaga Pinto | ... | technical development team |
| Lesley Wise | ... | Head of Legal & Business Affairs |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2025) (United Arab Emirates) (Middle East, North Africa and Persian/Arabia Gulf)
- Adastra Cinema (2025) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
- Cinecolor Films Perú (2025) (Peru) (theatrical)
- Cinema Management Group (CMG) (2022) (United States) (theatrical)
- Paris Filmes (2025) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- Skyline Media (2025) (Vietnam) (theatrical)
- Volga (2025) (Russia) (theatrical)
- WW Entertainment (2023) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- WW Entertainment (2023) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Le Pacte (France)
- Rialto Distribution (Australia)
- Rialto Distribution (New Zealand)
- The Filmbridge (2022) (Mongolia)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Banc of California (production financing)
- BondIt Media Capital (funding)
Storyline
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The Inca Messengers (Chasquis), were fast, strong and only men... until Kayara. A beautiful and athletic 16-year-old young woman, Kayara is destined to be the first female to break into the exclusive league of the Chasquis. When faced with her first opportunity to compete in the Messenger Race in front of the Incan Emperor, she dresses as a man. When her true identity is revealed and she is about to be punished, the young prince, Paullu, applauds her. She succeeds in every mission to be a Chasqui and discovers the ancient stories of her land and her people. Written by Cinema Management Group |
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