Grupo Chaski

Grupo Chaski, also known as Grupo Chaski - Asociación Peruana Audiovisual, is a Privately Owned Peruvian non-profit civil association, non-governmental organisation, and filmmaking collective headquartered in the Chorrillos District of Lima. Founded in 1982, with an estimated 20 employees, the company reported $2.7M in revenue as of 2024. Its main product is content rights. Established by Swiss filmmaker Stefan Kaspar alongside Uruguayan director Alejandro Legaspi and Peruvian media professionals Fernando Espinoza, María Barea, and Fernando Barreto, the collective was formed to practice socially conscious cinema aligned with the New Latin American Cinema movement. The organisation focuses its efforts on using audiovisual media as a mechanism for cultural development, education, and social inclusion, documenting systemic oppression, marginalisation, and migration within Peru. Its historic filmography includes the feature-length urban realism dramas Gregorio (1984) and Juliana (1988), alongside short documentaries such as Miss Universo en el Perú (1982) and Caminos de liberación (1985). Funded through international grants, institutional public commissions, and private donations, the association has shifted its contemporary operations toward community-based public training and decentralized distribution networks.