Home›Texts & the Canon›Screen Works›El Teatro del Mas Alla, Chavin de Huantar (Novoa Ruiz, 2015)Screen WorksEl Teatro del Mas Alla, Chavin de Huantar (Novoa Ruiz, 2015)Documentary film, Spain, 2015, director Jose Manuel Novoa RuizCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "El Teatro del Mas Alla, Chavin de Huantar (Novoa Ruiz, 2015)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/screen-works/el-teatro-del-mas-alla-chavin-de-huantar-2015.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). El Teatro del Mas Alla, Chavin de Huantar (Novoa Ruiz, 2015). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/screen-works/el-teatro-del-mas-alla-chavin-de-huantar-2015Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-el-teatro-del-mas-alla-chavin-de-huantar, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {El Teatro del Mas Alla, Chavin de Huantar (Novoa Ruiz, 2015)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/screen-works/el-teatro-del-mas-alla-chavin-de-huantar-2015}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA 2015 documentary film on the ceremonial centre of Chavin de Huantar in the Peruvian Andes, directed by Jose Manuel Novoa Ruiz and registered in Spain's own official state film catalogue (ICAA). The catalogue's own synopsis describes the site's theocratic governors and the priests who conducted religious ceremonies there for roughly 800 years, staging what the film calls "the theatre of the beyond" through architecture, sound, lighting effects and hallucinogenic substances to sustain their religious authority over pilgrims who travelled to the site.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsProductionRelease YearWell-attested2015 1DirectorWell-attestedJose Manuel Novoa Ruiz 1Country of OriginWell-attestedChavin de Huantar, Peru 1FormatWell-attestedDocumentary 1Subject MatterReligious Subject MatterWell-attestedThe priesthood and religious ceremony of the Chavin cult at Chavin de Huantar: the Spanish state catalogue's own synopsis names the site's theocratic governors and its ritual "theatre of the beyond" outright. 1Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithChavin de Huantar, Sacred Sites Well-attested This source names Chavin de Huantar directly: "film on the ceremonial centre of Chavin de Huantar in the Peruvian Andes, directed by Jose Manuel Novoa Ruiz and registered in Spain's own official state film catalogue (ICAA)."Source Spain's ICAA Official Film Catalogue Record for El Teatro del Mas Alla, Chavin de Huantar (2015)tier 1Belongs to TraditionChavin Religion, Religions Well-attested Spain's own official state film catalogue synopsis is substantially about the priesthood and religious ceremony conducted at Chavin de Huantar, and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre's own record independently names the site a religious centre, making this the first screen work the atlas holds for the tradition.Source Spain's ICAA Official Film Catalogue Record for El Teatro del Mas Alla, Chavin de Huantar (2015)tier 1Sources1. Spain's ICAA Official Film Catalogue Record for El Teatro del Mas Alla, Chavin de Huantar (2015)tier 1Instituto de la Cinematografia y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA), Ministerio de Cultura, Spainsede.mcu.gob.es/CatalogoICAA/Peliculas/Detalle?Pelicula=87414View the SourceChavin (Archaeological Site), UNESCO World Heritage Centretier 1UNESCO World Heritage Centre, UNESCO, 1985UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Chavin de Huantar, on the site as a religious centreView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearChoose a year to see this entry's facts and connections as the atlas records them at that moment: what it held then, what it held instead, and what it had not yet adopted. Choose Present for the current record.YearPresent2015Show This Year