Uruguay Movies

I try to get closer to a man I know only by omission: my grandfather. Through kept letters, a few photographs, and other people’s memories, I explore...

An orchestra conductor meets a paralyzed woman who has an extraordinary voice. They fall in love, but obstacles arise that hinder their relationship.

Ema arrives to a beach house. As she explores each room, she awakens the past. She travels through her grandmother's words while the empty space ends...

Through the story of Matus, a young dancer striving to make a living through dance, Casi Famoso reflects on the persistence of childhood dreams, the p...

The Ansina tenement in Montevideo, Uruguay was home to generations of Black people of African descent until they were forcibly evicted during the mili...

Ana, a shy young woman trapped in the monotony of her job at a mate shop (a South American drink, similar to an infusion),finds solace in dancing and...

A couple of young parents try out an alternative therapy that consists of arguing violently while playing bumper cars in Parque Rodó.

Perhaps the first experimental color film made in Uruguay, Color was the work of a pioneering woman filmmaker, still a teenager at the time of the fil...

Montevideo, 1983. When her best friend's family suddenly flees under suspicious circumstances, taking her away with them, 10-year-old Lucía gathers he...

The film "Estoy por casarme" (1991),directed by Manuel Lamas, is a romantic comedy set in the resort town of Piriápolis. The plot revolves around the...

A record of a bicycle race held at the Arroyo Seco velodrome, which was located in the Quinta de Iglesias street (modern day Agraciada) by Entre Ríos,...

Short film made as the final project of the Molino de Pérez film workshop for adolescents, supported by the Intendancy of Montevideo. We glimpse the...

A short documentary based on filmed correspondence. Journals of imaginary trips between two people stranded by the pandemic, one inside and the other...

Amenity documentary featuring scenes of visitor interaction with the animals at the Jardín Zoológico Municipal Parque Pereira Rossell, known as Zoo de...

It rains constantly. Amidst the repetition of images and sounds, Joaquín, forced to spend a summer week locked in his room, films himself.

The film emerges from the hieroglyphic writing on the body—marks of violence that inscribe memory. A meeting in Montevideo between the director and Ma...

Laura’s story unfolds in Miguelete, Colonia, Montevideo, and Spain, interwoven with memories of her sister and niece. A sex worker, she contracted HIV...

the story of women who reflect on how to break an invisible and imperceptible limit in an audiovisual industry with a patriarchal construction base an...

A film commissioned by the National Tourism Commission, "The City on the Beach" is, however, more than a documentary to disseminate the benefits and b...

Hasta Nunca follows MARIO LIGHETTI, an aging hipster DJ who produces an underground radio show in Montevideo, Uruguay. He invites listeners to share t...