Uruguay Movies

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

Short documusical regarding the Montevideo breakwater and its fishers

En marcha, by Alberto Miller, made c. 1966. During the second half of the 1960s, the Unión de Trabajadores Azucareros de Artigas (UTAA)...

A documentary that exposes the absence of sexual protection methods for women who have sex with women, exploring the causes and consequences of this...

"Pepe" Vespa is a pizza maker in "La Unión"

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

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

Based on the testimonies of survivors and children of the disappeared, the story of a group of militants who were kidnapped in Argentina by...

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

A blend of brutal carnage and introspective poetry, this story follows a sadistic yet empathetic killer who tries to escape his fate but remains...

A tale about May 20 in Uruguay. For the headmaster, it is a day of family birthdays; for many, like her 91-year-old neighbor Marta, the date is about...

Esteban and Virginia, a couple trapped between reality and illusion, embark on a journey that will change their lives. Esteban searches for a magic...

The work proposes the creation of an apocryphal narrative for Micaela Guyunusa and her offspring, maintaining the enigma surrounding the figure of...

A documentary that seeks to remember and collect stories of people who, in the 60s, 70s and 80s, in Uruguay and Latin America, lived in a context of...

After moving in with her boyfriend Nicolás, Fiorella is overcome by the melancholy of leaving her home and the uncertainty of her choice. She...