Uruguay Movies

For over twenty years, the artist Javier Gil (born in Uruguay, 1961) recorded his life on video, in spontaneous, chaotic and constant ways.

At 88 years old, my grandfather Fernando suggested that we make a film together. His proposal comes when I tell him I'm moving out of his house. So we...

Hilda must be responsible of a decision that she took long time ago. Her life is altered by the news that her son is coming to visit her after several...

Road documentary that delves into the musical and religious expressions of sub-Saharan Africa. Through Mauritania and Mali, the film documents the liv...

Inés travels to Kiruna, a town on the Swedish Arctic Circle, more than thirteen thousand kilometers from Uruguay. She revisits her past of exile captu...

A record of the works and reflections of this notable Uruguayan sculptor as a starting point to question the fate of art in our society, a question of...

Victim of a psychopathological setback after an accident, the wife of a postman has no other interest than reading the mail that her husband has to de...

A young woman faces dreams that predict her death on a specific date.

There are those who say that the women's bathrooms in nightclubs are magical places. Melanie and Sofía meet in one; and from that moment on their live...

During a summer afternoon, the thin line that separates dreams from wakefulness blurs into obscurity during a long nap.

A carnation planted on the moon is banished for not to flourish. Once in exile, thanks to the care and affection of a child, the flowers bloom.

The Hot Club of Montevideo is a Uruguayan cultural institution founded in 1950 by the pianist Paco Mañosa, along with his brother and some friends who...

The water war causes the levels of alcohol consumption to rise as a daily use. People live absolutely drunk and wait for moments of happiness to sober...

Mariana Viñoles has positioned her camera in the window. As lockdown puts everything on hold, little everyday dramas continue to play out in her stree...

The Sahrawi people have lived in exile for almost half a century in the driest desert of the African continent. There, where basic resources such as w...

One morning, a girl wakes up and it seems she can make time stop with her eyes.

The "caminante" refers to a hobo who roams the countryside, a nomenclature preferred by Carlos, who once traveled all over Uruguay before becoming a h...

In the wake of her best friend’s death, Adela embarks on a journey through time to a distant autumn, where Elena eagerly awaits, armed with detective...

A woman is approached by an alluring stranger at the bus stop, offering to alleviate her troubles.