Uruguay Movies

The title evokes that of the book by Senator Amílcar Vasconcellos about the "semi-coup" of February 9, 1973, and the film recounts the tense...

After the coup in Uruguay in 1973, thousands of intellectuals and artists fled the country. The filmmaker’s father was among them and left for...

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

Between two different realities, the threads of life cross. An anecdote links Uruguay, Palestine and Israel. A son films his father and his...

A story whispered narrates a journey where two dimensions of space-time overlap.

The COVID-19 pandemic threatens the future of the Cine Universitario del Uruguay. A director abandons his documentary due to safety concerns. Drawing...

A girl is getting ready for her 15th birthday party, but her father receives a concerning message from the organizer.

Negro explores the roots of candombe culture, trying to understand the why and how of a culture embedded into the soundscape of Montevideo and...

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

For over 40 years, the Sahrawi population, as refugees, has been waiting peacefully to return to their homeland after Morocco's illegal invasion of...

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

Mateo dreams of becoming a violinist. To fulfil that dream, he settles in Montevideo and shares a flat with his partner and friends in the city...

A small town boy falls in love with the portrait of Carlota Ferreira in a museum in Montevideo. Back home, he decides to see her again. His family...