Uruguay Movies

Film by Boris Cristoff.

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

In its 80 years, the Summer Theater has witnessed cultural milestones. The film brings together documentary footage and testimonials to convey the...

What feeds us? Who feeds us? Juan and Olga produce tomatoes, cheese, meat and peppers; their loving work brings us closer to the unity of the circle...

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...

Short autobiographical story.

After witnessing her separation, Alice's half-empty house begins to make strange noises.

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

A man, tired of the painful world that surrounds him, slowly begins to notice changes in his monotonous life. Little by little a dark thought takes...

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