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Uruguay

Uruguayan cinema is small but has had international success, from Whisky (2004), by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll, to Alvaro Brechner's A Twelve-Year Night (2018), about the years of dictatorship.

Awards won by films from this country (number of awarded films)

1 Cairo International Film Festival1 Silver Condor Awards1 Thessaloniki International Film Festival1 Transilvania International Film Festival

Guides

Carlos: Film Portrait of a Montevideo PanhandlerUruguay · 10 filmsUruguayan cinema in 10 filmsThis guide follows 10 of the best-known films from Uruguay, from 1965 to 2022, in the order they were made, so you can see how its cinema developed.START

Famous Directors

Alvaro BrechnerUruguayDDiego ArsuagaUruguayJuan Pablo RebellaUruguayLeticia JorgeUruguayLorena MuñozUruguayMario HandlerUruguay

Top films · 14 films

  1. A Twelve-Year Night 2018 · Alvaro Brechner · IMDb 7.5
  2. Aside 2002 · Mario Handler · IMDb 7.5
  3. Carlos: Film Portrait of a Montevideo Panhandler 1965 · Mario Handler · IMDb 7.4
  4. Me gustan los estudiantes 1968 · Mario Handler · IMDb 7.2
  5. Whisky 2004 · Juan Pablo Rebella · IMDb 7.1
  6. 25 Watts 2001 · Juan Pablo Rebella · IMDb 7.1
  7. I'm Gilda 2016 · Lorena Muñoz · IMDb 6.9
  8. The Last Train 2002 · Diego Arsuaga · IMDb 6.8
  9. Liber Arce, liberarse 1969 · Mario Handler · IMDb 6.7
  10. Don't You Let Me Go 2024 · Leticia Jorge · IMDb 6.6
  11. Mr. Kaplan 2014 · Alvaro Brechner · IMDb 6.5
  12. Tell Mario not to Come Back 2007 · Mario Handler · IMDb 6.5
  13. Elections 1967 · Mario Handler · IMDb 6.3
  14. Togo 2022 · Adrián Caetano · IMDb 5.4