DETOUR: The New Film Festival is an annual festival that since 2013 celebrates and rewards the best of emerging national cinema. It is the only festival dedicated to premiering and exhibiting the first films of Uruguayans, in any format. It is also the meeting point for almost 500 young filmmakers, the press and the public.
It awards prizes worth US$11,000, granted by private companies in the film industry and public institutions. It has presented films that have been shown on the commercial circuit and have participated in prestigious international festivals.