The next edition of the Malaga Film Festival will be held from March 14 to 23. Also, the Mafiz market will be held from March 17 to 21, bringing together producers, distributors, agents and talent from all over Ibero-America in search of projects and business opportunities.
On this occasion, a delegation of outstanding Uruguayan filmmakers will be present with projects selected for competition at the Festival and at the Mafiz market.
In the official section of the Festival will be participating:
PERROS (Gerardo Minutti)
Fiction
- Country: Uruguay, Argentina
- Production: Cinevinay, Cimarrón (The Mediapro Studio)
- Year: 2025
- Length: 102 min
- Script: Gerardo Minutti
- Cinematography: Matías Lasarte
- Music: Hernán Segret
- Editing: Manuel Ferrari
- Cast: Nestor Guzzini, Marcelo Subiotto, Maria Elena Pérez, Noelia Campo, Roberto Suárez, Catalina Arrillaga, Manuel Tate, Soledad Pelayo
- Contact: info@cinevinay.com
Synopsis
The Saldaña family must assume new tasks in their boring summer: taking care of the dog and the house of the Pernas, their neighbors. Abusing their duties as improvised landlords, they will live their own vacations in it. The unexpected disappearance of the Pernas’ dog will be the trigger for a violent, miserable and psychological confrontation between the two families.
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RÍO ADENTRO (Pablo Martínez Pessi)
Documentary
- Country: Uruguay, Argentina
- Production: Gabinete Films
- Year: 2025
- Length: 75 min
- Script: Pablo Martínez Pessi
- Cinematography: Lucas Mariño Devotto
- Music: Marilina Calós, Pablo Maruri
- Editing: Pablo Martínez Pessi
- Cast: Lucas Mariño Devotto
- International Sales: Gabinete Films
- Contact: pablomp@gabinetefilms.com
Synopsis
Lucas is a fisherman. He goes into the mountains on the banks of the Uruguay and Negro rivers to photograph the fishermen’s camps and their trade. His goal is to make a photo report of this very personal universe, to turn it into a photobook that portrays his reality. As his project grows, Lucas finds himself as an artist and builds his gaze.
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AJUSTE DE PÉRDIDAS (Miguel Calderón)
Uruguayan minority documentary
- Country: Mexico, Uruguay
- Production: Las Vocales, Cactus Docs, Bocacha Films, Detalle Films
- Year 2024
- Length: 71 min
- Script: Miguel Calderón, Guillermo Fadanelli
- Photography: Luis Montalvo
- Music: Thomas Becka, Antoine Gilloire
- Editing: Guillermo Madeiro
- International sales: Taskovski Films
- Contact: fest@taskovskifilms.com
Synopsis
Haunted by corruption and catastrophes stemming from his work as an insurance adjuster, Pedro seeks solace in the contemporary art world, only to discover that it is also deceitful. This leads him into an identity crisis as both worlds begin to blur.
In the out-of-competition section of the Festival:
EL CASERO (Matias Lucchesi)
Minority Uruguayan fiction
- Country: Argentina, Uruguay
- Production: Amada Contents, Twins Latin Films, Nadador Cine
- Year: 2024
- Length: 82 min
- Script: Matias Lucchesi
- Cinematography: Gustavo Biazzi
- Music: Hernan Segret
- Editing: Eliane Katz, Andres Tambornino
- Cast: Paola Barrientos, Alfonso Tort, Alvin Astorga, Luis Rubio, Natalia Dalena, José Carlos Guridi ‘Yayo’.
- International Sales: Rizco
- Contacto: marcela@amadacontents.com
Synopsis
Claudio and Marcela’s life is altered when they travel to the family home, inherited from their parents, to start the construction of a boutique hotel. There they meet Ramón, the old and beloved landlord who has known them since childhood, installed and using the house. While they debate on how to get rid of Ramon, he has no intention of leaving the house, which he also feels as his home.
In the Mafiz will be participating:
WEBMASTERS (Maximiliano Contenti)
Fiction
- Gender: Drama
- Direction: Maximiliano Contenti
- Duration: 125 min.
- Production: Yukoh Films (Uy), Why Films (Esp.), U Films
Synopsis
During the economic crisis of the early 2000s in Uruguay, a group of teenagers known as “Webmasters” discover a business that makes them earn fortunes through the Internet.
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ANOCHE CREÍ QUE NADABA (Catalina Torres Puentes)
Fiction
- Written and Directed by: Catalina Torres Puentes
- Film Genre: Feature Fiction – drama, LGBT
- Status: Financing
- Format: 4K/DCP
- Estimated running time: 85 min.
- Country of production: Uruguay
- Production Company: Monarca Films / Eugenia Olascuaga Fierro
- Coproducer: Sabaté Films / Gabriela Sabaté / Paraguay
Synopsis
An intense heat wave hits a seaside resort in Uruguay. Vera and her grandmother Tere spend the last days of summer together, but this vacation is different. Tere insists on betting chips at the casino and pouring glasses of whiskey. While water is scarce and tourists say goodbye to the city, what is not said begins to have the same effect as the heat: it suffocates and prevents sleep.
Malaga talents
As a result of the alliance built between Uruguay and Mafiz, this year filmmaker Maite Piñeyrua will participate in this training space.
The Uruguayan delegation will be composed of a representative of ACAU, Marcio Migliorisi, in charge of internationals, and the following members:
- Santiago López, Rodolfo Iriñiz, Nestor Guzzini,Sandindo Saravia, and Gerardo Minutti, (director), for the work ”Perros”, selected the Feature Films section official selection of the Festival.
- Pablo Martínez Pessi, and Lucas Mariño Devoto, for ”Río adentro”, selected in the Documentary section of the Festival.
- Agustina Chiarino, for ”Ajuste de pérdidas”, selected in the documentary section of the Malaga Festival.
- Eugenia Olazcuaga and Catalina Torres for ”Anoche creí que nadaba”, selected in the Mafíz.
- Virginia Hinze, for ”Webmasters”, selected at the Mafíz.
- Maite Piñeyrúa, selected in the Malaga Talent.
- Pablo Mazzola, representative of the Working JIIFF.
- Florencia Beltrán, producer.
- Matías Lujambio, director of photography.
In addition, Uruguay will have a stand at the Mafiz market, which will serve as a meeting space for the Uruguayan delegation.
Also, the ordinary meetings of CAACI and Ibermedia will be held, which will be attended by the ACAU’s international head to represent Uruguay.
