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The Uruguayan
''The Uruguayan'' is a 2022 film directed by Ana García Blaya. It is produced by the Orsai Community (Comunidad Orsai in Spanish) led by Argentine author Hernán Casciari and Christian «Chiri» Basilis. It's the film adaptation of Pedro Mairal's "The Uruguayan" novel published in 2016, which achieved remarkable commercial success. The film was financed through crowdfunding. Plot The film tells the story of Lucas Pereyra, an Argentine author who travels to Uruguay for the day to buy US dollars with an advance he received for a book that he hadn't yet delivered. In Montevideo he agreed to secretly meet Magalí Guerra, based on fond memories of a prior visit. His plans don't go as expected. Production To finance the film production, the Community released six thousand bonds at a unit price of 100 dollars each, and all members were allowed to buy up to 200 bonds each, thus becoming associate producers. The film profits will be distributed proportionally with all associate prod ...
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Ana García Blaya
Ana García Blaya (born, Buenos Aires, November 18, 1979) is an Argentine film director. Biography She studied Communication Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). In 2015 she began working as a screenwriter with Pablo Solarz and in 2017, she was the winner of the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA) competition. In 2019, she premiered her first film, , which participated in the Toronto International Film Festival, San Sebastián International Film Festival, and Mar del Plata International Film Festival. In 2022, she won the award for best direction in the international competition of the Mar del Plata International Film Festival with her second feature film, , based on the novel of the same name by Pedro Mairal. This is the first production of Orsai Audiovisuales. To carry out the production of the film, thousands of people collectively organized to finance it and thus become "producing partners", making aesthetic and artistic decisions and partic ...
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Pedro Mairal
Pedro Mairal (born 1970) is an Argentine novelist, poet and musician. He has published more than a dozen books, among them the novel ''La Uruguaya'' (English translation: ''The Woman from Uruguay'') which won the Tigre Juan Award in 2017. His work has been translated into French, German, Arabic, English and Dutch. In 2007, he was named as one of the Bogota39, a selection of the best young writers in Latin America Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese. Latin America is defined according to cultural identity, not geogr .... He also is part of the Generation of 90, with other argentine writers such as Fabián Casas, Santiago Vega, Samanta Schweblin and Selva Almada. Biography Pedro Mairal was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 27, 1970. He began studying medicine in 1989, but soon stopped. In 1991 he began studying language a ...
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Montevideo
Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata. A Portuguese garrison was established in the place where today is the city of Montevideo in November 1723. The Portuguese garrison was expelled in February 1724 by a Spanish soldier, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst the Spanish people, Spanish-Portuguese people, Portuguese dispute over the Río de la Plata Basin, platine region. There is no official document establishing the foundation of the city, but the "Diario" of Bruno Mauricio de Zabala officially mentions the date of 24 December 1726 as the foundation, corroborated by presential witnesses. The complete independence from Buenos Aires as a real city was not ...
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Havana Film Festival
The Havana Film Festival is a Cuban festival that focuses on the promotion of Latin American filmmakers. It is also known in Spanish as ''Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana,'' and in English as International Festival of New Latin American Cinema of Havana. It takes place every year during December in the city of Havana, Cuba. History The inaugural International Festival of New Latin American Cinema was held on December 3, 1979, and more than 600 film directors of Latin America responded to the first call made by the Cuban Institute of the Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC). Its founders included ICAIC president Alfredo Guevara, and the filmmakers Julio García Espinosa and Pastor Vega. As expressed in its founding convocation, the festival aimed to "promote the regular meeting of Latin American filmmakers who with their work enrich the artistic culture of our countries (…); ensure the joint presentation of fiction films, documentaries, ...
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Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the most prestigious and largest publicly attended film festivals in the world. Founded in 1976, the festival takes place every year in early September. The organization behind the film festival is also a permanent destination for film culture operating out of the TIFF Lightbox cultural centre, located in downtown Toronto. The Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award, TIFF People's Choice Award – which is based on audience balloting – has emerged as an indicator of success during Film awards seasons, awards season, especially at the Academy Awards. Past recipients of this award include Oscar-winning films, such as ''Chariots of Fire'' (1981), ''Life Is Beautiful'' (1998), ''American Beauty (1999 film), American Beauty'' (1999), ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' (2000), ''Slumdog Millionaire'' (2008), ''The King's Speech'' (2010), ''Silver Linings Playbook'' (2012), ''12 Years a ...
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San Sebastián International Film Festival
The San Sebastián International Film Festival ( SSIFF; , ) is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spain, Spanish city of Donostia, Donostia-San Sebastián in September, in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. Since its creation in 1953, it has established itself as one of the 14 "A" category competitive festivals accredited by the FIAPF, of which it has one of the lowest budgets. It has hosted several important events of the history of cinema, such as the international premieres of ''Vertigo (film), Vertigo'', by Alfred Hitchcock (who attended the Festival) and the European premiere of ''Star Wars (film), Star Wars''. It was the first festival attended by Roman Polanski and has helped advance the professional careers of filmmakers such as Francis Ford Coppola, Bong Joon-ho and Pedro Almodóvar. José Luis Rebordinos has served as the director of the festival since 2011. History The festival was founded on September 21, 1953. Non-Spanish la ...
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Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, GaWC 2024 ranking. The city proper has a population of 3.1 million and its urban area 16.7 million, making it the List of metropolitan areas, twentieth largest metropolitan area in the world. It is known for its preserved eclecticism, eclectic European #Architecture, architecture and rich culture, cultural life. It is a multiculturalism, multicultural city that is home to multiple ethnic and religious groups, contributing to its culture as well as to the dialect spoken in the city and in some other parts of the country. This is because since the 19th century, the city, and the country in general, has been a major recipient of millions of Immigration to Argentina, im ...
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César Charlone (cinematographer)
César Charlone (born February 20, 1950) is a Uruguayan filmmaker and cinematographer. Life and career He was born in Montevideo, but lives in Brazil. In 2003, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on '' City of God''. In 2007, he made his directorial debut with ''The Pope's Toilet ''The Pope's Toilet'' () is a 2007 Uruguayan film directed by César Charlone and Enrique Fernandez, starring César Troncoso, Virginia Méndez, and Mario Silva. Plot It is 1988, and Melo, a Uruguayan town on the Brazilian border, awaits th ...'', sharing credit with Enrique Fernández. Filmography Director Film Television Cinematographer Film Short film Television Awards and nominations References External links * Brazilian cinematographers 1958 births Living people Brazilian film directors Brazilian screenwriters Brazilian male screenwriters Brazilian male actors Uruguayan emigrants to Brazil Mass media people from M ...
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Gustavo Garzón
Gustavo Garzón (born May 25, 1955, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentina, Argentine film and television actor. He works in the cinema of Argentina.Gustavo Garzón
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Filmography

* ''Cosa de locos'' (1981) * ''Tacos altos'' (1985) * ''Los Días de junio'' (1985) a.k.a. ''Days in June'' * ''Sostenido en La menor'' (1986) a.k.a. ''Padre, marido y amante'' * ''Los Amores de Laurita'' (1986) * ''La Clínica del Dr. Cureta'' (1987) * ''La Ciudad oculta'' (1989) * ''Despabílate amor'' (1996) a.k.a. ''Wake Up Love'' * ''El Mundo contra mí'' (1997) * ''Qué absurdo es haber crecido'' (2000) a.k.a. ''How Silly We Are to Grow Up'' * ''Gallito Ciego'' (2001) * ''El Fondo del Mar'' (2003) a.k.a. ''The Bottom of the Sea'' * ''Roma (2004 film), Roma'' (2004) * ''El Buen destino'' (2005) * ''Amor en defensa propia'' (2006) * ...
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2022 Films
2022 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2022, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures celebrated their 110th anniversaries and Motion Picture Association celebrated their Centennial, 100th anniversary. Evaluation of the year In his article highlighting the best movies of 2022, Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' said, "This year, it’s all the more important to offer a widely inclusive list, because a wide range of American filmmakers have caught up with the inescapable phenomenon of the recent past: the resurgence of openly anti-democratic forces and brazenly hate-driven ideologies, the crisis of illegitimate rule, the menace of authoritarianism, the potential end of even our current debilitated American democracy. The phenomenon is certainly not limited to the United States, and filmmakers from around ...
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Argentine Drama Films
Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Argentine. Argentina is a multiethnic society, home to people of various ethnic, racial, religious, denomination, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. As a result, Argentines do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Argentina. Aside from the indigenous population, nearly all Argentines or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries. Among countries in the world that have received the most immigrants in modern history, Argentina, with 6.6 million, ranks second to the United States (27 million), and ahead of other immigrant destinations such as Canada, Brazil and Australia. Ethnic groups Overview ...
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