List of Uruguayan documentary films

For an alphabetical list of Uruguayan documentary films, see Category:Uruguayan documentary films.

This is a list of documentary films produced in the Uruguayan cinema, ordered by year and decade of release.

1890s

• 1898: Carrera de bicicletas en el velódromo de Arroyo Seco (Bicycle race at the Arroyo Seco velodrome), produced by Félix Oliver. ^[1]

1940s

• 1949: Pupila al viento (A Pupil in the Wind), directed by Enrico Gras. 24th Festival des 3 Continents, Nantes.

1990s

• 1997: Dieste, la conciencia de la forma, directed by Mario Jacob. ^[2]

2000s

• 2000: Ácratas (Anarchists), written and directed by Virginia Martínez. ^[2]
• 2002:
  • A pesar de Treblinka (Despite Treblinka), directed by Gerardo Stawsky. ^[2]
  • Aparte (Aside), directed by Mario Handler  [ es ]. ^[2]
• 2004: A las cinco en punto  [ es ] (At Five O'Clock Sharp), directed by José Pedro Charlo. ^[3]
• 2007:
  • El gran simulador (The Great Pretender), directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley.
  • La sociedad de la nieve (Stranded: I've come from a plane that crashed on the mountains), written and directed by Gonzalo Arijón.
• 2008:
  • Decile a Mario que no vuelva (Tell Mario Not to Come Back), written and directed by Mario Handler  [ es ]. ^{[2] [4]}
  • Cachila, directed by Sebastián Bednarik  [ es ] and Andrés Varela. ^{[2] [5]}

2010s

• 2014: Maracaná, directed by Sebastián Bednarik  [ es ] and Andrés Varela. ^[6]
• 2017:
  • El Pepe, una vida suprema (El Pepe: A Supreme Life), directed by Emir Kusturica. ^{[7] [8]}
  • Roslik y el pueblo de las caras sospechosamente rusas  [ es ], directed by Julián Goyoaga.

2020s

• 2023: Hay una puerta ahí (The Door Is There), written and directed by Facundo Ponce de León and Juan Ponce de León. ^[9] Submitted for the 97th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film. ^[10]
• 2024:
  • Jorge Batlle: entre el cielo y el infierno ( Jorge Batlle: Between Heaven and Hell), filmed and directed by Federico Lemos. ^[11]
  • Quédate quieto (Stay Still), written and directed by Joanna Lombardi. ^{[12] [13]}

See also

• Uruguay portal

• List of Uruguayan films

References

1. Manuel Martínez Carril, Guillermo Zapiola. "La historia no oficial del cine uruguayo (1898-2002)" (PDF). Cinemateca Uruguaya. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
2. Martínez, Virginia (ed.). "Ácratas". Catalogue of Uruguayan Documentaries (PDF). Uruguayan Film Commission. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
3. Montevideo COMM. "Recorrido nacional". A las cinco en punto. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
4. DocMontevideo (Encuentro Documental de las Televisoras Latinoamericanas) (July 2009). "Decile a Mario que no vuelva (Tell Mario not to come back)". Catálogo de documentales uruguayos 1985-2009. Montevideo. p. 23. Coordinación general: Virginia Martínez.
5. "Cachila (película 2008) - Tráiler. resumen, reparto y dónde ver. Dirigida por Sebastián Bednarik, Andrés Varela". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2024-11-28. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
6. Tenfield (12 March 2014). "Maracana. La película, enorme sentimiento de nuestras vidas". Uruguay. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
7. "'El Pepe: A Supreme Life': Venice Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
8. "El Pepe, a Supreme Life first look: Emir Kusturica reveals a president in repose". BFI. 30 October 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
9. "Hay una puerta ahí, una amistad que nace para despedirse". RTVE (in Spanish). 2023-03-28. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
10. "Hay una puerta ahí". Funeral Natural (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-23.
11. "Las luces y sombras del expresidente uruguayo Jorge Batlle centran un biopic documental". EFE (in Spanish). 26 May 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
12. Jones, Holly (2024-02-14). "'How To Deal With a Heartbreak' Director Joanna Lombardi's First Hybrid-Documentary 'Stay Still' Heads to Málaga (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved 2024-11-23.
13. Fangacio, Juan Carlos (2024-02-28). "Joanna Lombardi lleva su primer documental al Festival de Málaga: así es "Quédate quieto"". El Comercio (in Spanish). ISSN   1605-3052 . Retrieved 2024-11-23.