Buoyed by a vibrant film scene and savvy government aid, the tiny South American nation of Uruguay has started to draw international attention. In February, Adrian Biniez’s debut feature “Gigante” ...

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Montevideo, Aug 24 (EFE).Montevideo, Aug 24 (EFE). — Movie producers have declared Uruguay’s film industry to be in an “emergency” due to falling government support for domestic movies, Film Producers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Uruguay’s José Ignacio International Film Festival (JIIFF) has launched the Pfeffer del Sur Fund, a $50,000 fund dedicated to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — “As a meeting place, Ventana Sur was fantastic, the sales agent presence was good, focused on companies ...

Ventana Sur will return to Montevideo for its 2026 edition, confirming the Río de la Plata format as the new working structure for Latin America's leading audiovisual market. The Marché du Film, ...

The José Ignacio International Film Festival (JIIFF) in Uruguay has launched a $50,000 fund to help encourage Ibero-American fiction films. The ‘Pfeffer Del Sur Fund’ will be awarded to one of the ...

More stories by Nigel M. Uruguay’s official submission to the Academy Awards, Alvaro Brecchner’s directorial feature debut “Bad Day to Go Fishing,” has been acquired by Film Movement for North ...

Uruguay is seriously considering legal actions against the producers of a Hollywood film “Submerged” with Steven Seagal which ridicules the South American country as a banana republic where a ...

He is 83 and was never exactly movie star material, but Jose “Pepe” Mujica, the former president of Uruguay, is the undisputed star of the Venice film festival.— attracting just as many autograph ...

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