Daniel Yafalián Movies

Director Mariana Viñoles documents her return from Belgium to Uruguay after five years of absence and tells the story of her father, her two...

A forgotten national ballet company set in a theater under construction is shaken into life by the arrival of Julio Bocca, one of the best ballet...

In a post-apocalyptic world, a humanoid robot creates a dog out of spare parts.

A portrayal of the multifaceted artist Sofía Saunier's daily routine as she takes care of her housemate and makes Transur, a film project...

Act of Violence Upon a Young Journalist is a film shot in 1988 and released on VHS in 1989; a mysterious cult work of Uruguayan cinema surrounded by...

A young man in Uruguay has trouble expressing himself verbally. As the lead singer in a band, he interacts with the world through his music.

Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan...

Felipe returns to the family farm for the anniversary of his father's death, where his mother Sandra, brother Sebastián, and young nephew...

A movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life as the cinema he's worked at for over 25 years faces closure.

Through the present-day lives of three young people, children of political militants from the 70s, the story of their families during the Uruguayan...

The Punta de Rieles prison was where most female political prisoners were incarcerated during the dictatorship in Uruguay. The way up to the building...

The life of a seal is pretty unfair. During mating season, the strong ones take ten females each, nine males stay without a partner. This wildlife...

Nieves is my oldest neighbor, in every way. She has just turned 90 and for a long time we have lived next to each other, balcony to balcony, in the...

A ship, fifteen men, the river. A sensory film, a journey towards introspection. A portrait of loneliness, labour and absence, on board this floating...

The biggest peaceful demonstration of resistance to an authoritarian regime in Latin America in the 1970s was the general strike whereby Uruguayan...

When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta,...

A Montevideo journalist discovers that the murder of a boy from the slums near the vineyards had political reasons, and was not an isolated incident....

Juan tries to rescue Ulises from oblivion by showing his latest paintings, which have been hidden for 20 years. A documentary that is also a love...

The story of an unfinished documentary about Alfredo Zitarrosa and that of his director, Francisco "Papico" Cibils.

The tale of five Uruguayan villagers who embark on a journey to see the ocean for the first time. They depart in a broken down freight truck,...