Among the award-winning works are projects by faculty members and graduates from the Audiovisual Department of the School of Communication and Design:
Mid-length and feature-length films
Award: Delia
Victoria Pena | Audiovisual Production Technician
Note: This Is How We Spent It
Diego Fernández Pujol | Teacher
Emerging Short Films (Experimental)
Award: " El atrás del atrás" (
) by Alfonsina Alonso Galvalisi | Bachelor's degree in Communication with a focus on Audiovisual Studies
Emerging Short Films (Fiction)
Award: Lxs profanxs
, Francisco Pose | Audiovisual Production Technician (with Emiliano Umpiérrez)
Series
Award: To the Next Level
Zálah | Audiovisual Production Technician
Student videos (college level)
Award: Elo
Paula Botana | Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a concentration in Audiovisual Studies
TheNuevo - Detour Film Festival is the only Uruguayan festival dedicated to local film production. has by the Montevideo Audiovisual Office of the Montevideo City Government, the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts of Uruguay, the Itaú Foundation, and Agadu. The event took place at the Nelly Goitiño Auditorium, the Uruguayan Film Archive, the Zitarrosa Hall, and the University Cinema.
Graduate project awarded by the 2021 Film and Audiovisual Development Fund
The film project *Las quemadas*, by Paula Botana, a graduate of theBachelor’s Degree in Communication with a concentration in Audiovisual Studies, received an award from the 2021 Film and Audiovisual Development Fund of the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts in the category of Audiovisual Content Development – Fiction Feature Film Screenplay.
Botana wrote the script for her final college project.
The evaluation committee released the results on October 21, 2021.
Graduate film projects selected for the Santiago International Film Festival
The project *Historias pasajeras*, by Carajito Films, co-founded and directed by Alfonso Lourido, a graduate of the Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design, was selected among the series projects from the Southern Cone to be presented at the Santiago International Film Festival (Sanfic), specifically at Sanfic Industria, which will take place from October 27 to November 5, 2021.
Carajito Films is also participating in Santiago Lab with its feature film project*Reaching for the Moon*.