Audiovisual media is all about storytelling. And over the course of our more than 20-year history, hundreds of fictional works have been created. This Monday, March 12, the School of Communication and Design invited the public to revisit five of them—works well worth sharing alongside their creators. These are moments of creativity born from hours of brainstorming, production, filming, and teamwork.
"It was a gathering of students from different generations, showcasing some of the best short films of recent years, which served to bring together students and graduates who share the same way of thinking about and experiencing cinema," said Gerardo Castelli, academic coordinator of the Audiovisual Universidad ORT Uruguay at Universidad ORT Uruguay.
On Monday evening, about 40 people gathered on the college terrace to enjoy the following audiovisual presentations:
Newton's Fault
"Newton's Fault" was produced as part of the ORT 16 program, a project of the School of Communication in collaboration with Kodak Americas Ltd. and Montrasi Uruguay Ltda. The program provided a space for training and filmmaking in 16mm. To this end, graduates of the Bachelor’s Degree in Audiovisual Communication were invited to submit short film scripts, which they would then shoot themselves using a 16mm camera. During the development and production of the shorts, they received support from tutors in cinematography, directing, and production. This program ran from 2003 to 2011, until it was replaced by ORT Digital.
The film was produced by María Zanocchi, with Guzmán Fernández serving as director of photography. It was made in 2004 and tells the story of a man’s memories of his father, who was a pilot.
Adrián Massa, who directed and wrote the screenplay, holds a bachelor’s degree in Audiovisual Communication. Illustrator. Director and screenwriter of the music video “Más que ayer” by the band Lapso, and of the following short films: “La culpa de Newton,” 2004, Uruguay’s winner to participate in the Kodak Film School Competition; “El hombre que ríe,” 2003, Best Youth Video at the 22nd Uruguay International Film Festival; and “Todos los jueves del mundo,” 2002. Assistant Director, TV movie “La Canaria” and miniseries “Uruguayos Campeones,” Monte Carlo Television. Assistant Director, music videos: “Ya no hay tiempo,” “Ataque de pánico,” “Desatornillado,” and “De atar.”
https://youtu.be/ToZpFvrCzlY?si=jCm0ImlUzPf6g-Na
The End
Ana Laura Obispo wrote and directed the film. Gerardo Castelli served as producer, and Mateo Soler was the director of photography.
The short film*Fine* was featuredat the First International Latin American Film Festival “Latin Uy 2009.” It was screened in November of that year at the Conrad Punta del Este Resort & Casino.
Obispo holds a bachelor's degree in Audiovisual Communication and currently works as a post-production lab assistant in the ORT School of Communication and Design.
It was also produced as part of the ORT 16 program and tells stories that build suspense without using words.
https://youtu.be/h-ARnohzSf4?si=IukfnwdkyKXlkhid
The pool
It explores the theme of identity through the story of a 12-year-old girl. In 2016, it was screened at the 34th Uruguay Film Festival. In 2017, it was screened at FemeMina, a festival of short films directed by women, at the Spanish Cultural Center. Llamí currently works as an editor at the independent Uruguayan production company Nepal Films. It is directed by Rocío Llambí.
Dr. Seymour
Written and Directed by: Alfonso Guerrero; Producer: Lucía Do Campo; Director of Photography: Diego Rosenblat.
The short film received a special mention at the eighth edition of the "Piriápolis de Película" International Short Film Festival. The festival was supported by the National Audiovisual Institute of the Ministry of Education and Culture, the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts of Argentina, and the Uruguayan Film Critics Association. The event took place from August 5 to 7, 2011, as part of the 80th anniversary celebrations of the Argentino Hotel in Piriápolis.
In 2017, Guerrero co-directed*Misión no Oficial*, a comedy about the arrival of marijuana in pharmacies, produced by Pardelion and Loro Films. *
* *Dr. Seymour* depicts a conversation between two men, who are later joined by a third, surrounded by water.
https://youtu.be/5SdnIuDrImI?si=01yZCiMr3m3v5bQC
Family Day
Blankleider’s *Family Day* won the “Most Innovative Fiction” category at the 2013 Gold Panda Awards, held as part of the 12th Sichuan TV Festival (China), organized by the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television and the Sichuan Provincial People’s Government.
The short film was produced and directed as part of the first edition of the ORT Digital program at the School of Communication and Design.
"Family Day" premiered in 2012 and screened at various international film festivals, where it won awards and received honorable mentions, including at the Tiburon International Film Festival, the Chicago Latino Film Festival, the Shorts Shorts Mexico International Film Festival, and the Concours de Courts in Toulouse (France).
The story of *Family Day* is about a six-year-old boy named Juan who doesn't understand why it doesn't snow at Christmas in Uruguay.
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