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Elisa Barbosa Riva SCU
Films. Videoclips
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Balomania, 2024.
La artista danesa radicada en Brasil, Sissel Morrell Dargis, se infiltra en una comunidad secreta e ilegal: los baloeiros. Estos hombres, organizados en equipos, se dedican a fabricar gigantes globos de papel de colores con el simple propósito y placer de verlos volar. La cineasta nos lleva al inframundo de estas bandas perseguidas por la policía, utilizando códigos de thriller para contarnos cómo logra ganarse su confianza, así como una amistad que dura toda la vida.
ÁNGEL
Uruguay, 2025
Genre: Fiction Series
Running Time: 90 minutes
Director: Manuel Soriano
Production: Cuenco Cine, Intergalactic Production Company, and Hernando Siles TV
Camera and Lens: Blackmagic 6k Pro & DZOFilm Cine VESPID
Ángel is a frustrated playwright living in Montevideo with his wife, son, and former guerrilla father. Ángel begins a new project, solving real-life cases through theatrical productions, and finds in this venture the opportunity to establish himself as an artist. The cases touch on controversial topics—homophobia, pedophilia, faith in God, missing persons, infidelity, abortion—and will gradually expose the cracks in this dysfunctional family and the contradictions between what Ángel thinks and what he says he thinks.
Uruguay, 2025
Genre: Fiction Series
Running Time: 90 minutes
Director: Manuel Soriano
Production: Cuenco Cine, Intergalactic Production Company, and Hernando Siles TV
Camera and Lens: Blackmagic 6k Pro & DZOFilm Cine VESPID
Ángel is a frustrated playwright living in Montevideo with his wife, son, and former guerrilla father. Ángel begins a new project, solving real-life cases through theatrical productions, and finds in this venture the opportunity to establish himself as an artist. The cases touch on controversial topics—homophobia, pedophilia, faith in God, missing persons, infidelity, abortion—and will gradually expose the cracks in this dysfunctional family and the contradictions between what Ángel thinks and what he says he thinks.
MEN DIE BEFORE
Costa Rica, Uruguay, 2025
Genre: Fiction
Running Time: 90 minutes
Director: Federico Montero
Production: Linterna Films / Tarkio Film
Camera and Lenses: Sony VENICE, Arri/Zeiss Standard lens, Arri/Zeiss Ultra Prime lens, & Angenieux Optimo 19.5-94MM Zoom
Felipe returns to the house where he grew up on a horse farm after his father's death. His mother, Sandra, his brother, Sebastián, and Sebas, his 11-year-old nephew, are waiting for him there. Felipe notices that his nephew is beginning to imitate what he's learning in this environment. Felipe tries to show him affection, but Sebas witnesses what Felipe is most ashamed of: his sexuality. Felipe meets Jorge "el sordo," the farmhand in charge of the horses, and they become friends. As the novena prayers are being held, the house's toilets begin to overflow, destroying the family photo archive and creating pools of water that reflect the family's hidden secrets. Felipe tries to challenge his family's power dynamics but becomes trapped within them.
Costa Rica, Uruguay, 2025
Genre: Fiction
Running Time: 90 minutes
Director: Federico Montero
Production: Linterna Films / Tarkio Film
Camera and Lenses: Sony VENICE, Arri/Zeiss Standard lens, Arri/Zeiss Ultra Prime lens, & Angenieux Optimo 19.5-94MM Zoom
Felipe returns to the house where he grew up on a horse farm after his father's death. His mother, Sandra, his brother, Sebastián, and Sebas, his 11-year-old nephew, are waiting for him there. Felipe notices that his nephew is beginning to imitate what he's learning in this environment. Felipe tries to show him affection, but Sebas witnesses what Felipe is most ashamed of: his sexuality. Felipe meets Jorge "el sordo," the farmhand in charge of the horses, and they become friends. As the novena prayers are being held, the house's toilets begin to overflow, destroying the family photo archive and creating pools of water that reflect the family's hidden secrets. Felipe tries to challenge his family's power dynamics but becomes trapped within them.
THE BLACK BOX
Uruguay, Colombia, 2025
Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 116 minutes
Director: Elisa Barbosa Riva
Production: Montenola Cine & Blond Indian Films
Camera and Lenses: Bolex 16mm, Canon C500, OLD LOMO Cooke Anamorphic Lenses
In October 1969, Daniel hijacked an Avianca plane at gunpoint and arrived in Cuba, where years later he became the best-selling Cuban crime writer of all time. The black box from that plane tells the fascinating story of his life. On a journey with characters from his fiction and his family, friends, and colleagues, we will experience his beloved Cuba and his native Uruguay.
Uruguay, Colombia, 2025
Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 116 minutes
Director: Elisa Barbosa Riva
Production: Montenola Cine & Blond Indian Films
Camera and Lenses: Bolex 16mm, Canon C500, OLD LOMO Cooke Anamorphic Lenses
In October 1969, Daniel hijacked an Avianca plane at gunpoint and arrived in Cuba, where years later he became the best-selling Cuban crime writer of all time. The black box from that plane tells the fascinating story of his life. On a journey with characters from his fiction and his family, friends, and colleagues, we will experience his beloved Cuba and his native Uruguay.
BALOMANIA
Brazil, Denmark, 2025.
Genre: Documentary
Running time: 93 minutes.
Director: Sissel Morell Dargis.
Production: House of Real
Camera and lenses: Sony FS7, Fujinon MK18-55mm T2.9 Lens, Canon XA40.
A secret society of giant hot air balloon makers in Brazil risks everything to create and pilot their illegal masterpieces.
Brazil, Denmark, 2025.
Genre: Documentary
Running time: 93 minutes.
Director: Sissel Morell Dargis.
Production: House of Real
Camera and lenses: Sony FS7, Fujinon MK18-55mm T2.9 Lens, Canon XA40.
A secret society of giant hot air balloon makers in Brazil risks everything to create and pilot their illegal masterpieces.
MELCHORA
Peru, 2025.
Genre: Documentary
Running time: 75 minutes
Director: Maga Zevallos
Production: Hiperactiva
Camera and lenses: Sony As7, Minolta lenses
Environmental defender Melchora Surco joins the campaign.
She is one of the leading voices for those affected by heavy metals in #Espinar. Her struggle has brought the pollution and human rights violations in this mining province to light.
Documentary in editing stage.
Peru, 2025.
Genre: Documentary
Running time: 75 minutes
Director: Maga Zevallos
Production: Hiperactiva
Camera and lenses: Sony As7, Minolta lenses
Environmental defender Melchora Surco joins the campaign.
She is one of the leading voices for those affected by heavy metals in #Espinar. Her struggle has brought the pollution and human rights violations in this mining province to light.
Documentary in editing stage.
WIND & FRIGHT
Argentina, 2025.
Genre: Documentary
Running time: 95 minutes
Director: Noelia Solmi
Camera and lenses: Sony ASR7, Minolta lenses, Nikkor, Panasonic Lumix GH5, Bolex 16mm
Every year, a fierce wind blows through the remote northern region of Argentina's Puna, and some say it brings misfortune. Dionisio, a healer, is one of the few who still knows how to cure these ailments, while Carlos, another villager, has contracted "susto," the name given to this illness. Carlos believes this illness is caused by the imminent closure of a nearby mine where he works. Wind & Susto presents a haunting and creative portrait of the inhabitants of this region, who wait for the wind to end so it can take their misfortunes away.
Documentary in editing stage.
Argentina, 2025.
Genre: Documentary
Running time: 95 minutes
Director: Noelia Solmi
Camera and lenses: Sony ASR7, Minolta lenses, Nikkor, Panasonic Lumix GH5, Bolex 16mm
Every year, a fierce wind blows through the remote northern region of Argentina's Puna, and some say it brings misfortune. Dionisio, a healer, is one of the few who still knows how to cure these ailments, while Carlos, another villager, has contracted "susto," the name given to this illness. Carlos believes this illness is caused by the imminent closure of a nearby mine where he works. Wind & Susto presents a haunting and creative portrait of the inhabitants of this region, who wait for the wind to end so it can take their misfortunes away.
Documentary in editing stage.
THE SILENCE OF THE MOTHERS
URUGUAY, 2025
Genre: Documentary
Running time: 85 minutes
Written and directed by: Claudia Abend and Adriana Loeff
Production: Bocacha Films
Camera and lenses: Blackmagic 6k Pro & Arri/Zeiss, Canon Canon Pancake
This film tells the true stories of love and heartbreak between three women and their children. These stories are told from the perspective of each mother as she navigates a sometimes profound, sometimes everyday struggle in motherhood. These stories uncompromisingly reveal the subtleties of one of life's most intense and complex experiences.
URUGUAY, 2025
Genre: Documentary
Running time: 85 minutes
Written and directed by: Claudia Abend and Adriana Loeff
Production: Bocacha Films
Camera and lenses: Blackmagic 6k Pro & Arri/Zeiss, Canon Canon Pancake
This film tells the true stories of love and heartbreak between three women and their children. These stories are told from the perspective of each mother as she navigates a sometimes profound, sometimes everyday struggle in motherhood. These stories uncompromisingly reveal the subtleties of one of life's most intense and complex experiences.
POLEN 2025
Genre: Fiction
Running Time: Teaser film, 90 minutes.
Director: Anaclara Ferreyra Palfy
Production: Montelona Cine
Camera and lens: Sony VENICE, Cooke S4 lens.
Lucía, a 16-year-old girl who lives in a small border town with her beekeeper father and younger sister, must face the possible return of her mother, who abandoned them years ago.
Genre: Fiction
Running Time: Teaser film, 90 minutes.
Director: Anaclara Ferreyra Palfy
Production: Montelona Cine
Camera and lens: Sony VENICE, Cooke S4 lens.
Lucía, a 16-year-old girl who lives in a small border town with her beekeeper father and younger sister, must face the possible return of her mother, who abandoned them years ago.
BEFORE MADRID
URUGUAY, 2023
Genre: Fiction
Running time: 20 minutes
Directed by Ilén Juambeltz and Nicolás Botana.
Production: Dulce Cine
Camera and lens: Red Komodo, OLD LOMO Cooke Anamorphic Lenses
The story follows Micaela and Santiago, a young couple living in a small town in Uruguay who are determined to have their first sexual experience together, or at least try.
It premiered internationally at the 73rd Berlinale - Generation and received special mentions at the Biarritz Latin America Festival and Shorts México. It won Best International Short Film at the Cuenca Festival, Best Ibero-American Short Film at the Pávez Awards, and participated in the official selection of renowned festivals such as BAFICI, Palm Springs, Huesca, Odense, among others.
URUGUAY, 2023
Genre: Fiction
Running time: 20 minutes
Directed by Ilén Juambeltz and Nicolás Botana.
Production: Dulce Cine
Camera and lens: Red Komodo, OLD LOMO Cooke Anamorphic Lenses
The story follows Micaela and Santiago, a young couple living in a small town in Uruguay who are determined to have their first sexual experience together, or at least try.
It premiered internationally at the 73rd Berlinale - Generation and received special mentions at the Biarritz Latin America Festival and Shorts México. It won Best International Short Film at the Cuenca Festival, Best Ibero-American Short Film at the Pávez Awards, and participated in the official selection of renowned festivals such as BAFICI, Palm Springs, Huesca, Odense, among others.
MALEZA
Uruguay, 2023
Genre: Fiction / Documentary
Running time: 17 minutes
Written and directed by Andrés Boero Madrid
Production by La crece cine
Camera and lens: Red Komodo, Cooke S4
A shot pierces the darkness of the mountain. In the shadows, Ezequiel travels the kilometers that separate him from the village with a huge wild boar on his back. With this ordeal begins the odyssey of a young man forced to become an adult.
Uruguay, 2023
Genre: Fiction / Documentary
Running time: 17 minutes
Written and directed by Andrés Boero Madrid
Production by La crece cine
Camera and lens: Red Komodo, Cooke S4
A shot pierces the darkness of the mountain. In the shadows, Ezequiel travels the kilometers that separate him from the village with a huge wild boar on his back. With this ordeal begins the odyssey of a young man forced to become an adult.
LUI
Uruguay, 2018
Género: Ficción
Duración: 18 minutos.
Dirección: Cássio Kelm
Producción: Janaina Moraes
Cámara y óptica: Canon EOS C100 & NIKKOR Lenses
Lui, un joven profesor de circo, crea, recrea, experimenta y juega con su cuerpo, deseos y afectos. A partir de una relación amorosa, Lui experimenta los placeres y desafíos de encontrar la diferencia. La película de Denise Kelm adopta un enfoque aireado de los debates contemporáneos sobre géneros, sexualidades y feminismo, acercándolos en un contexto lúdico y poético.
7º Olha de Cinema (Menção Honrosa na Mostra Mirada Paranaense)
Uruguay, 2018
Género: Ficción
Duración: 18 minutos.
Dirección: Cássio Kelm
Producción: Janaina Moraes
Cámara y óptica: Canon EOS C100 & NIKKOR Lenses
Lui, un joven profesor de circo, crea, recrea, experimenta y juega con su cuerpo, deseos y afectos. A partir de una relación amorosa, Lui experimenta los placeres y desafíos de encontrar la diferencia. La película de Denise Kelm adopta un enfoque aireado de los debates contemporáneos sobre géneros, sexualidades y feminismo, acercándolos en un contexto lúdico y poético.
7º Olha de Cinema (Menção Honrosa na Mostra Mirada Paranaense)
THE MOVE by Denise Kelm-Erika Lust
Brazil, 2018
Genre: Erotic Fiction
Running Time: 18 minutes
Director: Cássio Kelm
Production: Erika Lust
Camera and Lens: Canon EOS C100 & NIKKOR
In this erotic film, you'll be transported to Brazil, where a common and provocative sexual fantasy comes to life. When a handsome moving man arrives to help a woman move, the sexual tension becomes palpable in this fiery queer film.
Brazil, 2018
Genre: Erotic Fiction
Running Time: 18 minutes
Director: Cássio Kelm
Production: Erika Lust
Camera and Lens: Canon EOS C100 & NIKKOR
In this erotic film, you'll be transported to Brazil, where a common and provocative sexual fantasy comes to life. When a handsome moving man arrives to help a woman move, the sexual tension becomes palpable in this fiery queer film.
AMUNDSEN'S DOGS
CUBA, 2018
Genre: Documentary
Running time: 17 minutes
Director: Rafael Ramírez
Camera and lenses: Arri SRII 16mm, Arri/Zeiss Standard lens, Bolex 16mm
A glimpse into a futuristic Cuba, whispered, flickering. A fractured tale based on José Luis Serrano's Acephalous Trilogy, where the dogs of the explorer Amundsen, a poet inspector investigating industrial accidents, and H.P. Lovecraft intersect. 21st-century Cuban cinema that combines Soviet, European, and American heritages while the island tests its possible future. (GGP)
Premiere in the official selection Pardi di domani, Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland; official selection FIC Valdivia - New Paths (2017); Mar del Plata - Altered States (2017); Belo Horizonte Film Festival (2018); International Schools Festival, Uruguayan Film Library (2018); and the awards: Best Documentary (shared with Marcel Beltrán's piece), Best Director, and Best Original Music, at the Young Film Festival, Cuba.
CUBA, 2018
Genre: Documentary
Running time: 17 minutes
Director: Rafael Ramírez
Camera and lenses: Arri SRII 16mm, Arri/Zeiss Standard lens, Bolex 16mm
A glimpse into a futuristic Cuba, whispered, flickering. A fractured tale based on José Luis Serrano's Acephalous Trilogy, where the dogs of the explorer Amundsen, a poet inspector investigating industrial accidents, and H.P. Lovecraft intersect. 21st-century Cuban cinema that combines Soviet, European, and American heritages while the island tests its possible future. (GGP)
Premiere in the official selection Pardi di domani, Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland; official selection FIC Valdivia - New Paths (2017); Mar del Plata - Altered States (2017); Belo Horizonte Film Festival (2018); International Schools Festival, Uruguayan Film Library (2018); and the awards: Best Documentary (shared with Marcel Beltrán's piece), Best Director, and Best Original Music, at the Young Film Festival, Cuba.
XANGO DAY
Cuba, 2018
Genre: Fiction
Running time: 18 minutes
Director: Cássio Kelm
Camera and lenses: Alexa Classic & Zeiss Standard Prime T2.1
Changó Day – Fiction, 17 minutes, 2018, Cuba
As Cuba faces the physical disappearance of Fidel Castro, Ana María decides to return to her hometown on Changó Day to reunite with her younger sister.
Spanish – Exhibitions and Awards
13th São Paulo Latin American Film Festival
Young Cuban Cinema in the South, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Belo Jardim Latin American Film Festival
Panalandia – Panama Low-Fairground Film Festival
Tlanchana Festival, Mexico
Best Film Award at the Ciba-Cilect Film School Showcase – São Paulo Latin American Film Festival
Cuba, 2018
Genre: Fiction
Running time: 18 minutes
Director: Cássio Kelm
Camera and lenses: Alexa Classic & Zeiss Standard Prime T2.1
Changó Day – Fiction, 17 minutes, 2018, Cuba
As Cuba faces the physical disappearance of Fidel Castro, Ana María decides to return to her hometown on Changó Day to reunite with her younger sister.
Spanish – Exhibitions and Awards
13th São Paulo Latin American Film Festival
Young Cuban Cinema in the South, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Belo Jardim Latin American Film Festival
Panalandia – Panama Low-Fairground Film Festival
Tlanchana Festival, Mexico
Best Film Award at the Ciba-Cilect Film School Showcase – São Paulo Latin American Film Festival
PLASTIC
Uruguay, 2017
Genre: Documentary
Running time: 27 minutes
Director: Sissel Morell Dargis
Camera and lens: Sony PMW-EX3
Two resourceful friends leave Havana to travel along highways and back roads, dedicating themselves to street vending. They crisscross the Cuban countryside from door to door, selling Tupperware. With a great deal of power, they wrap their plastic boxes in a constant stream of chatter. Their small business reveals a Cuba off the beaten path through a humorous story of friendship.
Selection: World premiere at the 2018 Visions du Réel Festival, Switzerland.
"Latin American South Pole Film Festival" in Chile, Chile.
Uruguay, 2017
Genre: Documentary
Running time: 27 minutes
Director: Sissel Morell Dargis
Camera and lens: Sony PMW-EX3
Two resourceful friends leave Havana to travel along highways and back roads, dedicating themselves to street vending. They crisscross the Cuban countryside from door to door, selling Tupperware. With a great deal of power, they wrap their plastic boxes in a constant stream of chatter. Their small business reveals a Cuba off the beaten path through a humorous story of friendship.
Selection: World premiere at the 2018 Visions du Réel Festival, Switzerland.
"Latin American South Pole Film Festival" in Chile, Chile.
MAYBE TOMORROW
Cuba, 2016
Genre: Fiction
Running time: 12 minutes
Director: David Beltran
Camera and lenses: Blackmagic pocket, Arri/Zeiss Standard lens
Dayron silently witnesses the constant arguments between his grandparents and his mother, Anna, due to her new boyfriend. The situation doesn't change, and one night, Anna is kicked out of the house. The next morning, Dayron discovers his mother is gone, and loneliness begins to destroy him.
Premiere/Official Selection: São Paulo International Film Festival
Awards: Best Cinematography, at the Almacén de la Imagen International Festival, Cuba. Best Foreign Film by audience vote at the International School Festival, Cinemateca Uruguaya
Cuba, 2016
Genre: Fiction
Running time: 12 minutes
Director: David Beltran
Camera and lenses: Blackmagic pocket, Arri/Zeiss Standard lens
Dayron silently witnesses the constant arguments between his grandparents and his mother, Anna, due to her new boyfriend. The situation doesn't change, and one night, Anna is kicked out of the house. The next morning, Dayron discovers his mother is gone, and loneliness begins to destroy him.
Premiere/Official Selection: São Paulo International Film Festival
Awards: Best Cinematography, at the Almacén de la Imagen International Festival, Cuba. Best Foreign Film by audience vote at the International School Festival, Cinemateca Uruguaya
COLORISTA
Bosco, 2020.
Orlando, el abuelo de la directora, sueña desde Uruguay su pueblito en Italia, el Bosco. Tiene más de cien años y parece que intercambia con ella hace mucho sobre esas imágenes que le recuerdan al Bosco. Le dice que cuatro o cinco días bastarán para filmarlo todo, porque quedan muy pocos en el pueblo, solo trece... Son trece habitantes y ella filma trece años. El encanto del pueblo y su gente atempera un proceso complejo que entraña la memoria y los lazos que se crean en la vida. Largas vidas con tiempos alucinantes.
VIDEOCLIPS
Dirección de fotografía: Juanas, En la casa Fría Mandrake, Poesías prestadas Eli Almic, Hermanos Laser interior Vincent Vega.
Colorista: Afro descendiente, F5-Eli Almic, Niña Lobo, Pilsen Rock
![Pilsen Rock 2020 - [Trailer Oficial]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ylHu2rCp0Lc/maxresdefault.jpg)
![Niña Lobo - Casa Deshabitada [Pilsen Rock 2020]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W9YNVX4RprI/maxresdefault.jpg)
![Cuarteto De Nos - Ya no sé qué hacer conmigo [Pilsen Rock 2020]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iOchZkUbuUw/maxresdefault.jpg)
![La Vela Puerca - Sanar [Pilsen Rock 2020] (4k)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jjhDN3komQw/maxresdefault.jpg)
![No Te Va Gustar - Te voy a llevar [Pilsen Rock 2020]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6xQHqebhmlc/maxresdefault.jpg)
![Niña Lobo - Domingo [Pilsen Rock 2020]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UIUPussNJ-I/maxresdefault.jpg)
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