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A painter is romantically involved with his appealing neighbor.

Liber Arce, a student, was killed by the police in a protest march. His funeral became the largest demonstration held in Montevideo. The events leading up to and after this event are portrayed.

A young woman goes to the beach where she finds a handsome fisherman that catches her attention

The daily life of the residents of one house, most of whose lives, in accordance with the customs of southern countries, take place in the courtyard, reflects the national character, the customs of the common people, their talent, and, most importantly, the new things that each new day brings to life in Cuba in the 1960s.

An old and seriously ill man, who lives with his son, meets an older woman, who is suffering the same cirumstances like he, and soon starts to fell better and becoming sane.

Feature film that wraps, through Jorge Lillo's text, three short films by Helvio Soto

A seminarian hesitates between serving God in Africa or opting for worldly life.

At a train station, a thief steals from a couple while the passengers are getting off the train. The boy runs after the thief and disappears. The girl, alone and lost, decides to go out into the street.

A documentary about the "Ciénaga de Zapata" swamp in Cuba.

Film based on the ballet 'Coppelia.' This version is completely silent, not containing the songs/narration, or animation of the later reworking, Mysterious House of Dr. C.

A rural kid puts on a pair of sunglasses that were submerged in a pond, and finds himself at a beautiful crowded beach.

A female teacher from Leon travels to Madrid to take an exam, the result of which will determine whether she returns to her ordinary life or takes up a new one.

Short film that explores the route of the Sella River, from its source in the Fuente del Infierno (León) to its mouth in the town of Ribadesella (Asturias). It pays special attention to the mysticism that surrounds it and with which it bathes the places through which it passes.

The documentary chronicles the methods of work in relation to pre-Columbian man and the current farmer.

Ethnographic documentary by NO-DO recreating the traditional carnival of the Navarrese village of Lanz.

Recovered Zulueta short.

In a country subjected to a cruel dictatorship, a political activist is savagely tortured, unleashing the indignation of certain leftist intellectuals.

Bank-robber hiding out after a heist discovers that half the world knows where he is. Can he finesse some way out of his predicament?

A boy and the sea. San Sebastián, Spain.

A family on the brink of bankruptcy decides to do dirty jobs undercover by the government to overcome their condition.

This short documentary describes the process and inspiration behind the creation and performance of a new Cuban ballet based on Afro-Cuban traditions and beliefs.

Painted on raw stock film.

A film commissioned by the Municipal Housing Authority that was meant to praise the city council's social housing policy; It was screened in a private session for Mayor Porcioles and was not accepted; a new, happier, more hopeful ending was added, but even so it was never publicly shown and came to be known as "the movie that never existed."

The murder of a man is investigated by a judge but the documentation that the dead man possessed makes the investigation hampered by politicians.

Through images showing the precarious conditions in which the poorest families in the country live, and the testimonies of the mothers themselves, a denunciation of child malnutrition in Chile is made. It also shows a hospital ward and babies in a state of extreme malnutrition, and images of a funeral, in which the coffin is evidently that of a child. The narration provides facts and figures that reinforce the magnitude of the problem.

Tells the story about a boy with a mental handicap. It was conceived as teaching tools to inform parents about the issues that they faced when confronted with the health and well-being of their children and of their right to social services.

A meditation on the representation of history. Five centenarian veterans of the Battle of Mal Tiempo, fought during Cuba's war for independence from Spain, are assembled to share their memories and instruct actors and technicians in recreating their experience on film.

The San Juan celebrations in Soria are an explosion of popular joy centered around bullfighting events. The film offers an anthropological portrait of the festival.

Students protest during the Chiefs of State conference at Punta del Este. Counterpoint between presidents, students and repressive policemen.

A film by Antonio Maenza Blasco.

Short student film. Plot unknown.

From the ruins of the Santa María School in Iquique, the events of the saltpeter strike in the north, which ended in 1907 with the slaughter of thousands of workers, are recounted. The documentary looks at this history through the eyes of a survivor.

Based on the Jorge Luis Borges story of the same name, the film, by means of a whirlwind of elusive images, relates the story’s protagonist’s long journey in search of the secret City of the Immortals. Nightmarish animation sequences are interspersed with lush naturalistic photography.

A phony psychic convinces a young widow that her nest husband will die soon after the wedding... so she tells her fiancé to take a number, and marries a rando to sidestep that problem.

In December 1968 I participated in the film Orpheus Shot on the Battlefield, which originated as a collective work, a movie without an author, but which would ultimately be attributed to Antonio Maenza in the end even though he only played the role of the director in the film. The film, which was never provided a soundtrack, was screened on several occasions with a soundtrack performed live consisting of a text for three voices and a number of musical pieces, among which were the “descent into hell” from the opera L’Orfeo by Monteverdi in the version by Edward H. Tarr, released in 1968 by Erato, “New York 1963 – America 1968” from Every One of Us by Eric Burdon and the Animals; and “The Return of the Son of the Monster Magnet” from Freak Out by [Frank Zappa and] The Mothers of Invention. After the “state of emergency” in January 1969, an epilogue was shot but it was never developed.

A group of Montevidean workers split up to paint the yellow line in the center of the streets.

Short documentary about "life" in Buenos Aires' Borda Hospital.

Short student film. Plot unknown.

Early on, Ugo Ulive, with his short film Como el Uruguay no hay (1960), seeks to raise awareness and involve the viewer in political action and its radical transformation. Through a collage of animations, archival footage and a counterpoint sound montage, Ulive attacks traditional left-wing and right-wing politics and exposes the contradictions of a pillar of national identity: Uruguay's famous democracy. Note that we are in 1960 and while the voice over presents Montevideo as "a small agitated city", the images show a tense scenario with social protests and a politicized urban space with the presence of mounted police.

A parent concerned about the violence and possible explosion of an atomic bomb on the city of Montevideo. The scene is a nightmare, but articulates closely with socio-political reality of the time.

A travelogue through the diverse neighborhoods of Madrid, its picturesque streets and its history; and an approach, with a sense of humor, to the lighted signs and advertising slogans of the shops: an unusual portrait of the city and its people.