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\n\tSix film titles from Uruguay are set to take the spotlight in Locarno, Switzerland this August.<\/p>\n

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\nFirst Look, the works-in-progress initiative of the\u00a0Locarno Film Festival\u2018s\u00a0Locarno Pro industry program, will showcase them at its 15th edition this year, held during the 79th\u00a0edition of the fest, which runs\u00a0Aug. 5\u201315.<\/p>\n

\n\tFirst Look, a post-production platform for\u00a0international\u00a0arthouse projects, is presenting the projects in partnership with ACAU \u2013 Agencia del Cine y el Audiovisual del Uruguay.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tAn international jury, comprised of Ana David (program advisor, Berlinale), Susana Santos Rodrigues (co-director, IndieLisboa) and Triin Tramberg (artistic director, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival), will award several prizes, with the winners to be unveiled during the Locarno Pro Award Ceremony on Aug. 9.\u00a0
This year\u2019s Locarno Pro, held with the support of the\u202fFederal Office of Culture\/Media Desk Suisse runs Aug. 5-11.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here is a closer look at this year\u2019s selection.<\/p>\n

Maltrato animal<\/em>
Director: Jos\u00e9 Dell\u2019Acqua Postiglione, producers: Jos\u00e9 Dell\u2019Acqua Postiglione and Germ\u00e1n Ormaechea (Animista Cine)
81\u2019, fiction\u00a0
Synopsis: Bankrupted by the 2002 financial crisis, a Montevideo veterinarian is pushed to the brink of collapse. In order to survive, he enters a clandestine network of illegal breeding operations and pharmaceutical trafficking. In this downward spiral, an unexpected encounter forces him to confront his limits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Other Side of the Net<\/em>
Director: Maximiliano Mart\u00ednez, producers: Clara Charlo and Maria Zanocchi (Los Besos Contenidos), co-producer Shoji Films (Spain)
80\u2019, documentary\u00a0
Synopsis: After moving from Montevideo to Barcelona, Maximiliano Mart\u00ednez hears his father say \u201cI love you\u201d for the first time in 30 years. Filming him over time, he uncovers traces of domestic violence and confronts silence, fear, and inherited wounds. Through tennis, father and son search for a new way to connect.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Our Little Band of Justice<\/em>
Diector: Guillermo Casanova Ar\u00f3steguy, producer: Natacha L\u00f3pez Kneit (Lavor\u00e1gine Films), co-producer Lagarto Cine (Argentina)
85\u2019, fiction\u00a0
Synopsis: Montevideo, 1983. When her best friend\u2019s family suddenly flees under suspicious circumstances, taking her away with them, 10-year-old Luc\u00eda gathers her gang to launch a plan inspired by their favorite superheroes. Together, they create clever comic strips that cover the neighborhood walls in hopes of bringing her back and unexpectedly begin transforming the harsh reality surrounding them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Perkal<\/em>
Director: Paola Perkal, producer: Valentina Baracco Pe\u00f1a (Monarca Films), co-producers Sue\u00f1o Cine (Uruguay) and Insumisa Films (Spain)
75\u2019, documentary\u00a0
Synopsis: Perkal<\/em> is a long-postponed letter to my grandmother, an immigrant and war survivor. Through family archives and the filming of my father, her only son, who became ill when she died, a dialogue emerges between three generations shaped by the weight of family expectations. An intimate story that seeks to resignify inheritance and question what remains after we are gone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Spring Story<\/em>
Directors: Gabriela Guillermo and Irina Raffo, producers: Gabriela Guillermo and Irina Raffo (L\u2019Avventura Cine), Germ\u00e1n Ormaechea (Animista Cine)
62\u2019, fiction\u00a0
Synopsis: In Montevideo\u2019s Botanical Garden, a fleeting encounter ignites a fevered love between Agust\u00edn and Bruno. As Bruno departs for Venice, desire persists across oceans, entangling a Spinozist professor and rival passions. Between philosophy and flesh, jealousy and freedom, spring unfolds as a restless search for love, nature, and the fragile ethics of attachment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Surub\u00ed<\/em>
Director: Lorenzo Tocco, producers: Pancho Magnou Arnabal and Isabel Garc\u00eda (Montelona), co-producer Kocria (Brazil)
95\u2019, fiction\u00a0
Synopsis: The Surub\u00ed, an industrial town on the verge of disappearing, is transformed overnight into the scene of a series of miraculous apparitions. Locals seize the opportunity to market the town as a destination for mystical tourism. But divine power is a dangerous weapon, especially in a town desperately in need of a savior.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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