Liber Arce, liberarse

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.

Tell Mario not to Come Back

After a long exile in Venezuela, filmmaker Mario Handler returns to his country, Uruguay. There, the dictatorship is still present in the media, public opinion, and in the memory of people. The director feels he owes something to the comrades, those who could not leave the country. This debt translates into poetry, black humor and conscience, in a sharp and accurate atmosphere of this dark time of Uruguay.

In Prague

Documentary short film by Mario Handler about the city of Prague as part of an internship to study film in Europe.

Elecciones

Documentary on the electoral system in Uruguay. It focused on the upcoming federal elections, criticizing both of the country's political parties.

Broken Columns

The documentary delves into the intimate, labor, and political life of diverse characters to testify to the problems of inequality, exploitation, and instability in the work relations of some labor sectors.

Aside

Rare images of real life stories in the so-called "asentamientos" in the poor underbelly of Uruguay's capital, Montevideo, and in its youth jails. The difficulties of finding a job and scraping together some money, the temptations of crime and its harsh consequences, the lack of culture and knowledge of the basics of life, are all intertwined in parallel lives.