ANTES DE MADRID
Projects in development
FEATURE FILM
THE VISITORS
SCRIPT AND DIRECTION: LUCÍA NIETO SALAZAR
Helena (27) expects a guest to visit, but receives two, unaware that one of them is linked to a forgotten trauma from her past.
SHORT FILM
FLYING SAUCER
SCRIPT AND DIRECTION: RAMIRO FIRME AND SANTIAGO MUSETTI
Uruguay, 2005. Ramiro (12) decides to escape from his mother on New Year's Eve to help his cousin and his troubled group of friends in the search for some mares that mysteriously disappeared in the countryside.
SHORT FILM
STRANGE HOUSE
SCRIPT AND DIRECTION: LUCÍA CARMELA MARTÍNEZ ECHAGÜE
Candela (19) finds an unknown neighbor who is about to bring his keys. She invites him to wait inside her house, but time passes and help does not arrive...
SHORT FILM
THE TANGERINE TREE
SCRIPT AND DIRECTION: NICOLÁS BOTANA
Valentina (42) and Julia (38) will try to fulfill their father's dream: throw his ashes where there once was a tangerine tree when he was a boy. Upon arrival, the new owner of the house is not willing for this to happen.
SHORT FILM
STRANGE HOUSE
SCRIPT AND DIRECTION: LUCÍA CARMELA MARTÍNEZ ECHAGÜE
Candela (19) finds an unknown neighbor who is about to bring his keys. She invites him to wait inside her house, but time passes and help does not arrive...
WHAT IS SWEET CINEMA
We are a Uruguayan audiovisual production company with a fresh and sensitive look. We feel the call to accompany the new voices of cinema, getting involved in the gratifying path of bringing ideas and stories to the screen with sweetness and determination.
We get involved in each project attending to the specific needs of each one, being our priority to develop a collective process and continuous improvement.
ABOUT US
FACUNDO UMPIERREZ
FOUNDER, PRODUCER
Uruguay, 1993. He produces and develops short films, video clips and feature films. His short films have been selected for different national and international festivals, including Berlinale, Palm Springs, BAFICI and Tampere. He has won more than twenty international awards, including the Colón de Plata at Huelva, Best Ibero-American Short Film at Premios Pávez, Best Youth Short Film at Ale Kino and Cinemira, and Special Mention at Biarritz, Dublin and Shorts Mexico.
ILEN JUAMBELTZ
D.E.P. DEVELOPMENTAL
Uruguay, 1994. Screenwriter and director. Her works have been awarded and selected in dozens of festivals including Berlinale, Biarritz, Guadalajara, BAFICI, LALIFF. She directed "Stories of a Generation" for Netflix. He is trained in prestigious international spaces such as Campus Málaga Talents, Ibermedia's Audiovisual Project Development Course, Extremadura Film Residency, among others.
