PROJECTS

La Justicia

Justice

Stage : Advanced Development / Filming 2027
Director : Matías Ganz
Script : Gonzalo Delgado and Matías Ganz
Production Companies: Swimmer Cinema

Synopsis

Justice, a legal melodrama, is an anti-police drama. An absurdly naturalistic comedy about the private life of a prosecutor in northern Uruguay, near the Brazilian border. Crime scenes, interrogations, and trials are merely the backdrop against which this bureaucrat grapples with unrequited love, resentment, extraterrestrial epiphanies, and religious convictions.
El anhelo del alma

The longing of the soul

Stage : post-production
Director : German Ormaechea
Production Companies: Swimmer (Uruguay) People (Brazil) Animist (Uruguay)

Synopsis

Internationally recognized for her extraordinary artistic career, Graciela Figueroa has dedicated her life to exploring movement as a tool for human transformation. A dancer, choreographer, teacher, and creator, she has built a unique body of work that integrates contemporary dance with cultural traditions from different continents, leaving a profound mark on cities such as Montevideo, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, and Santiago de Cuba.
Orgullo

Pride

Stage : Development / Filming 2028
Director : Carlos Morelli
Script : Carlos Morelli
Production Companies: Swimmer Cinema (Uruguay) / Gale Cinema (Argentina)

Synopsis

Juan (38), a proud and stubborn tire repairman, runs his family tire shop on the side of a secluded road, where he repairs tires while sharing beers and soccer with his neighbors. His world shatters when Happy Tires, a corporate chain with flat-screen TVs, automated technology, and models in miniskirts, opens up across the street and leaves him without customers. Juan clings on...
No es un Rio

It's not a river

Stage : Development / Filming 2028
Director : Diego Martínez Ulanosky
Script : Arauco Hernández / Diego Martínez Ulanosky - Based on the book by Selva Almada
Production Companies: Aji Molido (Argentina) / Caponeto (Mexico) / Nadador Cine (Uruguay)

Synopsis

Tilo, a teenager scarred by violence, is taken by his deceased father's two best friends to an island where the tragedy occurred years before. The trip, intended as a rite of passage, soon reveals cracks: old rivalries persist among the men, and the story of the father's death begins to unravel. After capturing a giant stingray, an act...
Costanera

Waterfront

Stage : Post Production
Director : Mauro Diez Concari
Script : Maurio Diez Concari / Elena Tramonti / Enrico M. Minto
Production Companies: Minerva Pictures / Nadador Cine / Agresywna banda

Synopsis

The story follows Diego, a talented but restless young trumpet player, who decides to leave Rome and his girlfriend Alice to join his mentor Nacho in Argentina. There's no contract waiting for him, no career guarantees; Diego is leaving simply because he wants to truly experience being a musician, to put that choice to the test without excuses. The journey soon turns out to be...
Cowboy Dorado

Golden Cowboy

Stage : Advanced Development / Filming 2026
Director : Sergio Oliveira, Mauro Andrizzi and Renata Pinheiro
Script : Sergio Oliveira, Mauro Andrizzi and Renata Pinheiro
Production Companies: Aroma Films / Swimmer Cinema

Synopsis

Golden Cowboy is the story of two bitter enemies who have discovered the secret of eternal life, but now long to die. Set between late 19th-century Argentina and contemporary Brazil, the film follows the adventures of Afro-Brazilian Pedro Cruz and Romanian Julius Popper, from 19th-century Buenos Aires to...
Lagrima

Tear

Stage : Advanced development filming 2028
Director : German Ormaechea and Pablo Doudchitzky
Production Companies: Animist Cinema (Uruguay) Marcelo Machado Artistic Produções (Brazil) Nadador Cinema (Uruguay)

Synopsis

Production Synopsis: Ángela Álvez is preparing to portray the singer Lágrima Ríos in an opera about the artist's life. After the premiere, she receives a call from Carito Bernardini, Lágrima's youngest granddaughter, who went to see the opera and wants to meet her. They meet in a bar, and Carito tells her that she never got to meet...
Matarifes

Butchers

Stage : Post Production
Director : Rafael and Bernardo Antonaccio Sierra
Script : Rafael and Bernardo Antonaccio Sierra
Production Companies: Monarca Films (Uruguay) Hain Cine (Argentina) Blurr Stories (Spain) La Mayor Cine (Uruguay) / Nadador Cine (Uruguay)

Synopsis

Montevideo, 1971. When the government imposes a ban on beef in a country based on cattle ranching, a black market emerges. To survive the crisis, José, a Galician immigrant, sets up a clandestine slaughterhouse with the help of his daughter Rosita. What begins as a desperate family operation soon becomes a thriving underground network...
Mar Dorado

Golden Sea

Stage : development
Director : Veronica Chen
Script : Veronica Chen
Production Companies: Layon Films (Argentina) Nadador Cine (Uruguay) Monarca Filmes (Brazil)

Synopsis

It's summer and three Argentinian friends, Valen, Luisa, and Pola, are spending a few days at a campsite on the coast, accompanied by Luisa's 8-year-old son, León. One night, Jorgito, a 6-year-old boy who has become friends with León, asks Luisa if he can stay in the cabin with them. But Luisa sends him home alone...
Las Lenguas de Diamante

The Diamond Tongues

Stage : primary development
Director : Lorena Muñoz
Script : Lorena Muñoz
Production Companies: Swimmer Cinema

Synopsis

Synopsis: At the beginning of the 20th century, Juana de Ibarbourou emerged from a small southern country to become one of the most dazzling voices in Spanish literature. While she achieved international acclaim and was crowned “Juana of America,” behind closed doors she faced a very different reality: a marriage marked by violence, a society that tried to tame her...