Fiction

Leave

Leave

Synopsis

Leave is a moving and intimate story about letting go, about goodbyes, starting over, leaving and breaking with everything that tie you to the past. Is also a story about loneliness, Rita, our main character, is now as lonely as the desert that surrounds her. Her house in the middle of nowhere is a reflection of her feelings, and the constant wind that bent every tree around is a reminder of the passage of time. The Venezuelan Paraguana Peninsula is the setting for the wait and the pain of this woman that tries to escape every night to go after the man who has left her.

Leave
Dir. Maria Gracia Saavedra
Cinematographer Gerard Uzcategui
Drama
Length: 15 min
Country: Venezuela
Year: 2016
Format: HD – Color – 2:35


Awards • Festivals

ΞBest Cinematography • 12º Festival de cortometrajes de Barquisimeto 2016Ξ

ΞOficial Selection • Clermont-Ferrand international short film festival 2017Ξ

ΞOficial Selection • 35º Uppsala international short film festival 2016Ξ

ΞOficial Selection • San francisco international festival of short films 2016Ξ

ΞEspecial jury prize • Capalbio International film festival 2016Ξ

ΞOficial Selection • Festival internacional de curtas do rio de janeiro 2016Ξ


Saudade

Saudade

Synopsis

Melancholy of the incomplete, deprivation of someone's presence, of certain pleasures lived, Saudade.

Saudade
Dir. Manuela Planas
Cinematographer Gerard Uzcategui
Experimental
Length: 7min
Country: Venezuela
Year: 2012
Format: HD – Color – 2:35


awards • Festivals

ΞBest Camara • 11º Festival de Cortometrajes Manuel Trujillo Duran 2012Ξ

ΞBest Art Direction • Festival de Cortometrajes de Caracas Chorts 2012Ξ


Time

Time

Time
Director / Cinematographer Gerard Uzcategui

Drama
Length: 1 min
Country: Venezuela
Year: 2007
Format: HD - Color – 2:35


Awards • Festivals

ΞSecond Place • Maraton de cine Atomo Festival del cine Venezolano 2007Ξ


Aki No Mori

Aki No Mori

Synopsis

“Megumi” is forced to leave her home, husband, children and pet, because she was discovered keeping a fervent relationship with another woman. Now, In the middle of nowhere she hallucinates a new life.

Aki no Mori
Dir. Gabriel La Cruz
Cinematographer Gerard Uzcategui

Drama
Length: 8min
Country: Venezuela
Year: 2008
Format: HD - Color – 1:85


Awards • Festivals

ΞBest Cinematography • Premio Municipal de Cine "David Suárez" 2013Ξ

ΞBest Cinematography • 4º Festival de Cortometrajes de BarquisimetoΞ


Soja

Soja

Synopsis

In the highlands of Venezuela, a pregnant Mercedes, fed up with her drunken husband, decides to take her two kids and hit the dusty road to freedom.

Soja
Dir. Gabriel La Cruz
Cinematographer Gerard Uzcategui

Drama
Length: 16min
Country: Venezuela
Year: 2010
Format: 35mm - Color – 1:85


Awards • Festivals

ΞBest Cinematography • Festival de corto de Caracas chorts 2010Ξ

ΞBest Latin american Short • Bilbao International Festival of Documentary & Short films 2011Ξ

ΞOficial Selection • Guadalajara International film festival 2012Ξ

ΞOficial Selection • Sao Paulo International Short film festival 2011Ξ

ΞOficial Selection • Tampere International Short Film Festival 2012Ξ

ΞOficial Selection • Vancouver International film festival 2011Ξ


Mei Fung

Mei Fung

Synopsis

Mighn is the son of a Chinese immigrant that comes to Venezuela searching for a better life. Hes the only heir to the Mei Fung supermarket, a modest store owned by Yuan. Mighn was always at the store following his fathers footsteps. This changes when an unexpected robbery leaves a trumpet in his hands become interested in the instrument, reviving his passion for traditional Mexican music. It is the when Mighn decides to leave his responsibilities as he commits himself to his dream, being a mariachi.

Mei Fung
Dir. Dayana Gauthier
Cinematographer Gerard Uzcategui
Drama
Length: 12min
Country: Venezuela
Year: 2013
Format: HD – Color – 2:35


Awards • Festivals

ΞBest Cinematography• Festival de cortometrajes Guyana en corto 2014Ξ

ΞOficial Selection • Chicago Latino film festival 2014Ξ


Tempo Adagio

Tempo Adagio

Synopsis

Tempo Adagio is a short film made in the Venezuela's desert. Without dialogs, the story tells a magical journey undertaken by an elderly couple.

Tempo Adagio
Dir. Alcione Guerrero
Cinematographer Gerard Uzcategui

Drama
Length: 11min
Country: Venezuela
Year: 2013
Format: HD – Color – 2:35


Awards • Festivals

ΞBest Cinematography • Festival de cine ELCO 2013Ξ

ΞBest Cinematography • 9º festival de cortometrajes de barquisimeto 2013Ξ

ΞBest CInematography • FESCIVE 2014Ξ


Pangea

Pangea

Pangea

Dir. Xavier Larroque

Cinematographer Gerard Uzcategui

Drama
Length: 70 min
Country: Venezuela
Year: 2012
Format: DCP – Color – 1:85



Liz in September

Liz in September

Synopsis

Every year, Liz, a hardcore party girl and womanizer, celebrates her birthday with her friends at a Caribbean beach retreat. This year is different. She is sick but hates pity, so she hides...

Liz in September
Dir. Fina Torres
Cinematographer (segments) Gerard Uzcategui

Drama
Length: 100 min
Country: Venezuela
Year: 2014
Format: DCP – Color – 2:35


Awards • Festivals

ΞOficial Selection • Palm springs International film festival 2016Ξ

ΞAudience award • Miami gay and lesbian film festival 2015Ξ

ΞOficial Selection • Miami film festival 2013Ξ


The Desertor

the Desertor

Synopsis

JULIAN is a peaceful young peasant who lives with his grandmother and is in deep love with SAGRARIO. He is recruited for military service against his will. He suffers awful abuse and punishment. Julian escapes and becomes uncatchable. He fights for freedom and love. He overcomes the abuse of power.

The Desertor
Dir. Raul Chamorro
Cinematographer Gerard Uzcategui

Drama
Length: 95 min
Country: Venezuela
Year: 2015
Format: DCP – Color – 1:85