Laura González

CEO at La Uruguaya Films
Screenwriter, Director, Producer and Editor

Bristol, United Kingdom

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September 2015

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About Laura

Laura González (Uruguay) is a writer, director and producer. A Berlinale Talent Alum 2014 and a Filmworks Programme Alum (UK, 2012). She founded La Uruguaya Films and produced several short films, selected at more than 100 festivals worldwide. She developed her Opera Prima "Milonga" (2023) with Berlinale Winner Paulina García ("Gloria" by Oscar Winner Sebastián Lelio).

Gender:
Female

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Credits

Milonga (2022 - 2023)
Film by Laura Gonzalez (Drama) Producer, Director, Writer, Editor
Cada vez que me acuerdo, me olvido/ Every time I remember, I forget (2011)
Film (short) by Laura Gonzalez (Drama and Family) Producer, Director, Writer When Rosa, a Colombian girl, starts taking care of Maria, a Spanish old lady that suffers from Alzheimer, a special relationship begins. The old lady keeps going back to her childhood during the Spanish civil war and Rosa, who comes from a country at war, soon understands the old lady better than her own daughter. Written by Anonymous
La pelota de futbol/ The Football (2009)
Film (short) by Laura Gonzalez (Drama and Family) Producer, Director, Writer A Latino boy, a Spanish girl and a Moroccan boy want to play football together but their parents do not allow them to relate to each other.

Awards

AFI Latin American - American Film Institute 2023 (Washington DC) / MILONGA
(2023)
Script finalist at Oaxaca Film Fest (Mx) / MILONGA
(2018)
Project selected and mentored at Puentes - EAVE On Demand, Montevideo / MILONGA
(2014)
Third Best Shortfilm ¨Gaziantep International Shortfilm Competition (Turkey) / CADA VEZ QUE ME ACUERDO, ME OLVIDO / EVERY TIME I REMEMBER, I FORGET
(2012)
Best Uruguayan Shortfilm Award, Malcine Internacional Film Festival (Uruguay) / LA PELOTA DE FÚTBOL / THE FOOTBALL
(2010)
Public Award at "SOS Against Racism" (Madrid, Spain) / LA PELOTA DE FÚTBOL / THE FOOTBALL
(2010)
Second Award, Tikinó, Gipsy International Audiovisual Competition¨ (Granada, Spain)/LA PELOTA DE FÚTBOL / THE FOOTBALL
(2010)
Special Mention, El Ojo Cojo Internacional Film Festival (Madrid, Spain)/LA PELOTA DE FÚTBOL / THE FOOTBALL
(2010)
Declared of Cultural Interest by Doctors of the World (Spain)/LA PELOTA DE FÚTBOL / THE FOOTBALL
(2010)
Selected among the top 10 shortfilms directed by women in Spain, "TRAMA, Cortos en Femenino" (Spain)/LA PELOTA DE FÚTBOL / THE FOOTBALL
(2010)
Script finalist at Rovira Beleta Young Values, Barcelona /LA PELOTA DE FÚTBOL / THE FOOTBALL
(2008)
Script finalist at Festival de Islantilla, Huelva (Spain) /LA PELOTA DE FÚTBOL / THE FOOTBALL
(2008)
Script finalist at Humberto Solás Film Festival (Cuba) / El HIJO DEL ARRIERO
(2008)
Public Award - Sólo para Cortos¨ / ¨Just for shorts¨ film festival (Barcelona) /UN CANDOMBE PARA DOÑA SOLEDAD / GRANNY ESTHER
(2005)
Best Script Award - Festival de Cortometrajes de Punta del Este, Malcine (Uruguay) /UN CANDOMBE PARA DOÑA SOLEDAD / GRANNY ESTHER
(2004)