
Walter Tournier
Directing
Biography
Walter Tournier (born July 14, 1944) is a Uruguayan director of animated and documentary films, who is closely identified with that country's enterprising filmmaking community. His work has been well-received both at home and at film festivals in Latin America, Europe and the United States.
Known For

Selkirk, an unruly, selfish pirate, is the sailing master of the Esperanza, an English galley sailing the South Seas in search of treasures. When Captain Bullock decides to abandon him on an uninhabited island, he discovers a new outlook on the world and learns to survive alone, becoming the real Robinson Crusoe.
Seven Seas Pirates

In a post-apocalyptic world, a humanoid robot creates a dog out of spare parts.
Junk
A compilation of animated shorts, by 36 animators from 36 countries. Each animator worked independently, but a single theme unites them all: animation has no borders. The compilation is set to the music of "The Internationale".
Animation Has No Borders

The governor of a small Caribbean island is about to be visited by his European nephews, so he decides to treat them with the celebration a traditional Christmas day. This includes eating turkey for dinner, decorating the Christmas tree, and watching the snow fall. His subjects are willing to fullfil this task in order to improve the distribution and protection of drinking water that comes from a spring.
Christmas in the Caribbean

A couple of kids start to beat up a ragged doll because it's not doing what it's told.
I Want to be Cared For

A seemingly innocent construction site behind a school hides a terrible secret.
Cerca/Lejos

A bed starts moving by itself, squeaking until it reaches its climax.
The Bed

Two kids merrily play make-believe inside their house, unaware of the inequality that exists in the world.
I Want

The younger members of a big happy family reflect on how lucky they are.
My Family

Based on Andean legends, it's about the fights between the condor and fox that put nature in danger.
El Cóndor y el Zorro

A poor woman is abandoned by her partner after she gets pregnant, and she is determined to give the kid a better life.
I am

This is a movie about Uruguayans who want to make fiction films. We visited various filmmakers seeking to capture the enormous diversity of stories, realities, and sensibilities through the scripts they are writing. We get to know their neighborhoods and homes, and then we get closer to the ways in which each of them adapt the fantasies that have been born in their minds and hearts. In this way, we portray how they experience cinema and what would mean for them to make their film come true.
Ficción

A father tries to make his little daughter understand the reason for his political imprisonment. The jungle serves as an allegory of society and the hunter as its danger.
In the Jungle There Is Much to Do

Audiovisual on three screens that commemorates a triple anniversary: 70 years of the Association of Medical Students, 65 of the Uruguayan Medical Union and 50 of its Assistance Center.
La gesta de una conciencia

A group of kids start their own band after being inspired by the adults.
We Want to be Heard

The indigenous inhabitants of a Caribbean island are happy living a quiet life in harmony with nature, but their governor wants to be remembered, so he orders everyone to help him be the first man to reach the moon.
The Chief and the Carpenter

Animated film, combined with live-action film, a child is tormented by chewing gum after the birthday party is over.
El Chicle
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Los cuentos de Don Verídico: El paraguas
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Los cuentos de Don Verídico: La mujer

Three characters try to build something in isolation and find that they will only succeed if they unite.