Emiliano Grassi
Directing
Biography
Emiliano Grassi (born May 1984, Montevideo) Graduated in Audiovisual Production. Studied a Bachelor’s degree in Communication. Completed courses at the Uruguayan Film School (ECU) and at Pennsylvania State University. He works as a high school teacher in the Artistic Baccalaureate program, teaching Communication, Language, and Audiovisual Media. He directed the documentary short films Mario (2012, Rosario Film Festival) and Victor (2015, Gramado Film Festival). In 2017, he premiered the documentary web series Habitación at DOCMONTEVIDEO. That same year, he directed Pecera (2017, CINEUROPA), his first feature-length documentary. Derrotar al Movimiento (2020, Proyector Madrid), an experimental short film, was selected as part of the Bienalsur traveling exhibition (UNTREF). in 2025 he presented his second feature-length documentary, Ordianry Memory, at international film festivals.
Known For
A bankrupt restaurateur on the brink of suicide is suddenly treated with deference and kindness by a bizarre group of strangers — who welcome him in their home, no less! Truth is they have mistaken him for the tax man they're waiting for, desperate to save their floundering ostrich-breeding business.
Kisses and Hugs
The wait brings everything to a standstill. Existence becomes diffuse as time goes by. Observe everything or just what we want to see.
The Deers
The documentary addresses the conflict that started in August 2015 between the company Fripur and its workers. After 39 years in the market and with a staff made up of ninety percent of women, the company terminated its ninety-sixty employees. As a result of the dismissal and the debts that the company maintained, a part of those employees decided to occupy the company in search of a solution. It is against this background that the film cuts out the figure of Marlen, a 52-year-old woman who worked all her life in the company and who throughout the year and a half of conflict became a sort of leader of the movement of resistance to closure of the fabric.
Pecera
Walter was a photographer for the MLN-T during the Uruguayan military dictatorship. His memory drives a collective journey through time and reality, where images impose themselves as destiny.