About
Alvaro Brechner is a Spanish-Uruguayan GOYA award-winning director of feature films, tv-series and commercials. Alvaro Brechner began his career directing documentaries and short films for cinema and TV. Later, he wrote and directed three feature films, A Twelve-Year Night (La Noche de 12 Años), Mr.Kaplan, and Bad Day to go Fishing (Mal Día Para Pescar), selected in several festivals such as Cannes, Venice, San Sebastian and London BFI.
All three of his features have received more than 100 international awards, and been chosen as Uruguay’s official selection for the Oscar Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He has also directed several documentaries for History Channel, Odyssey and TVE, and three award winning short films: The Nine Mile Walk, Sofía and Segundo Aniversario.
Born in Uruguay, he got a Master in Creative Documentary at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain. He received the National Literature Award in Uruguay, and invited as an international Jury member of the Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Warsaw, Sofia, Turin, Gijón, Málaga, Valencia and Fribourg.
An exceptional and versatile storyteller, Alvaro Brechner approaches his characters with great empathy and his mastery of genres and styles from comedy to melodrama enables him to reach any audience.
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Selected Awards
Winner Best screenplay 2019
Premios Goya, Spanish Film Academy
Nominated for Golden Camera Grand Prix
Cannes International Film Festival
Official Selection
Venice International Film Festival
Nominated for Best Latin-American film 2019
Premios Goya, Spanish Film Academy
Nominated for Best Latin-American film 2015
Premios Goya, Spanish Film Academy
Foreign Language Film Candidate (Uruguay)
Oscar Academy Awards (2010, 2015, 2019)
Winner Best Foreign Film
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
Winner Best Screenplay
Nominated for Best Film
Nominated for Best Director
Academy of Motion Picture Arts of Argentina
Winner Best Ibero-American Film Grand Prix 2019
Winner Audience Award for Best Film 2019
Academy of Motion Picture of Brasil
Nominated for Best Ibero-American Film 2019
Nominated for Best Ibero-American Film 2015
Academy of Motion Picture Arts of Mexico (Ariel Awards)
Winner Eurimages & Arte Best film project
Berlin International Film Festival
Nominated for Best Film
Nominated for Best Director
Nominated for Best Screenplay
Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano 2019
Nominated for Best Film
Nominated for Best Director
Nominated for Best Screenplay
Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano 2014
Nominated Best Latin American Film
Premios José María Forqué 2015
Nominated Best Latin American Film
Premios José María Forqué 2019
Winner Golden Pyramid for Best Film
Cairo International Film Festival
Winner Best Film (Fipresci Jury)
Cairo International Film Festival
Winner Best Screenplay 2019
CEC – Cinema Writers Circle Awards (Spain)
Nominated Best Film 2010
Nominated Best Screenplay 2014
CEC – Cinema Writers Circle Awards (Spain)
Winner Best First Film
Los Angeles International Film Festival
Winner Best Ibero-American Film
Mar del Plata Film Festival
Winner Best Film Free-Spirit Award
Warsaw International Film Festival
Winner Best Film (Jury & Audience award)
Austin International Film Festival
Winner Special Jury Award
Winner Audience Award for Best Film
Winner Ecumenical Award
Fribourg International Film Festival
Winner Best Film
Winner Best Director
Iris Film Award
Winner Fipresci Best Film Award
Sofia International Film Festival
Winner Best Screenplay
Lima International Film Festival
Winner Best Director
Winner Best Screenplay
Winner Special Jury Award
Winner Audience Award
Huelva Film Festival 2019
Winner Best Screenplay
Huelva Film Festival 2014
Winner Best Screenplay
Toulouse Cinespaña Film Festival
Winner Best Film (Fipresci Jury)
Sofía International Film Festival
Winner Audience Award for Best Film
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Winner Audience Award for Best Film
Amiens International Film Festival
Winner Audience Award for Best Film
Biarritz International Film Festival
Nominated Best Film
Premios Asecan del Cine Andaluz 2019
Winner Best Director
Brooklyn Film Festival 2010
Winner Best Film
Cannes Cinéphiles 2019
Nominated Best Film
Chicago Film Festival
Nominated Best Film
Dias de Cine Awards
Winner Best Film
Oostende Film Festival
Winner Best Film
CIBRA Festival Internacional de Cine y Palabra
Winner Best Film Glauber Rocha
Winner Best Film Casa de América
Winner Best Film Press Association
La Habana International Film Festival
Best Filmmaker 2009
Best Filmmaker 2014
Morosoli Award