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<body stylesrc="indexfr_en.htm" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">  <script> if (parent.frames.length==0) window.location.replace("index.html") </script> <p align="center"><a name="Home"></a><font size="2"><img src="images/logogdesh.jpg" alt="IMAGENES" width="300" height="283"></font></p> <p align="center"><a href="noticias/index.htm"><img src="images/news.gif" alt="News" border="0" width="80" height="22"></a><a href="ctlg/index.htm"><img src="images/catalog.gif" alt="Catalog" border="0" width="80" height="22"></a><a href="servicios.htm"><img src="images/services.gif" alt="Services" border="0" width="80" height="22"></a><a href="enlaces/frames.htm" target="mainframe"><img src="images/links.gif" alt="Links" border="0" width="80" height="22"></a><a href="busqueda.htm"><img src="images/search.gif" alt="Search" border="0" width="80" height="22"></a><a href="contactar.htm"><img src="images/contact_us.gif" alt="Contact Us" border="0" width="80" height="22"></a></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><b>IMAGENES</b> is a film and video production house founded in 1986 based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Its goals are the production and promotion of audiovisual and other artistic works based on the recording and reproduction of moving and still images. </font></p> <div align="center"><center> <table border="4" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="80%"> <tr> <td align="center" width="60%" bgcolor="#A6CAF0"><blockquote> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Since our foundation we have promoted the right of Uruguayans to have their own images. Uruguay, with just three million inhabitants and two million moviegoers has virtually no filmmaking tradition nor legal regulation for the production, distribution and exhibition of local films. </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">The name <b>IMAGENES</b> is associated in Uruguay and other Latin-American countries with solid works in the fields of documentary production, animation, digital editing (AVID), post-production services and production support for foreign crews. </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Our extensive catalog is the result of over 15 years of hard work and passion for the audiovisual arts. We keep building on that spirit, taking on new challenges for the future.</font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><img src="images/Leader.gif" align="right" hspace="10" vspace="10" width="80" height="80"></font><font size="4" face="Comic Sans MS"><b>Productions</b></font><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> </font></p> <blockquote> <p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Since 1987, <b>IMAGENES</b> has produced over 25 documentaries, animation and fictional works, with titles including:</font></p> <ul> <li><a href="ctlg/index.htm#Voces"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Voces para una historia</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">. Documentary. Interviews with women in the rural areas about their lives and work.</font></li> <li><a href="ctlg/index.htm#Bañados"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Bañados de Rocha: el secreto de las aguas</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">. Documentary. A dramatic report on the environmental dangers facing the marshlands in Eastern Uruguay.</font></li> <li><a href="ctlg/index.htm#India muerta"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">India Muerta</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> and </font><a href="ctlg/index.htm#Quimera"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">La quimera de la costa</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">. This two documentaries further report on the environmental problems in Uruguay.</font></li> <li><a href="ctlg/index.htm#Tierra olvidada"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Tierra olvidada</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">. Documentary about the situation of small farmers in the state of Canelones, Uruguay.</font></li> <li><a href="ctlg/index.htm#Madre Tierra"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Madre Tierra</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">. 9-episode animation series for children about environmental issues (co-produced with Sweden).</font></li> <li><a href="ctlg/index.htm#SPP"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Sin pedir permiso</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">. Documentary. A daring, humorous look at the issue of women and political involvement in Uruguay.</font></li> <li><a href="ctlg/index.htm#Pandora"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">La caja de Pandora</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">. Documentary. A reflection on gender differences in the school system.</font></li> <li><a href="ctlg/index.htm#Onetti"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Onetti: Retrato de un escritor</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">, a legendary interview with Uruguay's most influential writer.</font></li> <li><a href="ctlg/index.htm#Tabaré"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Tabaré</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">. 50-episode animation series based on the characters created by renowned Uruguayan cartoonist Tabaré (Gómez Laborde).</font></li> <li><a href="ctlg/pantanal.htm"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Pantanal, las aguas de la vida</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">. Documentary on the environmental impact of a proposed international waterway. Shot in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.</font></li> <li><a href="ctlg/dieste.htm"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Dieste, la conciencia de la forma</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">. Documentary. A look at the fascinanting work of Eladio Dieste, a humanist whose architectural work has achieved international recognition.</font></li> <li><a href="ctlg/index.htm#Blanes"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Blanes</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">. Documentary about the works of Juan Manuel Blanes, emblematic painter of Uruguayan culture, who captured the images of the new country.</font></li> <li><a href="ctlg/idea.htm"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Idea</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">. Documentary on the times and works of Idea Vilariño, a referential name on Hispanic poetry.</font></li> <li><a href="ctlg/eros.htm"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Las lágrimas de Eros</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">. Documentary on the relationship between the Church and sexuality, religion and the pleasures of the flesh. </font></li> </ul> </blockquote> <p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><img src="images/clap.jpg" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="121" height="119"></font><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">IMAGENES has also produced a number of music videos such as </font><a href="ctlg/break.htm"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">"Break it all" y "Never, never"</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> by the legendary 60's rock-band Los Shakers, "Kin-tin-tan" by Jorge Schellemberg, "Nico" by Exilio Psíquico, "Baba fururú" by Mariana Ingold and Osvaldo Fattoruso, and "Danza Primitiva" by Rosas Negras. Our post-production facilities were used for several music videos, including "Milonga Hey" by Nikel, "Pendeja" by Plátano Macho, "Dónde vas" by Sordromo, and "La Tromba" by Cursi. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">We have also made significant contributions to TV stations and institutions both local and foreign, including Channel Four (England), TV Ontario and the International Development Research Centre of Canada for whom we produced the documentary "A new start for Arévalo", ARD and NDR (Germany), TVE (Spain), Discovery Channel (United States). </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">IMAGENES has received a number of national and international distinctions and awards at festivals in Chicago, Oberhausen, Caracas, Asuncion (Paraguay), Rosario (Argentina) and Uruguay.</font></p> <hr> <p><font size="4" face="Comic Sans MS"><b>Co-productions</b></font></p> <p><img src="images/filmweb.jpg" align="right" hspace="10" vspace="5" width="230" height="170"></p> <blockquote> <p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">In 1991 IMAGENES and KURMI FILMS of Stockholm, Sweden, produced </font><a href="ctlg/index.htm#Madre Tierra"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Madre Tierra</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">, a 9-episode animation series on environmental issues. The series has represented Uruguay in several international festivals, receiving a UNESCO award to the Best Children's Production in the First Inter-American Children's Festival (Montevideo, 1992) and distinctions in Caracas 1992, Chicago 1993 and Oberhausen 1993. </font><a href="ctlg/index.htm#Madre Tierra"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Madre Tierra</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> has been broadcast by TV stations in Switzerland, Brasil, Panamá, Sweden, and is used as teaching material in several Latin-American school systems (Brasil, Peru, Uruguay). </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">IMAGENES was one of the producers for the feature-length film "Luna de Octubre" (1997), a Brazilian-Argentinean-Uruguayan production based on stories by Uruguayan writer Mario Arregui and directed by Henrique de Freitas Lima. It was shot in the bordering towns of Santana do Livramento and Rivera. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Most recently IMAGENES co-produced </font><a href="noticias/index.htm#25 WATTS"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">"25 Watts"</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">, directed by Pablo Stoll and Juan Pablo Rebella, winner of the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2001. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">The same year we co-produced </font><a href="noticias/index.htm#EPV"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">"En la puta vida"</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">, directed by Beatriz Flores Silva, shot in Spain and Uruguay, with an international cast and crew from Argentina, Belgium, Cuba, Spain, Venezuela and Uruguay.</font></p> <hr> </blockquote> <p><a name="Difusión"></a><font size="4" face="Comic Sans MS"><b>International broadcasting</b> </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><img src="images/globesm.gif" hspace="5" width="32" height="40">Some of IMAGENES productions have been broadcast abroad: </font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="ctlg/index.htm#SPP"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Sin pedir permiso</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> was broadcasted by NDR Television in Hamburg, Germany. <br> </font><a href="ctlg/index.htm#Madre Tierra"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Madre Tierra</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> was purchased by television stations in Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Panama and Brazil. <br> The rights to the animation series </font><a href="ctlg/index.htm#Tabaré"><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Tabaré</font></a><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"> have so far been acquired by television stations in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, Taiwan, Canada and Russia.</font></p> <div align="center"><center><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="2" width="254"><img src="images/anim.gif" width="254" height="72"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="anim/anim_01.htm"><img src="images/dibujante.gif" border="0" width="131" height="148"></a></td> <td align="center"> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">  </SCRIPT>  </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF ONLOAD="preloadImages();">  <A HREF="service/index.html" ONMOUSEOVER="changeImages('mirilla_01', 'images/mirilla_01-over.gif'); 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