Pablo Stoll
Pablo Stoll (born 1974) is a Uruguayan film director and screenwriter. He attended the Catholic University of Uruguay where he studied Social communication, there he met Juan Pablo Rebella and producer Fernando Epstein, and the three of them founded Ctrl Z. After graduating in 1999 he and Rebella directed their first feature film, 25 Watts (2001), it went on to win several international awards. In 2004 Stoll and Rebella released their second feature film, Whisky. It premiered at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival opening to much acclaim, receiving the Un Certain Regard award. Stoll's first film following Rebella's suicide, Hiroshima (2009), is "a silent musical" in which all verbal communication was reduced to brief intertitles. His film 3 was selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
Whisky (2004)
When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with whom he has a prickly relationship. (more)
When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with whom he has a prickly relationship. (more)
3 (2012)
Dissatisfied with his new life (and wife), a man tries to insinuate himself back into the home of the ex-wife and daughter he left ten years before. (more)
Dissatisfied with his new life (and wife), a man tries to insinuate himself back into the home of the ex-wife and daughter he left ten years before. (more)
A Useful Life
(2010)
A movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life as the cinema he's worked at for over 25 years faces closure. (more)
A movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life as the cinema he's worked at for over 25 years faces closure. (more)
Hiroshima
(2009)
A young man in Uruguay has trouble expressing himself verbally. As the lead singer in a band, he interacts with the world through his music. (more)
A young man in Uruguay has trouble expressing himself verbally. As the lead singer in a band, he interacts with the world through his music. (more)
The Empty Classroom
(2015)
Eleven award winning directors explore why nearly one out of every two students in Latin America never graduates high school. (more)
Eleven award winning directors explore why nearly one out of every two students in Latin America never graduates high school. (more)
Short Plays (2014)
Football seen through the eyes of some of the best directors of the world. (more)
Football seen through the eyes of some of the best directors of the world. (more)
25 Watts (2001)
24 hours in the life of three street youths in Montevideo. Three teenage guys try to figure out what they're supposed to be doing with their lives in this drama from Uruguay that puts the emphasis on character over narrative. (more)
24 hours in the life of three street youths in Montevideo. Three teenage guys try to figure out what they're supposed to be doing with their lives in this drama from Uruguay that puts the emphasis on character over narrative. (more)
The Summer Hit
When Felipe’s ex-girlfriend breaks his heart, it feels like it’s the end of the world – and he’s not wrong. A strange zombie plague is unleashed on the paradise beach his friends have taken him to get his head in the right place. This is how the hectic pursuit for ... (more)
When Felipe’s ex-girlfriend breaks his heart, it feels like it’s the end of the world – and he’s not wrong. A strange zombie plague is unleashed on the paradise beach his friends have taken him to get his head in the right place. This is how the hectic pursuit for ... (more)
January 6th (2001)
Two friends wake up on January 6th, they have breakfast, they take a shower, they play boggle, and they get presents from the Three Wise Men. This film includes fragments from “December 31st” (1996) which was made by the same team. (more)
Two friends wake up on January 6th, they have breakfast, they take a shower, they play boggle, and they get presents from the Three Wise Men. This film includes fragments from “December 31st” (1996) which was made by the same team. (more)
Roque and Cristian have no special plans for the day. (more)
Víctor and the chosen ones (1996)
Two friends staying at a summer house find a strange animal in front of the house looking at them, and they discuss what to do with it. (more)
Two friends staying at a summer house find a strange animal in front of the house looking at them, and they discuss what to do with it. (more)