Biography

Pablo Martínez Pessi (1980) has worked as a director, producer, and editor at Gabinete Films since 2006. In 2009, he premiered his first film Desde las aguas, awarded best Uruguayan documentary in ATLANTIDOC 2009. He directed the documentary Normal (2012), the documentary shorts Semillitas (2006) and Guarino (2007), and the short films Besos en la boca (2009), Los aviones (2008) and Palabras cruzadas (2005). He is the director and producer of the documentary Your Parents Will Come Back (2015), which has won several awards and participated in international film festivals in Málaga, Rio de Janeiro, San Pablo, Lima, Berlin, Sydney, Torino, Marseille, Toulouse and Seattle, among others.

In 2016, Martínez Pessi toured internationally with Your Parents Will Come Back, bringing the documentary film to audiences in more than 26 European and American cities. The tour was endorsed by the Uruguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Organization of Ibero-American States for their “Educate on Memory to Build the Future” program.