Alex Piperno

Directing

Alex Piperno

Place of birth

Montevideo, Uruguay

Known for

Directing

Credits

16 titles

Alex Piperno (Montevideo, 1985) is a director, producer and teacher who graduated from the University of Cinema of Buenos Aires. His directorial debut, Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine (2020), was screened at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, winning the Tagesspiegel Readers' Award.

Known for

December poster
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An atmospheric chronicle of the 2001 crisis in Argentina, a political, economic, and social uprising fueled by the "Let them all go!" revolt. The film reconstructs this moment using restored archival footage, capturing the spontaneity of the protests and the political instability that led to the resignation of five presidents. Through television footage, it immerses the viewer in a real-time experience of this crucial period in Argentine history.

December

2025

The Inviolability of the Domicile Is Based on the Man Who Appears Wielding an Axe at the Door of His House poster
NR

In the garden of a provincial summer house, a series of operations is carried out, involving a man, a woman and a group of individuals with certain convictions.

The Inviolability of the Domicile Is Based on the Man Who Appears Wielding an Axe at the Door of His House

2011

Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine poster
4.9

Aboard a cruise ship out at sea, a young sailor discovers a door mysteriously leading to an apartment in Montevideo. Meanwhile, a group of Asian farmers find an abandoned shed in the valley, attributing it supernatural powers.

Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine

2020

Savanna and the Mountain poster
6.3

The community of Covas do Barroso, in northern Portugal, discovers that the British company Savannah Resources plans to build the largest open-pit lithium mine in Europe just few meters from their homes. Confronted by this imminent threat, the People decide to organize themselves and expel the company from their lands.

Savanna and the Mountain

2025

Weep the Headless Madness of these Fields poster
5.8

A girl dies in a provincial summer house and is buried by her family. By night a wild dog unearths the corpse and takes it to the woods. Under the shade of the trees, the girl wakes up and decides to return home accompanied by the dog.

Weep the Headless Madness of these Fields

2019

No artwork available
NR

ASTARSA is divided into three parts. The first tells the love story of Alejo and Cone. The second takes place a few years later and tells the love story of Alejo and Male. The third takes Male as the protagonist to tell the story of a worker who is involved in a union revolt and who, faced with the army’s occupation, manages to escape to the ship planet Astarsa.

ASTARSA

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Behind the camera

December poster
NR

An atmospheric chronicle of the 2001 crisis in Argentina, a political, economic, and social uprising fueled by the "Let them all go!" revolt. The film reconstructs this moment using restored archival footage, capturing the spontaneity of the protests and the political instability that led to the resignation of five presidents. Through television footage, it immerses the viewer in a real-time experience of this crucial period in Argentine history.

December

2025

The Inviolability of the Domicile Is Based on the Man Who Appears Wielding an Axe at the Door of His House poster
NR

In the garden of a provincial summer house, a series of operations is carried out, involving a man, a woman and a group of individuals with certain convictions.

The Inviolability of the Domicile Is Based on the Man Who Appears Wielding an Axe at the Door of His House

2011

The Inviolability of the Domicile Is Based on the Man Who Appears Wielding an Axe at the Door of His House poster
NR

In the garden of a provincial summer house, a series of operations is carried out, involving a man, a woman and a group of individuals with certain convictions.

The Inviolability of the Domicile Is Based on the Man Who Appears Wielding an Axe at the Door of His House

2011

Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine poster
4.9

Aboard a cruise ship out at sea, a young sailor discovers a door mysteriously leading to an apartment in Montevideo. Meanwhile, a group of Asian farmers find an abandoned shed in the valley, attributing it supernatural powers.

Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine

2020

Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine poster
4.9

Aboard a cruise ship out at sea, a young sailor discovers a door mysteriously leading to an apartment in Montevideo. Meanwhile, a group of Asian farmers find an abandoned shed in the valley, attributing it supernatural powers.

Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine

2020

Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine poster
4.9

Aboard a cruise ship out at sea, a young sailor discovers a door mysteriously leading to an apartment in Montevideo. Meanwhile, a group of Asian farmers find an abandoned shed in the valley, attributing it supernatural powers.

Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine

2020

Savanna and the Mountain poster
6.3

The community of Covas do Barroso, in northern Portugal, discovers that the British company Savannah Resources plans to build the largest open-pit lithium mine in Europe just few meters from their homes. Confronted by this imminent threat, the People decide to organize themselves and expel the company from their lands.

Savanna and the Mountain

2025

Savanna and the Mountain poster
6.3

The community of Covas do Barroso, in northern Portugal, discovers that the British company Savannah Resources plans to build the largest open-pit lithium mine in Europe just few meters from their homes. Confronted by this imminent threat, the People decide to organize themselves and expel the company from their lands.

Savanna and the Mountain

2025

Weep the Headless Madness of these Fields poster
5.8

A girl dies in a provincial summer house and is buried by her family. By night a wild dog unearths the corpse and takes it to the woods. Under the shade of the trees, the girl wakes up and decides to return home accompanied by the dog.

Weep the Headless Madness of these Fields

2019

Weep the Headless Madness of these Fields poster
5.8

A girl dies in a provincial summer house and is buried by her family. By night a wild dog unearths the corpse and takes it to the woods. Under the shade of the trees, the girl wakes up and decides to return home accompanied by the dog.

Weep the Headless Madness of these Fields

2019

Weep the Headless Madness of these Fields poster
5.8

A girl dies in a provincial summer house and is buried by her family. By night a wild dog unearths the corpse and takes it to the woods. Under the shade of the trees, the girl wakes up and decides to return home accompanied by the dog.

Weep the Headless Madness of these Fields

2019

No artwork available
NR

ASTARSA is divided into three parts. The first tells the love story of Alejo and Cone. The second takes place a few years later and tells the love story of Alejo and Male. The third takes Male as the protagonist to tell the story of a worker who is involved in a union revolt and who, faced with the army’s occupation, manages to escape to the ship planet Astarsa.

ASTARSA

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No artwork available
NR

The grand geography of the American continent witnesses the track of a ship through southern waters.

Hello to the fjords!

2016

No artwork available
NR

The grand geography of the American continent witnesses the track of a ship through southern waters.

Hello to the fjords!

2016

No artwork available
NR

The grand geography of the American continent witnesses the track of a ship through southern waters.

Hello to the fjords!

2016

Vita in petto avrò poster
NR

A troupe of bodies in trance. Frenzied figures against a white brick wall that is colder than death.

Vita in petto avrò

2022