
Directing
Joaquín Martínez
Place of birth
Montevideo, Uruguay
Known for
Directing
Credits
4 titles
Joaquín Martínez is a Uruguayan director of short films and music videos. He works across film, photography, and graphic design, and has experience as a director, editor, and image post-production artist. In 2024, he won the Best National Short Film Award at the Festival Internacional de Escuelas de Cine (FIEC) with Pascualina (2023). He also participated in the selection of the Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay (FCIU) with Paulino (2025) and in the Festival Detour with the music video Poppy (2024). His most recent project is the independent short film S22, currently in post-production.
Known for
In a rural town in Uruguay, a young man begins to recover fragments of his memory while undergoing a brutal conversion therapy imposed by his mother.
Tabula Rasa
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NRGero and Cris, two young filmmakers, have the opportunity to pitch their idea to an important producer. But minutes before, Gero receives a call from work demanding that he return immediately, forcing him to choose between securing his present or risking it all for his future.
S22
2026
NROn a Christmas marked by unexpected cold, 14-year-old Paulino arrives at the family beach house with his mother and sister. Amidst routines, visits, and preparations, an unforeseen discovery forces him to reconsider the way he sees his family.
Paulino
2025
Behind the camera
In a rural town in Uruguay, a young man begins to recover fragments of his memory while undergoing a brutal conversion therapy imposed by his mother.
Tabula Rasa
—
NRGero and Cris, two young filmmakers, have the opportunity to pitch their idea to an important producer. But minutes before, Gero receives a call from work demanding that he return immediately, forcing him to choose between securing his present or risking it all for his future.
S22
2026
NRGero and Cris, two young filmmakers, have the opportunity to pitch their idea to an important producer. But minutes before, Gero receives a call from work demanding that he return immediately, forcing him to choose between securing his present or risking it all for his future.
S22
2026
NROn a Christmas marked by unexpected cold, 14-year-old Paulino arrives at the family beach house with his mother and sister. Amidst routines, visits, and preparations, an unforeseen discovery forces him to reconsider the way he sees his family.
Paulino
2025
