
Directing
Tomás Marichal Urbán
Born 1999-11-26 · Montevideo, Uruguay
Uruguayan writer, director, and producer, born in 1999 in Montevideo. Before his feature film debut, he directed eight short films, winning over 16 international awards. Among them are Hambre de Libertad (2020) and Hotel Stories (2022), where he also served as director of photography and editor. In 2022, he was awarded Best Young Filmmaker at the Wild Indie Film Festival in the UK. With a background in Bellas Artes and a well-rounded approach to filmmaking, his work has been praised for its visual originality, narrative tension, and thematic depth. CARNE is his debut feature, selected for the Brussels Genre Film Market and the Entre Fronteras market, and recognized as of ministerial interest by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay.
Acting credits
NRA humble young man is called in for a night shift. But once he arrives, the place turns into a nightmare of strange guests, violent apparitions and impossible horrors, trapping him inside a haunted hotel where no one truly leaves.
Hotel Stories
2022
NRA mentally unstable man who believes he is a superhero spends his days annoying everyone in his apartment building with his heroic fantasies. When he sees a yoga teacher being robbed on the street, he decides it is finally time to save the day, but his rescue attempt turns into a chaotic series of mistakes, accidents and absurd setbacks inside the building.
Paulman
2018
7.0In this police drama short film created by Paulman Films, the story of Emily's disappearance is told, at the same time that her country is experiencing a rebel uprising, told through the eyes of Antonio, his desperate father and Detective Cardona, a professional at charge of the investigation. Will they make it on time?
Dirty Hands
2021
Behind the camera
NRWhile sharing old photographs with his two granddaughters, an elderly man remembers a childhood friend he has not seen in decades. What begins as a simple family afternoon becomes a journey into memory, technology and the possibility of reconnecting with a lost part of his past.
Shared Times
2018
NRWhile sharing old photographs with his two granddaughters, an elderly man remembers a childhood friend he has not seen in decades. What begins as a simple family afternoon becomes a journey into memory, technology and the possibility of reconnecting with a lost part of his past.
Shared Times
2018
NRA humble young man is called in for a night shift. But once he arrives, the place turns into a nightmare of strange guests, violent apparitions and impossible horrors, trapping him inside a haunted hotel where no one truly leaves.
Hotel Stories
2022
NRA humble young man is called in for a night shift. But once he arrives, the place turns into a nightmare of strange guests, violent apparitions and impossible horrors, trapping him inside a haunted hotel where no one truly leaves.
Hotel Stories
2022
NRA young woman becomes trapped inside a study center after staying too long in the bathroom and being accidentally locked in for the night. Alone in the empty building, her fear grows when a group of thieves breaks in, turning a simple mistake into a fight for survival.
Trapped
2019
NRA young woman becomes trapped inside a study center after staying too long in the bathroom and being accidentally locked in for the night. Alone in the empty building, her fear grows when a group of thieves breaks in, turning a simple mistake into a fight for survival.
Trapped
2019
NRA humble fisherman and a young woman from a wealthy family fall deeply in love, but their families’ differences tear them apart. When tragedy strikes and he is left fighting for his life, she arrives too late to say goodbye, carrying with her the memory of a love that will continue beyond death.
Yes, I Do
2019
NRA humble fisherman and a young woman from a wealthy family fall deeply in love, but their families’ differences tear them apart. When tragedy strikes and he is left fighting for his life, she arrives too late to say goodbye, carrying with her the memory of a love that will continue beyond death.
Yes, I Do
2019
NRA homeless family accepts shelter in a luxurious, remote ranch. What they don’t know is that their arrival was anticipated, and the baby they’re expecting is the main course of a hungry system.
MEAT
2026
NRA homeless family accepts shelter in a luxurious, remote ranch. What they don’t know is that their arrival was anticipated, and the baby they’re expecting is the main course of a hungry system.
MEAT
2026
NRA homeless family accepts shelter in a luxurious, remote ranch. What they don’t know is that their arrival was anticipated, and the baby they’re expecting is the main course of a hungry system.
MEAT
2026
NRA mentally unstable man who believes he is a superhero spends his days annoying everyone in his apartment building with his heroic fantasies. When he sees a yoga teacher being robbed on the street, he decides it is finally time to save the day, but his rescue attempt turns into a chaotic series of mistakes, accidents and absurd setbacks inside the building.
Paulman
2018
NRA mentally unstable man who believes he is a superhero spends his days annoying everyone in his apartment building with his heroic fantasies. When he sees a yoga teacher being robbed on the street, he decides it is finally time to save the day, but his rescue attempt turns into a chaotic series of mistakes, accidents and absurd setbacks inside the building.
Paulman
2018
7.0In this police drama short film created by Paulman Films, the story of Emily's disappearance is told, at the same time that her country is experiencing a rebel uprising, told through the eyes of Antonio, his desperate father and Detective Cardona, a professional at charge of the investigation. Will they make it on time?
Dirty Hands
2021
7.0In this police drama short film created by Paulman Films, the story of Emily's disappearance is told, at the same time that her country is experiencing a rebel uprising, told through the eyes of Antonio, his desperate father and Detective Cardona, a professional at charge of the investigation. Will they make it on time?
Dirty Hands
2021
NRA teenage painter standing at the edge of death is visited by Death itself, who has come to take her away. As the sea breeze surrounds them, the two speak about life, suffering, choice and the meaning of letting go.
In the Sea Breeze
2020
NRA teenage painter standing at the edge of death is visited by Death itself, who has come to take her away. As the sea breeze surrounds them, the two speak about life, suffering, choice and the meaning of letting go.
In the Sea Breeze
2020
NRA teenage painter standing at the edge of death is visited by Death itself, who has come to take her away. As the sea breeze surrounds them, the two speak about life, suffering, choice and the meaning of letting go.
In the Sea Breeze
2020
8.0In a dystopian future where cannibalism is legal, a woman will try to do whatever it takes to save his brother.
Hunger for Freedom
2020
8.0In a dystopian future where cannibalism is legal, a woman will try to do whatever it takes to save his brother.
Hunger for Freedom
2020
