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.
Currently, he is working on his third documentary film project, The Snow Between Them.