Locarno’s First Look Section Reveals Six Uruguayan Titles, From Family Stories to Drama About Desire That ‘Persists Across Oceans’

The Locarno Film Festival's First Look section—a showcase for work-in-progress films—is celebrating its fifteenth edition this year with a special focus on Uruguay. Partnered with the Uruguayan film institute ACAU, organizers have unveiled six new titles spanning family stories to intimate drama about desire that persists across oceans. Variety reports one selection is 'Maltrato Animal,' about a struggling veterinarian who enters an illegal network.

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