Departamento de Cine de la Universidad de Los Andes

Based on the thesis of Alejandro Rivero and Ernesto Pacheco, this documentary attempts to glimpse, through the senses, the fourth mathematical dimension.

Feature film by Armando Arce.

Based on a story by Julio Garmendia. Animation about the inferiority complex suffered by the native apple when faced to imported apples.

During the dictatorial regime of Juan Vicente Gómez, the bachelor Ibarra is imprisoned for political conspiracy. In prison, the inmates live together remembering the events that led to their imprisonment. Finally, a group, led by the bachelor Ibarra, manages to carry out a plan to escape from the prison.

An analysis of the history of television in Venezuela, subjected to economic power and market interests. The film explores the messages that television reproduces through its "anchors" and the much-criticised soap operas.

“Through the use of violent symbols (loosely associated with Artaud’s notion of cruelty), some of the consequences of the current social organization in Latin-America are exposed: the alienation, marginalization and reification of men, and the continuous presence of imperialism, considered as rape.” (UU)

Los Nevados is the first peasant feature film from Venezuela. The magical poetry about humans who endure an almost animal, almost instinctive, almost sad existence, which turns into a complaint.

Animation based on the Watunna, sacred book by the Yekuana people.

In 1969, a wave of discontent swept through Latin American universities. In Venezuela, students set out to fundamentally renew the concept and criteria of teaching. This is their story.

Trans is a 1982 Venezuelan documentary short film that offers an intimate look into the lives of a group of trans women and drag performers in Caracas, exploring their experiences in a society marked by transphobia and homophobia. Through interviews and performances, the documentary highlights the resilience and dignity of these women in the face of widespread discrimination and violence. Premiering Mérida in 1982 and screened later at the Venezuelan National Cinematheque in 1983, Trans is considered a pioneering work in the representation of the trans community in Latin American cinema.

Documentary about the Yekwana people.

A documentary about the building of a damn near Caño Mánamo and the effects it has on the environment.

Poetry film based on "El regalo" by Honduran writer Clementina Suárez.

The story of San Fernando de Atabapo, a small, remote town in the Amazon region, where the borders of Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela meet. A town where more than 20 different nationalities coexist and almost as many languages ​​are spoken. The film explores the relationships that develop among its inhabitants and the reasons that lead them to live in this area despite its difficult economic and political conditions.

Diamantes, short produced by the ULA, registered the birth of a new town: San Salvador de Paul, the arrival of new residents, farmers who ventured in search of riches, merchants, gamblers, prostitutes, all trying to snatch the momentary wealth of those who discovered the mineral, typical image of underdevelopment.

Animation film by Armando Arce about the Venezuelan petroglyphs.

El afinque de Marín (1979) is an iconic Venezuelan documentary directed by Jacobo Penzo that explores the life, culture, and popular music of the Caracas neighborhood of Marín. Far from being merely a film about music, it delves into the social roots and collective identity of the barrio, using rhythm and everyday life as a lens to reveal the bonds, struggles, and shared histories of its inhabitants. Through its intimate portrayal of people, sounds, and spaces, the film becomes a vivid testament to popular culture as a living expression of community and belonging.

In this short film, made on the occasion of a visit by Maurice Hasson to Mérida to perform in concert, he evokes in a warm conversation his indelible memories and deeply human experiences of his life in Mérida.

Through a meeting of construction craftsmen, Tapiales is a documentary that describes the entire processes of recruitment and construction of a rural house in the southern towns of the state of Merida. It revives the memory of ancient builders.

In Simón Bolívar, ese soy yo, Venezuelan filmmaker Edmundo Aray begins his cinematic cycle devoted to Latin America’s independence heroes with a poetic and symbolic animated film that reimagines the life and myth of Simón Bolívar.