No. 30 · Short Film
Red and Black
Rojo y Negro
Directed by Javier Rey
Uruguay · 28 min
From an unexpected and terrifying situation, Mauricio confronts desire as an unstoppable force of life and death.
Streams 21 September 2026 to 28 September 2026, Berlin time. Every ticket is one Audience Award vote.
Trailer
About the film
From an unexpected and terrifying situation, Mauricio confronts desire as an unstoppable force of life and death. Meanwhile, on another plane of existence, a supernatural being challenges him and pushes him to the brink and beyond his rationality, when it asks: “Do you really think you understand anything? Could it be that understanding has nothing to do with any of this?” Ultimately freeing desire from any chains that attempt to bind it.
Content notes: Sexual content · Graphic violence · Strobing or flashing images · Substance use
- Runtime
- 28 min
- Category
- Short Film
- Country
- Uruguay
- Year
- 2024
- Language
- Español
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
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Javier Rey
I am a psychologist currently pursuing a PhD in philosophy, among other things. Constantly curious about cosmology, engineering, physics, and mathematics.
A passionate cinephile and admirer of raw and affective cinema. A cinema that cannot be done halfway, a cinema of cruelty.
I never studied film, and my filmmaking stems from curiosity and good encounters that drive me to action.
The short film Rojo y Negro is a first experience, and it was made collaboratively with all of its participants.
Credits
- Directed by
- Javier Rey
- Written by
- Javier Rey
- Produced by
- Álvaro Moreno, Javier Rey
- Production company
- Humo audiovisual
- Cinematography
- Álvaro Moreno
- Editing
- Álvaro Moreno, Javier Rey
- Production design
- Ana Inés Puig, Rocío Freiría
- Sound
- Marizza Rodríguez, Florencia Peralta
- Music
- Salvador García
- Principal cast
- Mauricio - Fabricio Galbarini Luciano - Augusto Vázquez Hécate - Victoria González Garaycochea Psykhé - Jennifer Lazaga Bordas Erzebeth - Carolina Silveira
- Also
- DIRECCIÓN DE FOTOGRAFÍA Y CÁMARA Alvaro Moreno ASISTENTE DE CÁMARA Y FOTO FIJA Joaquín Méndez ILUMINACIÓN Alvaro Moreno, Joaquín Méndez ARTE, ESCENOGRAFÍA Y VESTUARIO Ana Inés Puig, Marina Yáñez, Rocío Freiria MAQUILLAJE Rocío Freiria, Marina Yáñez PRODUCCIÓN EN RODAJE Marina Yáñez, Ana Inés Puig SONIDO EN RODAJE, EDICIÓN DE SONIDO Y VOZ EN OFF Marizza Rodríguez, Florencia Peralta DIRECCIÓN DE ACTORES Violeta Soba, Pablo Bouza MÚSICA Salvador García EDICIÓN Y MONTAJE Álvaro Moreno, Javier Rey GRÁFICA Ana Inés Puig TEMAS MUSICALES. Bardo en Nueva York - Farahari, Basquiat - Salvador García, Hopper - Salvador García SECUESTRADOS Marina Yáñez, Pablo Bouza, Florencia Peralta, Javier Rey
— Festivals and awards
Selección oficial - Rieti E Sabina Film Festival 2024 Selección oficial - Baixada Film Festival 2024 Mención especial - 12th Noida International Film Festival-2025, India Selección oficial - Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival 2025 Selección oficial - Noctambulante Muestra De Cine De Horror Y Fantasía 2025 Selección oficial - Berlin International Underground Film Festival 2026
Red and Black is part of the Official Selection of the BIUFF Founding Edition 2026.