La pobladora cine is a Uruguayan production company specializing in arthouse cinema. It emerged from Alex Piperno’s initiative to produce his own films and support projects by other directors with similar artistic visions, viewing cinema as a collaborative activity and resulting in international co-productions. Our films have been exhibited at some of the world’s most prominent festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Rotterdam, and New Directors/New Films. Among them are Lukas Rinner’s «Parabellum» (IFFR, 2015), Alex Piperno’s «Window boy would also like to have a submarine» (Berlinale, 2020) and «Savanna and the Mountain» by Paulo Carneiro (Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, 2024).

Alex Piperno (1985, Montevideo) is a director, producer, and educator, graduated from the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires. He leads La Pobladora Cine, where he has produced films such as «Parabellum» by Lukas Rinner (IFFR, 2015), «Peripherique Nord» and «The Savannah and the Mountain» by Paulo Carneiro (Visions du Réel, 2022; Cannes, 2024), and «December» by Lucas Gallo (IDFA, 2025). As a director, he has made the feature «Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine» (Berlinale, 2020) and the short film «The Inviolability of the Home Is Based on the Man Who Appears Wielding an Axe at His Door» (Cannes, 2011), among others. He also directs Cina Cina – Film Residencies, a program for the development of Ibero-American feature films, and has worked as a lecturer and consultant at the Uruguayan Film School (ECU).