Guillermo Rocamora

Guillermo Rocamora is a filmmaker from Uruguay.[1] He first started working as a filmmaker in 2004. He worked for three years on his directorial debut, Solo, prior to its release, in 2015. He is a graduate of the Universidad de la República and also studied at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de San Antonio de los Baños in Cuba

Guillermo Rocamora
Born1981 (age 38–39)
NationalityUruguay
Occupationfilmmaker
Known forwon awards for directing documentaries

In 2019 he released a documentary on Mohammed Abdullah Taha Mattan, one of six individuals formerly held in the Guantanamo detention camps for a dozen years, who were granted political asylum in Uruguay in 2014.[2][3][4][5] That documentery, La Libertad es una palabra grande, won the award for best documentary at the International Film Week in Valladolid.

References
  1. Claudio D. Minghetti (2015-07-03). "El director Guillermo Rocamora habla de "Solo", su ópera prima" [Director Guillermo Rocamora talks about "Solo", his debut feature]. Telam (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  2. Ramiro Barreiro (2019-11-01). "El largo regreso a casa de Mohammed" [Mohammed's long homecoming]. El País (Uruguay) (in Spanish). Montovideo. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  3. "Para los exdetenidos de Guantánamo 'la libertad es una palabra grande'" [For Guantánamo ex-detainees 'freedom is a big word']. El Comercio (in Spanish). 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  4. "La historia de uno de los ex presos de Guantanamo en Uruguay llega al cine" [The story of one of the former prisoners of Guantanamo in Uruguay reaches the cinema]. El Obsservador (in Spanish). 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  5. "'Liberdade é uma grande palavra' mostra vida pós-prisão de ex-detento de Guantánamo" ['Freedom is a big word' shows post-prison life of ex-Guantanamo detainee]. Journal do Comercio (in Spanish). 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
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