HI
I’m a documentary filmmaker and video editor based in Montevideo and working with clients around the world.
Over the past decade, I’ve directed crews in over a dozen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to produce pieces on development, climate change, education and migration for media outlets as well as organizations —including the Inter-American Development Bank, UNICEF, UNESCO, R4V and the World Bank.
I also contribute regularly with Univision Digital as a film editor. My credits include Born Without Arms or Legs (winner of a 2025 News & Documentary Emmy and Best of Photojournalism award for Documentary Editor by the National Press Photographers Association), and Rising Up in the Heartland (nominated for an Emmy, recipient of an Online Journalism Award and first place Documentary at Pictures of the Year International).
As a filmmaker, my work —in co-direction with Claudia Abend— has premiered in festivals including IDFA, BAFICI, True/False, Málaga and DocsBarcelona. Our first feature-length documentary, Hit, topped the national box office in Uruguay. It was followed by La Flor de la Vida, a film about love and loss which tells the story of a marriage of 50 years gone wrong. A Sundance Institute grantee, it premiered at IDFA and went on to participate in over a dozen festivals. It also inspired a spin-off series, La Flor de la Vida - La serie. Our latest documentary, Mom is Here, a tale about friendship and motherhood, is premiering in 2025.
Our films have earned multiple awards including the Audience Award at Málaga International Film Festival (Spain), a Special Jury Prize at It’s All True (Brazil), and Best Editing and Best National Film from Uruguay’s Film Critics’ Association.
I am an adjunct professor of documentary film at the University of Montevideo. I also hold an M.A. in Journalism and Latin American Studies from New York University (as a Fulbright Scholar) and a B.A. in Communication from the Catholic University of Uruguay.
I’m always open to new collaborations and projects —feel free to reach out: adrianaloeff@gmail.com.
