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Manuel Facal

Manuel Facal was born in 1982. Of Swedish origin, he studied at the Uruguayan Film School. He has produced, directed and starred in several short films, such as Artsy Fartsy (Artsifartsi), Romeo Against the Lysergic Acid Mozzarella (Romeo contra la muzzarella lisérgica asesina) and The Sticky Attack of the Humanoid Superfly (El pegajoso ataque de la supermosca humanoide).

His most well-known rol as an actor was in Hobby Metal, a short film directed by Maxi Contenti. Besides, he is a freelance designer for storyboards, posters and comic magazines.

Facal is co-founder of Área 4 Films, a collective focused on Genre Cinema. He started this project alongside Maxi Contenti, Pablo Praino and Guillermo Kloetzer.