LOCARNO, Switzerland — Cross-ocean love story “Spring Story” and false miracle comedy “The Surubí,” won big at Locarno’s 2026 pix-in-post First Look focus on Uruguay, sharing its top five prizes at a Sunday evening Aug. 9 awards ceremony. For director-producers Gabriela Guillermo and Irina Raffo, based out of Uruguay’s L’Avventura Cine, “Spring Story” is the case of fourth time lucky: the film No. “El Surubí” marks the feature debut of director Lorenzo Tocco, behind “The Anniversary” (2019), a best Ibero-American short film at Guadalajara. 81,’ fictionShot over four years, one week a year, as a showcase for not only first-time feature director but a new generation of technicians, heading key craft categories. It is also a celebration of the talent of a new generation of Uruguayan filmmakers, many of whom took on leading creative roles in their first feature film,” told Variety.