Sponsors: Kountry Kart Deli and BCA
Source:Americas Media Initiative
Spanish w/English subtitles
Part of the Cuban cinema Spotlight
Lunch included in ticket price
Best of the Muestra Joven (Young Directors Film Festival). These four award-winning short films made by emerging filmmakers reflect the current cinematic landscape in Cuba. The former director the Muestra Joven, Marisol Rodriguez, will attend.
La Carga (The Load) | Directed by Victor Alexis Guerrero | Documentary | 2015 | 23min 19 sec
This road-stop movie captures the intimate relationship between the workers on a train that in theory should never stop but actually spends the majority of its service time detained.
Yunaisy | Directed by Juan Pablo Darañas | Fiction | 2014 | 13 min
A young Cuban filmmaker faces censorship for the first time. He must choose between taking a great career opportunity or maintaining the integrity of “Yunaisy”.
Alina, 6 años (Alina, 6 Years Old) | Directed by Milena Almira and Manuel Benito de Valle| Fiction | 2008 | 5 min
A young girl looking through a family photos album remembers moments in her infancy where nothing is what it appears..
Huesitos (Little Bones) | Directed by Gabriela Leal Carrazana | Animation | 2015 | 3min 26 secs
A young solitary girl has a strange routine.