DATA OF INTEREST

GUEST:
CARLOS MELIÁN

HOST:
JOSÉ LUIS APARICIO FERRERA


Synopsis:

Filmmaker and journalist Carlos Melián talks about his films as a director and screenwriter: the short films “Pizza de Jamón,” “El rodeo,” and “Tundra,” as well as the feature-length fiction project “Regreso a casa.” He also reflects on the limits and possibilities of independent creation in Cuba, the arduous process of filming a movie outside of Havana, and the changes that an artist faces when he takes the path of exile.

Bio:

Carlos Melián Moreno (Santiago de Cuba, 1979) is an independent filmmaker and journalist. In 2010 he won the CINERGIA Fund for the production of his first short film, “Pizza de Jamón” (2011). He participated with his feature film project “Regreso a Casa” in the Sundance Director’s Lab in 2018. His most recent short fiction film, “El Rodeo”, had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2021. He has worked as a screenwriter on the short fiction film “Tundra” (2021), directed by José Luis Aparicio, selected at Sundance and Locarno, and on the documentary feature film “Mafifa” (2021), directed by Daniela Muñoz, which premiered in the Luminous section of IDFA.

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"Cinema" Series: The Cinema of Carlos Melián

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