INSTAR

    Leila Montero

 

  • PRODUCER







    Producer. Graduated in Audiovisual Communication, specializing in Production, from the University of the Arts of Cuba. She attended the workshop "New media, new TV, transmedia communication and digital strategy" of the Chair of Advanced Studies of the International School of Film and TV of San Antonio de Los Baños (EICTV) and the International Laboratory on film project management taught at the 8th Making Film of the ICAIC Young Showcase.

    Co-founder of the audiovisual creation collective Estudio ST based in Havana, a space focused on the development and production of projects that explore and experiment with other ways of telling stories. She has produced numerous audiovisual works including feature films and short documentary and fiction films, music videos, as well as events and festivals. Among them are Tundra (2021, 30′), by José Luis Aparicio, which had its world premiere at Curta Cinema and its North American premiere at Sundance, 2022, and the documentary Mafifa, by Daniela Muñoz, which premiered at IDFA, 2021.

    She is currently working on the development of several feature films and distributes the most recent short films made. She is part of the INSTAR team, producing all events.