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    Lynn Cruz

 

  • INSTAR FILM FESTIVAL CURATOR







    Lynn Cruz is an actress, writer, theater director and producer. Bachelor of Pedagogy at the University of Matanzas (2000) and Dramatic Actress graduate at the School Theater Professional (2006).

    After five years working in theater in Cuba, Colombia and Germany, her film debut was in the role of Barbara in Long Distance (2010). A role which was critically acclaimed in Cuba and nominated for the Adolfo Llauradó and Caricato awards. Was casted to star in Corazón Azul, an experimental film that began filming in 2013 and premiered in 2021. She also worked on the films La wall (2006), Próceres (2011), Nobody (2017). For her role in El Niño (2015), she won the Best Actress Award at the Cayenne Film Festival, New York. Her role in Are you dad? (2018) was described by the Miami Herald as a masterful performance.

    In addition, she is a theater director, author of the works The Return (2011) Enemies of the People (2017), Patriotism 36-77 (2018) and Room-R (2021). Since 2013, she has been producing the films by filmmaker Miguel Coyula. Psyche, Nobody and Blue Heart. in 2020 received the Fund for Impact Producers documentary film. Her first novel Terminal, received Mention in the Gaveta Franz Kafka Novel Prize (2018). She currently works as a teacher of independent action in collaboration between the group that directs Teatro Kairós LCAP and Casa Galería The circle.