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Saturday, Nov 2, 2024
7:00 PM (77 mins)
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Cuban Contemporary Short Films II: Voices of Displacement
In Conversation
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Lázaro González is a filmmaker from Cuba, a doctoral candidate in the UC Berkeley Department of Film & Media, and the guest curator of Cuban Cinema without Borders.
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Caleb Murray-Bozeman is a doctoral candidate in the UC Berkeley Department of Film & Media.
This second showcase of Cuban contemporary short films privileges first-person explorations of cultural alterity and deterritorialization. Ángela follows a Cuban immigrant in New York City, while Petricor uses plants to symbolize uprootedness and nostalgia. Souvenir critiques the Western touristic gaze that romanticizes Cuba’s past while ignoring its present. In Parole, a mother’s WhatsApp messages connect her with her exiled son in San Francisco, highlighting migrant burdens. Finally, History Is Written at Night depicts a dystopian Cuba during a blackout, haunted by the imagination of another mother. Through their formal heterogeneity, the films all offer nuanced perspectives on diaspora, exile, and nation building amidst Cuba’s ongoing historical exodus.
—Lázaro González
Films in this Screening
Ángela
Juan Pablo Daranas Molina, United States, 2018
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Language
- Spanish
- with English subtitles
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- Color
- DCP
- 12 mins
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- FILA20 Films
Souvenir
Heidi Hassan, Cuba, 2023
FILM DETAILS
Language
- Spanish
- with English subtitles
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- Color
- Digital
- 11 mins
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- Free Media
Petricor
Violena Ampudia, Cuba, Belgium, 2022
FILM DETAILS
Language
- Spanish
- with English subtitles
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- Color
- Digital
- 9 mins
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- Violena Ampudia
Parole
Lázaro González, Cuba, United States, 2024
FILM DETAILS
Language
- Spanish and English
- with English subtitles
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- Color
- DCP
- 25 mins
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- Encuadre Films
History Is Written at Night
Alejandro Alonso, Cuba, France, 2024
FILM DETAILS
Language
- Spanish
- with English subtitles
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- Color
- DCP
- 20 mins
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- Vega Alta Films
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