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IFFI Kurzfilmprogramm Retrospektive II
ABECÉ (2013, Cuba)
Diana Montero
An intimate, harrowing portrait, woven from scenes of everyday life and quiet interviews with twelve-year-old Leoneidi. She is already a mother and lives with her baby and the child’s father, a young man, in the Sierra Maestra. She is forced to take on the role of an adult, even though she is still a child herself.
LOS VIEJOS HERALDOS (THE OLDEN HERALDS) (2018, Cuba)
Luis Alejandro Yero
A Cuban couple, both nearly ninety, live a secluded life in a rural area. Whilst the end of the Castro era is announced on television, their daily lives remain quiet and unchanged. In elegant black-and-white images, Luis Alejandro Yero documents the passing of time.
TE EXTRAÑO PERDULARIA (MISS YOU PERDULARIA) (2024, Cuba)
Manu Zilveti
A school in San Antonio de los Baños: a group of friends who call themselves the Perdularias attend lessons, dance to ‘their’ reggaeton song, and find peace together. Manu Zilveti documents not only everyday school life, but also friendship on an island that is becoming increasingly depopulated.
SERÁ INMORTAL QUIEN MEREZCA SERLO (WHOEVER DESERVES IT, WILL BE IMMORTAL) (2024, Cuba)
Nay Mendl
Sergio, Ubaldo and Yolexquys belong to three different generations. They have all experienced discrimination because of their homosexuality. They read from the diary of Winston Hernandez (1944–2020), a gay artist who, like many of his contemporaries, was subjected to violent persecution.
ONCE (2026, Cuba)
Raphael Webhofer
After an opening shot from a bird’s-eye view, the camera descends into a building, floor by floor. The building has clearly seen better days, yet it is still teeming with life: the old lift travels with its doors open through a microcosm of music, science and manual labour.
SONGS TO DIE IN HAVANA (SONGS TO DIE IN HAVANA) (2026, Cuba)
María Salafranca
It is night in Havana; the director drives through the darkness. A special atmosphere pervades the city, carried by a tapestry of sound comprising music and various other sources of noise. People seem detached from the daily grind – but one woman is different. What does she know?