Short fictional film I 13 ‘ I CUBA-USA I 2018. Premier in Spain.

DIRECTOR: Adriana Guiman.
Production Company:  MEDIA CIRCUS INTERNATIONAL & KOLECTIV ROMANIA
Director:  ADRIANA GUIMAN
Screenplay:  ADRIANA GUIMAN
Cinematography:  GEMMA THORPE, RUBIN WHITMORE II & RICH BROOME
Sound:  ADRIANA GUIMAN
Editing:  ADRIANA GUIMAN
Sound Editing:  IUSTINA TOMAS & MARIAN-IOAN IACOBAN

Synopsis
“En el Medio” (“In-between”) portraits four families that inhabit a building situated at point zero of Cuba. They live in a universe of their own between seven hotels, in an area crowded with tourists. The attempts of renovating the building failed so far, but people keep their faith in the authorities and in the communist ideology. A famous actor, a horologist, a former teacher and a couple of former cabaret workers share their opinion about their realities, while they are watching the evening telenovela. Their stories are intertwined with the silent story of the building as a character. Might it be a good practice model against gentrification or just a big coffin?

FESTIVALS:

  • FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DONA I CINEMA – MUJER Y CINE – WOMAN & FILM (Spain)
  • AEGEANDOCS INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL (Greece)
  • SEATTLE TRANSMEDIA & INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (United States)

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ADRIANA GUIMAN

ADRIANA GUIMAN (Piatra Neamt, ROMANIA, 1984) was born in a small town in North of Romania. She moved to Seattle in 2017, after she graduated a master program in Transmedia storytelling and Crossmedia Production in Estonia. She is currently researching cinematic virtual experiences, being enrolled in a PhD program in Helsinki, Finland. She was involved in numerous corporate media projects as a producer and on multiple personal projects as a film director and media artist. She has also directed “Therapy of Happiness” (2013), “Last Cry of the Dragon” (2013), “Contraindications: the Health System” (2012), “…love, cigarettes and other demons” (2011) and “Hat of Stars” (2010).