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CUBA 15
DIRECTOR:Ā ELIZABETH SCHUBĀ IĀ PRODUCER:Ā PEDRO VALIENTE
CUBA 15 (1997, US/Spain, 13:46min) short film by Elizabeth Schub. produced by Pedro Valiente.Ā
With the support of New York Film Academy and Jerry Sherlock in memoriam
STORY LINEĀ With passion and uncertainty, Tzunami Ortega Coyra lives the crossroads between childhood and womanhood through the traditional quinceaƱera celebration.Ā REVIEWĀ "Cuba 15 is a portrait of a young girl turning 15 in a small town on the outskirts of Havana. It takes the form of a show-and-tell. The girl introduces us to her friends and her family, her home, and her hangouts. She loos straight at the camera. She talks, she dances, she horses around, she gets serious. Sheās irresistible. We learn more from her in 15 minutes --about adolescent experience and aspirations and what life in Cuba is--Ā than from a half-dozen feature documentaries." --Amy TaubinĀ NY Village VoiceĀ AWARDSĀ Cuba 15 won Best Short Film Jury Award and Best Short Film Audience Award in Berlinale (Panorama), an Emmy Award Nomination, and a National Geographic Prize, and a total of dozen awards. It was selected in Sundance, SXSWĀ Austin, and MoMA , and over forty film festivals
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CASTĀ Tzunami Ortega Coyra, Juan JosĆ© Ortega Coyra, ConcepciĆ³n Coyra MartĆnez, AndrĆ©s GonzĆ”lez Coyra, Marila GonzĆ”lez Coyra, Abel Castillo RodrĆguezĀ CREWĀ Director/writer/editor: Elizabeth Schub IĀ Producer/sound designer: Pedro Valiente IĀ DP: Luis NagmĆas, IvĆ”n Suzzarini IĀ AC: Almudena SĆ”nchezĀ Sound: CĆ©sar Caro IĀ Sound postproduction: One Kilohertz IncĀ Graphic design: Catherine SandlerĀ THANKSĀ Jaime Rosales, Guillermo Escalona, MarĆa Julia Trujillo. Michele Darmon, Dania IlisĆ”stegui, Ernesto Charo, et alĀ SPECIAL THANKSĀ With the support ofĀ Jerry Sherlock atĀ NYFA andĀ Escuela International de Cine y TVĀ de San Antonio de los BaƱos (Cuba).IĀ LINKSĀ Vimeo:Ā vimeo.com/34080991 I YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=B6qsCSYAUf8 IĀ IMDb: imdb.com/title/tt0158571 IĀ Ā© 1997-1999 SueƱo Azul Productions
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Tzunami Ortega Coyra in Cuba 15 I Photo:Ā PV
CUBA 15 I THE BUZZ
"Cuba 15 is arguablyĀ one of the most successful short films in the world the year it was released.Ā It won Best Short Film Jury Award and Best Short Film Audience Award in Berlinale (Panorama), received an Emmy Award Nomination, and a National Geographic Award. It was selected in Sundance, SXSW, and 40+Ā film festivals gathering over a dozen of international awards.Ā Ā aired on PBS (POV) in the US,Ā andĀ Canal+ France and Spain. New York and LA pressĀ praised the film. MGM started a film project with the director. Producer was featured on Bloomberg TV in New York." --FlyingĀ Fish Work
Tzunami Ortega Coyra in Cuba 15 I Photo: PV
CUBA 15 I ROBERT WILSON
"Cuba 15 was presentedĀ for the first time ever to an audience of international artists right before its world premiereĀ at The Hamptons International Film Festival in New York where it won Best Short Film Award. By any chance, this first previewĀ also took placeĀ in The Hamptons. It was a special screening atĀ The Watermill Center by Robert Wilson. ProducerĀ Pedro ValienteĀ was at that moment collaborating on the video design forĀ The Days Before by Robert Wilson,Ā commissioned by The Lincoln Center in New York.Ā It was the producer's birthday."Ā --FlyingĀ Fish Work
Tzunami Ortega Coyra in Cuba 15 I Photo: PV
CUBA 15 I FROM THE PRODUCER
"In my early years at NYFA, Elizabeth Schub was lecturer,Ā contributedĀ to The King of Harlem, led International Relations work,Ā and directedĀ Cuba 15 delivering an Editing Workshop at Escuela International de Cine y TelevisiĆ³n de San Antonio de los BaƱos.Ā When we found Tzunami, she swept away the original ideaĀ of multiple characters.Ā Later on, a New York critic would call her ācinematic animalā.Ā Just 55min on 16mm filmedĀ in two days ended up as a force of nature, a tzunami,Ā that tookĀ the world by storm." --PV
Tzunami Ortega Coyra in Cuba 15 I Ā©āāāāāāāĀ Logos: Berlinale /Ā Emmy Awards
CUBA 15 I AWARDS
Best Short Film Jury Award IĀ Berlinale (Panorama)Ā Best Short Film Audience Award IĀ Berlinale (Panorama)Ā Emmy Nomination IĀ Program "She Shorts" onĀ POVĀ (PBS)
National EmmyĀ® Award for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary ProgrammingĀ Best Short Film Audience Award IĀ The Hamptons International Film Festival, New YorkĀ Best Short Film IĀ Aspen Film FestivalĀ Best Short Documentary Film Jury Award IĀ Newport International Film FestivalĀ Best Short Film IĀ Luna de Valencia de Plata, Cinemajove, Spain
ā¢ Most Promising Director Kodak Award IĀ New York Women Film FestivalĀ Earthwatch Award IĀ Environmental Film Festival, National Geographic, Washington DCĀ Best Short Film Finalist IĀ USA Film Festival, DallasĀ Best Short Film Finalist I Arizona International Film Festival
Tzunami Ortega Coyra in Cuba 15 I Ā©āāāāāāāĀ Logo: Sundance IĀ MoMA
CUBA 15 I SCREENINGS
US FESTIVALSĀ Sundance, SXSW, New York Documentary,Ā New York GenaArtĀ IĀ San Francisco, Seattle, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Florida, TaosĀ INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALSĀ BBC, Oberhausen, Huesca, Vancouver, Sydney IĀ Paris, Leipzig, Zurich, BilbaoĀ TELEVISIONĀ POV/PBS, USĀ IĀ Canal+, Spain IĀ Canal+, France IĀ Ā NKR, Norway IĀ SVT, Sweden IĀ WTN, CanadaĀ NEW YORK IĀ LOS ANGELESĀ MoMA, Museum of Modern Art IĀ Writers Guild of America Theater, NYĀ IĀ American Cinemateque, LA
CUBA 15 I PRESS
PRESSĀ The New York Times, New York Magazine, LA Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, The Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, The Independent, El PaisĀ RELEASESĀ Sundance, SWSX, MoMA, POV (PBS), BBC, Canal+
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Cuba 15 poster/DVD drafts
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