Natural Phenomena

It's the late 1980s in Cuba, and in an isolated ranch in a small town near Santa Clara, lives Vilma, a young nurse who dreams of a better place to raise her upcoming baby, along with her disabled husband Ivan. However, neither her skills as a nurse nor as a shooter will free Vilma from her harsh reality until a natural phenomena sweeps her away and Vilma wakes up in a place where it seems her dream will come true.

Cuban playwriter, screenwriter and filmmaker. Graduated from the High Art Institute (Cuba) in 2013, and from the International Film and TV School of San Antonio, in 2016. As a playwright and theater director he collaborated from 2013 to 2018 with the State Theater of Jena, Germany, where his plays “El mal gusto” (2013); “Los sementales” (2015); and “Titanic” (2018) were premiered. As a filmmaker, he has written and directed the short films “Fenómenos naturales” premiered at the 2016 Guadalajara Film Festival and award for best short film at the 2018 Festival Cine Latinoamericano de La Plata; “Rocaman” (2017) and; “El niño de goma” (2021) premiered at Bogoshorts in 2021. As a documentary filmmaker he has made documentary shorts such as “Fractal” (2006) and “Lo que me sé de memoria” (2015).

• – Guadalajara International Film Festival 2024 – Iberoamerican Competition / Best First Feature Award (Mexico)