MIAMI, United States. – The feature film “Cuba Crucis” was chosen as part of the Official Selection of the Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessionsat Pinewood Studios, to be held in the UK in February 2023.
“Any opportunity to make the documentary visible is valuable, as it allows a growing public to peek into the harsh Cuban reality with first-hand testimonies, through those who raise their voices in a silenced society,” he told CubaNet the journalist and writer Yoe Suárez, director of the audiovisual.
The documentary, which addresses how the lack of freedoms in Cuba affects the full practice of the faith, comes to this event on behalf of independent journalism and film on the island.
In the 55 minutes of the film, more than 20 voices from Cuban civil society converge, including human rights activists, religious leaders, intellectuals and artists, who reflect on the lack of religious freedom under the communist regime in Havana.
The leading role of the Christian community in the opposition to the Cuban regime has been evident in recent years. The religious group with the largest number of suppressed leaders Because of the demonstrations on July 11 and 12, 2021, he was evangelical.
Pastors from provinces such as Matanzas and Las Tunas were detained for accompanying their communities and making use of their civil rights. The film is dedicated to one of them: Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo, sentenced to seven years from prison.
The film, filmed and released clandestinely in Cuba, already has projections in Miami, Lima and Washington DC. Now, with its inclusion in the Official Selection of the Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions, it will cross the Atlantic.
According to the competition’s website, the first round of the competition is held monthly online, with one winning film from each month being screened at the annual event held at Pinewood Studios in London’s suburbs.
“The Lift-Off Sessions proposes a showcase dedicated to projecting a monthly collection of independent short films and feature films presented worldwide,” says the website.
“The exhibition is an invaluable opportunity to see many of the works of contemporary filmmakers, while supporting independent cinema and its continued success,” he adds.
Yoe Suárez developed her work as a journalist on the island with investigations into the forms of torture used by the Cuban regime, gangs, political prisoners, and violations of freedom of conscience, among other topics.
Due to his work, the reporter suffered arrests, a kidnapping, house arrests, fines, confiscation of his work assets, jail threats, and a ban on leaving the country that was extended for two and a half years until August 2022, when he was able to go into exile with his wife and son.
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