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Havana Stories [The Payret Operation]
Eliecer Jiménez Almeida
Synopsis
The Payret Operation orchestrated in 1979 by Cuban State Security against citizen Daniel Faz is hardly known. However, its repercussions continue to this day. For this reason and because of the number of people related to this event (directly or indirectly), we decided to make a film. The filmed material was stolen by alleged elements of The Mosquito Network. These interviews were recovered to make this documentary.
Programming
October 28th
Cuba/ Festhome/ festhome.com
24h
October 29th
Cuba/ Festhome/ festhome.com
24h
October 30th
Cuba/ Festhome/ festhome.com
24h
October 31st
Cuba/ Festhome/ festhome.com
24h
November 1st
Cuba/ Festhome/ festhome.com
24h
November 2nd
Cuba/ Festhome/ festhome.com
24h
November 3rd
Cuba/ Festhome/ festhome.com
24h
About the film
Production:
Eliecer Jiménez Almeida, Angélica M. Loucraft, Jorge Abello, Carlos Acosta Milián y Susana Pérez
Genre:
Fiction
Languages:
Spanish
Production Companies:
ikaik films
Cinematography:
Eliecer Jiménez Almeida
Screenplay:
Eliecer Jiménez Almeida y Francisco García González
Editing:
Jorge Abello y Eliecer Jiménez Almeida
Sound Design:
Rubén Valdés
Music:
Alfredo Triff
Cast:
Gerardo Riverón, Carlos Acosta Milián, Susana Pérez, Judith González, Alberto Pujols, Laura Alemán y Landy Alvero
Festival Track:
Miami Film Festival.
About the director
Eliecer Jiménez Almeida
Eliecer Jiménez Almeida is a Cuban independent filmmaker and video artist based in Miami. He founded ikaik films in 2008 to produce experimental films. His documentary Veritas (2022) debuted at the 39th Miami Film Festival and has been in the PBS catalog since 2024. His other works include Entropía (2013), Person (2014), and Now! (2016), all screened at Documenta 15. Persona won the Best Short Film Award at the Latino and Iberian Film Festival at Yale and was screened at MoMA in New York and the Ludwig Forum in Germany. Usufruct (2011) received the Special Prize at the Gibara International Film Festival, and The Face of the Waters (2012) won the Best Short Film Award at the Handle Climate Change International Film Festival in China. He holds a Master's Degree in Mass Communication from Florida International University and a Certificate in Film Studies from the International Film and TV School of San Antonio de los Baños. He participated in the Sundance Institute's Documentary Film Program in 2016.
