Rolando Díaz

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Rolando Díaz is a Cuban filmmaker who has written and directed documentary and feature films.. He directed about 19 documentary films. In 1984 he made his first feature film, the comedy Los pájaros tirándole a la escopeta ("Birds Swinging a Shotgun").[1] The film received several Cuban and international awards.[2] Cuba's Audiovisual Encyclopedia describes is as one of the most popular films in the history of Cuban filmmaking.[3] Many of his later films, despite international success, until 2010s were allowed limited screening in Cuba.[1]

Since 1994 he lives on Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.[1] He gave a video intervie to Cuban journalist Wendy Lazacano.[4]

Filmography[edit]

  • La respuesta del pueblo (1976), short documentary
  • En el tiempo preciso (1977), short documentary
  • Festival Nacional de la Juventud y los Estudiantes (1977), short documentary
  • Momentos del Cardín (1977), short documentary
  • Medellín min78 (1978), short documentary
  • 45 días (1978), short documentary
  • 1979: Encuentro en Cozumel, short documentary
  • 1979: Redonda y viene en caja cuadrada, short documentary
  • 1979: Panamá quererte, short documentary
  • 1980: Quincho Barrilete, short documentary
  • 1981: Controversia, short documentary
  • 1981: No van lejos los de alante... si los de atrás corren bien, short documentary
  • 1981: Tu gigantesco paso de millones, short docukentary
  • 1982: Del uno al diez, short documentary
  • 1982: Para gusto se han hecho los colores, documentary short
  • 1984: Los pájaros tirándole a la escopeta
  • 1985: En tres y dos
  • 1987: Emilio Varela vs. Camelia la Texana, documentary
  • 1989: La vida en rosa
  • 1993: El largo viaje de Rústico, documentary
  • 1995: Melodrama
  • If You Only Understood (Si me comprendieras) (1998)
  • Closeness (Cercanía) (2004)
  • 2007: La vida según Ofelia with Saida Santana and Carlos Cruz
  • 2007: Actrices, actores, exilio (documentary)
  • 2010: Puzzle
  • 2013: Los caminos de Aissa (docudrama)
  • Dossier of the Absences or The Lost Children "Dossier de ausencias” República Dominicana, docudrama (2021)
  • 'Una elefanta sobre la tela de una araña (2022)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c 20minutos (February 18, 2010). "El director afincado en Tenerife, Rolando Díaz, muestra en su tierra natal, La Habana, sus últimos filmes". www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved August 2, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Los pájaros tirándole a la escopeta" (in Spanish). February 6, 2011. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  3. ^ https://endac.org/encyclopedia/rolando-diaz/
  4. ^ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zcNXjfmVVoI