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Matryoshka

Directed by Sheyla Pool
Cuba
2021
18 mins

Miami International Short Film Award

Shorts Program 6

Ana tries to get away from the most painful moment of her life but only manages to get closer and closer to it.


Sheyla Pool is a filmmaker from Cuba. She directed the documentary short Great Muy Bien, as part of the Sundance series Made in Cuba. Fragile, her second short film, was one of the five finalists for Miami Film Festival's HBO Ibero-American Short Film Award in 2019. Matryoshka is her third short film.

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  • Year
    2021
  • Country
    Cuba
  • Language
    Spanish
  • Premiere Status
    US Premiere
  • Director
    Sheyla Pool
  • Cast
    Deisy Forcades, Victor Cruz
  • Writer
    Sheyla Pool
  • Cinematographer
    Denise Guerra
  • Editor
    Sheyla Pool
  • Genre
    Drama
  • Theme
    Directed by Women, Spotlight On Cuba, Latine, MFF by Moonlight

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