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Noche Buena

Directed by Andres Rovira
United States
2021
15 mins

Short Film Award

A divided Cuban family grapples with political correctness and confronts hard truths during a holiday dinner — all before the flan.


Andres Rovira is a Cuban American, LA-based filmmaker whose writing and directing work spans films, shorts, and branded content for clients such as Forbes, UCLA Health, Bacardi, J.F. Haden’s Mango Liqueur, J. Wakefield Brewing, and Stackin'.

Sponsored by Oolite Arts.

  • Year
    2021
  • Country
    United States
  • Language
    English
  • Premiere Status
    World Premiere
  • Director
    Andres Rovira
  • Cast
    Erica Adams, Raymond Tezanos, Gabriel Rovira, Melissa Tejeda, Bill McCullough, Ani McCullough, Albert Rico, Angie Milian-Stanton
  • Writer
    Andres Rovira
  • Cinematographer
    Jonathan Chekroune
  • Editor
    Andres Rovira
  • Genre
    Drama, Social Issues
  • Theme
    Cuban Cinema Series, Local, Latinx

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