Ana A. Alpízar

Ana A. Alpízar (La Habana, 1990). Cuban filmmaker residing in New York. She is co-
founder of the FILA20 films collective, a Cuban-American company whose more than
twenty projects have been exhibited and/or awarded around the world. As a writer and
screenwriter, her short film El Estreno was awarded the Best Short Film Award at the China
Women’s Film Festival, and El Pescador was part of, among others, the Official Selection of
Sundance, Miami International Film Festival, NALIP, and LASA where received a Special
Mention from the Jury. She was the editor of Juan Pablo Daranas´ Domestic Animals (2023),
the first feature film produced by FILA20. Since 2020, she has worked as a film and
television editor on different projects in Los Angeles and New York.

Filmography

2011: Alumbrones (Short)
2012: Tiempo de Partir (Short)
2014: The Premiere (Short)
2017: The Fisherman (Short)
2020: Hapi Berdey Yusimi in Yur Dey

Nominations and Awards

The Fisherman
Short Film Grand Jury Prize Nominee, Sundance Film Festival, USA, 2017.
Special Jury Award, 16 Muestra Joven ICAIC, Havana, Cuba, 2017.
Best Production Award, 16 Muestra Joven ICAIC, Havana, Cuba, 2017.
Best Photography Award, 16 Muestra Joven ICAIC, Havana, Cuba, 2017.
Best Actor Award, 16 Muestra Joven ICAIC, Havana, Cuba, 2017.
Best Film Poster Award, 16 Muestra Joven ICAIC, Havana, Cuba, 2017.