© Eliecer Jiménez Almeida
Eliecer Jiménez Almeida (Vertientes, Camagüey, 1983) is a filmmaker and video artist who lives in Miami. He received a Master’s degree in Journalism from Florida International University, Miami, FL (2021), and a Certificate in Film Studies from The International Film and TV School (EICTV), San Antonio de los Baños, Havana, Cuba (2012). He was also part of the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program, Miami (2016). In 2008, Jiménez Almeida founded ikaik films, a project dedicated to the production and development of experimental films. His work Persona (Person) (2014) won the Best Short Film Award at the Latino and Iberian Film Festival (LIFFY) from Yale University (2016). It was exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NYC; and at the Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany (2018). Usufructo (Usufruct) was awarded with the EICTV, San Antonio de los Baños, the Special Prize of the 10th Gibara International Non-Budget Film Festival, Cuba (2012). La faz de las aguas (The Face of the Waters) was awarded the Short Film Prize, Handle Climate Change International Film Festival, China (2017). The piece En un paquete de spaguettis (In a Package of Spaguettis) was selected for the International Prize Reina Sofia, Spain (2011). Jiménez Almeida has been invited as Visiting Filmmaker to several academic institutions in the US, including Yale University, Columbia University, New York University (NYU), The City University of New York (CUNY), University of Miami (UM), and Florida International University (FIU). His work has been exhibited in the US, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, China, India, Argentina, Venezuela, Peru, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
All his films have been produced outside of the main Cuban cinematography industry.
Filmography
2008: Toilet-ando sin ganas (Short)
2008: Pasión y Tinta (Short)
2009: Mamanantuabo ¿tierra de nadie? (Short)
2009: Canción a Corín Tellado (Short)
2010: Quién (Short)
2011: Reportaje (Short)
2011: En un paquete de spaguettis (Short)
2011: Todo cubano de saber tirar y tirar bien (Short)
2011: La casa del alibi (Short)
2011: Usufructo (Short)
2012: La faz de las aguas (Video Art)
2012: Free cinema (Video Art)
2012: Malyebao (Short)
2012: El triunfo de la confusión (Video Art)
2012: Verdadero beach: la playa del pueblo (Short)
2012: Diversionismo ideológico (Video Art)
2012: El trabajo y la transformación… (Video Art)
2012: La era del Yelo (Video Art)
2013: Filosofía (Video Art)
2013: E=mc2 (Short)
2013: Pies mojados, pies secos… (Video Art)
2013: Mi saoco (Short)
2014: Persona (Short)
2014: El cine es un negocio sin ningún futuro (Short)
2014: Sonata for Karol Wojtyla (Short)
2014: Rapsodia para el mulo (Short)
2015: Entropía (Feature)
2016: Now! (Short)
2016: Elegía (Short)
2017: Semiótica de la mentira (Video Art)
2017: Mater Dei… (Short)
2017: Para construir otra casa (Short)
2018: El eterno retorno (Video Art)
2021: Veritas (Feature)
Nominations and Awards
En un paquete de spaguettis
- SIGNIS Award. 23rd International Audiovisual Exhibition El Almacén de la Imagen. Cuba, 2013
Usufructo
- Video Award. 3rd Event University- Society- Heritage, Cuba, 2012
- EICTV San Antonio de los Baños Award. 10th Non- Budget International Film Festival at Gibara, Cuba, 2012
- Best Videography Award. 1st Audiovisual Journalism Competition ‘Ania Pino in memoriam’, Cuba, 2012
- Best Editing Award. 1st Audiovisual Journalism Competition ‘Ania Pino in memoriam’, Cuba, 2012
- Best Sound Design Award. 1st Audiovisual Journalism Competition ‘Ania Pino in memoriam’, Cuba, 2012
- Documentary Honorable Mention. 1st Audiovisual Journalism Competition ‘Ania Pino in memoriam’, Cuba, 2012
- Grand Prize. 27th Festival Cine Plaza, Cuba, 2011
- Non-Budget Award. 2nd Film Festival Surimagen, Cuba, 2011
- Second Prize. 2nd Film Festival Surimagen. Cuba, Cuba, 2011
- SIGNIS Award. 22nd International Audiovisual Exhibition El Almacén de la Imagen. Cuba, Cuba, 2011
La faz de las aguas
- Bronze Award Short Film. Handle Climate Change Film Festival, China, 2017
- First Prize Documentary Short Film. 5th International Green Culture Festival “Green Fest”, Serbia, 2014
- N. Jiménez Award. 12th Muestra Joven ICAIC, La Habana, Cuba, 2013
- Special Jury Award. 24th International Audiovisual Exhibition El Almacén de la Imagen, Cuba, 2013
- Best Photography Award. 24th International Audiovisual Exhibition El Almacén de la Imagen, Cuba, 2013
- Best Editing Award. 24th International Audiovisual Exhibition El Almacén de la Imagen, Cuba, 2013
- Best Photography Award. 3rd Audiovisual Journalism Competition Ania Pino in memoriam, Cuba, 2013
- Best Videoart Award. 3rd Film Festival Surimagen, Cuba, 2012
- UNEAC Award. 3rd Film Festival Surimagen, Cuba, 2012
59 Seconds Docs
- PM Award. Hannah Arendt Institute of Artivism, La Habana, Cuba, 2019
Mi saoco
- Documentary Award. 3rd Audiovisual Journalism Competition ‘Ania Pino in memoriam’, Cuba, 2013
- Young Memory Award. 3rd Audiovisual Journalism Competition ‘Ania Pino in memoriam’, Cuba, 2013
Persona
- Selected for the exhibition “A Brief History of Censorship in Cuban Cinema”, MoMA, New York, USA, 2019
- Best Short Film Award. Latino and Iberian Film Festival at Yale, New Haven, USA, 2016
- Honorable Mention. 11th Non-Budget International Film Festival, Gibara, Cuba, 2014
Entropía
- The Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP), The Hague, The Netherlands, 2014
- Grand Prize. 11th National Festival of Audiovisuals, Cuba, 2013
- Best Documentary Award. 11th National Festival of Audiovisuals, Cuba, 2013
Veritas
- Documentary Achievement Award, 39th Miami Film Festival, Miami, USA, 2022
- Recognition of Artistic Merit, City of Miami, USA, 2021