© Heidi Hassan

Heidi Hassan (Cuba, 1978). After getting a degree in Cinematography from the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba in 2002, she emigrated to Switzerland where she continued her professional training at the Haute Ecole d’Art et Design in Geneva (HEAD). She got her diploma in Film Directing in 2008. Nowadays she combines a personal work as a filmmaker and visual artist with numerous collaborations as a director of photography. Her work has been presented in prestigious international film festivals where they received several awards and critical acclaim. A media voz (In a whisper) is her second full-length documentary, made in collaboration with Patricia Pérez Fernández.

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Filmography

2001: La caja Infinita (Short)

2005: Miserere (Short)

2006: Memorias de la V Muestra de Jóvenes Realizadores (Short)

2007: Exilio (Short)

2007: Tierra Roja (Short)

2008: Orages d’été (Short)

2010: Les Touristes ( Short)

2014: Otra Isla (Feature)

2019: A media voz (Feature) (co-directed with Patricia Pérez Fernández)

Nominations and Awards

Tierra roja

  • International Amnesty Award. Festival Internazionale del Cortometraggio Corto Helvético al Femminile, Lugano, Switzerland. 2010
  • Best Short Film, Festival Internacional de Cine Cubano (FICCU), Munich, Germany, 2009
  • Carabela de Plata Award, Best Latin American Short Film, Festival Internacional de Cine Documental (ZINEBI) Bilbao, Spain. 2008
  • Best Short Film, Muestra de Jóvenes Realizadores, Cuba, 2008

Otra isla

  • Best Documentary, Havana Film Festival in New York. USA, 2015
  • Best Documentary, Lasa Film Festival, Puerto Rico, 2015
  • Best Documentary, Centro Pablo de la Torriente Brau, Cuba, 2014
  • Special Mention, Muestra de Jóvenes Realizadores, Cuba, 2014

A media voz

  • IDFA Award Winner for Best Feature-Length Documentary, International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2019
  • Best Feature-Length Documentary Award Winner, Festival of the new Latin American cinema, Cuba, 2019
  • Best Directing Award Winner, Documentary Competition, Malaga Film Festival, Spain, 2020
  • Special Jury Mention, Athens International Film Festival, Greece, 2020
  • Grand Prix du Jury Winner, Festival Ciné, Martinique, 2020
  • Best Feature Winner, Festival Internacional de Cine de Cali, Colombia 2020
  • Best Ibero-american Feature Winner, CineCeará, Festival Ibero-americano de Cinema, Brazil 2020
  • Nominated for Best Documentary , Feroz Awards (Spanish Film Press), Spain 2021
  • People’s Choice Award Winner, II Festival Online de Mujeres, Spain 2021
  • People’s Choice Award Winner, Festival Filmar en Amerique Latine, Geneva, 2021
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