311
Co-director by Elizabeth Rodríguez and Irolan Maroselli
03:14 / B & W / silent film
It’s a short film about the housing precariousness in which many families live in Cuba. The film took place in a house where at least 18 families live in it. Each family has a small room as a house that they share with other members of the family in the old building.
The house was build in 1902 in the Vedado town in Havana. It was originally a hostel where people use to rent small rooms cheaply. When the Revolution took the power in 1959 the hosel business was closed for the new government and the way of life changed dramatically.
The film was co-director with Elizabeth Rodríguez. As directors our interest was to show the different layers of the reality that these families may experience in their daily lives. Economy insecurity, multigenerational household, lack of privacy, and the deterioration of living condition.
We were also interested in seeing how the (“Ley de Reforma Urbana” Cuba, 1960) is looks like 58 years after it was enacted.
Rapsodia para un caballo
Director by Irolan Maroselli
01:46 / B & W / original audio / loop sequence
This film reinterprets a pivotal chapter in Cuba’s history, challenging the official narrative that keeps us bound to the past. It contrasts my perspective on the country’s current situation with the state-sanctioned account, highlighting how history is manipulated to maintain control. By adding a darker, more critical dimension to Fidel Castro—a figure often seen as untouchable—I question the established narrative and invite viewers to reconsider the power dynamics behind how history is told.
El cauto paso
Director by Irolan Maroselli
06:32 / B & W / original audio
This experimental 16mm film revisits key moments in Cuban history from 1956 to the present. It explores the start of the "social revolution" led by Fidel Castro and follows his journey from the arrival of 82 rebels to his total control over the country until his death in 2016. The film takes a poetic, non-narrative approach to reinterpret these historical chapters, offering a critical and alternative perspective on Cuba’s history.