1972 selected for inaugural shorts to features slate at Gotham Week’s Project Market

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1972

Sundance supported Feature Film 1972 Written and Directed by Marissa Chibás

A Cuban American mother daughter story about the emotional complexities of refugee life, and finding home.



At her New Year’s Eve party in 1972 Manhattan, exiled Cuban revolutionary Gloria Cienfuegos faces the onslaught of a defiant daughter, party crashers, a rogue hamster, and her worst fears of never returning to her homeland.

The Screenplay of 1972 received a Sundance Institute/One House filmmakers fund grant and was selected for the 2024 Gotham Project Market and Wscripted Cannes screenplay list presented by MUBI.

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1972 will be shooting summer 2025

1972 will be shooting summer 2025

Location: Tampa, FL

Sundance Screenwriters Intensive 2022
And has been selected at the following festivals:

Accolades

Gotham Week’s Project Market

CinemaFemme

Indigo Moon Film Festival

Simi Film Festival
(Nominated Best Supporting Actress)

New Faces New Voices

Diversity at Cannes
(Best Cast Award Winner)

NVision Latino Film Festival

Seattle Latino Film Festival

Wyoming International Film Festival

Hispanic International Film Festival (Excellence in Drama Award, Outstanding Excellence Lead Actress Award)