1972 will be shooting summer 2025
Location: Tampa, FL
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.
Location: Tampa, FL
Sundance Screenwriters Intensive 2022
And has been selected at the following festivals:
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)