Pablo, the first feature film directed by Yosmani Acosta Martinez, won two awards at the International Film Festival of New York 2013, after five nominations in this event.
The awards were in the section Best Director for Acosta, while actor Omar Franco won the laurel for Best Supporting Actor. The film, shot in Camaguey city in 2011, was also nominated in three other categories: foreign film, lead actors and original story.
The film is considered a domestic violence complaint from the story of 12-year-old who gives the film its name.
Javier Diaz Varona, Pablo, born in Camagüey and then 12 years old, took most of the role of the main character, played briefly in childhood by his brother Jadiel, five years when the film was made.
Omar Franco, with a proven track record in Cuban humor, theater, television and film, and one of the few professional performers in the film, assumed the role of Roger, father of the protagonist, a role which was very well received by critics and audiences.
The story comes from the hands of its director, working in conjunction with Joel Ortega and Luisa Alejo. The film is considered the first feature film produced in Camaguey and has the soundtrack made by the popular band Buena Fe.
The first public screenings took place last December in Havana, in a program out of competition at the Festival of New Latin American Cinema. The tour on American soil started in the West Palm Beach Festival, Florida, then include this stop in New York, several presentations in Tampa and Chicago, as well as commercial projections, as planned. The program also includes invitations to events and a forum in Saint-Julien-en Born, this month in France.
