Private Project

CUBALIBRE

One "terminal" night in the lives of a group of women trapped in a handful of rooms at a virtual brothel. A cry for independence, freedom and love that most likely will end badly in a world ultimately rulled by the ancient pathriarcal laws.

  • Luis Fernandez
    Director
    Desconocidas (Unknowns), La Voz Humana (The Human Voice).
  • Ibrahim Guerra
    Writer
  • Mimi Lazo
    Producer
    Desconocidas (Unknowns), La Voz Humana (The Human Voice).
  • Mimi Lazo
    Key Cast
    "La Caimana"
    Desconocidas (Unknowns)
  • Coraima Torres
    Key Cast
    "La Sabrosa"
  • Beatriz Vázquez
    Key Cast
    "Blanca Rosa"
  • Ana Beatriz Osorio
    Key Cast
    "La Enrollada"
  • Abril Schreiber
    Key Cast
    "La Güevona"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    CUBALIBRE
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Feature, Web / New Media
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 20 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    December 15, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
  • Country of Filming:
    Colombia, Mexico, Spain, United States, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Luis Fernandez

Director (2005 – present).
Director for the stage with over a dozen credits including the Broadway drama “HIGH” produced in South America (longest running drama in Venezuela’s theater history, showcased as one of the top 10 shows of the largest international theater festival in the world, the “International Theater Festival of Bogota” (Bogota, 2012). Chicago, the musical (Caracas, 2013). Spring Awakening, the musical (Caracas, 2015).
Direction for film and television includes his thesis project for the NYFA, the film “Blue Sky” (Cartagena International Film Festival Official Selection, Colombia, 2009. Lucania International Film Festival Official Selection. Italy, 2009. Hollyshorts Film Festival Official Selection. Hollywood, 2009). The pilot of the series “The Sex Sense” (El Sexo Sentido) (also writer and associate producer). Mr. Fernandez developed during the pandemic a series of Cinema-Theater experiences created for Zoom and captured entirely in mobile devices for streaming.

Writer
A best-selling author in Latin America, his titles include the series of essays “El Sexo Sentido” (The Sex Sense I, II & III) and the novel “La Cruenta Venganaza del Hombre que Todos Querían Ser” (The gruesome revenge of the man everybody wanted to be).

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Director Statement

During lockdown we started an experiment: telling stories that could be told via communication devices only and inviting audiences to “hack” into the characters phones. With actors performing from their own homes, cities, countries. Capturing what happens on smartphones from scenes performed live in front of an audience witnessing their private conversations via Zoom.
Love, loneliness, separation, isolation, and a desperate cry to connect became the central issues of our experiments.
This story focuses on private moments of a group of sexworkers trapped in a virtual brothel whith no real way out.