Fernando Pérez

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Fernando Pérez Valdés (born November 19, 1944; Havana) is a Cuban film director and writer, with a degree in Hispanic Language and Literature from the University of Havana. He has taught Film Appreciation and Film History courses at the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños. Since 1962 he has been linked to cinema, first as a production assistant and then as an assistant director. In 1975 he debuted as a documentary filmmaker, also making numerous editions of the Latin American ICAIC News. He began his career as a feature film director in 1987 with Clandestinos, a film that would earn him great recognition from national and international critics. Throughout his career he has received numerous awards at different festivals both in Cuba and abroad, being awarded with the National Film Award in 2007. He was also awarded the Casa de las Américas Prize for his book Correspondents of War.

Most Popular Fernando Pérez Trailers

Total trailers found: 17

Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996 Trailer (2008)

26 September 2008

A look at the life and work of Cuban filmmaker Tomas Gutierrez Alea.

Culpa Trailer (1993)

02 January 1993

In a town plagued by the murders of the "Killer of the Seven Leathers", a prostitute helps a religious young man when he's attacked by hoodlums.

Defiant Souls Trailer (2019)

07 March 2019

Santiago de Cuba, January 19th, 1819. Coming from Lausanne, Enrique Faber, a Swiss doctor and surgeo�

Madrigal Trailer (2007)

30 March 2007

Javier is an actor with an affinity for writing. When he begins his love story with Luisita, he does not know where the truth begins and ends.

The Angry Cid Trailer (1983)

19 December 1983

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, “Mio Cid”, is in love with Jimena, but the Count of Oviedo, his father, challenges him to a duel and is killed.

Last Days in Havana Trailer (2016)

11 December 2016

The story of a friendship in a city on the verge of substantial change. Miguel dreams of settling in New York while he waits for a visa that never seems to arrive, and Diego, a HIV-positive homosexual man, puts his dreams and cheerfulness to good use in his struggle to carry on enjoying every single day of his life from a rickety old bed in his small bedroom.

The Wall of Words Trailer (2014)

01 December 2014

A mother struggles to hold her family together after her son succumbs to a disease that leaves him disabled.

Puerto Rico Trailer (1975)

02 January 1975

Presents a socio-economic analysis of present day Puerto Rico. Uses archival footage, re-enactments of historic events, and interviews with participants to recount the long history of U.

Rodar en Cuba Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

Documentary - Short Film

Memória Cubana Trailer (2010)

27 September 2010

Through the files of Cuban cinema news program Noticieros ICAIC Latinoamericanos, the documentary shows the most relevant events of the second half of the 20th century as seen by the documentary filmmakers of the island.

Madagascar Trailer (1995)

01 March 1995

The 50-minute "Madagascar" has the resonance and eloquence of the best poetry, as it deftly turns an adolescent's search for identity into a metaphor for socialist Cuba.

Life Is to Whistle Trailer (1998)

05 December 1998

Three characters in present-day Havana must choose between clinging to their self-restricting beliefs, or getting rid of them to live more freely.

Suite Habana Trailer (2003)

03 October 2003

Dawn breaks in La Habana, and as the day advances we follow the simple lives of ten ordinary Cubans, with only sounds and images accompanied by music.

José Martí, the Eye of the Canary Trailer (2010)

14 March 2010

This historical drama, depicting different phases in the late childhood and youth of the so-called "Apostle of Cuba" José Martí, is most of the time a biopic full of commonplaces often found in this genre, directed by Fernando Pérez, one of the most respected names in Cuban cinema.

Living Dangerously Trailer (1987)

24 July 1987

In 1950s Havana, a romance blooms between two young revolutionaries whose clandestine printing press publishes pamphlets meant to stir up rebellion against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.

Nelsito's World Trailer (2023)

03 August 2023

A car accident. The victim is Nelsito, a 16-year-old autistic teenager, who has runaway from home. From his stretchter and through his imaginary pen, Nelsito reveals the dark and hidden side of all those around him: perverse children, murderous women, adorable swindling girls.

Hello Hemingway Trailer (1990)

01 December 1990

The plot, set in Havana in the last period of Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship, follows a young girl whose aspirations to obtain a scholarship in America, against the odds, are paralleled with her reading of Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea".