Miguel Coyula

Miguel Coyula

Miguel Coyula Aquino (born March 31, 1977 in Havana) is a Cuban filmmaker. At age 17, he made his first short with a VHS camcorder, which led to his admittance to the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba (EICTV). Since then he has won awards in his country with his short films Bailar Sobre Agujas (1999), Buena Onda, (1999), and Clase Z "Tropical" (2000).

In 2000, he traveled to the United States on an invitation from the Providence Latino Film Festival. While visiting New York, he met Anna Strasberg of the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and after screening his thesis film was offered a scholarship. While attending the Strasberg Institute Coyula made his first feature, Red Cockroaches (2003), for less than $2000 over a two year period. The film was described by Variety as "a triumph of technology in the hands of a visionary with know-how..." The film won over twenty awards in Film Festivals around the world.

In 2009 Coyula was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship by The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation for developing his second feature, the film Memories of Overdevelopment, a follow-up to the Cuban classic Memorias del Subdesarrollo (1968), based on the novel by Cuban writer Edmundo Desnoes. After its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, the film went to gather several awards and honors.

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Filmography

  • Pirámide (1996)
  • Válvula de luz (1997)
  • Detalles (1998)
  • Idea (1998)
  • Buena Onda (Nice Going) (1999)
  • Bailar sobre agujas (Dancing on Needles) (1999)
  • Clase Z "Tropical" (2000)
  • El Tenedor plástico (The Plastic Fork) (2001)
  • Cucarachas rojas (Red Cockroaches) (2003)
  • Memorias del Desarrollo (aka Memories of Overdevelopment) (2010)
  • Blue Road (in pre-production)

Awards

Miguel Coyula has won several awards for his two features and shorts

Memories of Overdevelopment

Memorias del Desarrollo has won 18 prizes, including:

  • Best Director of Latinamerican Section, Málaga Film Festival, Spain 2011
  • Best Film, Muestra Nacional de Nuevos Realizadores, Cuba, 2011
  • Special Award, Premios ACE, USA, 2011
  • Cine Latino Award, Washington DC Independent Film Festival, USA, 2011
  • Most Innovative, Cero Latitud Film Festival, Ecuador, 2010
  • Best Narrative Feature, Dallas Video Fest, USA, 2010
  • Best Feature, New Media Film Festival, USA 2010
  • Special Mention, Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, USA, 2010
  • Best Film, Havana Film Festival New York, USA, 2010

Red Cockroaches

Red Cockroaches has won 23 awards, including:

  • Best Editing, Fearless Tales Genre Festival, USA, 2005
  • GreenCine Online Film Festival, New Media Film Festival, USA, 2005
  • Best Film, Microcinema Festival, USA, 2004
  • Special Jury Award, Muestra de Jóvenes Realizadores, Cuba, 2004
  • Gran Premio Plaza, Festival Cineplaza, Cuba 2004.
  • Special Mention for Visual Concept, Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre, Argentina, 2004
  • Best Editing, Encuentro Nacional de Video, Cuba, 2004
  • Special Mention, Festival Internazionale de la Fantascienza, Italy, 2004.
  • Best Feature, Festival Almacén de la Imagen, Cuba, 2003

Clase Z "Tropical"

Clase Z "Tropical" is a short has won 9 awards, including:

  • Best Experimental Video, Encuentro Nacional de Video, Cuba 2001
  • FIPRESCI Award, Festival Almacén de la Imagen, Cuba 2000

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