Carlos M. Quintela

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Carlos M. Quintela (born 1984) is a Cuban filmmaker and screenwriter. [1]

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Career

Quintela was born in Havana, Cuba. He studied mass media at the Instituto Superior de Arte and screenwriting at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in San Antonio de los Baños. [2] [3]

His debut feature La piscina (The Swimming Pool) premiered at the Berlinale [4] [5] and was screened at more than 20 film festivals. His second feature film, La obra del siglo (The Project of the Century), was also screened internationally, such as the Miami International Film Festival [6] and the International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it won the prestigious Tiger Award. [7] [8] [9]

Partial filmography

As director

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References

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  2. ↑ "Carlos M. Quintela". swissfilms (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  3. ↑ "Carlos M. Quintela | IFFR". 2015-09-22. Archived from the original on 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  4. ↑ "La Piscina | The Swimming Pool | Der Pool". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  5. ↑ Staff, T. H. R. (2013-02-14). "The Swimming Pool (La Piscina): Berlin Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  6. ↑ "Miami Film Festival Is Taking Obama's Lead With Tribute to Cuban Cinema". Remezcla. 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  7. ↑ Young, Neil (2015-02-04). "'The Project of the Century' ('La obra del siglo'): Rotterdam Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  8. ↑ "Peru and Cuba Win Big at the Rotterdam Film Festival's Tiger Awards". Remezcla. 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  9. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (2015-01-23). "M-appeal Acquires 'Project of the Century' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  10. ↑ Stock, Ann Marie (2014). World Film Locations: Havana. Intellect Books. ISBN   978-1-78320-197-6.
  11. ↑ "La obra del siglo". Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  12. ↑ "La obra del siglo | Viennale". www.viennale.at. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  13. ↑ "Profile at ENDAC". endac (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  14. ↑ "The Russian Playground". swissfilms. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
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