Sin La Habana | |
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Directed by | Kaveh Nabatian |
Written by | Kaveh Nabatian |
Produced by | Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette Ménaïc Raoul |
Starring | Yonah Acosta Evelyn O’Farrill Aki Yaghoubi |
Cinematography | Juan Pablo Ramírez |
Edited by | Sophie Leblond |
Music by | Kaveh Nabatian |
Production company | Voyelles Films |
Distributed by | Maison 4:3 |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Languages | Spanish English Persian |
Sin La Habana is a Canadian drama film, directed by Kaveh Nabatian and released in 2020. [1]
The film stars Yonah Acosta as Leonardo, a ballet dancer in Cuba who feels stifled and in need of emigration to another country to advance his career. He and his girlfriend Sara (Evelyn O’Farrill) devise a plan for the duo to get out of Cuba by having Leonardo seduce Nasim (Aki Yaghoubi), a tourist from Montreal, so that she will take him back to Canada with her and then he can send for Sara once he's settled in; however, both Leonardo and Sara are secretly also looking for ways to break off their relationship. [2]
The film premiered at the 2020 Festival du nouveau cinéma, [3] before going into commercial release in September 2021. [4]
Sin la Habana received positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 86% rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. [5]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Festival du nouveau cinéma | Prix de la diffusion Quebecor | Kaveh Nabatian | Won | [6] |
2021 | Vancouver International Film Festival | Best Canadian Film | Won | [7] | |
Directors Guild of Canada | DGC Discovery Award | Nominated | [8] | ||
Les Percéides | Grand Prix du Jury | Won | [9] | ||
Miami International Film Festival | Jordan Ressler First Feature Award | Nominated | [10] | ||
Reelworld Film Festival | Standout Director | Won | [11] | ||
Standout Writer | Kaveh Nabatian and Pablo Herrera | Won | |||
Standout Cinematographer | Juan Pablo Ramírez | Won | |||
Standout Actor | Yonah Acosta | Won | |||
Standout Actress | Aki Yaghoubi | Won | |||
2022 | 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Kaveh Nabatian | Nominated | [12] |
John Dunning Best First Feature Award | Kaveh Nabatian | Nominated | |||
24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Best Film | Ménaïc Raoul, Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Kaveh Nabatian | Nominated | |||
Revelation of the Year | Yonah Acosta | Nominated | |||
Best Screenplay | Kaveh Nabatian | Nominated | |||
Best Editing | Sophie Leblond | Nominated | |||
Best Sound | Sylvain Bellemare, Laurent Ouellette, Hans Laitres | Nominated | |||
Best First Film | Kaveh Nabatian | Won | [13] |
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