Rolando Díaz is a Cuban filmmaker who has written and directed both documentary and feature films. He has directed approximately 19 documentary films. In 1984, he made his first feature film, the comedy Los pájaros tirándole a la escopeta ("Birds Swinging a Shotgun"). The film garnered several Cuban and international awards. Cuba's Audiovisual Encyclopedia describes it as one of the most popular films in the history of Cuban filmmaking.https://endac.org/encyclopedia/rolando-diaz/ Many of his later films, despite achieving international success, were allowed limited screenings in Cuba until the 2010s.
Since 1994, he has resided on Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. He gave a video interview to Cuban journalist Wendy Lazacano.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zcNXjfmVVoI
Filmography La respuesta del pueblo (1976), short documentary En el tiempo preciso (1977), short documentary Festival Nacional de la Juventud y los Estudiantes (1977), short documentary Momentos del Cardín (1977), short documentary Medellín min78 (1978), short documentary 45 días (1978), short documentary 1979: Encuentro en Cozumel, short documentary 1979: Redonda y viene en caja cuadrada, short documentary 1979: Panamá quererte, short documentary 1980: Quincho Barrilete, short documentary 1981: Controversia, short documentary 1981: No van lejos los de alante... si los de atrás corren bien, short documentary 1981: Tu gigantesco paso de millones, short documentary 1982: Del uno al diez, short documentary 1982: Para gusto se han hecho los colores, documentary short 1984: Los pájaros tirándole a la escopeta 1985: En tres y dos 1987: Emilio Varela vs. Camelia la Texana, documentary 1989: La vida en rosa 1993: El largo viaje de Rústico, documentary 1995: Melodrama If You Only Understood (Si me comprendieras) (1998) Closeness (Cercanía) (2004) 2007: La vida según Ofelia with Saida Santana and Carlos Cruz 2007: Actrices, actores, exilio (documentary) 2010: Puzzle 2013: Los caminos de Aissa (docudrama) Dossier of the Absences or The Lost Children "Dossier de ausencias” República Dominicana, docudrama (2021) Una elefanta sobre la tela de una araña (2022)
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