Without Havana
2020 Canada, Cuba film
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Sin La Habana is a Canadian-Cuban drama film, directed by Kaveh Nabatian and released in 2020.[1]
Ménaïc Raoul
Evelyn O’Farrill
Aki Yaghoubi
| Sin La Habana | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Countries | Canada, Cuba |
| Languages | Spanish English Persian |
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 91% rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes[5] and was a New York Times Critic's Pick.[6]
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Festival du nouveau cinéma | Prix de la diffusion Quebecor | Kaveh Nabatian | Won | [7] |
| 2021 | Vancouver International Film Festival | Best Canadian Film | Won | [8] | |
| Directors Guild of Canada | DGC Discovery Award | Nominated | [9] | ||
| Les Percéides | Grand Prix du Jury | Won | [10] | ||
| Miami International Film Festival | Jordan Ressler First Feature Award | Nominated | [11] | ||
| Reelworld Film Festival | Standout Director | Won | [12] | ||
| 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 | [13] |
| 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 | [14] | ||
| Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma | Prix Gilles-Carle | Kaveh Nabatian | Won | [15] |
