At the end of December we’ll learn whether Cuba, Libre?has been chosen as “Best Feature Documentary” in this month’s competition at the Miami Independent Film Festival.

Here’s what the “MINDIE” Website says about the festival:

“We know how hard it is for an indie filmmaker to produce and distribute their works.

“Mindie is the tool that every filmmaker needs, in order to showcase and get recognitions for their film: We have created monthly edition to give continuity to the selection process and a steady feedback to the filmmakers. Instead of waiting for months before getting an answer from the festival, filmmakers are immediately contacted if selected. Their work is privately screened every month and evaluated by an international team of experts in the industry.

“The monthly winners will then compete to be screened at our annual event. The event aims to create a strong relationship between filmmakers, producers and distributors from all over the world.”

 

Cuba, Libre? has just been selected to compete in the 2018 Miami Independent Film Festival.

The competition is held monthly. Selected films are privately screened and evaluated by a Jury of international filmmakers.

Monthly winners become semi-finalists and will participate in a second round of competition. Finalists will be screened at our ANNUAL EVENT MINDIE 2018 that will take place in Miami in June of 2018.

Cuba, Libre?” has been selected to compete in the Impact DOCS Awards.

“IMPACT DOCS is the newest member of the Global Film Awards Family – a family of film competitions that have been serving filmmakers for more than 14 years.”

It’s mission is to “support and promote filmmakers who are making a difference in the critical issues of our times through producing impactful documentaries…or making contributions to the world through enlightening and entertaining documentary films.”

It’s goal “is to promote filmmakers of all backgrounds and experience levels – to ignite social change and to support filmmakers’ careers in meaningful filmmaking.”

IMPACT DOCS “believe(s) in the power of film to IMPACT the world – and documentary filmmakers are often on the leading edge of global change by shifting perceptions, behavior and habits of the viewers. It takes great talent to entertain viewers with subjects that are real!”

By the end of January, 2018, we will know whether Cuba, Libre? has won an Impact DOCS Awards.

For further information on the competition, visit the Impact DOCS Awards Website.

 

“Cuba, Libre? has just been made an Official Selection of the Barcelona Planet Film Festival and nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film.

Cuba, Libre? just won a Platinum Award in the 2017 Oregon International Film Awards Documentary Feature Competition.

Here’s more about the awards competition:

At an event held in Miami back in June, Donald Trump announced proposed changes to U.S. policy regarding travel to Cuba by Americans which Cuba, Libre? filmmaker, Dick Jordan, analyzed in a post to his online travel magazine, Tales Told From The Road.

Coincidentally, yesterday just before Cuba, Libre? screened last night in Eugene, Oregon, the PBS Newshour aired the the following segment on how those policy changes, if implemented, would impact both Americans planning on visiting the islands and the Cuban government and more importantly, Cuban entrepreneurs involved in tourism.

As the Treasury Department, whose Office of Foreign Assets Control has regulatory control over travel to Cuba by Americans, pointed out on July 25, 2017, it must adopt new regulations before the policy changes announced by Trump can take effect. The PBS Newshour story indicates that those new regulations may be announced next month.

Cuba, Libre? will have its first screening in Oregon on Monday, August 7th.

The private event will be preceded by a “Cuba Libre Cocktail” cocktail hour for those attending the film.

Cuba, Libre? has been now been aired by public access stations across the U.S. serving 500,000+ households.

“Cuba, Libre?,”the documentary film that traces the history of travel to Cuba by Americans from the early decades of the 20th century to the present, will be shown at Studio46 in Novato, California from 7:00-9:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 6th to raise funds for restoration of the historic downtown Novato Theater.

Further information and tickets ($20/person) are available online.

Seating is limited to 75 and the event will probably sell out.

Since last week, Cuba, Libre? has been selected for airing for two additional public access television stations across the U.S., bringing the total showing the documentary up to fourteen this far.

 

In addition to MarinTV, KCAT TV and CreaTV in California, nine other public access stations in Connecticut, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Michigan and Ohio will be airing “Cuba, Libre?”