Isla Familia

About This Film

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Festival Year: 2025
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Film Type: Feature
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Animated: No
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Filmed In: Cuba, France, Spain
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Language: Spanish
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English Subtitles: Yes
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Production Year: 2024
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Captions: None

Film Overview

Filmmaker Claudia Calviño and esteemed independent journalist Abraham Jiménez Enoa turn the cameras on themselves over their three-year journey to escape the repressive hold of Cuba, sacrificing everything in the hopes for a better life for themselves and their newborn child.This documentary follows independent journalist Abraham Jiménez Eno during the last four years of his life, beginning with the arrival of the Covid pandemic in Cuba through his political exile in Spain. As seen through the eyes of Abraham and his wife, Claudia Calviño, capturing their daily life with a cellphone—and a big heart—this film is an intimate and epic journey of resilience and displacement.

Film Contact: HABANERO FILM SALES
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Ohio Premiere

Cast & Crew

Directed By

Abraham Jiménez Enoa Headshot
Abraham Jiménez Enoa
Claudia Calviño Headshot
Claudia Calviño

Produced By

Claudia Calviño

Cinematographers

Abraham Jiménez Enoa, Claudia Calviño, Xuban Intxausti

Editors

Dami Sainz