“The many deads of Aristides”
SAFF 2021 Award Winner
Arístides died of a gunshot when he was 19 years old, while he was doing his Military Service in the Cuban Navy. He was shot in the chest at close range by the soldier who was supposed to relieve him in duty, with a Makarov PM handgun made in USSR. There are no images of him; just a letter he wrote to his sister a few hours before dying, whose reply never came to be.
Director Biography
Lázaro Lemus is a Cuban film director Graduated from the Pinar del Río Academy of Visual Arts. His documentaries have participated in festivals in Cuba, United States, Spain. Graduated from the Documentary Filmmaking Workshop imparted by the filmmaker Belkis Vega in the International School of Cinema and Television in 2012. His documentary Close your eyes was awarded with a mention in the 12th ICAIC Young Sample, in Cuba; and his documentary short film Awakening received the International School of Cinema and Television Collateral Award in the 13th ICAIC Young Sample in 2014.
Filmography : Delirium (2011) 8´, Clouse your Eyes (2013) 21´, Awakening (2014) 24´, The many deads of Aristides (2019) 16´.