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PROGRAMMERS NOTES

Kaveh Nabatian’s Sin La Habana is a complex love story chronicling a Cuban Ballet Dancer’s emigration to Canada. His quest for the life we all aspire to have, one of security and self actualization, is far from simple. With an intricate love triangle at the film’s centre, Nabatian offers each character’s perspective with sensitivity, and though we should dislike them for their actions, we can’t. Sin La Habana asks us to question the lengths we go to achieve our dreams, but most importantly, the film asks us to suspend our judgements and find empathy for others in the grey areas.

Aisha Evelyna

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Sin La Habana

Kaveh Nabatian

Director:

Kaveh spent the last decade directing and shooting fiction films, music videos, television series, and feature-length documentaries all over the world: from Nunavut, Haiti, and South Africa, to New York and Montreal (where he splits his time). Past collaborations include projects with Arcade Fire, The Barr Brothers, Kahlil Joseph, Leif Vollebekk, Clara Furey, Half Moon Run, and Socalled.

CAST & CREDITS

Director

Kaveh Nabatian

Producer

Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette, Ménaïc Raoul

Cinematographer

Juan Pablo Ramirez Ibanez

Editor

Sophie Leblond

Principal Cast

Yonah Acosta Gonzalez, Aki Yaghoubi, Evelyn Castroda O'Farrill, Julio Cesar Hong Ortiz

Kaveh Nabatian

DRAMA | 95 MINS | ENGLISH, SPANISH, FARSI | CANADA | ONTARIO PREMIERE

Sin La Habana