Laimir Fano is a Cuban filmmaker, educator, and researcher based in Boston, MA. His films on the performance of Cuban identity and cultural memory have been exhibited at venues and festivals such as Tribeca Film Festival (US), Shanghai International Film Festival (China), Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival (Colombia), Huesca Film Festival (Spain), the Institute of International Visual Arts (UK), Anthology Film Archives (US), and Havana Film Festival (Cuba). He is an ABD doctoral candidate in Film & Digital Media at the University of California—Santa Cruz, and holds an M.A in Film & Digital Media from UC Santa Cruz, an M.F.A in Cinematic Arts from the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, and a diploma in Film Directing from Cuba’s International Film and Television School of San Antonio de Los Baños. Laimir is currently an Assistant Professor of Film Studies at Boston College.