Laimir Fano is a 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 holds a Ph.D. in Film & Digital Media from the University of California—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. Fano is currently an Assistant Professor of Film Studies at Boston College.