Oda a la Piña (Ode to the Pineapple)
Writer / Director
2008 · Narrative · 10 min · 35mm
This musical parody, inspired by a poem central to Cuban cultural identity, follows a cabaret dancer who suddenly loses her sense of rhythm.
SELECTED SCREENINGS
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Huesca Film Festival, Spain
Tribeca Film Festival, US
Cartagena de Indias Int. Film Festival, Colombia
Havana International Film Festival, Cuba
Shanghai Int. Film Festival, China
Kustendorf Film & Music Festival, Serbia
Muestra de Jóvenes Realizadores, Cuba
Almacén de la Imagen, Cuba
AWARDS
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International Film Guide — 5 best Cuban films of 2008
Tribeca Film Festival — Special Jury Mention
Cartagena de Indias Int. Film Festival — Special Jury Mention
Shanghai Int. Film Festival — Best Director, Short Film
Muestra de Jóvenes Realizadores — Best Music
Almacén de la Imagen — Grand Jury Prize, Best Director
UNEAC Caracol Awards — Special Jury Prize
WRITING ON THIS FILM
Humphreys, Laura-Zoë. "Paranoid Readings and Ambivalent Allegories." In Fidel between the Lines. Duke University Press, 2019.
Stock, Ann Marie, and Dean Luis Reyes. "Critique and Decentralization in Cuban Film After 1989." In The Cambridge History of Cuban Literature. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Padrón, Frank. "Oda a la Piña o a la Cubanía, del Poema al Cine." Excelencias Gourmet, 2010.
Del Moral, Christian. "TFF 09: Entrevista a Laimir Fano, de Oda a la Piña." Cine Latino NY, 2009.