Esperando a Berta (Waiting for Berta)
Writer / Director / Editor
2013 · Narrative · 14 min
An homage to farcical Cuban comedies from the 1960s, this film follows two Miami women in their 80s who rekindle a feud that dates back 60 years and 90 miles to the Cuban Revolution.
SELECTED SCREENINGS
2016
2016
2015
2014
2013
2013
2013
2013
Vieques International Film Festival, Puerto Rico
Roxie Theater, San Francisco, US
Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), NY
Maryland Film Festival, US
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France
Milano International Film Festival, Italy
Milwaukee International Film Festival, US
Key West Film Festival, US
AWARDS
2016
2016
Vieques International Film Festival — Best Director
Vieques International Film Festival — Best Actress
WRITING ON THIS FILM
Castillo, Arielle. "Forthcoming Film: Laimir Fano's Waiting for Berta and the Borscht Filmmakers." Repeating Islands, September 10, 2012.
Zarza, Zaira. "From Exilic to Diasporic: New Cuban Cinemas in the United States." In The Cinema of Cuba: Contemporary Film and the Legacy of Revolution. I.B. Tauris, 2017.