Curriculum vitae

about me

Filmmaker and video artist based in Miami, FL. He received a Master’s degree in Journalism from Florida International University, Miami, FL (2021), and a Certificate in Film Studies from The International Film and TV School (EICTV), San Antonio de los Baños, Havana, Cuba (2012). He was also part of the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program, Miami (2016). In 2008, Jiménez-Almeida founded ikaik films, a project dedicated to the production and development of experimental films. His work Persona (Person) (2014) won the Best Short Film Award at the Latino and Iberian Film Festival (LIFFY) from Yale University (2016). It was exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NYC; and at the Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany (2018). Usufructo (Usufruct) was awarded with the EICTV, San Antonio de los Baños, the Special Prize of the 10th Gibara International Non-Budget Film Festival, Cuba (2012). La faz de las aguas (The Face of the Waters) was awarded the Short Film Prize, Handle Climate Change International Film Festival, China (2017). The piece En un paquete de spaguettis (In a Package of Spaguettis) was selected for the International Prize Reina Sofia, Spain (2011). Jiménez-Almeida has been invited as Visiting Filmmaker to several academic institutions in the US, including Yale University, Columbia University, New York University (NYU), The City University of New York (CUNY), University of Miami (UM), and Florida International University (FIU). His work has been exhibited in the US, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, China, India, Argentina, Venezuela, Peru, El Salvador, and Guatemala. All his films have been produced outside of the main Cuban cinematography industry.

Filmography

2008- Toilet-ando sin ganas/ Toilet- I don’t feel like going (Doc. 18´)
2008- Pasión y Tinta/ Passion and Ink (Doc. 13´)
2009- Mamanantuabo ¿tierra de nadie?/ Mamanantuabo, no man’s land? (Doc. 17´)
2009- Canción a Corín Tellado/ A song to Corín Tellado (Doc. Experimental 3´)
2010- Quién/ Who? (Film 6´)
2011- Reportaje/ Reportage (Doc. 12´)
2011- En un paquete de spaguettis/ Inside a spaghettis’ packet (Doc. 39´)
2011- Todo cubano de saber tirar y tirar bien/ Every Cuban must know how to shoot and do it well (Film. 2´)
2011- La casa del alibi/ Alibi’s home (Doc. 13´)
2011- Usufructo/ Usufruct (Doc. 10´)
2012- La faz de las aguas/ The face of waters (Video Art 10´)
2012- Free cinema (Video Art2´)
2012- Malyebao/ Misbehaved (Doc. 12´)
2012- El triunfo de la confusión/ Confusion’s triumph (Video Art2´)
2012- Verdadero beach: la playa del pueblo/ Verdadero beach: the people’s beach (Doc. 6´)
2012- Diversionismo ideológico/ Ideological deviation (Video Art 2´)
2012- El trabajo y la transformación.../ Work and monkey’s transformation... (Video Art2´)
2012- La era del Yelo/ Yce age (Video Art2´)
2013- Filosofía/ Philosophy (Video Art 12´)
2013- E=mc2 (Doc. Experimental 10´)
2013- Pies mojados, pies secos…/ Wet feet, dry feet… (Video Art 2´)
2013- Mi saoco (Doc. 27´)
2014- Persona (Doc. 27´)
2014- El cine es un negocio sin ningún futuro/ Cinema is a business without future (Video Art 2´)
2014- Sonata for Karol Wojtyla (10’ Doc. work in progress)
2014- Rapsodia para el mulo/ Rhapsody for the mule (10’ Doc. work in progress)
2015- Entropía/ Entropy (Doc. Experimental 74´)
2016- Now! (Doc. Experimental 5' )
2016- Elegía/ Elegy (Doc. 10’ )
2017- Semiótica de la mentira/ Semiotic of lying ( Video Art)
2017- Mater Dei... (Doc. 10’ work in progress)
2017- Para construir otra casa/ To bulid another house (Doc. 15’)
2021- Veritas (Doc. 67’)
2022- Isla/ Island (Video Art. 27’)
2022- La isla que se repite/ The Repeating Island (Doc. 25’)
2022- La Habana a la my love... (100’ Doc. work in progress)

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

2020- Visiting Filmmaker at Coral Gables Museum, USA.
2019- Visiting Filmmaker at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA.
2019- Visiting Filmmaker at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA.
2019- Editor-Producer at Univision Deportes, Miami, USA.
2018- Visiting Filmmaker at MoMA. New York, USA.
2017- Visiting Filmmaker at Yale University. Connecticut, USA.
2017- Video Editor. Arte, RAI, PM Films. France, Italy & USA.
2017- Visiting Filmmaker at FIU Cuban Research Institute. Miami, USA.
2017- Graphic Designer. Latino and Iberian Film Festival at Yale. Connecticut, USA.
2017- Visiting Filmmaker at New York University- NYU. New York, USA.
2017- Photographer. Diario Las Américas. Miami- USA.
2017- Photographer. Azure Azure Global Luxury Magazine. Miami, USA.
2017- Producer. Univision Communications Inc. Miami- USA.
2017- Video Editor. Latino Public Broadcasting, ITVS, NEH. Miami, USA.
2016- Visiting Filmmaker at Yale University. Connecticut, USA.
2016- Video Editor. El Ingenio. Miami, USA.
2016- Visiting Filmmaker at Columbia University. New York, USA.
2016- Visiting Filmmaker at New York University- NYU. New York, USA.
2016- Producer, Writer, Videographer, Editor & Journalist. HispanoPost Media Group. Miami, USA.
2015- Visiting Filmmaker at University of Miami. Miami, USA.
2015- Visiting Filmmaker at The City University of New York- CUNY. New York, USA.

Training & Workshops

2016- Workshop Documentary Film Program, Sundance Institute. USA.
2013- Graduate Seminar. Panorama of Contemporary Cuban Cinema. University of Holguin. Cuba.
2013- Workshop Talent for the Future. SIGNIS Cuba and New Latin American Cinema Foundation. Cuba.
2012- Certificate in Film Studies. EICTV, San Antonio de los Baños. Cuba.
2011- Workshop Fiction Film. ISA. Cuba.
2010- Visual Anthropology Seminar. The Eye that Looks at the Real. ICAIC. Cuba.

Special Skills

Cameras: DSRL Canon 5D, 80D, Panasonic P2 & Blackmagic.
Video Editing: Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut X
Newsroom Computer Systems: iNews, Interplay.
Vectors and Images: Photoshop
Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Google+

HONORS AND AWARDS

2021- Recognition of Artistic Merit, City of Miami, USA.
2019- PM Award. Hannah Arendt Institute of Artivism. La Habana, Cuba.
2018 - Selected for the exhibition "A Brief History of Censorship in Cuban Cinema". MoMA. New York, USA.
2017- Bronze Award Short Film. Handle Climate Change Film Festival. China.
2016- Best Short Film Award. Latino and Iberian Film Festival at Yale. USA.
2014- Honorable Mention. 11th Non-Budget International Film Festival at Gibara. Cuba.
2014- The Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP). The Hague. Kingdom of the Netherlands.
2014- First Prize Documentary Short Film. 5th International Green Culture Festival “Green Fest”. Serbia.
2013- Grand Prize. 11th National Festival of Audiovisuals. Cuba
2013- Best Documentary Award. 11th National Festival of Audiovisuals. Cuba.
2013- Documentary Award. 3rd Audiovisual Journalism Competition ‘Ania Pino in memoriam’. Cuba.
2013- Young Memory Award. 3rd Audiovisual Journalism Competition ‘Ania Pino in memoriam’. Cuba.
2013- A. N. Jiménez Award. 12th Muestra Joven ICAIC. Cuba.
2013- Special Jury Award. 24th International Audiovisual Exhibition El Almacén de la Imagen. Cuba.
2013- Best Photography Award. 24th International Audiovisual Exhibition El Almacén de la Imagen. Cuba.
2013- Best Editing Award. 24th International Audiovisual Exhibition El Almacén de la Imagen. Cuba.
2013- Best Photography Award. 3rd Audiovisual Journalism Competition Ania Pino in memoriam. Cuba.
2012- Best Videoart Award. 3rd Film Festival Surimagen. Cuba.
2012- UNEAC Award. 3rd Film Festival Surimagen. Cuba.
2012- SIGNIS Award. 23rd International Audiovisual Exhibition El Almacén de la Imagen. Cuba.
2012- Video Award. 3rd Event University- Society- Heritage. Cuba.
2012- EICTV San Antonio de los Baños Award. 10th Non- Budget International Film Festival at Gibara. Cuba.
2012- Best Videography Award. 1st Audiovisual Journalism Competition ‘Ania Pino in memoriam’. Cuba.
2012- Best Editing Award. 1st Audiovisual Journalism Competition ‘Ania Pino in memoriam’. Cuba.
2012- Best Sound Design Award. 1st Audiovisual Journalism Competition ‘Ania Pino in memoriam’. Cuba.
2012- Documentary Honorable Mention. 1st Audiovisual Journalism Competition ‘Ania Pino in memoriam’. Cuba.
2011- Grand Prize. 27th Festival Cine Plaza. Cuba.
2011- Non-Budget Award. 2nd Film Festival Surimagen. Cuba.
2011- Second Prize. 2nd Film Festival Surimagen. Cuba.
2011- SIGNIS Award. 22nd International Audiovisual Exhibition El Almacén de la Imagen. Cuba.
2010- National Prize for Cultural Journalism Rubén Martínez Villena. Cuba.
2009- National Prize for Cultural Journalism Rubén Martínez Villena. Cuba.