Jorge Molina
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Jorge Molina is a Cuba
n film director
. After studying cinema in the USSR
, he graduated from the EICTV (International Film and TV School of San Antonio de los Baños
, Cuba
). His thesis film, Molina's Culpa, won a Coral award and was also simultaneously denounced by a local Catholic organization for alleged anti-religious content.
Molina, as his fans refer to him, is an actor as well as a director. He has appeared in close to eighty films (including student films and shorts) and most notably has appeared in many of the films of Cuban filmmaker Fernando Perez, including Madagascar, La Vida Es Silbar ( Life is to Whistle) and Madrigal, among others. Among his best known films are Culpa (1993) and Molina's Test (2001). His works are always irreverent and provocative low budget productions, and always feature explicit sexuality and extreme violence. American film scholar Ruth Goldberg's influential analytic essay on Molina's work appears in the anthology Fear Without Frontiers: Horror Cinema Across the Globe, edited by Steven Jay Schneider.
Molina currently holds a position as the cultural liaison at the EICTV (International Film and TV School) in Cuba, and also teaches directing at the Instituto Superior de Arte
in Havana
. He lives in San Antonio de los Banos
with his common-law wife and their two daughters.
In 2008 Jorge Molina won in CINERGIA (Fund for the Promotion of the Audiovisual in Central America and the Caribbean). The jury granted Molina with $10.000 in the category of production of shortfilm for his proyect Molina's Ferrozz. This is a coproduction Cuba-Costa Rica. CINERGIA is the only organization or fund for the movie production in Central America and the Caribbean.
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. After studying cinema in the USSR
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, he graduated from the EICTV (International Film and TV School of San Antonio de los Baños
San Antonio de los Baños
San Antonio de los Baños is a municipality and city in the Artemisa Province of Cuba.It is located 26 km from the city of Havana, and the Ariguanabo River runs through it. The city was founded in 1802....
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
). His thesis film, Molina's Culpa, won a Coral award and was also simultaneously denounced by a local Catholic organization for alleged anti-religious content.
Molina, as his fans refer to him, is an actor as well as a director. He has appeared in close to eighty films (including student films and shorts) and most notably has appeared in many of the films of Cuban filmmaker Fernando Perez, including Madagascar, La Vida Es Silbar ( Life is to Whistle) and Madrigal, among others. Among his best known films are Culpa (1993) and Molina's Test (2001). His works are always irreverent and provocative low budget productions, and always feature explicit sexuality and extreme violence. American film scholar Ruth Goldberg's influential analytic essay on Molina's work appears in the anthology Fear Without Frontiers: Horror Cinema Across the Globe, edited by Steven Jay Schneider.
Molina currently holds a position as the cultural liaison at the EICTV (International Film and TV School) in Cuba, and also teaches directing at the Instituto Superior de Arte
Instituto Superior de Arte
The University of Arts of Cuba - , Instituto Superior de Arte was established on September 1, 1976 by the Cuban government as a school for the arts. Its original structure had three schools: Music, Visual Arts, and Performing Arts....
in Havana
Havana
Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
. He lives in San Antonio de los Banos
San Antonio de los Baños
San Antonio de los Baños is a municipality and city in the Artemisa Province of Cuba.It is located 26 km from the city of Havana, and the Ariguanabo River runs through it. The city was founded in 1802....
with his common-law wife and their two daughters.
In 2008 Jorge Molina won in CINERGIA (Fund for the Promotion of the Audiovisual in Central America and the Caribbean). The jury granted Molina with $10.000 in the category of production of shortfilm for his proyect Molina's Ferrozz. This is a coproduction Cuba-Costa Rica. CINERGIA is the only organization or fund for the movie production in Central America and the Caribbean.