About the Director

Juan Pablo Daranas Molina is a Cuban filmmaker based in New York City. He is the president and co-founder of fila20 filmes, a Cuban-American group with films screened in more than a hundred countries and selected by Cannes, Glasgow, Miami, New Jersey, New Orleans, Short of the Week, Sundance, Sydney, etc.

Daranas’ filmography includes Yunaisy, programmed by more than fifty festivals, and Twilight, winner of top awards at the New Jersey Film Festival, the Martinique International Film Festival, Muestra Joven, etc. His credits also comprise work for organizations like Galleria Continua, Louis Vuitton, the Museum of Modern Art, the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC), and The Bronx Museum of the Arts.