Alejandro Gil Álvarez

Outstanding film and television director and screenwriter. Graduate in Journalism from the University of Havana. Member of UNEAC and the Union of Journalists of Cuba (UPEC).

Graduate in journalism from the University of Havana, he began in the audiovisual world as an assistant on the television series Algo más que soñar (1984) and later with the documentary series Historia del Arte Militar.

He made his directorial debut with Piensa en mí (1989). Later, he creates numerous works, especially in television, and in particular, dramatizations, video clips and some documentaries.

Noteworthy are Hazlo por Neruda (1997), La leyenda del rayo (1998), the acclaimed documentary Montaña de luz (2005) and his recent feature film La pared (2006) and Inocencia.

Later, as a Director, he has created documentaries, fiction films and videos and various television programs, as well as video clips; works that have won national and international awards.

He has participated as a jury member in the Caracol Awards of UNEAC, the 1st International TV and Video Festival, Havana 1995 and Vitral of the National Video Movement, where he was a member of its national coordinating group.

He was part of the Cuban delegation to the Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Federal Republic of Germany, and to the meeting between Swiss and Cuban filmmakers, Switzerland 1997, in addition to giving lectures and presentations at the University of Lausana and Ticino, as well as a personal exhibition at a Latin American cultural encounter in Berne, Switzerland.

In 1994, he participated in the Cuba-France youth meeting in Paris and in workshops on documentary and docudrama at the School of Communication of the University of Havana.

He was a jury member at the Bahia Film and Video Festival, Brazil 2000 and at the Latin American Film Festival of Trieste, Italy 2001.

He is a member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) and the Union of Journalists of Cuba (UPEC).

Filmography

1984
Algo más que soñar (Assistant Director. Fict.)
Historia del Arte Militar (Assistant Director. Doc.)
Como nosotros (Assistant Director. FM fict.)

1989
Piensa en mí (Doc. 15´)

1990
Tema Heavy (Fict. 20´)

1991
Desde la ausencia (Doc. 20´)

1992
Inocencias (Doc. 15´)
Fábula (Fict. 15´)

1993
Nube de otoño (Doc. 15´)
Retrato (Fict. 20´)

1994
En Cuarto Creciente (Doc. 15´)

1995
Razones (Fict. 15´ )
TVS Visión Alternativa (spot 30´´)

1996
Pensar con el corazón (Documentary Series. 10 chapters)
Cuando tú estés. (Cuando Ci Sara) (Video clip. Grupo Nomadi. Italy)

1997
Hazlo por Neruda (Fict. Video 58´)

1998
La leyenda del Rayo (Co-direction. Adventure Series for TV of 80 chapters)

1999
Laberintos (Fict. Video 84´)

2000
Entre cuerpo y alma (Doc. 11´)

2001
Corazón Partido bajo otra circunstancia (Fict. 34´)

2002
La Avería (Fict. 87´)

2003
El abrazo (Fict. 30´)

2005
Adivinanzas (Fict. 30´)
Montaña de luz (Co-direction. Doc.)

2006
La pared (FM. Fict.)

2007
El Revolver (Videoclip with Gerardo Alfonso)
Despojo (Videoclip with Santiago Feliú)

2015
La emboscada

Awards and Recognition

Distinction for National Culture
National Award from the Hermanos Saíz Association
Abril Award.

Corazón Partido bajo otra circunstancia
Mention for Best Soundtrack. National Cine Plaza Festival, 2002.
Caracol Award. Direction National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), 2002.
Best Editing. National Cine Plaza Festival, 2002.

Cuando tú estés (Cuando Ci Sarai)
Caracol Award. National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), 1997.
Lucas Award. Best direction and best pop-rock video, 1998.
Desde la Ausencia
National Television Award.
Latin American Traveling Exhibition.
Vitral Award National Video Meeting.
Screenplay and Direction Award at the National Cine Plaza Festival.
Caracol Award. National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), 1993.

Despojo
Lucas Award for Best Soundtrack. Havana, 2007.
El Cuarto Creciente
Vitral Award. National Video Meeting.
Cine Plaza Award. Film and Video Festival.
Direction Award. Provincial Film Award.
National Festival Award El Almacén de la Imagen. Camagüey. And other collateral awards.

El Revolver
Lucas Award in the Fusion Category. Havana, 2007.
Lucas Award in the Male Video Category. Havana, 2007.

Entre cuerpo y alma
Caracol Award. Direction, Photography and Editing. National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), 2001.

Fábula
Award. National Television Festival.
Vitral Award. National Video Meeting.
Caracol Award. Direction. National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC).

Hazlo por Neruda
Caracol Award. National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC).

Inocencias
Vitral Award. National Video Meeting.

La Avería
Caracol Award for Best Screenplay. National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), 2003.

La leyenda del rayo
Caracol Award. Direction. National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), 2000.

La Pared
Mention for Best Screenplay. Caracol Award of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC). Havana, 2007.
Mention for Best Soundtrack. Caracol Award of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC). Havana, 2007.

Laberintos
Best Female Performance Award at the National Cine Plaza Festival, 2000.
Oscar Valdés Award at the National Cine Plaza Festival, 2000.

Montaña de luz
Award from the Institute of Medical Sciences of Santiago de Cuba. VII International Santiago Álvarez In Memoriam Festival. Santiago de Cuba, 2006.
First Prize Mariposas. National Mariposas Festival (Created by Dr. Mónica Álvarez recognizing Science and Culture). Havana, 2006.
Special Jury Award Shared. 4th International Festival of Poor Cinema. Gibara, Holguín, 2006.
Award from the Provincial Health Center of Santiago de Cuba. VII International Santiago Álvarez In Memoriam Festival. Santiago de Cuba, 2006.
Editing Award. VII International Santiago Álvarez In Memoriam Festival. Santiago de Cuba, 2006.
Screenplay Award. VII International Santiago Álvarez In Memoriam Festival. Santiago de Cuba, 2006.
First Place Award. VII International Santiago Álvarez In Memoriam Festival. Santiago de Cuba, 2006.
Mention Memory Award from the Pablo de la Torriente Brau Cultural Center. 27th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema. Havana, 2005.
Award from the Cultural Circle of UPEC. 27th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema. Havana, 2005.

Nube de otoño
Caracol Award. National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), 1994.
Vitral Award. National Video Meeting.

Pensar con el corazón
Caracol Award. National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), 1997.

Piensa en mí
Vitral Award. National Video Meeting.
Documentary Award. Video and Audiovisual Exhibition. Hermanos Saíz Association.
Cuban Exhibition at the OBERHAUSEN Festival, Federal Republic of Germany.
Award at the IV National Audiovisual Exhibition of the Hermanos Saíz Association.
Caracol Award. National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), 1990.
International Video Woman Festival Award. For the best work by a man with a female theme.
Latin American Traveling Exhibition.

Razones
Grand Prize. National Cine Plaza Festival.

Retrato
Caracol Award. National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), 1994.
National TV Award.

Tema Heavy
Caracol Award. National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), 1991.
Award at the IV National Audiovisual Exhibition of the Hermanos Saíz Association.
Best Fiction Video Award at the VII International Latin American Film Festival. Trieste, Italy.
Vitral Award National Video Meeting.
Cuban Exhibition at the OBERHAUSEN Festival, Federal Republic of Germany.
TVS. Visión Alternativa
Vitral Spot Award. National Video Meeting.
Merit Artist Status 2021