| Sin La Habana | |
| Director: | Kaveh Nabatian |
| Producer: | Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette Ménaïc Raoul |
| Starring: | Yonah Acosta Evelyn O’Farrill Aki Yaghoubi |
| Music: | Kaveh Nabatian |
| Cinematography: | Juan Pablo Ramírez |
| Editing: | Sophie Leblond |
| Studio: | Voyelles Films |
| Distributor: | Maison 4:3 |
| Runtime: | 94 minutes |
| Country: | Canada, Cuba |
| Language: | Spanish English Persian |
Sin La Habana is a Canadian-Cuban drama film, directed by Kaveh Nabatian and released in 2020.[1]
The film stars Yonah Acosta as Leonardo, a ballet dancer in Cuba who feels stifled and in need of emigration to another country to advance his career. He and his girlfriend Sara (Evelyn O’Farrill) devise a plan for the duo to get out of Cuba by having Leonardo seduce Nasim (Aki Yaghoubi), a tourist from Montreal, so that she will take him back to Canada with her and then he can send for Sara once he's settled in; however, both Leonardo and Sara are secretly also looking for ways to break off their relationship.[2]
The film premiered at the 2020 Festival du nouveau cinéma,[3] before going into commercial release in September 2021.[4]
Sin la Habana received positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 91% rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes[5] and was a New York Times Critic's Pick.[6]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Festival du nouveau cinéma | Prix de la diffusion Quebecor | Kaveh Nabatian | [7] | |
| 2021 | Vancouver International Film Festival | Best Canadian Film | [8] | ||
| Directors Guild of Canada | DGC Discovery Award | [9] | |||
| Les Percéides | Grand Prix du Jury | [10] | |||
| Miami International Film Festival | Jordan Ressler First Feature Award | [11] | |||
| Reelworld Film Festival | Standout Director | [12] | |||
| Standout Writer | Kaveh Nabatian and Pablo Herrera | ||||
| Standout Cinematographer | Juan Pablo Ramírez | ||||
| Standout Actor | Yonah Acosta | ||||
| Standout Actress | Aki Yaghoubi | ||||
| 2022 | 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Kaveh Nabatian | [13] | |
| John Dunning Best First Feature Award | Kaveh Nabatian | ||||
| 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Best Film | Ménaïc Raoul, Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette | |||
| Best Director | Kaveh Nabatian | ||||
| Revelation of the Year | Yonah Acosta | ||||
| Best Screenplay | Kaveh Nabatian | ||||
| Best Editing | Sophie Leblond | ||||
| Best Sound | Sylvain Bellemare, Laurent Ouellette, Hans Laitres | ||||
| Best First Film | Kaveh Nabatian | [14] | |||
| Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma | Prix Gilles-Carle | Kaveh Nabatian | [15] |