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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Arí Maniel Cruz

Arí Maniel CRUZ (1978, Puerto Rico) studied Communications and was educated in screenwriting. He then worked as a sitcom writer. Later, he was active as a producer and director in the Puerto Rican TV and film industry. His feature film debut Under My Nails was released in 2012 and was followed in 2016 by Before the Rooster Crows, which won him the Yellow Robin Award at Curaçao IFFR.

Filmography

La familia de Camello (2004, TV series), Zompi (2005, TV), El brindis del bohemio (2009, TV), Under My Nails (2012), Antes que cante el gallo/Before the Rooster Crows (2016)

Arí Maniel Cruz at IFFR

  • Antes que cante el gallo

    Coming-of-age drama in which a Puerto Rican teen girl is living at her strict grandmother’s house, waiting until she can move to America to be w

    • Curaçao Winners
  • Antes que cante el gallo

    Coming-of-age drama in which a Puerto Rican teen girl is living at her strict grandmother’s house, waiting until she can move to America to be w

    • Bright Future