Directing
Rolando Díaz
Born
1947-08-13 (79)
Place of birth
La Habana - Cuba
Known for
Directing
Credits
31 titles
Known for
No synopsis available yet.
Cercanía
2004
No synopsis available yet.
La vida en rosa
1989
6.4When Spanish record producers express interest in Cuban musicians Ruy and Tito, the longtime friends are faced with the prospect of leaving their loved ones behind. After years of hoping and dreaming, they've finally earned the opportunity to bring their music to the rest of the world. But are the emotional trade-offs worth it in the end?
Havana Blues
2005
NRCaridad (Yuliet Cruz) is a Cuban playwright in exile in Valencia, Spain. She is committed to writing a play about the Cuban exodus from the island. To this end, she intends to engage in dialogue with women and men who recount their migratory experiences, during which they risked their lives. The film powerfully expresses her profound perspective on uprootedness, nostalgia, and loss.
Farwell Cuba
2025
No synopsis available yet.
Los Caminos de Aissa
2013
8.0At the urging of a socialist fellow Australian, filmmaker David Bradbury travels to Cuba and documents the current economic, social and cultural realities and disappointments of post-revolutionary Cuba.
Fond Memories of Cuba
2002
Film credits
2000s · 2 titles
8.0At the urging of a socialist fellow Australian, filmmaker David Bradbury travels to Cuba and documents the current economic, social and cultural realities and disappointments of post-revolutionary Cuba.
Fond Memories of Cuba
2002
After fleeing Cuba with his family when he was 7, Dallas artist Rolando Diaz returns to Havana to revisit his old neighborhood and learn more about the contemporary art scene in the city.
Recapturing Cuba: An Artist's Journey
2007
Behind the camera
No synopsis available yet.
Cercanía
2004
No synopsis available yet.
Cercanía
2004
No synopsis available yet.
La vida en rosa
1989
No synopsis available yet.
La vida en rosa
1989
6.4When Spanish record producers express interest in Cuban musicians Ruy and Tito, the longtime friends are faced with the prospect of leaving their loved ones behind. After years of hoping and dreaming, they've finally earned the opportunity to bring their music to the rest of the world. But are the emotional trade-offs worth it in the end?
Havana Blues
2005
NRCaridad (Yuliet Cruz) is a Cuban playwright in exile in Valencia, Spain. She is committed to writing a play about the Cuban exodus from the island. To this end, she intends to engage in dialogue with women and men who recount their migratory experiences, during which they risked their lives. The film powerfully expresses her profound perspective on uprootedness, nostalgia, and loss.
Farwell Cuba
2025
NRCaridad (Yuliet Cruz) is a Cuban playwright in exile in Valencia, Spain. She is committed to writing a play about the Cuban exodus from the island. To this end, she intends to engage in dialogue with women and men who recount their migratory experiences, during which they risked their lives. The film powerfully expresses her profound perspective on uprootedness, nostalgia, and loss.
Farwell Cuba
2025
No synopsis available yet.
Los Caminos de Aissa
2013
No synopsis available yet.
Los Caminos de Aissa
2013
No synopsis available yet.
La vida según Ofelia
2007
No synopsis available yet.
La vida según Ofelia
2007
5.7A famous baseball player faces retirement and the conflicts it causes in his professional and family life until the night he must play for the last time.
En tres y dos
1985
5.7A famous baseball player faces retirement and the conflicts it causes in his professional and family life until the night he must play for the last time.
En tres y dos
1985
NRA young journalist searches for a woman, Moraima (now 36), who was given up for adoption when she was two years old and whose family has known nothing about her since. In the process of investigating in a remote area of the Dominican Republic where children being put up for adoption is common, she finds other cases that plunge her into a roller coaster of emotions. The long and complicated investigation leads her to a town, El Seybo, where she will make many discoveries.
Dossier de ausencias
2020
NRA young journalist searches for a woman, Moraima (now 36), who was given up for adoption when she was two years old and whose family has known nothing about her since. In the process of investigating in a remote area of the Dominican Republic where children being put up for adoption is common, she finds other cases that plunge her into a roller coaster of emotions. The long and complicated investigation leads her to a town, El Seybo, where she will make many discoveries.
Dossier de ausencias
2020
NRRústico País, an old Canarian peasant who emigrated to Cuba, with his special sensitivity and sparkling vision of life, immerses us fully in the essence of the human being.
El largo viaje de Rústico
1993
NRRústico País, an old Canarian peasant who emigrated to Cuba, with his special sensitivity and sparkling vision of life, immerses us fully in the essence of the human being.
El largo viaje de Rústico
1993
NRIn a satirical tone, multiple unexpected actions during a ball game and the reactions of the public are captured. In search of the unusual, the documentary ventures outside the field of this sport.
Redonda y viene en caja cuadrada
1979
After fleeing Cuba with his family when he was 7, Dallas artist Rolando Diaz returns to Havana to revisit his old neighborhood and learn more about the contemporary art scene in the city.
Recapturing Cuba: An Artist's Journey
2007
8.0Si me Comprendieras refers to the tradition of Bolero, as the original intention of the director was to make a musical film. This proved to be difficult for a Cuban living in Spain, as the search for appropriate dancers revealed the grim realities these black women lived each day -- oppressive family relationships, unemployment which forces them into prostitution, the general hopelessness of young Cubans and the subtle racism which is officially denied. In this docu-drama, a Cuban director and scriptwriter embarks upon a journey to search for a black or half-caste dancer and singer to play the central role in his latest film, a musical comedy. The audience witnesses the experiences of the film crew from their point of view, behind the camera. Through the questions they pose to the auditioning actresses and their responses, the reality of Cuba is revealed.
If You Only Understood
1999
8.0Si me Comprendieras refers to the tradition of Bolero, as the original intention of the director was to make a musical film. This proved to be difficult for a Cuban living in Spain, as the search for appropriate dancers revealed the grim realities these black women lived each day -- oppressive family relationships, unemployment which forces them into prostitution, the general hopelessness of young Cubans and the subtle racism which is officially denied. In this docu-drama, a Cuban director and scriptwriter embarks upon a journey to search for a black or half-caste dancer and singer to play the central role in his latest film, a musical comedy. The audience witnesses the experiences of the film crew from their point of view, behind the camera. Through the questions they pose to the auditioning actresses and their responses, the reality of Cuba is revealed.
If You Only Understood
1999
8.0Si me Comprendieras refers to the tradition of Bolero, as the original intention of the director was to make a musical film. This proved to be difficult for a Cuban living in Spain, as the search for appropriate dancers revealed the grim realities these black women lived each day -- oppressive family relationships, unemployment which forces them into prostitution, the general hopelessness of young Cubans and the subtle racism which is officially denied. In this docu-drama, a Cuban director and scriptwriter embarks upon a journey to search for a black or half-caste dancer and singer to play the central role in his latest film, a musical comedy. The audience witnesses the experiences of the film crew from their point of view, behind the camera. Through the questions they pose to the auditioning actresses and their responses, the reality of Cuba is revealed.
If You Only Understood
1999
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Camino a Higüey
2016
8.0Rolando Díaz's comedic Melodrama follows Esperanza, a dying newscaster, desperate to have a child through whatever means necessary - even if it means bypassing her husband and sleeping with her fellow coworker or a local librarian.
Melodrama
1996
8.0Rolando Díaz's comedic Melodrama follows Esperanza, a dying newscaster, desperate to have a child through whatever means necessary - even if it means bypassing her husband and sleeping with her fellow coworker or a local librarian.
Melodrama
1996
7.9A young couple find out that their parents (her father and his mother) are having a romance. A series of problems arise because the young couple can't accept that relationship.
Tables Turned
1984
7.9A young couple find out that their parents (her father and his mother) are having a romance. A series of problems arise because the young couple can't accept that relationship.
Tables Turned
1984
NRAs veteran filmmaker Rolando Díaz confronts his own aging, he turns his lens on unforgettable Spanish centenarian Simona Hoyo, reckoning with what it means when the body keeps going long after the soul grows tired in this colorful and poignant new documentary.
An Elephant On A Spider Web
2022
NRAs veteran filmmaker Rolando Díaz confronts his own aging, he turns his lens on unforgettable Spanish centenarian Simona Hoyo, reckoning with what it means when the body keeps going long after the soul grows tired in this colorful and poignant new documentary.
An Elephant On A Spider Web
2022
