Writing
Edwards A. Martínez Cruz
Edwards A. Martínez Cruz is a filmmaker from Caguas, Puerto Rico, active in the island’s film community since 2013. He is the co-founder of Producciones Tabaquero, LLC, where he has produced short films and music videos over the last decade. His films explore identity, culture, and memory within and beyond Puerto Rico, using intimate narratives and a dynamic visual style that incorporates natural lighting, long takes, and subtle sound design. As a writer and director, he has worked on *Alex y Fabio Ya No Están* (2013), Las Lágrimas Negras (2014), Enganche (2015), and Sin Forma, Como Agua (2019), all of which have been recognized at festivals such as the Oaxaca Film Festival and the San Diego Latino Film Festival. His most recent project is the surreal YouTube series Terrario de Desvelados (2023). He was also a finalist in the Johnnie Walker Keep Walking Films initiative (2024) with his Caribbean folk horror script Panteón de un Rumor.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
A man must come to terms with his violent background in the eve of his child's birth.
Enganche
2015
A man must come to terms with his violent background in the eve of his child's birth.
Enganche
2015
NRThomas and Félix, a father and son long estranged, reunite for a picturesque photographic journey through the south of Puerto Rico, embarking on an adventure that leads them to an unexpected new descendant of their family.
Falling White Leaves
2026
10.0Explores the voyage of a Puerto Rican photographer to New York for the first time, as he embarks on journey to forget.
NuevaYorkino
2016
NRA fragmented story of unrequited love in the post-apocalyptic wasteland of the last colony on Earth, Puerto Rico.
Terrarium of the Sleepless
2025
NRA fragmented story of unrequited love in the post-apocalyptic wasteland of the last colony on Earth, Puerto Rico.
Terrarium of the Sleepless
2025
NRA character study of Puerto Rican struggling rapper Negro Gonzalez, a portrait of his island, a beautiful land tarnished by US colonization and an ode to the unbreakable spirit of Puerto Rican artists.
Shapeless, Like Water
2018
NRA character study of Puerto Rican struggling rapper Negro Gonzalez, a portrait of his island, a beautiful land tarnished by US colonization and an ode to the unbreakable spirit of Puerto Rican artists.
Shapeless, Like Water
2018
NRA character study of Puerto Rican struggling rapper Negro Gonzalez, a portrait of his island, a beautiful land tarnished by US colonization and an ode to the unbreakable spirit of Puerto Rican artists.
Shapeless, Like Water
2018
8.5A couple's relationship is explored from beginning to end, showing how love can be tested and how far one is willing to go for love.
Alex and Fabio Are No Longer Here
2013
NRA lonely doctor takes a wounded vagrant to his house only for the man to experience the manifestations of the doctor's dark past.
The Obsidian Tears
2014
NRA lonely doctor takes a wounded vagrant to his house only for the man to experience the manifestations of the doctor's dark past.
The Obsidian Tears
2014
6.0The end of a friendship between two fellow musicians torn by the harsh realities of adulthood in the Puerto Rican art scene.
Anacrusis
2023
10.0Ricky, a 30-year-old police officer, rents a hotel suite beyond his means because he is celebrating a role he will play in a big Hollywood movie. He decides to spend money on alcohol and food while spending the entire night recording Instagram Live videos for his "fans," showing them the room and talking about what he will be doing in the movie. The night slowly unravels as various people call him, some to congratulate him, others to reprimand him for his negligent behavior.
Asterion: or, (if you mess with the bull...)
2024
NRA meta-documentary exploring two filmmakers' vlogs from a film festival and the dark geopolitical realities they faced through it, while attempting to make sense of it via artistic musings and abstract editing.
Route to the Land of the Sun
2026
NRA meta-documentary exploring two filmmakers' vlogs from a film festival and the dark geopolitical realities they faced through it, while attempting to make sense of it via artistic musings and abstract editing.
Route to the Land of the Sun
2026