Orlando MORA CABRERA

In 2025, filmmaker Orlando Mora Cabrera continued to be subjected to harassment in relation to his short film Matar a un hombre (To Kill a Man) (2024) (see Case List 2025).  

In May 2025, the film was invited to take part in Nōrdika: Days of Diversity, a diversity-focused festival held in Havana and organised by the Nordic Council of Ministers, with the support of the Norwegian and Swedish embassies in Cuba. The film was scheduled to be screened at Estudio 50, one of the festival venues; however, the venue received threatening calls and the screening was prohibited. The organisers resolved this internally by moving all film screenings to the ‘open-air cinema‘ space at the Norwegian Embassy a few days later. While this prevented the incident from gaining wider visibility, it once again confirmed that the film cannot be shown in public venues in Cuba. 

Filmmaker Orlando Mora Cabrera, born 15 October 1994 in Havana, is a graduate of the University of the Arts of Cuba. He attended the special programme Documentary Video Production in Havana, at New York University -- TISCH School of the Arts. He graduated in film studies at the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV) in Cuba, where he currently coordinates the film direction department. In addition to To kill a man, his films include Gemini, 2022; Brujo amor (Sorcerous Love), 2023; and Cagüeira (in distribution), 2025. His work has been selected for international festivals and film markets in Cuba, the USA, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Spain, France, Australia, among others.