About FILA20
FILA20's work has been screened at hundreds of festivals, including Sundance, Warsaw, Glasgow, New Orleans, Miami, Borscht, Rooftop Films, etc.; and on platforms like Amazon Video, Booooooom.TV, Comcast Xfinity, Short of the Week, and ShortsTV.
About us
Our story began over a decade ago in the 20th row—“fila” in Spanish—of the Cuban Cinematheque, where our teenage selves gathered daily to indulge our passion for cinema. From those cinephile beginnings, we evolved into filmmakers and founded FILA20, one of Cuba’s first independent film collectives. After emigrating to the U.S., we reestablished FILA20 in New York City.
FILA20 is a Cuban production company based in New York City.
Our work has been showcased at festivals and on platforms such as Venice, Sundance, Warsaw, Glasgow, New Orleans, Rooftop Films, HollyShorts, Prime Video, Short of the Week, Omeleto, ShortsTV, and kweliTV.
We’ve produced projects for organizations including The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Galleria Continua, Hyde Hotels, Louis Vuitton, MoMA, and People.
Whether in Cuba or NYC, on film or in commercials, in long or short formats—we approach every project with the same passion. At the heart of our work runs a common thread: personal stories of timeless and universal value, just like the films that inspired us as teenage cinephiles.
In the 20th row of the Cuban Cinematheque.
Juan Pablo Daranas Molina (Juampa)
Juampa is a Cuban filmmaker based in NYC and Rome, and the founding director of FILA20. He has written and directed films for The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Galleria Continua, Louis Vuitton, and MoMA. Juampa holds an MFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. His thesis film, executive-produced by Spike Lee, was among the ten picked for the inaugural Corto Condorello, overseen by Paolo Sorrentino, Willem Dafoe, Debra Winger, Carla Bruni, Jan Komasa, and Radu Mihăileanu. Juampa has been selected for the NYU Purple List, NYU Production Lab Development Studio, Berlinale Talents, Piccolo America’s Residency, Spike Lee Grant, HEAR US Awards, and the Sony Future Filmmaker Awards.
Ana A. Alpizar
Ana is a Cuban filmmaker based in NYC. Her short Norheimsund premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival, and The Fisherman premiered at Sundance. She is currently enrolled in the Graduate Film Program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
Alejandro Medina
Alejandro is a Cuban filmmaker based in NYC. His multidisciplinary work spans film, photography, video art, coding, and GIFs. His short Alejandrito and the Bogeyman premiered at the Warsaw Film Festival, and Customer Service was featured on Short of the Week. Alejandro leads CIFARRA, a branch focused on commissioned projects.