DESANIMADA (short fiction, drama, 2013) Technical Specifications: Runtime: 16:15 Color Presentation Text: Discouraged is a woman´s story who survives in a marginal neighborhood. She walks through the narrow alleys of her neighborhood, overwhelmed by the weight of everyday life, looking for hope in her present. The woman´s life suddenly changes as a result of rape. She falls into a deep depression and her life is empty. She takes refuge in alcohol in an attempt to escape from that suffocating reality, and therefore she becomes invisible to society. The only way out for her is suicide. During the delirium which precedes her death, in an instant, the protagonist imagines a different future, a happy life where she achieves her goals and lives in harmony with the realization of her rights, her aspirations for social recognition, family and personal fulfillment. This is the situation of many women who suffer in silence a gender-based violence, both physical and psychological abuses. At least one in three women around the world has suffered throughout her life an act of domestic violence (abuse, rape, harassment). Several international organizations report that this type of violence is the leading cause of death and disability for women between ages 15 and 44 years. The most obvious and violent form of male domination of women is rape. This is part of machismo that considers women as an object meant to satisfy the sexual needs of men. BIOGRAPHY Francisco Espinosa Rossié (Pako), La Habana, 1975, is an audio-visual artist and filmmaker based in Havana, Cuba. His work expands from video art to experimental film, including video documentations, short fiction, documentary, TV series and videoclips. STUDIES Diploma in TV Management, Havana, 2015. Technology of audio-visual media course, Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica (ICAIC) (Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry), Havana, 2005. BA in Cinematography, Facultad de Medios Audiovisuales, Radio, Cine y Televisión, Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) (Havana's Higher Art Institute), Cuba, 2003-2008. Sculpture studies, San Alejandro Fine Arts Academy, Havana, Cuba, 1998-2000. SOLO EXHIBITIONS Experiencias del límite, (installations and video), San Alejandro Fine Arts Academy, Havana, 2002. Todo por fuera, (paintings and installations), CUJAE´s gallery, Havana, 1997. GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection) SANS SERIF, Cuban new media exhibition, Berlin, Germany, 2014. Campaña Naranja contra la violencia de Género, (video), Fábrica de Arte Cubano (FAC), Havana, 2014. CUBA art video, video, 26th Les Instants Vidéo Numériques et Poétiques festival, Milán, Italia, 2013. 7 velos, video, Castillo Árabe, Jardines de la Tropical, Havana, 2013. Cuban Video Exhibition, The College of New Jersey Art Gallery, Ewing, New Jersey, 2012. HALOS 3, La Moderna Gallery, TIER Project, 2012. SPRAY, Kokerei Hoschaus Hansa, Dortmund, Westlfahl, Germany, 2011. TOP-OS, (video), collateral exhibition to the X Biennial of Havana, Subterráneo de Carlos III. Estudio Teatral Vivarta, 2009. 4th Annual World Body Art Encounter, (video and conferences), Venezuela, 2008. Referencias Territoriales, (video), Muelle 3, Avenida del Puerto, Havana, 2008. Zoom Project, (group exhibition of video), Almendares Park, Havana, 2005 Galería en Do Mayor, (drawing and installation), collateral exhibition to the VII Biennial of Havana, 2002. En el principio era el verbo volar, (installations), Cuban Contemporary Art Exhibit, ISA, 1999. FILMOGRAPHY Con el diablo en el cuerpo (videoclip), Director, 2015. Lactosoy (video), 2014. Desanimada (videoclip), Director, 2014. Desanimada (short fiction), Director, 2013 Multivit (video), 2013 Under the Water (short fiction), Director, 2013 Festival de Música Electrónica Rotilla (documentary), Director of photography, Film Director: Sandra Cordero, 2009. Sobreviviré (videoclip), Director, 2008 Ausencia (experimental video), Direction and Photography, 2008. Semenday (video), 2008. Coay Bay, el país de los ausentes (documentary), Director of photography, Film Director: Mileydis Fundora, 2007. Juega tu Papel (video documentation), Arte Efímero Festival, 2007. Todo lo mío lo llevo conmigo (video art), 2007. Micocilen (video art), 2007. Woyzeck (video documentation), show “Buendia" theater group, Film Director: Flora Lauten, 2007. Aurora, Pasarela, and La Diva, (video), Edition and Photography, 2006-2011. Maraya Shells and El Reino de este mundo (documentaries), Edition and Photography, 2006-2011. Inanimado (video art), 2006. Ademán (video art), 2005. Co-Director, TV series: 2008-2011 Cabaret Operación Victoria Psicópata El que debe vivir Próximo vuelo El canto del Grillo Guardianes del Bosque
