Armando Capó was born 1979 in Gibara, Cuba. He first graduated in painting from Cuba’s National School of Visual Arts. He later graduated in directing lm, TV and Radio at Instituto Superior de ARTE (ISA) and as documentary Film director at Escuela Internacional de Cine, San Antonio de los Baños. His works have been selected to participate in important festivals. He has produced several fiction short films, many of which have won awards at film festivals around the world. “La Marea” was selected for the critics as on of the best Cuban Films in 2009. Capó was invited by the MoMA (2013 MoMA’s International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media) and the Wintherthur Film Festival to do a retrospective on his previous works.