The feature film Esta isla [This Island, 2025, Puerto Rico, 114 minutes] directed by Cristian Carretero and Lorraine Jones Molina, with cinematography by Cedric Cheung-Lau, just won Best Cinematography, Best Direction, and the Special Jury Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival. Co-hosted by Cinema Tropical, the film will have one more screening on Saturday, June 14, at 12:00pm, at Village East by Angelika (181-189 Second Avenue, New York, NY).
Cast: BEBO: Zion Ortíz, LOLA: Fabiola Brown, CHARLIE: Xavier Morales, CORA: Teófilo Torres, MORENO: Audicio Robles, AIDA: Georgina Borri, CHEO: Omar Iloy, PICU: Sean Ortiz, ANGUIE: Jeniffe Fret, PITO: Bryan Minaya.
Description: Siblings Charlie and Bebo maintain a humble but freewheeling lifestyle living in a public housing complex in their coastal Puerto Rican town. They drink and party together — often on the beach, at night, with friends — and by day, they try to make ends meet as fishermen with the occasional side hustle. Against this backdrop, teenage Bebo meets and falls in love with Lola, a young woman from a privileged family. But when Charlie becomes embroiled in shady dealings running up against the business of a local drug dealer, the young lovers flee and seek shelter deep in the island’s untamed and isolated mountains… biding their time to evade peril.
With grounded performances and striking cinematography, Lorraine Jones and Cristian Carretero’s confident first feature is a potent exploration of wayward youth seeking a better future for themselves amidst their precarious present. –José Rodríguez
For more information, see https://www.tribecafilm.com/films/esta-isla-this-island-2025
Also see https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36305675/ and https://habanerofilmsales.com/portfolio/esta-isla
The feature film Esta isla [This Island, 2025, Puerto Rico, 114 minutes] directed by Cristian Carretero and Lorraine Jones Molina, with cinematography by Cedric Cheung-Lau, just won Best Cinematography, Best Direction, and the Special Jury Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival. Co-hosted by Cinema Tropical, the film will have one more screening on Saturday, June 14, at
