YULI

Yuli is the nickname given to Carlos Acosta by his father Pedro, who considers him the son of Ogun, an African warrior god.

From a young age, Yuli fled any kind of discipline and education and the streets of a run-down neighborhood in Havana was where he learned most of his schooling. But his father knows his son has a natural talent for dance and forces him to attend Cuba’s National Dance School.

Despite escaping time after time and his initial indiscipline, Yuli ends up being captivated by the world of the dance, and from childhood will begin to forge his own legend, becoming the first black dancer to interpret some of the most famous roles in ballet, traditionally performed by white dancers, in companies such as the Houston Ballet or London’s Royal Ballet.

• 5 Goya Award nominations (2019)
• 1 nomination for the Feroz Awards (2019)
• Special Jury Award for Best Screenplay at the San Sebastian Film Festival (2018)
• Pubic Award at the Nantes Spanish Film Festival (2019)

• San Sebastian Festival (2018)
• Black Nights Film Festival (2018)
• Chicago Latino Film Festival (2019)
•  Cinéma Spagnol Nantes (2019)
• Cinéma Spagnol Nantes (2019)
•  Dublin International Film Festival (2019)
• Havana International New Latin American Film Festival (2018)
•  Göteborg Film Festival (2019)
•  Istanbul International Film Festival (2019)
• Miami Film Festival. Miami Dade College (2019)
• Palm Springs International Film Festival (2019)
• Seattle International Film Festival (2019)
• Seminci – Valladolid International Film Week (2018)
•  Sydney Film Festival (2019)