Jorge Molina Enríquez

Jorge Molina Enríquez (born 1966 in Palma Soriano in the province of Santiago) is a Cuban actor and film director. After studying cinema in the USSR, he graduated from the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television (International Film and TV School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba), known as EICTV. His thesis film, Molina's Culpa was a controversial tale with anti-Catholic content.

Career As an actor, Molina has appeared in close to 80 films (including student films and shorts), most notably in Cuban filmmaker Fernando Perez's films Madagascar, La vida es silbar and Madrigal. He recently he played one of the leading characters in the international hit Juan de los Muertos. His own works are always irreverent and provocative low-budget productions, featuring plenty of sexual activity and violence.

In 2008 Jorge Molina won funds from CINERGIA (Fund for the Promotion of the Audiovisual in Central America and the Caribbean). The jury granted Molina $10,000 to produce his short film Molina's Ferrozz, based on Charles Perraul's fairytale "Little Red Riding Hood". When he received the funds, Panamanian writer and frequent collaborator Edgar Soberón Torchia suggested he could extend the script, Molina agreed and he finally directed his first feature film, which was exhibited during the annual film festival in Havana. In 2018 he released Molina's Margarita.

Molina was the cultural liaison at the EICTV, and also teaches directing at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana. He lives in Havana with his wife and their two daughters.

Filmography

As actor

Año Título Papel Referencia 1994 Madagascar Molina 1998 La vida es silbar Cycle Driver 2007 Madrigal Él mismo 2010 Acorazado Alberto 2010 Club Habana Manolo 2010 Amor crónico Él mismo 2011 Juan of the Dead Lázaro 2012 Day of the Flowers Jorge 2013 Esther Somewhere Larry Po 2014 Contigo pan y cebolla Anselmo 2016 Four Seasons in Havana Antonio Rangel

As director

1992 Molina’s Culpa (film) narrative short 18 min 2000 Fría Jennie narrative short 10 min 2001 Molina’s Test narrative short 25 min 2006 Molina’s Solarix narrative short 24 min 2008 Molina’s Mofo narrative short 40 min 2009 Molina’s El hombre que hablaba con Marte narrative short 29 min 2009 Molina’s Fantasy narrative short 10 min 2010 Molina’s Ferozz narrative feature 73 min 2013 Molina’s Borealis narrative short — 2014 Sarima (Molina’s Borealis 2) narrative short — 2016 Molina’s Rebecca narrative short — 2018 Molina’s Margarita narrative short — 2024 La última pelea narrative short — 2026 Molina’s Redemption narrative feature Preproduction