Jonathan Cuartas
Directing
Known For

Dwight and his sister Jessie reach a crossroads over what to do about their little brother Thomas, a sickly child with a mysterious affliction.
My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To

With a taxidermy parrot and pistol in hand, Praxi, breaks into the home of a mute spiritual guru who trapped his lover’s soul inside the parrot years ago. Praxi must convince the guru’s estranged daughter to guide her father in freeing his lover’s soul in this darkly comedic tale of love and the afterlife.
The Old Man and the Parrot

While looking for a new home for his family, a Haitian demolition worker is faced with the realities of redevelopment as he is tasked with dismantling his rapidly gentrifying Miami neighborhood.
Mountains

Maribel has been mourning the tragic loss of her mother in the most peculiar way imaginable— by secretly attending the funerals of strangers. After weeks of lying and searching for solace through the grief of others, her inability to move on finally catches up with her.
The Mourning Of

In this playful, cross cultural family drama, an unexpected guest upends the lives of an Argentine mother and daughter over the course of an intimate birthday dinner one icy Chicago night.
The Birthday Gift

In a world where birthmarks are investigated to reveal who people were and how they died in a past life, one man fears that the truth about his previous life could change everything.
And Then Everything Turned Itself Inside Out

After a half truth lands her under immense financial pressure, Ludi Alcidor embarks on a frantic scour through Miami's private care-taking world in an increasingly desperate attempt to send money to her family in Haiti.
Ludi

A man yearns to escape the familial obligation of murdering strangers to feed his crippled cannibalistic brother.
Kuru
When a reclusive Haitian-American painter living with fibromyalgia is invited to exhibit her work at Art Basel Miami, she must confront her invisible disability, an unexpected romance, and the chance to finally step into the life she imagined.
Missed Connections

A young Haitian-American learns how to dance Konpa to impress his crush.
Konpa

Jack, an alcoholic, claims a ruthless killer is after him, but is anything he says believable?
Twelve Traditions

Ana y la Distancia tells the story of a Cuban mother, exiled in Miami, as she anxiously waits for her son who, after the anti-government protests that occurred in Cuba in July 2021, decided to cross borders to reunite with her in the United States.
Ana and the Distance

Two siblings reconnect in a cemetery fifty years later, after sister unburies brother.
Brother Sister

A grave digger and his spade are left to survive on an island while handling a mysterious task.
The Sexton and the Spade

After being abducted by Edith, Carson is held captive in her motor home.
The Horse and the Stag

LucĂa “La Guerrera”, a 16-year-old Mexican lucha libre wrestler, as she struggles to find herself in the wrestling world that she grew up in. Her Father, “El Patron Enmascarado”, who has trained her from a young age, believes that she must maintain the tactics of a ruda (a wrestler who plays dirty to win) in order to have a successful wrestling career. A persona that has laid the foundation of their family’s legacy for generations and been the key to their success. LucĂa is determined to challenge her family’s ways. She is left to decide if she will trust her own intuition and put up a real fight or play by the unspoken rules of the game, surrendering to the strategy that has been forced upon her.