STORY
VIVA stars Héctor Medina as Jesus, a young hairdresser working at a Havana nightclub that showcases drag performers, who dreams of being a performer himself. Encouraged by his mentor, Mama (Luis Alberto García), Jesus finally gets his chance to take the stage. But when his estranged father Angel (Jorge Perugorría) abruptly reenters his life, his world is quickly turned upside down. As father and son clash over their opposing expectations of each other, VIVA becomes a love story as the men struggle to understand one another and reconcile as a family.

VIVA was a hit at the 2015 Telluride Film Festival, and is Ireland’s entry for the Best Foreign Film Academy Award this year.

STARRING
Jorge Perugorría
Luis Alberto García
Héctor Medina
Luis Manuel Álvarez
Renata (Maikel Machín Blanco)
Laura Alemán

DIRECTED BY
Paddy Breathnach

WRITTEN BY
Mark O’Halloran

PRODUCED BY
Rebecca O’Flanagan
Robert Walpole