Pavel Giroud was born in Havana. His films have been designated as the Cuban entry for Best Foreign Picture on two occasions, and have received nominations for the Goya, Platino, and José María Forqué Awards.

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A graduate of Havana’s Instituto Superior de Diseño, Pavel Giroud started as a visual and video artist. He soon started working as a director of commercials and, encouraged by those who saw in him a gifted storyteller, he decided to give cinema a try. As he gained recognition for his short films, he was asked to direct music videos, and again, he jumped at this new opportunity.

Pavel Giroud’s first feature, The Silly Age (2006), was selected as Best Cuban Film of the Year by the Cuban Critics Association. Other credits include Three Times Two (2004), Playing Lecouna (2015), and The Companion (2016), which won the Best Project Award at San Sebastian’s Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum for its screenplay.

His sixth film, The Padilla Affair (2022), explores poet Heberto Padilla’s release from prison and his participation in a Cuban writers’ guild meeting where he describes himself as a counterrevolutionary agent and accuses many colleagues, including his wife, of the same offense.