For the ninth time Belgian culture arrives in Havana until next November 17. Film, visual arts, literature and other art forms will take Cubans closer to the culture of that European nation.
With the inauguration of a selection of works by cartoonists and graphic artists from Wallonia and Brussels in honor of the 200th anniversary of Adolphe Sax, the creator of the saxophone, the IX Belgian Week began in Havana, which in its current edition will have the visual arts as a major theme.
Titled Sax Inspirations: melodies graphiques an original exhibition at the Alliance Française de la Habana will be presented. Prominent among the exhibition are the urban photos Habaneros, by Belgian Jim Sumkay that starting Monday will be appreciated in the fence at the Fountain in the Old Square.
It also scheduled a mapping show on the front of the Vitrina de Valonia as part of the presentation of the second book Dreaming Havana. There will also be lectures and an animation workshop for teens at the Vitrina de Valonia.
The ninth edition of the Belgian Week will encourage cooperation and exchange between Belgian and Cuban scientists who make up the most diverse research projects in order to get to know each of them and a community and network subsequently created.
The cultural event will also be a good scenario for the exchange in film industry, cultural cooperation initiative developed between the animation studios of ICAIC and Belgian Camera-ETC. At the room Chaplin Belgian filmmaking will be represented by three feature films and one documentary, as well as an exciting program of short films based on prominent aesthetic pursuits of their experimental filmmakers.
The opening film will be Hasta la Vista, by Geoffrey Enthoven that tells the story of three disabled young men willing to do anything to lose their virginity. In that film stands out its balanced mix of drama and humor, has been awarded at festivals in Karlovy Vary, Montreal, Palm Springs and Valladolid, as well as the European Film Awards. The remaining titles are included in the selection Altiplano by Peter Brosens, Left Bank, by Peter Van Hees, and the documentary Kinshasa Kids, by Marc Henri Wajnberg.
