From May 2nd, the seventeenth edition of the French Film Festival begins in Havana, organized by the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) in conjunction with Cinemania, from France and the Alliance Française in Cuba.
The Chaplin, Riviera, 23 and 12 Cinema, Multicine Infanta (halls 1 and 2) room will be open to the public that loves French cinema, and that this time will have the opportunity to enjoy as every year a program of excellence with the latest released in that country.
Other room film as “Glauber Rocha” in the New Latin American Cinema Foundation; “Victor Hugo” House, “Walfredo Piñera” House from Felix Varela Cultural Center both in the historical district of Old Havana; International School of Film and Television of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV); UNEAC, Pedagogical Institute “Enrique José Varona”; will function as secondary venues of the event, spaces that facilitate moviegoers of any part of the city to enjoy the new proposal offered by the organizers.
As is tradition a tribute section is devoted to prominent critic, actor and director Francois Truffaut, one of the initiators of the new wave movement in France.