Ernesto Daranas: “Censorship is an act of abuse of power, of ignorance, of arrogance”
“Landrián” had its second showing as part of the 44th edition of the Havana Film Festival at the La Rampa ...
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Dialogue and censorship: landscape between two words
Testimony and reflection on the meeting between the Assembly of Cuban Filmmakers and leaders of the Party and the Culture ...
Cuban movie posters, a gem of the island recognized by UNESCO
The presence of this Cuban collection in the international Memory of the World register is, for Anne Lemaistre, recognition of ...
Fernando Pérez: “Lack of perfection is human”
Brief dialogue with the Cuban film director about his most recent work: “El mundo de Nelsito.”
An exquisite corpse at the Havana Festival
Nicolás Guillén Landrián, the “enfant terrible” of Cuban documentary filmmaking, will have a second resurrection with a retrospective of his ...
Juan Antonio García Borrero: “God laughs at us when he sees us think”
Juani is a lovable guy, easily accessible and, at the same time, a solid intellectual and a thinker of the ...
Vicenta at the stake of our days
It is inaccurate, because it is incomplete, to affirm that “Vicenta B.,” the most recent work by Carlos Lechuga, is ...
Fernando Pérez: “I don’t want to be an opponent”
Ideas triumph because they are the ideas that an era needs; they cannot be imposed. Participation mechanisms have to be ...
Varentierra coworking: in Wajiros code
Varentierra: it is said in Cuba of a rustic construction made from the royal palm, typical of rural areas, with ...
Three voices of Cuban cinema: betting on dialogue and not on violence
More than a week after the concentration of Cuban artists and intellectuals, mostly young, on November 27 (27-N) in front ...
“In Miami I’ve discovered another part of my culture”
Héctor David Rosales is more than a Cuban filmmaker who lives outside of Cuba. He is more than one of ...
Our cinema, independent and Cuban: present and immediate future
In recent months, the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry has presented several measures for the benefit of independent ...
Cuba in mourning. Juan Padrón, the creator of Elpidio Valdés, dies
Cuban filmmaker Juan Padrón, creator of the character of Elpidio Valdés and his legendary adventures; of the Vampires in Havana, ...
Cuban cinema in quarantine: a movie library from home
Several initiatives by different artists are arising these days on the social networks to encourage people to stay home and ...
The best of Cuban cinema made at ICAIC, according to the Cinematheque of Cuba
A list with the most representative of Cuban cinema produced by the Cuban Institute of Cinema Art and Industry (ICAIC) ...
Cuban cinema in Sundance: “Bembé” in virtual reality
NewMen Studio is the name of the Cuban audiovisual studio that will represent the island in the next edition of ...
Blanca Rosa Blanco to make documentary about emigration between the Canary Islands and Cuba
Cuban actress and filmmaker Blanca Rosa Blanco will make a documentary about the emigration of the islanders who went to ...
Cuban cinema in 2019: year of Cuban independent cinema
Despite the low production, 2019 was a fruitful year for independent Cuban cinema, due to a great extent to the ...
Havana Film Festival: eyes that see from Latin America
A total of 300 films to enjoy in 10 days (from December 5 to 15), that is the proposal presented ...
Ernesto Daranas: “I’ve never been censored, but it has happened to many people”
Ernesto Daranas has lived all his life in Old Havana, a landscape he has taken to the big screen, not ...
Cuban scriptwriter’s film about Spanish Civil War premiered
The film Mientras dure la guerra (While at War), by renowned Chilean-Spanish filmmaker Alejandro Amenábar, was premiered this weekend in ...
Carlos Lechuga: “Cuban independent cinema exists; everyone knows it”
Carlos Lechuga is 35 years old and is one of the young filmmakers with one of the most relevant works ...
María Isabel Díaz: “I’ve always wanted to work in Cuba”
Cuban actress María Isabel Díaz, remembered in Cuba for her performance in films such as Una novia para David, recently ...
Jacqueline Arenal wants to make films in Cuba
The well-known Cuban actress Jacqueline Arenal, remembered for characters like Verena Contreras, said she is keen to do theater and ...
“Getting around the system”
The film Los sobrevivientes (The Survivors) by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Titón (1928-1996), always makes me face the same thoughts, because ...
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