Cuba’s Film Festival kicks off

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Cuba’s Film Festival kicks off
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8 December 2023
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The 44th edition of Havana's International Festival of New Latin American Cinema starts this Friday until December 17, with 199 films in competition, including 39 from Cuba and 12 co-productions.

Cuba has audiovisual works in the eight categories of the competition and five in other sections.

A couple of Cuban works that participated at two major international film festivals this year are also in competition.

These are the documentary “Landrián” by filmmaker Ernesto Daranas, which participated in the 80th edition of the Venice International Film Festival in Italy, and “La mujer salvaje” by young director Alan González, which was screened at the 48th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada.

According to the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC in Spanish), this is the list of Cuban works in this festival.

FICTION COMPETITION (FICTION FILM)

Cuba

– “Una noche con los Rolling Stones” by Patricia Ramos

FICTION COMPETITION (MID-LENGTH AND SHORT-LENGTH FILM)

Cuba

– “Si alguna vez” by Annia Quesada Milord

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION (FICTION FILM)

Cuba, Spain

– “Landrián” by Ernesto Daranas

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION (MID-LENGTH AND SHORT-LENGTH FILMS)

Cuba

– “Al final del camino” by Ariagna Fajardo

– “Diez años después” by Iraida Tamayo Ferras

– “Jibaro” by Osmanys Sánchez Arañó

– “Tartessos Dune” by Josué García Gómez

Italy, Cuba, Brazil

– “I Suoni del Tempo” by Jey Trompiz

ANIMATION COMPETITION

Cuba

– “Fernanda y el extraño caso del mensaje a Figueroa” by Mario Rivas

– “Tu estrella” by Henry De Armas

FIRST WORK COMPETITION

Cuba

– “La mujer salvaje” by Alán González

Italy, Cuba

– “Los oceanos son los verdaderos continentes” by Tommaso Santambrogio

UNPUBLISHED SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

Cuba

– “Archipelago” by Ever Miranda Palacio

– “Chiara Luna” by Adrián Pernas Álvarez

POSTER CONTEST

Cuba

– “De la trova, la canción” by Roberto Pérez Curbelo

– “El mundo de Nelsito” by Vladimir Pérez Díaz

– “Jíbaro” by Isula Kijote

– “La mujer salvaje” by Nelson Ponce Sánchez

– “La otra isla” by Javier G. Borbolla

– “Landrián” by Raul Valdés González

IN PERSPECTIVE: FICTION FILMS

Cuba

– “Aislados” by Maritza Ceballos, Zenia Veigas, Sailin Carbonell, Yoe Perez

– “Santa Canción” by Juan Carlos Travieso

United States, Cuba

– “Malecón” by Carlos Larrazábal

Italy, Cuba, Netherlands, Germany

– “Cine libre” by Adolfo Conti, Elia Romanelli

IN PERSPECTIVE: SHORT-LENGTH FILMS

Cuba

– “Alberto, mi padre” by Carlos Collazo

– “La hora azul” by Claudio Pelaez Sordo

– “La obra” by José Ángel Pérez

– “Todos los días son 8 de marzo” by Lizette Vila, Ingrid León, Sergio Cabrera

Cuba, Brazil

– “Travesías” by Ana Graziela Aguiar

Cuba, Colombia, Spain

– “Madre nuestra” by David Paredes

AVANT-GARDE

Cuba

– “Brujo amor” by Orlando Mora Cabrera

Cuba, Belgium

– “Blue” by Violena I. Ampudia Rodríguez

CINEMA AND NEW TELEVISION SERIES,

THE CINEMA OF THE NEW AUDIOVISUAL ERA

Cuba

– Hermanas de corazón: “Las novias de dios” by Gloria Rolando

– Hermanas de corazón: “Ángeles de la memoria” by Gloria Rolando

– Hermanas de corazón: “El colegio San José” by Gloria Rolando

ENVIRONMENTS

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Argentina, Cuba

– “La gruta continua” by Julián D’Angiolillo

Brazil, United States, Cuba, Angola, Republic of Congo

– “Razões Africanas” (African Reasons) by Jefferson Mello

United States, Cuba

– “Cubana 455: Crónica del 6 de Octubre” by Enrique Berumen

– “The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane” by Maureen Gosling

 

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