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Good year for Cuban Cinema: Six Cuban Film Premiers Scheduled for 2012
The first film by director Eduardo del Llano –Vinci- will be premiered on January 13. The movie by the screenwriter of La vida es silbar (Life is Wistling) tells the story of young Leonardo, the paint… more →
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Film: Gloria Rolando’s “Voces para un silencio / Breaking the Silence”
wrote 1 day ago: Part III of the 2012 documentary series 1912, Voces para un silencio [1912, Breaking the Silence] by … more →
Cuban Film: Jorge Perugorría’s “Se Vende”
wrote 4 weeks ago: Se Vende [For Sale], a newly-released Cuban film directed by actor/director Jorge Perugorría, has th … more →
"One way or Another" by Sara Gómez at Tate Modern. 23/03/13
wrote 2 months ago: De Cierta Manera (1977) is a landmark film in Cuban cinema whose radical innovations in form echo it … more →
Film: “I Am Cuba” at the Siskel Film Center in Chicago
wrote 3 months ago: I Am Cuba (1964, in Spanish and Russian with English subtitles) will be playing on Friday, February … more →
Nada+: Love and Bureaucracy in Cuba
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wrote 4 months ago: In her letters, Carla writes about love, loneliness, longing. Of course, she is really writing about … more →
A New Era for Filmmakers in Cuba
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wrote 4 months ago: In “A New Era’s Filmmakers Find Their Way in Cuba,” Victoria Burnett (The New York Times) reviews th … more →
New Film: Charly Medina’s “Penumbras”
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wrote 7 months ago: The feature film Penumbras (Shadows), the debuting work by director Charly Medina, opened on October … more →
7 Days in Havana (7 días en La Habana, France/Spain/Cuba 2012)
wrote 10 months ago: Melvis Estévez is Cecilia, the young singer torn between a new future in Spain or staying with her b … more →
Luis Eduardo Aute Returns to Cuba for the International Low Budget Film Festival
wrote 1 year ago: Cecilia Crespo writes about Spanish singer-songwriter Luis Eduardo Aute’s upcoming visit to Cuba for … more →
Film: Review of “Habana Eva”
wrote 1 year ago: Of the films recently screened in “Caribbean Journeys” at the 2012 Filmfest D.C., Habana Eva [or Hav … more →
BIFF 2012 #2: Juan of the Dead (Juan de los muertos, Cuba/Spain 2011)
wrote 1 year ago: Juan (with the oar), his daughter Camilla, Vladi (with the baseball bat) and Lazaro Is it possible t … more →
Eduardo del Llano Speaks about “Vinci”
wrote 1 year ago: Earlier this year, Cecilia Crespo interviewed Cuban director Eduardo del Llano about his latest film … more →
Juan of the Dead - UK premiere
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wrote 1 year ago: It looks like the acclaimed Cuban zombie film from last year, Juan Of The Dead (or Juan de los Muert … more →
Leonardo da Vinci, as Imagined by Cuban Director Eduardo del Llano
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wrote 1 year ago: In December, the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) hosted a special showing of Vinci, the first feature l … more →
Good year for Cuban Cinema: Six Cuban Film Premiers Scheduled for 2012
wrote 1 year ago: The first film by director Eduardo del Llano –Vinci- will be premiered on January 13. The movie by t … more →
Cuban Filmmaker Ian Padron Receives Glauber Rocha Award
wrote 1 year ago: Cuban filmmaker Ian Padron said it was an honor to receive the Glauber Rocha 2011 award, which carri … more →
More on “Marina”: Interview with Kiki Álvarez
wrote 1 year ago: As a follow up to our recent post about the enigmatic film Marina, here is an interview with directo … more →
New Film: Enrique Álvarez’s “Marina”
wrote 1 year ago: In September 2011, Cuban filmmaker Enrique (Kiki) Álvarez presented Marina, a film that moves away f … more →
Forthcoming Film: Mariam García Alan's “La novia de Akira”
wrote 1 year ago: Mildrey Ponce Cubanow) interviews the director of new Cuban documentary, La novia de Akira [Akira’s … more →
