New Chano Pozo documentary Awarded at Cubadisco 2007

Chano was more than just the musician who made the perfect combination with Dizzy Gillepsie and the guy who once and for all brought the bongo and conga into the world of jazz Read More

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Cuban culture in La Paz, Bolivia

Choral Society of Bolivia made a special performance in La Paz, where they sang classical pieces of Cuban music Read More

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Traveling Caribbean Film exhibition now in Santa Lucia

A traveling exhibition of Caribbean films sponsored by Cuba will be attracting the attention of the media and cinema lovers on the Caribbean island of Santa Lucia until Friday May 25. Read More

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Night of the Innocent Premieres in Havana

Director Arturo Sotto presents his latest Cuban Film Institute production. The new Cuban feature-length film La noche de los inocentes (The Night of the Innocent) by director Arturo Sotto had its Havana premiere on Tuesday and opens at theaters around the capital on Thursday May 24. Read More

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Chalbaud to film on Cuban doctors in Venezuela

"Con los brazos abiertos" will be the title of film-maker Roman Chalbaud's next production, inspired in Cuban doctors in Venezuela, Read More

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Two galas to remember

THE start of CUBADISCO 2007 has been for celebrating. Two gala events, the award ceremony at the Karl Marx Theater and the official opening event at the Amadeo Roldán Theatre both qualify as "something to remember." Read More

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Debut of seven full-length fiction films in Cuba this year

Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) is readying for this year the debut of seven full-length fiction films. La noche de los inocentes will be the third oficially- presented Cuban film of the year Read More

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Local TV Festival coming soon to Las Tunas, Cuba

A national festival of local television stations is scheduled to be held in the eastern Cuban province of Las Tunas from May 23rd-25th. Speaking to a press conference, Rafaela Balanza, an official from the Cuban Radio and Television Institute (ICRT), a record number of 333 programs and documentaries will compete in this edition of the National Local TV Stations Festival. Read More

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Film Appreciation Festival in Las Tunas

The 14th Film Appreciation Festival Cinemazu in Las tunas from May 22nd to 25th, will be dedicated to the best of the Spanish cinema of all the times. It is a true delight for the public of this territory of Cuba where the Spanish cinema has its fans. The contest will screen films of classic Spanish folm makers such as Pedro Almodovar, Alejandro Amenabar, Luis Buñuel, Vigas Lunas and Carlos Saura, among others. Read More

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Award in Chile for Cuban Documentary

During the second Ideas Movie Cinema Festival in Santiago de Chile, Cuba participated with several films by young graduates from the International Cinema and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños and won the first prize with the documentary by director Raquela Conde. She approached in her film the story of a town man, Fidel Valdés, during the 1962 October Crisis. Giraldo Mazola, Cubas Ambassador to Chile, received the award on behalf of the film director. Read More

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