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• 01 / 02 / 2010

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German film "The Wave," directed by Dennis Gansel, and British Stephen Daldry's "The Reader" are heading the list of the best films screened in Cuba during 2009.

The Cuban Association of Cinematographic Media chose Spanish Jose Luis Cuerda's "The Blind Sunflowers" and Danish Lars Von Trier's "Antichrist" among foreign productions.

Three of the films awarded in the recent Havana's film festival also appear in the list. They are "The Frightened Tit," by Peruvian Claudia Llosa, Argentinean Juan Jose Campanella's "The Secret of Her Eyes" and Chilean's Sebastian Silva's "The Nanny"

As best Cuban film "The Least Prize," by filmmaker Juan Carlos Cremata, was selected, while "Benny More, The Whole Voice of Son," by Jorge Luis Sanchez, was chosen as best documentary film.

In the latter category, there were other outstanding films, as "Titon, from Havana to Guantanamera," directed by actress Mirta Ibarra, "The Tie," by Armando Capo Ramos, and "Nearby High Heels," by Jessica Rodriguez.

Among the best cartoons screened in 2009, Cuban "Twenty Years," by Barbaro Joel Ortiz, Alien Ma's "Tic-Tock," and US Andrew Stanton's Wall-E were chosen.

Source: PL