• Submitted by: Luis Manuel Mazorra
• Culture and Traditions
• 03 / 16 / 2012

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It was opened in the central province of Camagüey Workshop XVIII National Film Critics, this year dedicated to showing the best theater productions of Cuba and discuss new trends.

With the humor of Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera opened a journey that will last until March 17, and in this year's proposals are extended to show films in 35mm.

-Cinema Award granted by the Provincial Centre of Cine-he was awarded the outstanding Cuban comedian in recognition of his artistic career, which include actions such as "The Survivors", "Death of a Bureaucrat" and "The Twelve chairs, "all directed by Tomas Gutierrez Alea, among other major national film titles.

The Office of the Historian of the City of Camaguey (OHCC) also earned Cinema Award for his laudable purpose of preserving a tradition rooted in Camaguey as the Seventh Art, now from the project "Street Cinema" program that is turn raises the artery "Ignacio Agramonte" on a field trip where all services will be linked to this art, and essentially will be renovated and the iconic movie Casablanca House.

With the presence of the vice presidents of the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) Pablo Pacheco and Reinaldo Guzman, and the filmmaker Enrique Pineda Barnet and academic director of the International School of Film and Television of San Antonio de los Banos, Edgar Soberón , developed the first day of exhibits.

The multilaureado French film "The Artist" (The Artist), directed and written by Michel Hazanavicius, opened the exhibition spaces, after the presentation by Mario Naito, president of the Cuban Association of Film Critics, who emphasized the values art of one of the best films made in the past year, in which the absence of dialogue and colors become main attractions.

"Filmmaking silent at this time is a challenge not only the creation but to their own tastes of audiences. What many may be absurd or nonsense in this film becomes memorable, it is a tribute to express the history of cinema and especially creative the early decades of last century, "said Naito.

Meanwhile, Claudia Calvino and Jorge Molina, producer and actor, respectively, of the film "Juan de los Muertos", presented his film from the unique vision that in Cuban cinema granted to tape two protagonists rare these days.

The film, directed by Alejandro Brugues, will be performing these days along with other recent productions of ICAIC, the most remarkable "Green Green" by Enrique Pineda Barnet and "Fable," by Lester Hamlet.