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Cuban premier of Zuzu Angel

The story about a famous fashion designer was brought to the silver screen in Zuzu Angel (2006), by director Sergio Rezende and writer Marcos Bernstein, and will be shown for the first time in Cuba this month during a week of Brazilian cinema. Read More

La Edad de la Peseta, Cuba film for Goya and Oscar Awards

According to information from the Cuban cinema website, "La Edad de la Peseta," co-produced by Spain and Venezuela, will be included in the category for the best Ibero-American motion picture in the Goya Award, while in case of the Oscar, it would be for Best Foreign Language Film. Read More

Cuban films in Mexico

One film would be exhibited and debated every Wednesday. The program includes such motion pictures as "Viva Cuba", directed by Juan Carlos Cremata, the anthological "Memorias del Subdesarrollo" (Memories of Underdevelopment) by Tomas Gutierrez Alea, and "Elpidio Valdés", by Juan Padron. Read More

Michael Moore's "Sicko"" broad reach and impact in north american population

Few have seen the movie but nearly half of the public is familiar with it. "Sicko" gets many talking about health care issues, reinforcing views of some and encouraging others (even some conservatives) to re-think the need for reform Read More

Pineda Barnet filming again

The full length feature 'Te espero en la eternidad' approaches "the most dramatic phenomenon suffered by Cuban families, that of separation," and he is making it without the fear of repeating himself by dealing with a theme that he has taken to the screen on a number of occasions. Read More

Cinema Plaza 2007: Homage to Pablo, Massip, and Piard

Competing works, in different genres make up a catalogue that covers from fiction to the documentary, experimental videos in the different variants of the video clip, advertisements and animation and in the fields dedicated to cinema and with the inclusion, in the contest of unpublished scripts Read More

Animated films in Cubas summer

This summer, six movies and ten video clips produced in Cuba under a program sponsored by the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) will be released for children and adolescents. Read More

Cuban Director Gutiérrez Alea honoured at Panamanian Film Festival

Recognised as one of the founders of Cuban cinema, Gutiérrez Alea wrote and directed over twenty films and documentaries since he began his career in the late 1950s, until his death in 1996. Read More

Cuban TV premiered two documentaries about Fidel

Premiere on television of the documentaries Entrevistando a Fidel (Interviewing Fidel) and Momentos con Fidel (Moments with Fidel) Read More

Ready to begin the shooting of The Horn of Abundance

As explained the coauthor of Strawberry and Chocolate, The Horn of Abundance will win the Coral award for comedy, with his method of making cinema within cinema; a quick-witted comedy, full of misunderstandings and unforeseen issues. The project will be a co-production between ICAIC and the Gerardo Herreras company Tornasol, with support of Ibermedia. Read More

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