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INSTAR Film Festival, another crack in the wall of censorship...
The Second Film Festival of the Hannah Arendt International Institute of Artivism (INSTAR), held last December 4-11 from Cuba, simultaneously with the 43rd edition of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana, proved that a great official event can coexist with another one that is kept safe...
Tribute to Cuban filmmaker Manuel Marzel at the INSTAR...
The second edition of the INSTAR Film Festival ended just three days ago and, once again, the independent event helped to make visible the plurality of voices present in the Cuban artistic scene, despite facing a hegemonic political power determined to regulate the cultural life of the country.
INSTAR's PM fund for independent cinema awards...
The third edition of the PM Fund of the Hannah Arendt International Institute of Artivism (INSTAR) awarded financial support to five film projects by Cuban filmmakers in the categories of Documentary, Fiction, New Media, Distribution, called for the first time for works already…
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December 20, 2021
INSTAR Film Festival, another crack in the wall of censorship in Cuba
The Second Hannah Arendt Institute for International Artivism (INSTAR) Film Festival, held from December 4 to 11 in Cuba, simultaneously with the 43rd edition of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana, demonstrated that a major official event can…
December 15, 2021
Tribute to Cuban filmmaker Manuel Marzel at the INSTAR Film Festival
The second edition of the INSTAR Film Festival ended just three days ago and, once again, the independent event helped to make visible the plurality of voices present in the Cuban artistic scene, despite facing a hegemonic political power determined to regulate the cultural life of the country.
December 14, 2021
INSTAR's PM fund for independent cinema awards films "uncomfortable"...
The third edition of the PM Fund of the Hannah Arendt International Institute of Artivism (INSTAR) awarded financial support to five film projects by Cuban filmmakers in the categories of Documentary, Fiction, New Media, Distribution, called for the first time for works already…
December 09, 2021
The future of Cuban cinema (2021)
Yesterday I saw a movie that kept me up all night. It's the film Quiero hacer una película, directed by Yimit Ramírez and a team of intrepid Cuban filmmakers. I'm not in a position to write a review of the film right now. Especially because it's so complex, intelligent and original that to do so I would need…
December 08, 2021
Censored films screened in Cuba during second INSTAR Film Festival
The Hannah Arendt Institute of Artivism (INSTAR) is holding its second film festival until next Saturday, with independent audiovisual works censored by the Cuban government. The exhibition includes titles and authors such as Quiero hacer una película (Yimit Ramírez, 2020), Sueños al pairo (Fernando Fraguela and…)
December 07, 2021
The INSTAR Film Festival: Omens and Presents of Cuban Audiovisuals
The fact that the second edition of the INSTAR Film Festival will showcase films such as I Want to Make a Movie (Yimit Ramírez, 2020), Dreams Al Pairo (Fernando Fraguela and José Luis Aparicio, 2020), Blue Heart (Miguel Coyula, 2021), Vulgarly Classic X (Nonardo Perea, 2021) and Now! (Eliécer Jiménez, 2016), demonstrates...
December 06, 2021
‘The Slaughterhouse’, a documentary by Cuban director Fernando Fraguela
El matadero (2021), the most recent film by Fernando Fraguela Fosado, is currently premiering at the INSTAR Film Festival. Organized by the Hannah Arendt Institute of Artivism and the Cuban Cinema in Quarantine (CCC) project, this event began its 2nd edition on December 4 and will run until the 11th…
December 06, 2021
II Instar Film Festival (2020-2021)
Scheduled almost entirely in an ‘online’ format, the II Instar Film Festival, organized by the Hannah Arendt Institute of Artivism of the artist Tania Bruguera, will be held from December 4 to 11 with a program consisting of 11 thematic cycles, a retrospective dedicated to Manuel Marzel…
December 03, 2021
The second edition of the INSTAR Film Festival is already starting
Sponsored by the Hannah Arendt Institute of Artivism (INSTAR) and the independent project “Cuban Cinema in Quarantine”, the second edition of the INSTAR Film Festival is announced from December 4 to 11. In parallel to the Havana International Film Festival, organized by the ICAIC authorities…
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