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INSTAR Festival announces the official selection for its fifth...
The INSTAR Film Festival, a film event of growing international relevance, presented on Tuesday the official selection of films that will compete in its fifth edition, scheduled to take place between October 28 and November 3, 2024. This year, 15 films make up the “In Competition” program, with works from a diverse...
Films from eleven countries will compete in the fifth edition...
Fifteen films make up the “In Competition” program of the fifth edition of the INSTAR Film Festival, which will take place in several cities around the world between October 28 and November 3. The Nicolás Guillén Landrián Award is being contested this year by films from Cuba, Hong Kong, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Palestine...
Cuban films compete for INSTAR award, including a...
Among the Cuban-made films, “La historia se escribe de noche” by Alejandro Alonso; “Parole” by Lázaro J. González; “Petricor” by Violena Ampudia and “Souvenir” by Heidi Hassan were finalists. The INSTAR Film Festival has just published the selection of films that will be in competition for the “Nicolás Guillén Landrián”...
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September 10th, 2024
Cuban films compete for INSTAR award, including a film on...
Among the Cuban-made films, “La historia se escribe de noche” by Alejandro Alonso; “Parole” by Lázaro J. González; “Petricor” by Violena Ampudia and “Souvenir” by Heidi Hassan were finalists. The INSTAR Film Festival has just published the selection of films that will be in competition for the “Nicolás Guillén...
September 10th, 2024
Films from eleven countries will compete in the fifth edition of...
Fifteen films make up the “In Competition” program of the fifth edition of the INSTAR Film Festival, which will take place in several cities around the world between October 28 and November 3. The Nicolás Guillén Landrián Award is being contested this year by films from Cuba, Hong Kong, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Palestine...
September 11th, 2024
INSTAR Festival announces the official selection for its fifth...
The INSTAR Film Festival, a film event of growing international relevance, presented on Tuesday the official selection of films that will compete in its fifth edition, scheduled to take place between October 28 and November 3, 2024. This year, 15 films make up the “In Competition” program, with works...
September 3rd, 2024
“Visions of a fragmented island”: independent Cuban...
This September 18 at Casa de América (Madrid), the Cuban short films Souvenir (Heidi Hassan), La historia se escribe de noche (Alejandro Alonso), El espacio roto (Gabriel Alemán, Eduardo Eimil) and Cuatro hoyos (Daniela Muñoz) will be screened, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers.
September 8th, 2024
An exhibition of Cuban independent cinema to present “visions of a...
Four Cuban films will be screened at Casa de America, Madrid, on September 18 under the title “Cuba: Visions of a Fragmented Island. The program invites to discover “a country hidden beyond its geographical limits”, according to its curator, filmmaker Jose Luis Aparicio. The selected films are...
September 10th, 2024
INSTAR Film Festival returns in October with more films and a film...
The Hannah Arendt Institute of Artivism (INSTAR), directed by Cuban artivist Tania Bruguera, presented the official selection of films in competition of its V Film Festival, which will take place between October 28 and November 3 next on screens in Europe and America, and includes collateral shows and the...
September 3rd, 2024
“Cuba: Visions of a Fragmented Island": Cuban independent...
On September 18, Casa de América in Madrid will host the exhibition “Cuba: visions of a fragmented island,” a selection of short films of contemporary independent Cuban cinema. This event is part of the cycle “No por corto menos cine” (No less cinema for short films), organized by the institution belonging...
September 3rd, 2024
Independent Cuban cinema returns to Casa de América in Madrid
“Cuba: visions of a fragmented island” is the title of a showcase of independent Cuban cinema that will be exhibited at Casa de America, Madrid, on September 18, and is composed of four short films produced between 2023 and 2024. The selection includes films by Cuban filmmakers based in Spain: Souvenir...
August 26th, 2024
Pass the Remote: Intriguing BAMPFA programs celebrate...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive takes audiences on a cinematic joy ride with stops in Los Angeles, Cuba, Hong Kong and China. Buckle up, grab some tickets and ride along to these five series in months ahead. “Cities & Cinema: Los Angeles” (Sept. 6-Oct. 3): The city where dreams happen, or get dashed...
August 09, 2024
Cuban film series arrives on the west coast of the United States
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), in California, United States, will host the event “Cuban Cinema without Borders” from October 23 to November 16 of this year, according to the institution's own website. According to the presentation note of the exhibition, written by Cuban journalist and...
August 09, 2024
An ambitious Cuban film festival underway in California this 2024
“Cuban Cinema Without Borders” will feature around 25 Cuban films. The organizer says this is the first time such a large Cuban film event has been held in California. The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) will host the event “Cuban Cinema Without Borders” from the 23rd…
August 07, 2024
Cuban Cinema without Borders (V INSTAR Film Festival)
As Cuba experiences a historic wave of emigration, its transnational and independent cinema has gained worldwide recognition despite a lack of institutional support. Many contemporary filmmakers are facing the same fate as pioneer Nicolás Guillén Landrián (1938–2003)…
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