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The latest in film-related news from the island
02/13/12
New book about Hemingway in Cuban moving-image media. El mito Hemingway en el audiovisual cubano (The Hemingway myth in Cuban audiovisual production), by scholar Miryorly…
01/30/12
Umberto Peña opens solo show in Salamanca. Not quite five years ago, the acclaimed artist and graphic designer settled in the Spanish city of Salamanca.…
Directors and architect-star will appear at Miami Film Festival in early March
01/24/12
Cuban Art News has been reporting on Unfinished Spaces, the film about the architecture of Havana’s Instituto Superior de Artes (ISA), while it was still…
12/05/11
Cuban Art in the Gary Nader Auction. This past Thursday, the debut sale at the Gary Nader Fine Art Centre lured some 400 international collectors…
Cuban director Esteban Insausti appears with movie at Lincoln Center
08/18/11
“A low budget is no excuse to make a mediocre movie,” Esteban Insausti told a packed audience this past Saturday as his film, Larga Distancia…
Performances, lectures, screenings: an update
08/02/11
A Cuban photographer-printmaker teaching college art students in western Massachusetts. Legendary Cuban artists and photographers in lively conversation with audiences in Manhattan. An acclaimed documentary…
At 80, the renowned performer looks back at her career and discusses upcoming projects
07/27/11
Cuban actress Verónica Lynn is 80 years old, but only her own insistence in announcing it gives credibility to this fact. She has worked in…
Drama and Documentaries at LA Latino International Film Festival
07/21/11
Boleto al Paraíso (Ticket to Paradise), winner of the Havana Star Prize for Best Fiction Film at this year’s Havana Film Festival New York, is…
Southern California Edition Features Events at Seven Venues
06/21/11
New York’s “¡Si Cuba!” Festival is entering the final weeks of its three-month run, but its success has already inspired a West Coast offshoot. Kicking…
Documentary spotlights the legendary architecture of Cuba’s National Art Schools
06/12/11
Ten years in the making, the feature-length documentary Unfinished Spaces focuses on the innovative, organic architecture of Cuba’s Escuelas Nacionales de Arte (now known as…
Gerardo Chijona’s Ticket to Paradise Wins Havana Star Award for Best Picture
04/29/11
With close to a dozen Cuban films on the program—including several New York and world premieres—the 12th annual Havana Film Festival New York lived up…
Miguel Coyula’s film, "Memories of Overdevelopment," grand prize winner in Havana
04/05/11
Ten years after its debut, the Young Filmmakers Exhibition, held February 22-27, 2011 in Havana, has matured as a competion and as a showcase for…
Co-organizer Ben Rodríguez-Cubeñas offers preview of spring cultural festival
03/28/11
Ben Rodríguez-Cubeñas, chair of the Cuban Artists Fund and senior staff member at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, is one of the principal organizers of ¡Sí…
Exclusive excerpt from the forthcoming biography of Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
03/19/11
After yesterday’s interview, film historian Juan Antonio García Borrero shares with Cuban Art News an excerpt from Hasta cierto Titón, his forthcoming biography of the…
Juan Antonio Borrero writes an "intellectual biography” of noted film director
03/17/11
To state that Juan Antonio García Borrero (b. 1964), of the Cuban province of Camagüey, is the most important Cuban film historian of the past…
New documentaries directed by women offer unprecedented views on two taboo subjects: racism and transsexuality
08/27/10
The Cuban Film Industry (ICAIC) is screening two unique documentaries in Havana cinemas (almost all of which are now equipped with digital projection systems). The…
In an online interview, director Miguel Coyula reveals the touchstones of his latest film.
08/08/10
In 1968, Cuban movie screens were shaken by a black-and-white film with a very singular name: Memorias del Subdesarollo (Memories of Underdevelopment). Although its director,…
Art exhibition in Spain and upcoming Oliver Stone film examine Castro as public figure
06/18/10
Like a more international version of the famously reclusive J.D. Salinger—removed from public life but capable of shaking Google’s spider web with every new sighting—Fidel…
Inaugural ‘Havana Star’ Awards Presented at Closing Gala
04/29/10
Memories of Overdevelopment (Memorias del Desarrollo) by Cuban-American filmmaker Miguel Coyula was awarded the first Havana Star Prize for Best Picture at this year’s Havana…
Contemporary Cuban art has its own YouTube channel
03/22/10
Made in Havana, Miami, or elsewhere, contemporary Cuban art already has its own YouTube channel: Tuyosmayo. Created and directed by Cuban artist Jorge Mata, (b.…
“Chamaco” only Cuban film to screen at Miami International Film Fest
03/08/10
Chamaco (Kiddo), the first full-length feature to emerge from Cuba’s new wave of no-budget independent cinema, arrives at the Miami International Film Festival tomorrow, March…
Director will present his films to Habaneros
01/04/10
Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore, one of the most popular and successful European filmmakers, will arrive in Havana on January 7, 2010 for a four-day visit.…
Obiní Batá Documentary Premieres at 21st Latin American Film Festival
12/16/09
Obiní Batá is a group of six Cuban female Batá drummers. Headed by Eva Despaigne, who had been a member of the prestigious National Folklore…
The event will present more than 400 movies and collateral exhibitions.
12/03/09
Today, when Cuba is celebrating Doctors´ Day, Havana is hosting the 21st International New Latin American Film Festival for ten days. Havana, which has already celebrated…
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02/22/12
Blanton curator nets top award; Cuba exhibit opensAustin 360, Texas, USA -
02/21/12
In a land of equality, racismHarvard Gazette, USA -
02/20/12
Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba comes to Joburg and CTArtslink, South Africa -
02/20/12
Interview: Ballerina Viengsay Valdés in Vancouver, CanadaStraight.com, Canada
- 02/21/12 - Update: Garaicoa at Centre Pompidou, Ana Albertina in Miami, and a Retrospective in Havana
- 02/16/12 - Work in Progress: “Cubanacan: A Revolution of Forms”
- 02/13/12 - Cine Cuba: A Film News Roundup
- 02/08/12 - Update: Acosta and Barroso in Madrid, Aguilera in Atlanta, a Castañeda Homage to Gego, More
- 02/02/12 - The Making of “Inside Havana:” A Conversation With Julio César Pérez
- 01/31/12 - “Inside Havana:” An Insider’s Look at the City and Its Architecture
