37th edition of Havana’s International Festival of the New Latin American Cinema

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José Manuel García Rebustillos: One Artist, Various Series

Cuban painter José Manuel García Rebustillos was born in Havana on March 22, 1964. He is well known in Cuba for the series titled Rostros de Habaneras (Faces of Havana Women), which has been widely shown on the television program El Selecto Club de la Neurona Intranquila.

Habana Compás Dance: Soon to Debut in the U.S.A.

Habana Compás Dance, a Cuban company characterized by mixing the essence of Spanish dance with Afro-Cuban rhythms, will make its debut in the United States on April 22, an informed in Havana on Monday by its director and choreographer, Liliet Rivera.

Cuban Photographer Iván Nápoles Wins 2016 National Cinema Award

Cuban photographer Iván Nápoles will receive on March 24 the 2016 National Cinema Award, announced in Havana the president of the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC), Robert Smith.

Ballet Schools of Cuba and the United States Consolidate Exchanges

The Cuban School of Ballet Fernando Alonso and the Ruth Page School of Dance in Chicago will strengthen this year their educational and cultural exchanges, asserted recently the director of the U.S. center Victor Alexander Ramirez.

One of Mozart’s Violins to Travel to Cuba for the First Time

One of the violins of great musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will travel to Havana for the concerts to be given in the Cuban capital by musician Frank Stadler, the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation informed from Viena, Austria.

Candidates to National Cinema Award Announced

In the context of celebrations for the 57th anniversary of the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC), the name of the prizewinner selected among the 22 candidates for the National Film Award will be announced.

Interview with Jorge Luis Barber, Producer of the Cuban Full-Length Film Café Amargo

Elisa Álvarez Delgado

Café Amargo, a feature film and first work by outstanding documentary maker Rigoberto Jiménez, promises to draw near to stories that are distant from or seldom told by Cuban film in recent decades.

“The Revenant: A Race to the Oscars”

Lilian I. Morales Romero

The Revenant, the most recent film by the Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu, just won three Golden Globes and became one of the favorites for the 2016 Oscar Awards with 12 nominations.

30 Latin American Films Headed to the Miami Film Fest

Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival announced its 33rd edition’s showcase last week. The Festival gives world cinema center stage in Miami for the week with 129 feature-length and short films. There is no shortage of Latin American titles, with a grand total of 30 feature-films and 3 shorts representing the region.

Peter Turnley’s Impressive Photo Essays in Havana

Maya Quiroga

Momentos de la condición humana, first personal exhibition by a U.S. photographer at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes.

Concert of The Rolling Stones in Cuba

The Cuban Music Institute is holding talks with the team of the British band The Rolling Stones for a concert in Havana in March, local television announced on February 25.

Dancing with Margot: a Cuban Film to be Enjoyed in a Movie Theater

While current dynamics of audiovisual consumption take place in a homelike atmosphere, the Cuban film Bailando con Margot needs to be watched and listened to in a movie theater, said on Thursday its director Arturo Santana, only a few days away from its national premiere.