Havana Film Festival
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Location | Havana, Cuba |
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Founded | 1979 |
Awards | Grand Coral prize |
Website | habanafilmfestival |
The Havana Film Festival is a Cuban festival that promotes Latin American filmmakers and films with Latin American themes. The festival is also known in English as International Festival of New Latin American Cinema of Havana, and in Spanish as Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana.[1] It takes place every December in the city of Havana, Cuba.
History
[edit]The inaugural International Festival of New Latin American Cinema was held on December 3, 1979. More than 600 film directors of Latin America responded to the first call made by the Cuban Institute of the Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC). Its founders included ICAIC president Alfredo Guevara, and the filmmakers Julio García Espinosa and Pastor Vega.[2]
As expressed in its founding convocation, the festival aimed to "promote the regular meeting of Latin American filmmakers who with their work enrich the artistic culture of our countries (…); ensure the joint presentation of fiction films, documentaries, cartoons and current events (…), and contribute to the international diffusion and circulation of the main and most significant productions of our cinematographies".[3]
The inaugural festival hosted over 600 filmmakers from across Latin America. Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez as president of the Fiction jury and Cuban filmmaker Santiago Álvarez as president of the jury for Documentaries and Animation. The Coral Grand Prize winners were Colonel Delmiro Gouveia (dir. Geraldo Sarno, Brazil) and Maluala (dir. Sergio Giral, Cuba) in Fiction, The Battle of Chile: the Struggle of a People Without Arms (dir. Patricio Gúzman, Chile) in Documentary, and Elpidio Valdés (dir. Juan Padrón, Cuba) in Animation.[4]
In 2013, following the death of the then-President and co-founder Alfredo Guevara,[4] the Havana Film Festival announced it was reappointing Iván Giroud as President. He had previously served in that position from 1994–2010.[5]
Awards
[edit]Within the following categories, approximately 40 awards are given:[6]
- Films
- Documentaries
- Animation
- First Work
- Direction
- Cinematography
- Other Awards, including a FIPRESCI prize
Grand Coral - First Prize winners (Fiction)
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Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Havana Film Festival". IMDb. Archived from the original on March 14, 2009.
- ^ "Fundadores". Habana Film Festival (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 24, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ "Historia". Habana Film Festival (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 27, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ a b Burnett, Victoria (April 22, 2013). "Alfredo Guevara Valdés, 87, Steward of Cuban Cinema and Castro Ally, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
- ^ "Iván Giroud Reappointed Director of the Havana Film Fest". Cinema Tropical. Cinema Tropical. May 18, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ "Havana Film Festival" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 18, 2007. Awards section.
- ^ "Premios Coral de la edición 42 del Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano". Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (in Spanish). 11 December 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "Premios Coral de la edición 43 del Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano". Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (in Spanish). 15 December 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ "La mexicana ´Tótem´ triunfa en el Festival Internacional de Cine de La Habana". Swiss Info (in Spanish). 7 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "2024 Best cinematography winner". IMDb. 21 April 2025. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
See also
[edit]- Cartagena Film Festival
- Guadalajara International Film Festival
- Havana Film Festival New York
- Huelva Ibero American Film Festival
- Lima Film Festival
- Morelia International Film Festival
- Santiago International Film Festival
- Valdivia International Film Festival
- Viña del Mar International Film Festival
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Spanish)
- Havana Film Festival at the Internet Movie Database