15th HAVANA FILM FESTIVAL NEW YORK (HFFNY) PRESENTS
THE FILM LINE-UP FOR
THE NEW CUBAN CINEMA: 55 YEARS OF A SHARED DREAM
15th HFFNY will celebrate 55 years of Cuban cinema with an outstanding line-up of 14 films from the island to be featured throughout the festival. Three of these films, El Cow Boy / The Cow Boy, Now! and Historias de la revolución / Stories of the Revolution, will screen at the CUNY GRADUATE CENTER as part of a free program including a Q&A with Cuban Film Archives Director Luciano Castillo and Jerry Carlson, Blinder Center Fellow, co-presented by Blinder Center and Western Hemisphere Studies - CUNY. Simultaneous translations will be available.
The 15th HFFNY will run April 3-11 at the Quad and additional venues around the city. Many of the filmmakers will travel from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, U.S., and Spain to present their films.
Bellow you will find complete information on all 55 Years of a Shared Dream entries.
Juan Padrón - Mario Rivas - Tulio Raggi | Cuba | 1990 | Animation | 6min
Series of animated adult comedies: "A Rat in the Cave", "Special Quality," "Archaeological Museum," "Pepito's Business," "Cold Light," "Hunting Birds," and "Lust". Serie de chistes animados para adultos: Una rata en la cueva, Calidad especial, Museo Arqueológico, El negocio de Pepito, Luz fría, Cazar aves y Lujuria.
Luis Felipe Bernaza | Cuba | 1983 | Fiction | 14min
Documentary in which songwriters Silvio Rodriguez and Pablo Milanes sing four songs about women. Documental en el que los trovadores Silvio Rodríguez y Pablo Milanés cantan cuatro canciones cuyos títulos son nombres de mujer.
A famous baseball player is facing his retirement and the issues that this is bringing into his personal and professional life until his last game. Un pelotero famoso enfrenta su retiro y los conflictos que genera en su vida profesional y familiar hasta la noche en que debe jugar por última vez.
Hernán Henríquez | Cuba | 1970 | Animation | 5min
The cavemen of Gugulandia argue over appropriate names for fruits. Los cavernícolas de Gugulandia discuten sobre las palabras adecuadas para nombrar las frutas.
The first of "Quinoscopio" series based on designs by Argentine
cartoonist Joaquín Lavado (QUINO) it's a series of animated adult comedies: "The Surprise of a Policeman," "A Military Band," "A Lion Hunter," "A Modern Dentist," "An Explorer in the Andes," "An Old Woman with Strong Lungs," "An Extravagant Athlete," and "A Museum Guide in Trouble." La primera de la serie "Quinoscopio", basada en diseños del humorista argentino Joaquín Lavado (QUINO) es una serie de chistes animados para adultos: La sorpresa de un policía, Una banda militar, Un cazador de leones, Un dentista moderno, Un explorador en los Andes, Una viejita de pulmones fuertes, Un deportista extravagante, y Un guía de museo en apuros.
Rebeca Chávez | Cuba | 1987 | Documentary | 27min
Chano Pozo, a world-renowned musician, brought together popular Cuban music and American jazz by joining Dizzy Gillespie's band in 1947. Chano Pozo, bongosero de renombre internacional, protagonizó un trascendente encuentro entre la música popular cubana y el jazz norteamericano al unirse a la banda de Dizzy Gillespie en 1947.
Miraflores, built in 1962 by its inhabitants, was the first effort by the Revolution to eradicate slums. Yolanda is the community's teacher; Mario is a manual worker. Through their love affair, they both learn to address the differences and conflicts that arise as tradition and the unconventional clash. Miraflores, construido en 1962 por sus habitantes, fue el primer esfuerzo de la Revolución por erradicar los barrios marginales. Yolanda es maestra en la comunidad; Mario, un obrero de la barriada. Su romance les enseña a afrontar las diferencias y conflictos que surgen del choque entre la antigua mentalidad y las nuevas actitudes.
Santiago Alvarez | Cuba | 1965 | Experimental | 6min
An original montage of news photographs and musical clips featuring singer/ actress Lena Horne, Now! discusses racial discrimination in the USA. Un novedoso montaje de fotonoticias y videos musicales que muestran a la cantante y actriz Lena Horne, Now! reflexiona sobre la discriminación racial en los Estados Unidos.
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER 4/9 @ 6:00PM
HISTORIAS DE LA REVOLUCIÓN / STORIES OF THE REVOLUTION
The first feature film after the Revolution was Gutierrez Alea's directorial debut, which re-enacts three important episodes of the armed struggle. One of his least known works, it depicts three stories about the fight against Batista's dictatorship in 1950s Cuba: "El herido," "Rebeldes," and "La batalla de Santa Clara." La primera película filmada después de la revolución fue la ópera prima de Gutiérrez Alea. Uno de sus filmes menos conocidos, incluye tres relatos que detallan la lucha insurreccional cubana, "El herido", "Rebeldes" y "La batalla de Santa Clara".
SERVAND0... EN TRES TIEMPOS / SERVANDO... IN THREE COMPASSES
Lourdes de los Santos | Cuba | 2005 | Documentary | 12 min
The life and work of one of the greatest and most versatile Cuban painters, Servando Cabrera Moreno. Vida y obra de uno de los más grandes y polifacéticos pintores cubanos, Servando Cabrera Moreno.
Yemeli Cruz - Adanoe Lima | Cuba | 2012 | Drama | 11min |
NY Premiere
In a pleasent garden in the middle of the night surrounded by the chaos of the city, a woman is about to live an unreliable experience. En un apacible jardín en medio de la noche y rodeada por la vorágine de la ciudad una mujer vive algo insólito.
Juan Carlos Cremata | Cuba | 2011 | Drama | 100min | NY Premiere
The latest film from the acclaimed director of Nada and Viva Cuba!, Chamaco explores the death of a young man in Havana's Central Park to expose aspects of the city's nightlife that are rarely talked about. La última película del aclamado realizador de Nada y Viva Cuba!, Chamaco explora el asesinato de un joven en el Parque Central de La Habana, exponiendo aspectos de la noche habanera que raramente se mencionan.
