Havana Film Festival
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The Havana Film Festival is a Cuban festival that focuses on the promotion of Spanish-language filmmakers. It is also known in Spanish as Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana, and in English as Festival of New Latinamerican Cinema of La Havana.[1]
The festival takes place every year during December in the city of Havana, Cuba.
The festival first began on December 3, 1979. The president of the first organizing committee was Alfredo Guevara and 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).
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[edit] Awards
Within the following categories, approximately 40 awards are given:[2]
- Films
- Documentaries
- Animation
- First Work
- Direction
- Cinematography
- Other Awards, including a FIPRESCI prize
[edit] Grand Coral - First Prize winners
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 (s) | Colonel Delmira Gouveia | Coronel Delmiro Gouveia | Geraldo Sarno |  Brazil |
| 1979 (s) | Maluala | N/A | Sergio Giral |  Cuba |
| 1980 | Gaijin, a Brazilian Odyssey | Gaijin - Os Caminhos da Liberdade | Tizuka Yamasaki | Brazil |
| 1981 | They Don't Wear Black Tie | Eles Não Usam Black-Tie | Leon Hirszman | Brazil |
| 1982 | Time for Revenge | Tiempo de Revancha | Adolfo Aristarain |  Argentina |
| 1983 | Up to Certain Point | Hasta cierto punto | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Cuba |
| 1984 | Memories of Prison | Memórias do Cárcere | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Brazil |
| 1985 (s) | Frida | Frida, naturaleza viva | Paul Leduc |  Mexico |
| 1985 (s) | Tangos, the Exile of Gardel | El exilio de Gardel: Tangos | Fernando Solanas | Argentina |
| 1986 | Hour of the Star | A Hora da Estrela | Suzana Amaral | Brazil |
| 1987 | A King and His Movie | La película del rey | Carlos Sorín | Argentina |
| 1988 | The South | Sur | Fernando Solanas | Argentina |
| 1989 | Last Images of the Shipwreck | Últimas imágenes del naufragio | Eliseo Subiela | Argentina |
| 1990 | Hello Hemingway | N/A | Fernando Pérez | Cuba |
| 1991 | Jericho | Jericó | Luis Alberto Lamata |  Venezuela |
| 1992 | Forbidden Homework | La tarea prohibida | Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Mexico |
| 1993 | Strawberry and Chocolate | Fresa y chocolate | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío | Cuba |
| 1994 | The Beginning and the End | Principio y fin | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico |
| 1995 | Midaq Alley | El callejón de los milagros | Jorge Fons | Mexico |
| 1996 | Deep Crimson | Profundo Carmesí | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico |
| 1997 | Martín (Hache) | N/A | Adolfo Aristarain | Argentina |
| 1998 | Life is to Whistle | La Vida es Silbar | Fernando Pérez | Cuba |
| 1999 | Olympic Garage | Garage Olimpo | Marco Bechis | Argentina |
| 2000 | Me You Them | Eu Tu Eles | Andrucha Waddington | Brazil |
| 2001 | The Swamp | La Ciénaga | Lucrecia Martel | Argentina |
| 2002 (s) | City of God | Cidade de Deus | Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund | Brazil |
| 2002 (s) | Suddenly | Tan de repente | Diego Lerman | Argentina |
| 2003 | Havana Suite | Suite Habana | Fernando Pérez | Cuba |
| 2004 | Whisky | N/A | Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll |  Uruguay |
| 2005 | Blessed by Fire | Iluminados por el fuego | Tristán Bauer | Argentina |
| 2006 | Love for Sale | O Céu de Suely | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil |
| 2007 | Silent Light | Stellet Lijcht | Carlos Reygadas | Mexico |
| 2008 | Tony Manero | N/A | Pablo Larraín |  Chile |
| 2009 | The Milk of Sorrow | La Teta Asustada | Claudia Llosa |  Peru |
| 2010 | A Useful Life | La vida útil | Federico Veiroj | Uruguay |
| 2011 | The Hell | El Infierno | Luis Estrada | Mexico |
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Havana Film Festival at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Havana Film Festival website, Awards section.
[edit] External links
- Official website (Spanish)
- Havana Film Festival at the Internet Movie Database
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