Screenplay
The first gay-themed film produced in Cuba by the Institute of Cinema since Strawberry & Chocolate in 1993. The theme, however, is the same as in Guttiérerez and Tabìo's film: homophobia, machismo and fear. The fatal attraction between Alfredo, a doctor in the merchant navy, and handsome Carlos starts in a rundown Havana bar and ends at the sailor's house. But Alfredo's flirting and seducing of Carlos immediately turns into something complicated, ambiguous, dangerous. In a claustrophobic, tense atmosphere, their bodies are powerfully attracted, and the words, though violent, intensify the level of sensuality. Does each man kill the thing he loves? Evoking dreamlike atmospheres and characters, 80-year-old veteran director Enrique Pineda Barnet openly references Fassbinder's Querelle and Jean Genet. Quite controversial in its approach, the films demonstrates the milder attitude of Raul Castro's regime towards Cuba's LGBT Community.
Director
The first gay-themed film produced in Cuba by the Institute of Cinema since Strawberry & Chocolate in 1993. The theme, however, is the same as in Guttiérerez and Tabìo's film: homophobia, machismo and fear. The fatal attraction between Alfredo, a doctor in the merchant navy, and handsome Carlos starts in a rundown Havana bar and ends at the sailor's house. But Alfredo's flirting and seducing of Carlos immediately turns into something complicated, ambiguous, dangerous. In a claustrophobic, tense atmosphere, their bodies are powerfully attracted, and the words, though violent, intensify the level of sensuality. Does each man kill the thing he loves? Evoking dreamlike atmospheres and characters, 80-year-old veteran director Enrique Pineda Barnet openly references Fassbinder's Querelle and Jean Genet. Quite controversial in its approach, the films demonstrates the milder attitude of Raul Castro's regime towards Cuba's LGBT Community.
Interviewee
A look at the life and work of Cuban filmmaker Tomas Gutierrez Alea.
Director
Contemporary film critics regard the epic film I Am Cuba as a modern masterpiece. The 1964 Cuban/Soviet coproduction marked a watershed moment of cultural collaboration between two nations. Yet the film never found a mass audience, languishing for decades until its reintroduction as a "classic" in the 1990s. Vicente Ferraz explores the strange history of this cinematic tour de force, and the deeper meaning for those who participated in its creation.
Writer
O reino do céu está um caos. Deus foi à Terra para encontrar fé e esperança na humanidade. Desiludida porque o céu já não é um paraíso, a "menina-anjo" María de las Estrellas desce à Terra para buscar o chefe máximo do céu. Ali encontra novas aventuras, problemas e soluções inesperadas em sua missão de resgatar o céu e salvar a Terra. Através dos seus olhos de anjo e sua inocência de menina, María de las Estrellas descobre no amor e na alegria o único caminho para cumprir sua promessa.
Director
O reino do céu está um caos. Deus foi à Terra para encontrar fé e esperança na humanidade. Desiludida porque o céu já não é um paraíso, a "menina-anjo" María de las Estrellas desce à Terra para buscar o chefe máximo do céu. Ali encontra novas aventuras, problemas e soluções inesperadas em sua missão de resgatar o céu e salvar a Terra. Através dos seus olhos de anjo e sua inocência de menina, María de las Estrellas descobre no amor e na alegria o único caminho para cumprir sua promessa.
Writer
A man finds his image in a mirror, undertakes a discussion.
Director
A man finds his image in a mirror, undertakes a discussion.
Director
Story shows the genesis of the career and the rise of Esther the most beloved actress of most popular theater in Havana at the turn of the 19th century.
Director
Experimental historical film, with documentary elements. A study of the conceptual development of the young hero Julio Antonio Mella, founder of the Communist Party of Cuba, from the process of the Student Reforms to his assassination in Mexico at the age of 25, in the arms of the Italian photographer Tina Modotti.
Director
Director
A revolutionary cuban story
Writer
A thrilling performance film featuring Cuba's greatest ballet dancer, Alicia Alonso in her acclaimed portrayal of Giselle, the ballet that made Alicia an international star. In this tale, Duke Albrecht disguises himself as a peasant to win the love of the beautiful Giselle.
Director
A thrilling performance film featuring Cuba's greatest ballet dancer, Alicia Alonso in her acclaimed portrayal of Giselle, the ballet that made Alicia an international star. In this tale, Duke Albrecht disguises himself as a peasant to win the love of the beautiful Giselle.
Writer
Quatro histórias independentes traçam um painel de Cuba entre a derrubada do regime de Batista e a revolução comunista. Em Havana, Maria envergonha-se quando o homem de quem gosta descobre como ela ganha a vida. Pedro, um camponês idoso, descobre que a terra que cultiva foi vendida a uma empresa. Um universitário vê seus amigos serem atacados pela polícia quando distribuíam panfletos a favor de Fidel Castro. Por fim, uma família de camponeses é ameaçada pelas forças de Batista.
Director
A spatial poem, an experimental study in forms and moving structures, with light and color, that result in the ongoing creation of plastic images.
