Havana Film Festival New York
A project of the American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, the Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY) presents prominent and emerging Cuban filmmakers as well as screenings of award-winning classic and newly-released Cuban films. This year the festival will pay tribute to filmmaker Gerardo Chijona with the New York premiere of his new film Boleto al Paraiso (Ticket to Paradise) along with a retrospective of his work. HFFNY will also present Q&A sessions with additional filmmakers offer viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the voices and visions driving the burgeoning Cuban film industry.
Wednesday, May 4th
Artist Talk, Art
Antonio Eligio Fernández (Tonel) and Ernesto Oroza on “Objects of Necessity” and Their Incarnations in Cuban Art and Culture FREE!
Wednesday, May 4th 7:30pm
Center for Cuban Studies, 231 West 29th St., 4th floor, between 7th and 8th
Presented by Havana Film Festival New York
Tonel is an acclaimed artist, art critic, and curator born in Havana, Cuba; he now lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. Ernesto Oroza is an interdisciplinary artist and designer whose work focuses on conceptual design and architecture. Born in Cuba, he now lives in Florida. Free event, but please RSVP.
Thursday, April 28th
Panel, Art
Collecting Cuban Art and Printmaking in Cuba FREE!
Thursday, April 28th 7:30pm
Cuban Art Space, Center for Cuban Studies, 231 West 29th St., 4th floor, between 7th and 8th Avenues
Presented by Havana Film Festival New York
Alex and Carole Rosenberg’s collection includes some of Cuba’s finest artists, including Belkis Ayón, Roberto Fabelo, Manuel Mendive, and Nelson Dominguez. He has been a Visiting Professor of Fine Arts at the Instituto Cubano de Arte (ISA) in Havana and was an adjunct professor of appraising at NYU. Free event, but please RSVP.
Friday, April 1st
Film, Art
PASATIEMPO: playing, performing, parading FREE!
Friday, April 1st – Saturday, May 7th
Center for Cuban Studies, 231 West 29th St., 4th floor, between 7th and 8th
Presented by Havana Film Festival New York
This is an exhibit of rare Cuban posters from the collection of the Center for Cuban Studies, which has several thousand posters on site. All those in the exhibit are silkscreened, mostly from the 1960s to the 1980s, and most are from Santiago de Cuba. The posters celebrate the annual Cuban carnival, dance, theater, music, sports, tourist sites, exhibitions and conferences.
Friday, April 15th
Film
Afinidades ( NY. Premiere)
Friday, April 15th 5:00pm
NY Directors Guild Theatre
Havana Film Festival New York
2010. Cuba-Spain. Fiction. 87 min. Co-directed by actors Jorge Perugorría and Vladimir Cruz, who made their debut in the acclaimed Strawberry and Chocolate, the characters of this story take refuge in sex. But the result is fleeting, and the attempt has unpredictable consequences.
Thursday, April 14th
Artist Talk, Film
Mi Pogolotti Querido/My Beloved Pogolotti (NY Premiere) FREE!
Thursday, April 14th 7:30pm
Center for Cuban Studies
Havana Film Festival New York
Enrica Viola. 2010. Italy-Cuba. Documentary. 57 min. The "Pogolotti," as people call it in Havana, is a unique place: a neighborhood teeming with folk life that still keeps a huge sense of community and a solid cultural identity. Director Enrica Viola & scriptwriter Paola Rota present for Q&A.
Contact Information
info@hffny.com
www.hffny.com
Hotline: 212.946.1839
Press Information
Diana Vargas
press@hffny.com
212 687 2146
Support for the Havana Film Festival New York provided by the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.