Surrounded by blouses, sweaters, belts and sashes sat Ana Lopez with a loom over her waist and, in front of all present, began to weave the strands, demonstrating her mastery over the threads, colors and technique at the Casa del ALBA in Havana. (29 photos)
Read MoreCuban filmmaker Eduardo del Llano prepares his next film “Omega 3” , this time in the genre of science fiction, inspired by an unpublished story of his own authorship.
Read MoreTwo of the most recent Cuban film productions “Y sin embargo…” (And yet) and “La película de Ana” (Ana’s film) will be competing in festivals in Brazil and Colombia, the local media reported.
Read MoreAt six o’clock sharp, Santiago Feliu, accompanied by Roberto Carcases (piano), Oliver Valdes (drums), Roberto Luis (guitar) and Yandier Cruz (bass guitar), took the stage to talk to us about love, death, the meaning of life, the waning of love and war. (17 photos)
Read MoreRenowned Cuban pianist and composer Chucho Valdes wants to bring together the founding members of Cuba’s popular band Irakere for a concert that would make music history. “I think this would be a rewarding experience for everyone, a kind of gathering, of reuniting,” said the founder of the legendary, now-dissolved band.
Read MoreBeing an independent producer in Cuba means having to negotiate at least three main obstacles: the State’s monopoly over institutional spaces, the ever-present and surreptitious threat of censorship and the general lack of faith in the viability of self-management.
Read MoreOld Havana’s Center for the Development of the Visual Arts hosted an interesting exhibition titled Drapetomania: A Homage to Cuba’s Grupo Antillano. When I told a friend I wanted to go see the exhibition, I was surprised by her reply: “Yes, more of the same. I’m a little bit tired of African culture, to be honest.” (19 photos)
Read MoreAfter undergoing reparations in August, Cuba’s Cinemateca has a host of films ready for the month of September. The main theater, the Charles Chaplin, will feature Russian cinema from Sept. 1-7; an Italian comedy retrospective from Sept. 8-15 and 17-21, a one night showing of the Cuban film Siglo las luces on Sept. 16, and Mexican cinema of the 1990s from Sept. 22-30.
Read MoreIn Michael Hanecke’s Amour, a couple in their eighties, former piano teachers, lead a comfortable life, enjoying their twilight years together, until a terrible incident changes their lives: the wife becomes paralyzed and gradually begins to deteriorate physically. Watching this film, I began to think about my parents here in Cuba.
Read MoreNew generations of Cuban filmmakers are shooting shorts and features with very low production budgets and even setting up their own production houses, skirting the monopoly of the Cuban Film Art and Industry Institute.
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