- By Octavio Borges Pérez
- Tuesday, 20 December 2011 11:19
- Hits: 111
Larga Distancia (Long distance), the recent film made by the youth Cuban film producer Esteban Insausti, will be commercialized soon in the United Stated and Canada, announced the producer.
The movie, premiered with exclusive character during the New York Festival Film Society at the Lincoln Center (New Directors), the oldest held in that city, will be distributed in North America through a program of the New York Museum of Modern Art to promote the work of young and talented film producers of the region.
The only antecedent of a similar case since 1959, was " Fresa y Chocolate", a movie made by the mater of Cuban cinema Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Titón) and Juan Carlos Tabío.
In statements to the press made today at the cultural center Fresa y Chocolate, Insausti inform that "Larga distancia" had six function, to a full theater, in the Lincoln Center.
He also added that it was also acclaimed during its tour through several American top universities with demanding audiences such as Harvard Film Institute, Yale University, Chicago University and the oldest one, The College of William and Mary.
Insausti indicated that it was completely made in the island, with an extremely low budget and that recently it received the special premium of the jury at the New England Festival Iberian American Cinema, in United Stated.
The festival was chaired over by Mariza Fernández Armenteros, producer of Midnight Paris, the last picture made by Woody Allen, and of La Piel que habito, a movie made by the Spanish Pedro Almodóvar.
The film producer underlined the solid work of the group of technicians and artists, among which are Alain Ortiz in art direction,
Alejandro Pérez Gómez in photography, Dennis Valle in general production, Angelica Salvador in the edition and the script was made by the own director.
The music of the movie is made by X Alfonso, the soundtrack by Osmany Olivares and the cast includes both new and established figures such as Verónica Lynn and Coralia Veloz, Tomás Cao, Maylín Gómez, Alexis Díaz de Villegas nad Zulema Clares.
Translation: Rodney Lopez (Cubarte)
|
Rafael Santiesteban, president of the National Association of Small Agricultors (ANAP for its Spanish acronyms) in the territory of Holguin, repeated that an outstanding condition in the emulation for May 17, is a display of the productive and economic potential of the province.
|
|
|
Cuba and the Republic of Indonesia set out to expand and diversify their commercial relations, taking as a starting point the identification of new business opportunities in areas like biotechnology and the pharmaceutical industry. |
|
|
|
|
.jpg)
Cuba denounced at the World Trade Organization (WTO) that the U.S.-imposed blockade for over 50 years has hindered access to information and communications technologies.
The United States Treasury Department redoubled the supervision to the travels to Cuba and announced that violating those restrictions will be punished with fines of 65 000 USD and even the suspension of the licenses, among other actions.
President Raul Castro congratulated the newly-elected prime minister of the Bahamas, Perry Christie, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a communiqué.
Paradisus Rio de Oro Resort Spa, located in the eastern province of Holguin, third tourist destination of Cuba, won the international award Travellers Choise 2012, granted by the website TripAdvisor, specialized in the field.
Flowers are usually among the most beautiful gifts for Mothers’ Day along with the traditional gesture of writing a card, which will never be ephemeral if the written message is coming from the heart.
The Electricity Company in the eastern province of Holguin is undergoing the rehabilitation of its network worth over 10 million pesos in investments aimed at maintaining the systems of distributions of energy.
Ernesto Che Guevara International Volunteer Work Brigade exchanged with veterans of the Cuban guerrilla war, the Bay of Pigs battle and the African wars on Saturday afternoon, and they followed on Sunday morning with a visit to the fishermen’s town of Boca de Sama, the target of a US-sponsored terrorist action on October 12, 1971.
More than a million children and adolescents throughout Cuba participated this year in an art contest, in honor of Jose Marti, which is held each year in this town, very close to Two Rivers, the site where the Apostle of Independence fell in battle.
The United States and its allies in actions against Syria support opposition groups from this country with known links to terrorism like Al-Qaeda, denounced the U.S. website antiwar.com.
The Afghan President Hamid Karzai approved the plan for the third phase of security transition at the hands of the local forces.
In an interview with CNN in Spanish, the official stressed that economic sanctions and the blockade, which has caused Cuba losses estimated at 975 billion dollars, are still intact.
Cuban Activist Andres Gomez, director of the Areito Digital magazine, called on Wednesday to break the silence imposed in Miami regarding the terrorist attack that recently destroyed the offices of Airline Brokers.
.jpg)
