The Havana Film Festival is a Cuban festival that focuses on the promotion of Latin American filmmakers. It is also known in Spanish as Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana, and in English as International Festival of New Latin American Cinema of Havana.[1] It takes place every year during December in the city of Havana, Cuba.

Havana Film Festival
Official 2019 Film Festival poster
LocationHavana, Cuba
Founded1979
AwardsGrand Coral prize
Websitehabanafilmfestival.com (in Spanish)

History

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The inaugural International Festival of New Latin American Cinema was held on December 3, 1979, 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). Its founders included ICAIC president Alfredo Guevara, and the filmmakers Julio García Espinosa and Pastor Vega.[2]

As expressed in its founding convocation, the festival aimed to "promote the regular meeting of Latin American filmmakers who with their work enrich the artistic culture of our countries (…); ensure the joint presentation of fiction films, documentaries, cartoons and current events (…), and contribute to the international diffusion and circulation of the main and most significant productions of our cinematographies".[3]

The inaugural festival hosted over 600 filmmakers from across Latin America. Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez as president of the Fiction jury and Cuban filmmaker Santiago Álvarez as president of the jury for Documentaries and Animation. The Coral Grand Prize winners were Colonel Delmiro Gouveia (dir. Geraldo Sarno, Brazil) and Maluala (dir. Sergio Giral, Cuba) in Fiction, The Battle of Chile: the Struggle of a People Without Arms (dir. Patricio Gúzman, Chile) in Documentary, and Elpidio Valdés (dir. Juan Padrón, Cuba) in Animation.[4]

In 2013, following the death of current President and co-founder Alfredo Guevara[4] the Havana Film Festival announced that it was reappointing Iván Giroud as its President. Giroud had previously served as President from 1994-2010.[5]

Awards

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Within the following categories, approximately 40 awards are given:[6]

  • Films
  • Documentaries
  • Animation
  • First Work
  • Direction
  • Cinematography
  • Other Awards, including a FIPRESCI prize

Grand Coral - First Prize winners (Fiction)

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Year English title Original title Director(s) Country of origin
1979 (s) Colonel Delmira Gouveia Coronel Delmiro Gouveia Geraldo Sarno   Brazil
1979 (s) Maluala 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 Memoirs 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 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) 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
2001 90 Miles 90 Millas Juan Carlos Zaldivar   United States
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 Juan Pablo Rebella & 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 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 Hell El Infierno Luis Estrada   Mexico
2012 NO Pablo Larraín   Chile
2013 Heli Amat Escalante   Mexico
2014 Behavior Conducta Ernesto Daranas   Cuba
2015 The Club El club Pablo Larraín   Chile
2016 Desierto Jonás Cuarón   Mexico
2017 Alanis Anahí Berneri   Argentina
2018 Birds of Passage Pájaros de verano Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego   Colombia
2019 The Sleepwalkers Los sonámbulos Paula Hernández   Argentina
2021 Pacified Pacificado Paxton Winters   Brazil[7]
2022 The Great Movement El gran movimiento Kiro Russo   Bolivia[8]
2023 Tótem Tótem Lila Aviles   Mexico[9]

Awards by nation

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  Argentina 12
  Mexico 10
  Brazil 9
  Cuba 7
  Chile 3
  Uruguay 2
  Peru 1
  United States
  Venezuela
  Colombia
  Bolivia

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Havana Film Festival at the Internet Movie Database.
  2. ^ "Fundadores". Habana Film Festival. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Fundadores". Habana Film Festival. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b Burnett, Victoria (2013-04-22). "Alfredo Guevara Valdés, 87, Steward of Cuban Cinema and Castro Ally, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  5. ^ "Iván Giroud Reappointed Director of the Havana Film Fest". Cinema Tropical. Cinema Tropical. 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  6. ^ Havana Film Festival Archived 2007-02-18 at the Wayback Machine website, Awards section.
  7. ^ "Premios Coral de la edición 42 del Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano". Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (in Spanish). 11 December 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Premios Coral de la edición 43 del Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano". Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (in Spanish). 15 December 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  9. ^ "La mexicana ´Tótem´ triunfa en el Festival Internacional de Cine de La Habana". Swiss Info (in Spanish). 7 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

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