Poor Film Festival in Cuba with novelties in its 19th edition

 

HOLGUIN, Cuba, Apr 11 (ACN) The integration of animation and experimental cinema to the competition for the Lucia Awards is one of the novelties of the 19th edition of the International Poor Film Festival of Gibara, which from April 15 to 19, will be held in this coastal city in the eastern province of Holguin.

Sergio Benvenuto Solas, president of the organizing committee of the event, commented exclusively to the Cuban News Agency that this year's choice of adding a new jury for animation and experimental works, aims not only to enrich the vision of the event, but also to give a margin to the productions in these categories.

The edition has a wide representation from Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Turkey, with more than 500 works registered and, in the competition for the Lucia Awards, 90 were selected, divided into the categories of feature and short fiction films, feature and short documentaries, animation and experimental film.

The official juries, announced by the organizers, are made up of relevant national and foreign figures, including, for the fiction award, actress Jacqueline Arenal, as president, as well as director Patricia Ramos, producer Tarik El Idrissi, from Morocco, makeup artist Saraï Fiszel, from France, and Uruguayan filmmaker Yamandu Testa.

The documentary jury is made up of filmmaker Alejandra Guzzo, from Uruguay; Pedro Ortega, programmer of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana; and Italian Marco Neri, professor at the Gian Maria Volonté School of Cinematographic Art.

Meanwhile, in animation, the verdict will be issued by producer Aramís Acosta as president, Alicia Tellería, professor at the International School of Film and Television, and screenwriter and journalist Laura Perez Gomez.

The Lucia Awards, inspired by the emblematic film by Humberto Solas, are the highest awards in each category of the competition and also recognize the work of important personalities linked to Cuban cinema.