Cuban cinema in Latin American Festival of Biarritz

The XVIII Festival of Cinemas and Cultures of Latin America of Biarritz, France that will take place of next 28 to October 4, will surrender homage to the Festival of Latin American Cinema of Havana.

In the event the presentation of 10 movies is announced rewarded in different editions of the one referred international encounter of the seventh art of the Cuban capital.

The homage includes, also, the projection of a retrospective dedicated the managing Juan Carlos Tabío and a cycle of conferences under the motto Cuba, 50 years of Revolution.

Among the films that integrate the retrospective dedicated to Tabío are Strawberry and Chocolate, Guantanamera, Lists of wait, Plaff and The horn of the abundance, informs Cubacine.
The program of the cultural appointment points out premieres of Latin American tapes before its distribution in France, short films with Aquitaine Image Cinema, the Basque association KIMUAK and the Festival of Short of Brussels.

Cuban humorists triumph in Brazil

The Cuban Freddy Villamil and Ángel Boligán obtained the cimers places in the V National Living room of the Humor in Limeira, in the Brazilian city of Sao Pablo.

Boligán, member of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, UNEAC, in the county of Havana, the first place was awarded in the category of digital era, in which creators of all the continents intervened.

On the other hand, Villamil, integral of the Association Siblings Saíz, of the own territory, triumphed in the section dedicated to the nature, informed the provincial delegation of the UNEAC.

In this contest competed in the cartoon categories, world crisis, change, sport world, was digital, nature, ribbons, women and humanism, among others.

The Cubans store a rich participation record in personal and combined exhibitions in the Island and other countries, in which have obtained several national and international prizes.

In San Antonio de los Baños resides the headquarters of the International Museum of the Humor , where the traditional exhibitions and shops related with this art are made.

Almeida lives more than ever today

Take hours listening for television the homage from the whole country to the Commandant of the Revolution Juan Almeida Bosque. I think that to face the death was for him a duty as all those that he completed along his life; he didn't know, neither us, how much sadness he would bring us the news of his physical absence.

I had the privilege of knowing it: young black, worker, combative, that successively was boss of revolutionary cell, combatant of the Moncada, prison partner, platoon captain disembarking of the Granma, official of the Rebellious Army—paralyzed in it advance by a shot in the chest during the violent Combat of the Uvero—, Commandant of Column, going to create the Third Oriental Front, partner that shares the address of our forces in the last victorious battles that overthrew to the tyranny.

It was privileged witness of his exemplary behavior during more than half century of heroic and victorious resistance, in the fight against bandits, the counterblow of Girón, the Crisis of October, the internationalists missions and the resistance to the imperialistic blockade.

He listened with pleasure some of his songs, and especially that of lit emotion that before the call of the Homeland to "to conquer or to die" he said goodbye to human dreams. It ignored that he had written more than 300 of them, which added to his literary work, source of interesting reading and of historical facts. It defended principles of justice that will be defended in any time and in any time, while the human beings breathe on the earth.

Let us don't say that Almeida has died! Live more than ever today!

Fidel Castro Ruz
September 13 , 2009
3.12 p.m.