More than a dozen films recognized in the principal international competitions will be displayed in Guantanamo during the 18th French Film Festival, which from Monday until Sunday captivates moviegoers in this part of the island.
More than a dozen films recognized in the principal international competitions will be displayed in Guantanamo during the 18th French Film Festival, which from Monday until Sunday captivates moviegoers in this part of the island.
Among the most attracting movies, it is the French-Mauritanian drama Timbuktu that won seven Cesar Awards, including the best picture and the best director this year, besides the laurels of the Ecumenical Jury at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Oscar Academy Award in 2015, as the Best Foreign Language film.
Its director and screenwriter, Abderrahmane Sissako, is among the most recognized in the current African filmmaking, and this work inspired by a true story that denounces religious fanaticism, violence and intolerance, and the loss of cultural heritage and human values in a city of the Republic of Mali.
The French Film Festival in Cuba is the most important of the European nation beyond its borders and gathers a large number of public, due to the preference of Cubans for this cinema.
The event that extends to the easternmost province of Cuba is a programming option within the movie theaters of territory to rediscover the aesthetic and conceptual values of history and contemporaneity of film production in the Gallic country.
Translation: Liubis Balart Martínez