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1st ANNUAL INSTAR FILM FESTIVAL
Cine Independiente-Cine Pendiente
INSTAR, the Hannah Arendt Institute of Artivism directed by visual artist Tania Bruguera, inaugurates this space that will take place on the last weekend of each month. In Cuba, it is very difficult to find independent directors. Once they finish participating with their films in international events, the films are shelved. It is very difficult to keep up to date with the filmmakers’ next projects, or where the films can be found, as there is no dedicated place for them within the institutions. INSTAR has emerged not only as an alternative to existing movie theaters, but as a way to get to know the directors and their work through debates after the presentations. It also offers the possibility of preserving the copies of the films in their maximum resolution, for which a Biblio/Media is prepared with all the technology, which will also be useful for future consultations by researchers and film scholars. Because the conservation and care of the master copies are also challenges independent filmmakers face today. This space also seeks to connect with filmmakers, promoters, critics, from the region or other latitudes who are committed to risky cinema. A cinema that starts from the idea that instead of making the dream film, make the film that can be achieved, to assume from authenticity, the challenge inherent in producing and distributing cinema outside the established circuits in today’s world.
Directors Cycle
What is currently happening in cinema, based on the digital revolution and the possibility of accessing new technologies, is reminiscent of the turbulent sixties. While the Cuban guerrillas were winding down their armed revolution in Havana, the uprising of letters and the arts was also being prepared. The ICAIC Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry was founded in 1959. The concerns of its creators regarding cultural neocolonialism, and the perfection of Hollywood commercial cinema, motivated the creation of an imperfect cinema, or also known as free cinema, new cinema. These ideas seemed truncated by the provisional, but fortunately they return in the new generations. Sixty years later, the Cuban film industry faces the same setbacks as before. It is perceived from the origin of resources—not only those from ICAIC interested in light comedies and historical themes, but those that arise from international institutions with established policies regarding what is considered art cinema. In the case of Cuba, it encompasses the films that are made in poor countries, as a window to approach a depoliticized and post-dramatic cinema.
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PROGRAMMING
Organized by founder and curator:
Lynn Cruz
Friday, December 6
10: 00 am
Emerging Film
Shabbat
Short / 3 ́/ HD/ 2019 / Cuba
Directed by, Script: Daniel Reinoso/ Photography: Danny García/ Artistic director: Evelyn Corvea/ Editing: Wendy García/ Sound: David Ramos/ Production: Daniel Reinoso & Andrés Méndez/ Original score: Are: Gone/ Cast: Lázaro Monzón, (Italia)
Cuaderno De Apuntes
Documentary / 13’ / HD/ Cuba/ 2019
Script, Directed by, Photography, Sound Directo, Editing: Josué García Gómez/ Post Production de Sound: Marcos A. Yglesias Ravelo/ SinPresupuesto Films.
Las Desdichas De Un Hombre
Documentary / 40 / FHD/ Cuba/ 2018
Script/ Directed by: Fernando Fraguela/ Photography: Reggis Guedes/ Sound Post-production: José Armando Amat/ Starring: José del Toro
12:00
Cine Independiente/Cine Pendiente
La Teoría Cubana De Una Sociedad Perfecta
Documentary / 60’/ 2018/Cuba
Script, Directed by, Production: Ricardo Figueredo/ Production Ejecutiva: Diana Reyes Barrena/ Photography: Raúl Prado/ Sound Directo: Maykel Pardini, Michel Caballero/ Editing: Andy Ruiz Muñoz/ Original score: Giordano D. Serrano/ Graphic Design: Sergio Valencia/ Post Production de Imagen: Marcos Louit/ Post Production de Sound: Alejandro Lugo
3:00 pm
Punk Film
Molina’s Margarita
2018 / Cuba / 47
Directed by: Jorge Molina/ Production: Elaine Corona/ Script: Fernando Cruz/ Photography: Alán González/ Editing: Miguel Lavandeira / Artistic director: Jorge Charón/ Sound: Claudia Pando/ Mezcla: Camilo Ferrera / Hair & makeup: Bernardo Fernández/ Vetuario: Anisleidy Boza/ Cast: Jorge Molina, Katerine Arias, Nabilah Feh and Roberto Perdomo
5:00 pm
Documentary Film
En Un Rincón Del Alma
2017 / El Salvador / 93’
Directed by: Jorge Dalton/ Script: Eliseo Alberto Diego, Jorge Dalton/ Production Ejecutiva: Susy Caula/ Editing and Post Production: Edson Amaya/ Art and Photography: Jorge Dalton/ Music: Joel Barraza, José María Vitier/ Production in Havana: Hilda Barrio Matamoros and Sebastián Miló
El Camino
Drama/ 2008/ Costa Rica/ 90 ́
Directed by and Script: Ishtar Yasin/ Production: Luis J. Castro, Pedro Díaz/ Photography: Mauro Herce, Jaques Loiseleux/ Editing: Valérie Loiseleux, Bertrand Puig-Marty/ Cast: Sherlin Pao, Juan Borda, Morena Guadalupe, Marcos Ulises Jiménez
Saturday, December 7
10:00 am
Animated Sketches
La Tiñosidad (Parts I, II, III, and IV)
2019 / USA / 56’
Direction, Production and Animation: Rolando Pulido
12:00 pm
Los Invisibles
Documentary / 2010/ Haití, Costa Rica / 48’
Directed by, Script, Photography: Ishtar Yasin/ Editing: Melissa River
3:00 pm
Shorts (2015–2019)
Umbra
Fantasy / 2015/ Italia/ 20’
Directed by: Carlo Fenizi/ Script: María Antonietta Di Pietro, Carlo Fenizi/ Production: CPM Film, María Antonieta Di Pietro/ Carlo Fenizi (Italia)/ Photography, Montaje, Efectos Especiales: Fabrizio Rinaldi/ Soundtrack: Antonio Tosques/ Sound: Roberto Ugo Ricciardi/ Escenografía and Wardrobe: Ana María Cardillo/ Maquillaje: Sara La Porta/ Cast: Cloris Brosca, Fabio Maggio, Giulia Rotunno
El Niño
HD/ Venezuela/ 2015/ 17’
Script, Directed by, Production: Valeria Bolívar/ Production Ejecutiva: Jesús Ayala, Valeria Bolívar/ Photography: Jesús Ayala/ Artistic director: Manuela Planas/ Sound: Marco Salaverría/ Editing: Adriana Cols/ Original score: Arturo Soto/ Cast: Salvador Hernández Col, Lynn Cruz
Frágil
Drama/ Color/ 16`/ 2018/ Cuba
Directed by, Script, Production, Editing: Sheyla Pool/ Photography: Raúl Pérez Ureta/ Art and wardrobe: Maykel Martínez/ Sound: Michel Caballero/ Original score: Wilma Alba Cal/ Hair & makeup: Magdalena Álvarez/ Sound design: Sheyla Pool/ Cast: Verónica Lynn, Teresa Sánche
El Secadero
HD/ Cuba/ 2019 /28’
Directed by: José Luis Aparicio Ferrera/ Script: Daniel Delgado Saucedo & José Luis Aparicio Ferrera/ Production: Leila Montero Hernández/ Photography: Ariel Navarro/ Editing: Lilmara Cruz Pavón/ Artistic director: Pepe Reyes/ Sound: Emilio Polo/ Diseño de Soundtrack: Glenda Martínez Cabrera/ Original score: Yasel Muñoz/ Cast: Eduardo Martínez, Raúl Capote, Jorge Molina, Amalia Gaute, Manuel Romero, Andrea Doimeadiós, Pancho García, Aramís Delgado, Mónica Molinet.
Fin
2019/ Cuba/ 20’
Director: Yimit Ramirez/ Production: Gregorio Rodríguez/ Script: Yimit Ramirez, Tatiana Monge/ Photography: Pablo Ascanio/ Sound: María Alejandra Rojas/ Editing: Kendra García/ Efectos Visuales/ Carlos Manuel Paiffer/ Casting: Milton García, Lola Amores, Yennise Soria, Amada Morado, Reinier Morales, Andrés Pérez.
5:00 pm
CineProgresa
Home
Documentary / B & W/ 2019/ Cuba / 12 ́
Directed by, Photography and Editing: Alejandro Alonso/ Script: Alejandro Alonso, Lisandra López/ Production: Yenisel Osuna and Alejandro Alonso/ Sound: Glenda Martínez Cabrera.
El Eterno Retorno
Experimental/ 2019/ USA/ 27’
Script, Directed by, Photography, Production, Editing: Eliecer Jiménez Almeida.
8:00 pm
Cine Independiente/Cine Pendiente
Corazón Beta (Volumen I)
Science fiction / 2019/ Cuba / 81 ́
Directed by, Script, Photography, Editing, Sound Directo, Diseño de Soundtrack: Miguel Coyula/ Production: Miguel Coyula, Lynn Cruz/ Directed by de Arte: Miguel Coyula, Lynn Cruz, Rafael Tamayo/ Wardrobe: Lynn Cruz/ Música Original: S Porno para Ricardo, Iván Lejardi, Synfonity/ Cast: Lynn Cruz, Carlos Diéguez, Héctor Noas, Miguel Coyula, Aramís Delgado, Mariana Alom, Eric Morales, Fernando Pérez, Eder Rodríguez.
Sunday, December 8
10:00 am
Filmmaker InvitadaIshtar Yasin
Dos Fridas
Drama/ Color/ Costa Rica/ 2018/92 ́
Directed by, Script: Ishtar Yasin/ Photography: Mauro Herce/ Editing; Valérie Loiseleux/ Directed by: Adela Luna, Roy Rodríguez/ Production: Alsarine Ducolomb/ Cast: María de Medeiros, Isthar Yasin/ Grettel Méndez/ Diana Lein/ Maxim Baboshkin, Ángeles Cruz, Francois Dúreme, Gabriela Guraieb, Jesai Jayhmes, Muricio Jiménez
12:00 pm
Cine Independiente/Cine Pendiente
Desarraigo
Drama/ B & W/ 1965/ Cuba/ 77’
Directed by: Fausto Canel/ Script: Mario Trejo, Fausto Canel/ Production: Humberto Hernández Rodríguez/ Photography: Jorge Haydú/ Editing: Carlos Menéndez/ Sound: Eugenio Vesa, Adalberto Jiménez, Germinal Hernández Veitía/ Cast: Sergio Corrieri, Yolanda Farr, Reinaldo Miravalles, Julito Martínez, Helmo Hernández, Fernando Bermúdez
3:00 pm
CineAvanza
Detroit’s Rivera
/Documentary / B & W/ 2017/ Puerto Rico, USA / 35’
Directed by, Production, Script: Julio Ramos/ Forografía: Archivo/ Editing: Tatiana Rojas, Martín Yernazian/ Sound and Música Original: Max Heath
Warmiwañuska El Paso de la Muerte
Documentary / 25 ́/ HD/ Color/ 2019/ Peru
Directed by, Script and Photography: Lali Houghton/ Production: Poh Si Teng / Editing: Gino Moreno/ Original score: Weyler/ Sound design: Alejandro Lovera/ Reparto: Maxi Manttupa
5:00 pm
Features
Los Lobos del Este
Drama/ Color/ Japón, UK, Suiza, Brasil/ 2017/ 80’
Directed by: Carlos M. Quintela/ Script: Carlos M. Quintela, Fabián Suárez, Abel Arcos/ Production Ejecutiva: Naomi Kawase/ Production: Carlos M. Quintela, Afsun M, Nezhad/ Co Producers: Elda Guidinetti, Andres Pfaeffi/ Marcelo Pedrazzi/ Kate Harnoll/ Photography: Yukata Yamazaki/ Editing: Yan Vega, Carlos M. Quintela/ Sound: Eji Mori/ Sound design: Rubén Valdés
8:00 pm
PM Prize Winners
Hora Azul
Documentary / Color/ 2019/ Cuba/ 25’
Script, Directed by: Zoe Miranda/ Photography: Alan Gonzáles Hernández/ Sound: Maria Alejandra Rojas/ Raymel Casamayor/ Editing: Ana Alpizar/ Ozren MilharčičProduction: Lila Falcón/ Ozren Milharčič/ Cast: Idania Diaz and Rodolfo Garcia
Mi Alma Azul
Documentary / Color/ 2019/ Cuba/ 30’
Directed by: Lian Duran Cardona, Vivian Sotolongo, Jorge Iván Valdés/ Production General: Anabel Díaz Campos/ Editing: Vivian Sotolongo, Jorge Ivan Valdés/ Photography: Lian Duran Cardona, Jorge Iván Valdés, Vivian Sotolongo, Fabiana Pérez Fernández/ Original score and Sound: Eduardo O Bourke Aguilera/ Soundtrack: Ariel Carrasco
Los ojos de Mila Kaos
Virtual reality
Directed by: Yimit Ramírez/ Script: Yimit Ramírez, Tony Alonso, Mila Kaos and Pilar Natalí Cardet/ Photography and Sound: Yimit Ramírez, Tony Alonso
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WORDS OF WELCOME
By Tania Bruguera, INSTAR Director
(For more details, see Spanish version)
Followed by Lynn Cruz, Coordinator of Cine Independiente-Cine Pendiente, INSTAR Film Festival Organizer
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Followed by Marta María Ramírez, Film Prize Coordinator
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