Cine Pobre Film Festival - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Cine Pobre Film Festival, based in the coastal city of Gibara

Gibara

Gibara is a municipality of the Province of Holguín in the Republic of Cuba. The main city was founded on January 16, 1817. It is also known as "The White Town", . The City of Gibara possesses a rich history and own culture, in agreement to the lineage of its foundation...

in the eastern province of Holguín

Holguín

Holguín is a municipality and city, the capital of the Cuban Province of Holguín. It also includes a tourist area, offering beach resorts in the outskirts of the region.-History:...

(Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

) is one of the most popular event of the alternative film circuit. Since its first edition in 2003, the festival has been dedicated to movies made for less than 300.000 dollars.

History

When Humberto Solas

Humberto Solás

Humberto Solás was a Cuban film director, credited with directing the classic film Lucía , which explored the lives of Cuban women during different periods in Cuban history....

founded the Cine Pobre Film Festival in 2003, the choice of Gibara

Gibara

as the principal venue was quite unexpected. The town is a hefty 800-kilometre trek from Havana

Havana

Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...

and an hour's drive along poor roads from both Holguín

Holguín

Holguín is a municipality and city, the capital of the Cuban Province of Holguín. It also includes a tourist area, offering beach resorts in the outskirts of the region.-History:...

(which boasts an international airport) and the pristine beaches of Guardalavaca

Guardalavaca

Guardalavaca is a town in the Holguín Province of Cuba. It is a tourist location due to its white sandy beaches and warm waters.thumb |left |Beach at Guardalavaca...

(home to many all-inclusive resorts). Moreover, Gibara has no hotel and a limited number of private rooms (which are booked up early for Cine Pobre week). Nevertheless, the town was declared a National Monument in 2004. Despite the remoteness, relocating the Festival is unlikely because of the very close relationship which bas been built through years between the festival and the people of Gibara.

Participants

The catalogue contains both quality and diversity. Filmmakers from every continent are represented, from countries with a long-established cinematic tradition (United States, India, Germany, France, Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...

) and others with an emerging industry (Chad

Chad

Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...

, Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

, Lebanon

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

, Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

, Mauritania

Mauritania

Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...

). The themes covered are similarly eclectic, including serious, historical, funny and heart-warming looks at love, migration, communication, alienation and engagement.
The top prize is 15,000 euros.

Events

As the Manifest of the Event stated, « Low-Budget Cinema » does not mean cinema devoid of ideas or artistic quality. It refers to a type of cinema of restricted economic possibilities, done in less developed countries or in those around them. During the course of the week, there are also a number of concerts, exhibitions, meetings…
The International Low-Budget Movie Festival relies on the key support of the Cuban Institute for Movie Art and Industry (ICAIC), the Ministry of Culture of Cuba, the Provincial Government of Holguín Province and the City of Gibara, among other institutions.

Jury

Limited in the number of films which may be shown, the selection committee spends much of the year deciding on the next year's selection. Juries selecting the winning films in each category (Fiction & Documentaries) are well-known artists, critics and film directors.

8th Edition – 2010 (upcoming)

The 8th International low-budget Film Festival opens May, 5, 2010.

7th EDITION – 2009
In 2009, the director of the Festival, Sergio Benvenuto, stated that 266 works were shown, from more than 20 countries. This year, the jury was composed of :

Gonzalo Fredes
Xenia Rivery
Ivan Trujillo Bolio
Eslinda Nunez
Marharita Maruregui Fernandez
Ricardo Benett Santamaria
Guillermo Monterforte
Jesus Leon Solana
Lisette Vila
Elsa Methol
Juan Antonio Garcia Borrero
Marta Nin

The 2009 winners :

Querida Bamako, by Omer Oke y Txari Llorente. España. – Best Feature-length Film
Humillados y ofendidos, by Javier Horacio Álvarez, César Brie and Pablo Brie. Bolivia – Best documentary

WINNERS (Best Feature-Length Film & Best Documentary only )
2003 :

Last Ball, de Peter Callahan (EE.UU.) - Best Feature-length Film
Siyamo, de Mahmoud Reza Sani (Iran) – Best documentary

2005 :

Lichter (Germany) by Hans-Christian Schmid - Best Feature-length Film
Los Ecos y la Niebla (Cuba) by Rigoberto Jiménez - Best documentary

2006 :

La ciudad del so (Czech Republic) by Martin Sulik - Best Feature-length Film,
Soñar en Nablus (Spain), by Sergi Sandúa and Carlos Delfa - Best Documentary

2007 :

Noticias lejanas de México, by Ricardo Benet - Best Feature-length Film
Voyage en Sol Majeur (France) - Best Documentary, from France, directed by Georgi Lazarevki

2008 :

Outlanders (England), by Dominic Lees - Best Feature-length Film
Under The Ahmadabad Sky (Italy) by Francesca Lignola y Stefano Rebechi - Best Documentary

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