The Havana Film Festival is a Cuba

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n festival that focuses on the promotion of Spanish-language

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 filmmakers. It is also known in Spanish as Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana, and in English

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 as Festival of New Latinamerican Cinema of La Havana.

The festival takes place every year during December in the city of Havana, Cuba

Cuba

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.

The festival first began on December 3, 1979. The president of the first organizing committee was Alfredo Guevara and more than 600 film directors of Latin America

Latin America

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 responded to the first call made by the Cuban Institute of the Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC).

Awards

Within the following categories, approximately 40 awards are given:

• Films
• Documentaries
• Animation
• First Work
• Direction
• Cinematography
• Other Awards, including a FIPRESCI
  FIPRESCI
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   prize

Grand Coral - First Prize winners

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
1979 (s)	Colonel Delmira Gouveia Colonel Delmira Gouveia Colonel Delmiro Gouveia is a 1978 Brazilian drama film directed by Geraldo Sarno. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival....	Coronel Delmiro Gouveia	Geraldo Sarno	Brazil
1979 (s)	Maluala		Sergio Giral Sergio Giral Sergio Giral Sergio Giral is a renowned Black Cuban-American film writer and director, born in Havana, Cuba from an American mother and a Cuban father. He was raised in New York City, as an aspiring young painter in the days of the Beatnick generation...	Cuba
1980	Gaijin, a Brazilian Odyssey	Gaijin - Os Caminhos da Liberdade	Tizuka Yamasaki	Brazil
1981	They Don't Wear Black Tie	Eles Não Usam Black-Tie	Leon Hirszman	Brazil
1982	Time for Revenge Tiempo de Revancha Tiempo de revancha is a 1981 Argentine drama film directed and written by Adolfo Aristarain. The film starred Federico Luppi, Haydée Padilla and Ulises Dumont....	Tiempo de Revancha	Adolfo Aristarain Adolfo Aristarain Adolfo Aristarain is an Argentine film director whom Variety has deemed a "master filmmaker."After leaving Argentina Aristarain started working as assistant director in the Arcente cinema, and then in Europe during his short exile for Mario Camus, Giorgio Stegani and Lewis Gilbert before...	Argentina
1983	Up to Certain Point	Hasta cierto punto	Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Tomás Gutiérrez Alea was a Cuban filmmaker. He wrote and directed more than 20 features, documentaries, and short films, which are known for his sharp insight into post-Revolutionary Cuba, and possess a delicate balance between dedication to the revolution and criticism of the social, economic,...	Cuba
1984	Memories of Prison	Memórias do Cárcere	Nelson Pereira dos Santos	Brazil
1985 (s)	Frida	Frida, naturaleza viva	Paul Leduc	Mexico
1985 (s)	Tangos, the Exile of Gardel	El exilio de Gardel: Tangos	Fernando Solanas Fernando Solanas Fernando Ezequiel 'Pino' Solanas is an Argentine film director, screenwriter and politician....	Argentina
1986	Hour of the Star Hour of the Star Hour of the Star is a Brazilian film directed by Suzana Amaral and released in 1985. The film is an adaptation of a book by Clarice Lispector with the same name...	A Hora da Estrela	Suzana Amaral Suzana Amaral Suzana Amaral is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. She had eight children when she entered film school. In 1976 she entered NYU to further her desire to make films....	Brazil
1987	A King and His Movie A King and His Movie A King and His Movie is a 1986 Argentine comedy drama film, directed by Carlos Sorín, and written by Sorín and Jorge Goldenberg. The movie features Ulises Dumont, Julio Chávez, among others.-Plot:...	La película del rey	Carlos Sorín Carlos Sorín Carlos Sorín is a film director, screenplay writer, cinematographer, and film producer. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina....	Argentina
1988	The South Sur (film) Sur is an Argentine drama film written and directed by Fernando E. Solanas. The film features Susú Pecoraro, Miguel Ángel Solá, Philippe Léotard, Lito Cruz, Ulises Dumont among others....	Sur	Fernando Solanas Fernando Solanas Fernando Ezequiel 'Pino' Solanas is an Argentine film director, screenwriter and politician....	Argentina
1989	Last Images of the Shipwreck	Últimas imágenes del naufragio	Eliseo Subiela Eliseo Subiela Eliseo Alberto Subiela is an Argentine film director and writer, whose works are considered to be in the 'magic realism' genre....	Argentina
1990	Hello Hemingway		Fernando Pérez Fernando Pérez Fernando Pérez Valdés is a prominent Cuban film director.Pérez graduated from the University of Havana with a degree in Language and Spanish Literature, and began working in the Cuban film industry in 1971 as an assistant director, before directing his first documentary in 1975.His feature debut...	Cuba
1991	Jericho	Jericó	Luis Alberto Lamata	Venezuela
1992	Forbidden Homework	La tarea prohibida	Jaime Humberto Hermosillo Jaime Humberto Hermosillo Jaime Humberto Hermosillo is a Mexican film director, often compared to Spain's Pedro Almodóvar.Born in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, in center Mexico, Hermosillo's films often explore the hypocrisy of middle-class Mexican values....	Mexico
1993	Strawberry and Chocolate	Fresa y chocolate	Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Tomás Gutiérrez Alea was a Cuban filmmaker. He wrote and directed more than 20 features, documentaries, and short films, which are known for his sharp insight into post-Revolutionary Cuba, and possess a delicate balance between dedication to the revolution and criticism of the social, economic,...  and Juan Carlos Tabío Juan Carlos Tabío Juan Carlos Tabío is a Cuban film director and screenwriter. His film Strawberry and Chocolate , which he co-directed with Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, won a Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival, and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign...	Cuba
1994	The Beginning and the End	Principio y fin	Arturo Ripstein Arturo Ripstein Arturo Ripstein y Rosen is a Mexican film director.-Life and career:Ripstein got his break into movies working as an uncredited assistant director for Luis Buñuel. In 1965, he directed his first feature, Tiempo de Morir...	Mexico
1995	Midaq Alley El callejón de los milagros El callejón de los milagros is an award-winning 1994 Mexican film adapted from the novel by Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, written by Vicente Leñero and directed by Jorge Fons...	El callejón de los milagros	Jorge Fons Jorge Fons Jorge Fons Pérez is a Mexican film director.He belongs to the first generation of film directors of the UNAM. His short film, Caridad , is still considered one of the best films in Mexican cinema...	Mexico
1996	Deep Crimson Deep Crimson Deep Crimson is a 1996 Mexican crime film directed by Arturo Ripstein, written by Paz Alicia Garciadiego and starring Regina Orozco and Daniel Giménez Cacho...	Profundo Carmesí	Arturo Ripstein Arturo Ripstein Arturo Ripstein y Rosen is a Mexican film director.-Life and career:Ripstein got his break into movies working as an uncredited assistant director for Luis Buñuel. In 1965, he directed his first feature, Tiempo de Morir...	Mexico
1997	Martín (Hache) Martín (hache) Martín is a 1997 Spanish and Argentine film directed by Adolfo Aristarain and starring Federico Luppi, Juan Diego Botto, Cecilia Roth and Eusebio Poncela.It was nominated for four Goya Awards in 1998, and Cecilia Roth won one for lead actress....		Adolfo Aristarain Adolfo Aristarain Adolfo Aristarain is an Argentine film director whom Variety has deemed a "master filmmaker."After leaving Argentina Aristarain started working as assistant director in the Arcente cinema, and then in Europe during his short exile for Mario Camus, Giorgio Stegani and Lewis Gilbert before...	Argentina
1998	Life is to Whistle	La Vida es Silbar	Fernando Pérez Fernando Pérez Fernando Pérez Valdés is a prominent Cuban film director.Pérez graduated from the University of Havana with a degree in Language and Spanish Literature, and began working in the Cuban film industry in 1971 as an assistant director, before directing his first documentary in 1975.His feature debut...	Cuba
1999	Olympic Garage	Garage Olimpo	Marco Bechis Marco Bechis Marco Bechis is a Chilean-Italian film screenwriter and director. His film Garage Olimpo was screened at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.-Selected filmography:* Alambrado...	Argentina
2000	Me You Them Me You Them Me You Them is a 2000 Brazilian drama film directed by Andrucha Waddington.-Cast:* Regina Casé - Darlene* Lima Duarte - Osias* Stênio Garcia - Zezinho* Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos - Ciro* Nilda Spencer - Raquel...	Eu Tu Eles	Andrucha Waddington Andrucha Waddington Andrucha Waddington is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. He has directed eleven films since 1998. His film Eu Tu Eles was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:...	Brazil
2001	The Swamp La Ciénaga (film) La ciénaga is an Argentine, Spanish, and French film, written and directed by Lucrecia Martel. The film was executive produced by Ana Aizenberg, Diego Guebel, Mario Pergolini, and produced by Lita Stantic...	La Ciénaga	Lucrecia Martel Lucrecia Martel Lucrecia Martel is a film director, screenplay writer, and producer.According to film critic Joel Poblete, who writes for Mabuse, a cinema magazine, Lucrecia Martel is one of the members of the so-called "New Argentina Cinema" which began c...	Argentina
2002 (s)	City of God	Cidade de Deus	Fernando Meirelles Fernando Meirelles Fernando Ferreira Meirelles is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter.He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director in 2004 for his work in the Brazilian film City of God, released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the U.S. by Miramax Films...  and Kátia Lund Kátia Lund Kátia Lund is an American-Brazilian film director and screenwriter. Her most notable work was as co-director of the film City of God....	Brazil
2002 (s)	Suddenly Tan de repente Tan de repente is a 2002 Argentine and Dutch black-and-white comedy drama film directed by Diego Lerman and written by Lerman, María Meira, and Eloisa Solaas, based on the novel La prueba, written by César Aira...	Tan de repente	Diego Lerman Diego Lerman Diego Lerman is a film director, producer and screenplay writer. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina.-Diecting and screenplay filmography:* La Prueba...	Argentina
2003	Havana Suite Suite Habana Suite Habana is a 2003 Cuban documentary directed by Fernando Pérez.The documentary was filmed with fictional cinema techniques depicting a day in a life of thirteen real people, from a ten-year-old child with Down Syndrome to a 79-year-old lady who sells peanuts in the street.The film has no...	Suite Habana	Fernando Pérez Fernando Pérez Fernando Pérez Valdés is a prominent Cuban film director.Pérez graduated from the University of Havana with a degree in Language and Spanish Literature, and began working in the Cuban film industry in 1971 as an assistant director, before directing his first documentary in 1975.His feature debut...	Cuba
2004	Whisky Whisky (film) Whisky is an Argentine-German-Spanish-Uruguayan tragicomedy film directed by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll and released in 2004. The film stars Andrés Pazos, Mirella Pascual, Jorge Bolani, Ana Katz, and Daniel Hendler. It has very sparse dialogue and the three principal actors play very...		Juan Pablo Rebella Juan Pablo Rebella Juan Pablo Rebella was an Uruguayan film director and screenwriter.He attended the Catholic University of Uruguay where he studied social communication, it was here that he started to direct short films and his collaboration with fellow student Pablo Stoll first began.After graduating in 1999 he...  and Pablo Stoll Pablo Stoll Pablo Stoll is a Uruguayan film director and screenwriter.He attended the Catholic University of Uruguay where he studied Social communication, it was here that he started to direct short films and his collaboration with fellow student Juan Pablo Rebella first began...	Uruguay
2005	Blessed by Fire	Iluminados por el fuego	Tristán Bauer Tristán Bauer Tristán Bauer is an Argentine film maker and screenwriter. His work has received several international awards, particularly for his films Iluminados por el fuego , Después de la tormenta and Cortázar .Bauer serves, from 2007 as the director of the Public Media System of...	Argentina
2006	Love for Sale	O Céu de Suely	Karim Aïnouz Karim Aïnouz Karim Aïnouz is a film director.-Filmography:* 2006 - O Céu de Suely , 35mm, color, 88 min.* 2002 - Madame Satã, 35mm, color, 105 min....	Brazil
2007	Silent Light Silent Light - External links :* * at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival* - External links :* * at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival* - External links :* * at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival*...	Stellet Lijcht	Carlos Reygadas Carlos Reygadas Carlos Reygadas is a Mexican filmmaker known for his three films Batalla en el Cielo, Japón and Silent Light . After Batalla en el Cielo, he was known for his raw depiction of sex in his films and the use of old or ugly-seeming characters...	Mexico
2008	Tony Manero Tony Manero (film) Tony Manero is a 2008 Chilean film directed by Pablo Larraín about a man obsessed with John Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever. It won the top prize at the 2008 Torino Film Festival and was Chile's submission to the 81st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...		Pablo Larraín	Chile
2009	The Milk of Sorrow The Milk of Sorrow While some Peruvian critics gave the movie negative reviews, the plot and performance were praised by American and European critics.- Film Awards:...	La Teta Asustada	Claudia Llosa Claudia Llosa Claudia Llosa is a Peruvian film director, writer and producer.- Life and career :She was born in Lima, studied in Newton College and received a degree in communication studies in the University of Lima. She is the niece of the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa and the film director Luis Llosa....	Peru
2010 2010 Havana Film Festival The 32nd annual Havana Film Festival took place in Havana, Cuba, from 2 December to 12 December 2010.-Films in competition:-Films out of competition:-First feature:-Coral:*Best Feature Film:...	A Useful Life A Useful Life A Useful Life is a 2010 Uruguayan drama film directed by Federico Veiroj and shot in black-and-white. The film was selected as the Uruguayan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it didn't make the final shortlist.-Cast:...	La vida útil	Federico Veiroj	Uruguay

External links

• Official website
• Havana Film Festival at the Internet Movie Database
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