Highlights
Subtitled films from all over Latin America and the Caribbean are spotlighted in a week of drama, comedy, and cinematic art
About This Deal
The Deal
- $14 for two tickets to any screening at the 15th Annual Havana Film Festival New York (up to $22 value)
- When: Friday, April 4, through Thursday, April 10
- Where: Quad Cinema
- Ticket values include all fees.
- See the full schedule here.
Festival Highlights
- For a suspenseful thriller in which a man’s mistress is the suspect in his young son’s kidnapping, see: O Lobo Atrás da Porta (A Wolf at the Door) (April 4 at 7 p.m.)
- For a documentary about the passionate artists behind one of Latin America’s most enduring forms of dance, see: Sobre las Olas (A Story of Flamenco in the U.S.) (April 6 at 1 p.m.)
- For a comedy following the misadventures of a theater company trying to stage Camus’ Caligula, see: Tercera Llamada (Last Call) (April 7 at 1 p.m.)
- For a drama about three teens’ dangerous journey from a Guatemalan slum to the US, see: La Jaula de Oro (The Golden Cage) (April 8 at 9:15 p.m.)
- For a dark comedy about grave-digging and the Cuban economy directed by Jorge Perugorria, see: Se Vende (For Sale) (April 8 at 7:10 p.m. and April 10 at 1 p.m., both with director Q&A)
15th Havana Film Festival New York
A passionate project of the nonprofit American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, the Havana Film Festival New York showcases respected and rising voices hailing from Latin-American communities. The foundation’s executive team, Carole Rosenberg, and film artistic director Diana Vargas helm a dedicated staff, who draw cinematic works from about a dozen Latin American and Caribbean countries as well as Latinos in the U.S.. Their collection of over 40 features, shorts, documentaries, and classic graces the screens of venues throughout the city, many for the very first time in the United States.
English subtitles assist non-native speakers in following the action, and postscreening Q&As afford audiences a behind-the-scenes glance at the global Latino film industry and direct interaction with visiting filmmakers. Panel discussions explore new cinematic innovations as well as alternative production and distribution means in evolving film industries such as Cuba’s. The festival annually pays tribute to influential actors and directors within the Latino film community.