Havana Film Festival in New York

Havana Film Festival New York presents CUBAN CREATIVE GENIUS An homage to Cuba’s iconoclasts, provocateurs and nonconformists: REYNALDO MIRAVALLES, The most versatile Cuban actor of his generation. Thursday April 15, 2021 from 3:00pm to 11:00pm ESTHER EN ALGUNA PARTE /Esther somewhere... Gerardo Chijona | Cuba | Fiction | 2013 | 95min Available in the U.S. #CubanCinema #HFFNY2021 #HFFNY #PeliculaCubana #CineLatino #FreeFilm #CubanActor #reynaldoMiravalles #EnriqueMolina #daisygranados #CineEnCasa #ActorCubano. See more

Mark your calendars! This April, HFFNY presents Cuban Creative Genius, an online film series honoring two of the island's iconoclasts, provocateurs and nonconformists: actor Reynaldo Miravalles and director Humberto Solas. Tune in this Thurs. 4/15, 3pm-11pm to catch Gerardo Chijona's heartwarming comedy ESTHER EN ALGUNA PARTE / ESTHER SOMEWHERE, starring legendary Cuban actor Reynaldo Miravalles. The following Thurs., 4/22, 5pm-8pm, HFFNY presents the award-winning document...ary HUMBERTO, an intimate portrait of luminary Cuban director Humberto Solas. At 8pm the film's director and mentee of Solas, Carlos Barba Salva, joins us for a live-streamed Q&A. All screenings are FREE, subtitled in English, and available to viewers in the U.S. Register at www.HFFNY.com

Tune in Saturday, March 20 at 6:30 p.m. for an interactive Q&A with Marta Bautís, director of the lively documentary ENTRE UN TANGO Y UN DANZÓN. ENTRE UN TANGO Y UN DANZÓN explores the cultural and historical influences of these two musical genres in Cuba’s society today. Filmed in the cities of Havana, Matanzas and Gibara, this documentary includes scenes with dancers, singers and musicians in the neighborhoods of Peñas and Milongas. Archival footage of legendary danzón and tango artists, such as Barbarito Diez, Carlos Gardel or Libertad Lamarque, add a nostalgic feeling. The film reveals the efforts to revitalize the danzón, Cuban national dance, and to attract the youth to this genre by mixing it with different rhythms, including jazz.

This Sat. 3/20, @ 6:30 p.m. HFFNY is joined by director Marta Bautís to discuss the unlikely friendship between Cuban dances and tango in her lively documentary ENTRE UN TANGO Y UN DANZÓN, available from 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. to viewers in the U.S. Remember to start the film before 5:30 p.m. to join the live Q&A, livestreaming on HFFNY's Facebook and Youtube. Register for free at www.HFFNY.com!