Havana Film Festival New York
19 March 2009
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The Havana Film Festival New York will celebrate its 10th anniversary from April 16th to April 23rd, 2009 in various locations throughout New York City. This year’s selection appeals to different age groups, fostering an appreciation of Latin American culture.
The annual Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY) is an internationally renowned film event introducing its audience to prominent and emerging cinema visionaries by showcasing classics and premiering award-winning movies from and about Latin America and the U.S. Latino community. HFFNY also stimulates audience/artist dialogue by offering panel discussions, workshops, and Q&A sessions with international filmmakers, actors and producers.
The N.Y. premiere of Horn of Plenty (Best screenplay and Third Coral in Festival del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Havana) by Cuban director Juan Carlos Tabío, will open the festival on Thursday April 16 at the Directors Guild Theatre. Filmgoers from the metropolitan area will have the opportunity to see more than 40 films from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. This year, HFFNY will pay tribute to Cuban master, Santiago Alvarez (Hanoi, Now, LBJ, 79 Primaveras). The festival will also honor the work of award-winning Colombian filmmaker Luis Ospina (The Paper Tiger, The Supreme Uneasiness, Pura Sangre, Vampires of Poverty).
HFFNY is collaborating with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Hunter College), Bronx Museum of the Arts, Queens Theatre in the Park and, King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center (NYU) to offer free and low-cost events celebrating Latin American and Latino culture. All foreign language films are subtitled in English.
WHERE: Quad Cinema: 34 West 13th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues), Manhattan
King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, NYU: 53 Washington Square South (between Thompson and Sullivan Streets), Manhattan
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1000 5th Avenue (at 82nd Street), Manhattan
Ida K. Lang Theater at Hunter College: North Bldg. 4th Floor, 68th Street (off Lexington Ave.), Manhattan
The Bronx Museum of the Arts: 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th St., The Bronx
Queens Theatre in the Park: Flushing Meadows Corona Park (same exits off the Grand Central Parkway as the US Tennis Association, The Queens Museum and the Unisphere).
A Havana Night Benefit Gala – Friday April 3
Cocktails 6:30 pm | Dinner 7:30 pm
The National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park South
New York, NY 10003
Gala Chairs Barbara Zand and Ricardo E. Oquendo invite you to A Havana Night Benefit Gala supporting the 10th Havana Film Festival NY, honoring Aldon James for his steadfast support and Carole Rosenberg, for her leadership in promoting Latin American Cinema. The festivities will include cocktails, dinner and an auction filled with a variety of treasures.
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