CubaPLUS Magazine

The members of the jury of the various specialties of the 39th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema were presented in Havana, only a few hours before the official opening of the event, which will run until December 17.

The Cuban movie Sergio y Serguei, directed by Ernesto Daranas, was screened at the Charles Chaplin movie theater as part of the 39th Havana Film Festival.

The organizing committee of the 39th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema pays tribute to US filmmaker James Ivory, with the screening of several of his films in the context of the event.

The movie "Killing Jesus", from the Colombian director Laura Mora, was presented in the competition of first work as part of the 39th Edition of the Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana.

Eight restored classics films will be screened in the 39th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema.

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Belgian Ronald Zollman will conduct the Symphonic Orchestra of the Cuban Higher Institute of the Arts (ISA) to close the workshop he runs every year.

With a posthumous tribute to the renowned Cuban stained glass artist Rosa María de la Terga, the opening day of the 21st FIART 2017 International Handicraft Fair was held at the Pabexpo site in Havana, which will run until December 17.

Domestic and foreign media spread the breadth of a portfolio for tourism development in this country, which says a lot about the boom of the island's travel industry.

The Ballet of Camagüey (BC) celebrated on Tuesday 50 years of being founded in Cuba with a show of works that allude to the basic styles of its art: the classicism and romanticism of dance.

The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage approved the inclusion of the Cuban point or guajiro point in its representative list, reported Unesco.

Cuba is a cultural power, said the director of the renowned John F. Kennedy Center in the United States, Deborah Rutter, when announcing the celebration next May of a festival dedicated to the island.

Cuba is working to confront the AIDS epidemic with ambitious goals for 2020 and 2030, said the head of the Department of Sexually Transmitted Infections of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) Maria Isela Lanter.

The XXI International Handicraft Fair (FIART 2017) served today as the stage for the presentation of the percussion instruments of the brand Sabian and Gon Bops, by an outstanding group of Cuban musicians.

The premiere in Cuba of the Brazilian feature film O Filme da minha vida (The movie of my life), by Selton Mello, marked the opening of the 39th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema.

The exhibition Wifredo Lam illuminated inside is open to the public at the Center for Contemporary Art that bears the name of the emblematic painter, the organizers confirmed.

The Majesty of the Seas and Empress of the Seas cruises will travel to Cuba starting next year with two new destinations on the Island: Santiago de Cuba and Cienfuegos, according to an announcement by the company. In a press release the aforementioned company said that the additional trips and the breadth of experiences in the new ports of the south coast "offer adventure seekers more ways to immerse themselves in the culture and history of the vibrant island."

The North American airline Delta maintains the aspiration to increase the daily frequency from Miami after completing its first year of the re-establishment of direct flights to Cuba from three cities in the United States.

The vice president of the Commercialization of Cuban Medical Services (SMC), Yamila de Armas, celebrated the authenticity of the spas of the island, during his speech at the III International Symposium of Medical Hydrology, held this week in Havana. These facilities constitute one of the greatest riches that we have in our culture, he said in the Havana Convention Center before delegates and guests from Europe, America and the host country.