Gibara International Film Festival in this edition maintains its purpose of giving to the public performances and concerts that normally would not reach this town, becoming a multicultural space.
Gibara International Film Festival , multicultural space
Vital Teatro presented “Meseras” (waitresses), directed by Alejandro Palomino and acted by Mayelín Barquinero and Ari Fonseca, a play that tells the misfortunes of a couple of women, set in Havana in 1962, a time of change and in which there were taboos on issues such as homosexuality.
The Holguin Symphony Orchestra also came to the Villa Blanca to present a version of its Cinema show, a concert of movie soundtracks that on this occasion included iconic Cuban film themes.
Gibara Film Festival, multicultural space
Sergio Benvenuto thanked Oreste Saavedra, director of the Symphony Orchestra, and the Havana Festival for providing its Cine Móvil to accompany this presentation and the open-air screening at the Plaza de la Cultura.
In addition to the interpretation of soundtracks of films of worldwide success, among which could be enjoyed the musical pieces that include themes from films such as “Star Wars”, “Harry Potter”, “Gladiator”, “Mission Impossible”, “Schindler’s List”, among others, included pieces of national film among which stand out “A Bride for David”, “20 years” and “Strawberry and Chocolate”, which have taken root in popular culture.
Gibara Film Festival, Multicultural space
The presentation of La Colmenita at the Jibá Cinema on August 3, the staging of the Holguin-based company Codanza and the concert by the young artist Jotabarrioz are also noteworthy, works that reinforce the film program projected in the different theaters, ratifying the atypical nature of this plural and multicultural festival.
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