The National Audiovisual Festival “Por primera vez” (For the First Time) will take place from February 21 to 24, 2024 in Holguin, to contribute to the financing of production and improvement of young creators.
The 16th edition of the event, dedicated this time to film directing in Cuba, will feature four workshops on directing assistance, screenwriting, preparation for pitching (presentation and defense of an audiovisual project) and direction of actors, which have among their objectives to socialize the experiences of the filmmakers in competition.
Among the categories for short films of up to 24 minutes are fiction, documentary, animation, and will be added those of video clip and video art, also called for a pitch to consolidate the event as a fund capable of supporting new authors in the realization of these genres.
Yakelin Tapia Aguilera, president of the Festival, at a press conference, explained that the deadline for the admission of works expires on December 31 and confirmed that the movie-theater Cine Marti, in the city of Holguin, will be officially inaugurated during the event although it does not yet have the appropriate technology.
Works that have not been sent to previous editions of the competition, have a production date between 2020 and 2024, in addition to being opera prima for its director, must be sent by Telegram to the number +5352174868 or email cineholqu0@gmail.com indicating in the body of the message the username and password of the Vimeo platform, or the link for downloading from Google Drive, may participate, he stressed.
In addition, as part of the program, there will be a parallel exhibition in cinemas and video theaters of the territory of works that will not enter the competition and will be selected by a jury composed of filmmakers and audiovisual specialists, which will award the Grand Prize, said the director of the Provincial Film Center.
Sponsored by this institution in the territory, the Audiovisual Festival “Por primera vez” intends to visualize in several circuits the work of new creators with film screenings, a competition of first works, workshops, talks and collateral exhibitions.
With information from Sheyla Díaz Figueras – ACN / Translated by Radio Angulo
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