The 2025 National Film Award was presented this Friday at the Charles Chaplin Theater to actress Mirta Ibarra. As part of the celebration of the 66th anniversary of the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC in the Spanish acronym).
I am an optimistic woman, a fighter who has lived intensely and I wish that the time to continue creating will be extended. Said the artist excited upon receiving the diploma of the award and a work by the painter Ernesto García Peña.
I have put my criteria and my honesty above all else, she emphasized.
The actress stressed the importance that the social work. That she has been developing in recent years in the Havana neighborhood of San Isidro through the Titón y Mirta House has had in her life.
Thank you to the Cuban people who all the time entertain me with their signs of love in the street, she concluded.
The awarding of the award to Ibarra recognized her ability to interpret characters with depth and sensitivity. Of essential social and cultural issues, according to the minutes of the jury. Made up of prestigious personalities of the seventh art in the country.
Of the actress, one of the iconic female faces of the seventh art in Cuba. The jury also highlighted her legacy, continuity, comprehensiveness, her long career in national cinematography. Not only as an actress in emblematic films from 1967 to date. But for the multiple actions for more than 50 years in cinema and national culture.
Ibarra’s extensive filmography includes classics of Cuban cinema such as Fresa y Chocolate, Hasta cierto punto, Se permuta and Guantanamera, among others.
This Friday’s cultural gala also concluded the First International Meeting of Restored Cinema of Havana.
Which during this week promoted debate and the exchange of experiences on such an important topic between specialists and filmmakers from different countries.
With information from Prensa Latina
Translated by Radio Angulo
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