ICAIC Sustains Film Exhibition Despite Limitations in Cuba

With 72 hours to go before the start of the Gibara International Low-Budget Film Festival. The Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) is maintaining its production and exhibition activities in a context marked by energy limitations.

A post on the Gibara Canal profile, shared by Alexis Triana Hernández, president of ICAIC. Highlighted resilience as a working principle of the Cuban audiovisual sector.

Currently, ICAIC is developing three film productions—two fiction films and one documentary. Preparing the premiere of three films, and working on two other productions. Simultaneously, it is promoting the reactivation of documentary filmmaking and the Mobile Cinema project throughout the country.

The institution is also carrying out the largest shipment of film materials for restoration in the last decade to Colombia, Mexico, and Italy. It has also reactivated the Vivarte 23 project. Within the framework of the 10th Summer Film Festival and is developing its third Vacation Program with children’s participation.

In the area of training, the “Inside the Cinema” workshops continue. Students from the Faculty of Audiovisual Media are concluding their on-set production internships.

Despite the power outages, the country’s main theaters maintain screenings whenever conditions allow. During the summer, they also include broadcasts of the World Cup as an alternative for audiences without access to electricity at home.

ICAIC is also moving forward with its structural reorganization through the implementation of small and medium-sized state-owned enterprises. In conjunction with more than 70 independent production companies.

In addition, renewable energy is being incorporated at its headquarters, electrical equipment is being acquired. And partnerships are being established to sustain production with alternative energy sources.

The Gibara Film Festival is emerging in this context as one of the main venues for the exhibition and continuation of Cuban cinema.

By: Miguel David Bruzón Hernández

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