With the opening of Cámara Azul at the Martí Cinema . Visual arts and film are energizing the 33rd edition of Romerías de Mayo. The largest festival of young creators in Cuba.
The film event, which this year is honored with a tribute to the iconic actress Adela Legrá. Opened with an in-depth analysis of our identity.
Filmmaker Roly Peña led the panel “The Approach to History in Cuban Cinematography.” A necessary forum for understanding how art documents the island’s social processes.
The screening of the classic film Manuela (1966) allowed researcher José Rojas Bez to highlight the value of filmmaker Humberto Solás’s work. In making visible the struggle of women in the Sierra Maestra mountains before 1959.
In contrast, modernity arrived with the film Nora (2025). Also where Peña explores current political conflicts through an intelligence plot set in Miami.
Meanwhile, the city transformed into a vast gallery. At the Provincial Center for Visual Arts. The exhibition “The Coffee Route” delves into the roots of Cuban identity.
Young talent, for its part, made its presence felt with the two-person exhibition “Create, Believe, and Coexist,” by artists Liz Maily González and Juan José Ricardo. Also who returned to their native Holguin to share their aesthetic evolution.
The festival’s impact extended to other key locations in the city: Yanko León premiered his music video “Creador de sueños” (Creator of Dreams). At the Casa de la Trova “El Guayabero,” a project supported by the El Reino de este Mundo (The Kingdom of This World) grant from the Hermanos Saíz Association.
Moreover the Redi’s Happening ensemble delivered vibrant jazz performances at the Casa de Iberoamérica (House of Ibero-America).
Students from the Granma Professional School of Art brought the magic of variety shows to Calixto García Park.
These Romerías (May Festivals) not only celebrate tradition but also project the future of young artists from Holguin to the world.
By: Daimy Peña Guillén
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