2009 Sydney Latin American Film Festival

Country: Cuba

HAVANA SURF

Rodrigo Diaz McVeigh

12 Sep 2010 - 8:00pm, 12 Sep 2010 - 10:00pm, 2009, 2010, Documentary, Cuba, Spain, USA, 55min, Spanish with English subtitles

The story of six young Cuban surfers and legendary Australian surfer, Bob Samin, who has made his home in Baracoa, Cuba.

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MEMORIES OF OVER DEVELOPMENT

Memorias de Desarrollo

Miguel Coyula, 2010, 2010, Experimental, Cuba, USA, 113min, Spanish with English subtitles

Sergio Garcet, an aging Cuban novelist, lives in New York, alone and alienated. Once active in the Cuban Revolution, he is now a minor college professor repulsed by the rampant capitalism he once defected to and frustrated by his publisher’s lack of interest in his new novel.

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THE BOOBY PRIZE

El Premio Flaco

In the tradition of unique Cuban Cinema, The Booby Prize is the latest film from the filmmaker who opened the inaugural Sydney Latin American Film Festival

Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti, Iraida Malberti, 2009, 2010, Feature, Cuba, Guatemala, 112min, Spanish with English subtitles

In the tradition of unique Cuban Cinema, The Booby Prize is the latest film from the filmmaker who opened the inaugural Sydney Latin American Film Festival.

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Masángeles

Polvo nuestro que estás en los cielos

An epic drama about a dysfunctional family, guerilla dreams and military repression.

Beatriz Flores Silva, 2008, 2009, Feature, Belgium, Chile, Cuba, Switzerland, Uruguay, 123min, Spanish with English subtitles

 

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La Chirola

Diego Antonio Mondaca Gutiérrez, 2008, 2010, Documentary, Bolivia, Cuba, 26min, Spanish with English subtitles

Tic Tac

Emmanuelle Loslier , 2009, 2010, Short, Brazil, Cuba, 5min, Portuguese, English with English subtitles

Tierra Incógnita

Land incognito

Jorge Rey, 2009, 2010, Short, Brazil, Cuba, 10min, Spanish with English subtitles

Así está bien

Alejandro Alberto Soto Goico, 2008, 2009, Short, Cuba, Dominican Republic, 14min, Spanish with English subtitles

Oda a la Piña

Ode to La Piña

Laimir Fano Villaescusa, 2008, 2009, Short, Cuba, 10min, Spanish with English subtitles

Atlantico

Fabio A. Meira de Sousa, 2008, 2009, Short, Brazil, Cuba, 11min, Spanish with English subtitles