19° HAVANA FILM FESTIVAL NEW YORK – HFFNY- ANUNCIA LAS 13 PELÍCULAS QUE COMPETIRÁN POR EL HAVANA STAR PRIZE, 6-17 DE ABRIL DE 2018

El 19° Havana Film Festival NY anuncia la selección de trece películas que competirán por el Havana Star Prize por Mejor Película, Mejor Director, Mejor Guión y Mejor Documental. Los premios serán entregados durante la Ceremonia de Clausura, el martes 17 de abril a las 6:30pm en el Directors Guild Theatre.
Los ganadores serán elegidos por destacados miembros de la industria del cine y el mundo del arte. Las 13 películas seleccionadas provienen de Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, España, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Estados Unidos y Venezuela. Muchos de los directores viajarán a Nueva York para presentar sus trabajos.

Get Your HFFNY Opening Night Tickets! Wednesday, April 11, 2018 @ 6:00pm AMC Loews 34th Street 14 312 W 34th St, New York, NY 10001 – Manhattan Click here for more information and to purchase tickets! SERGIO & SERGEI Ernesto Daranas | Cuba – Spain | 2017 | Fiction | 93 min | N.Y. Premiere AMC 34 Theater 4/11 @ 6:30pm Q&A w/ actors Tomas Cao  &  Hector Noas   The 19th Havana Film Festival New York (www.HFFNY.com) rolls out the red carpet with the N.Y. premiere of the latest comedy from Cuba’s shores- Sergio and Sergei dir. Ernesto Daranas. Winner of the Premio Coral del Público at the 39th International Film Festival in Havana, this clever, crowd-pleasing delight tells the true story of a Russian cosmonaut trapped in space during the fall of the USSR, and his unlikely friendship with the Cuban philosophy professor who sets out to save him, featuring the award-winning Ron Perlman and two of Cuba’s hottest actors, Tomás Cao and Hector Noas.

*****DE PUERTO RICO PARA EL MUNDO***** SCREENS AT FIRST FRIDAYS! AT THE BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS This popular event kicks off the 19th Annual Havana Film Festival New York!  *FREE ADMISSION*      April 6 at 6:00pm       *FREE ADMISSION*

DE PUERTO RICO PARA EL MUNDO FROM PUERTO RICO TO THE WORLD Directed by Mariem Pérez & Carlitos Ruiz for Banco Popular Join HFFNY and the Bronx Museum of the Arts for a musical journey through the history of the Puerto Rican Diaspora told by the stories of some of the island’s most beloved musical and creative figures. RSVP REQUIRED FOLLOWED BY A LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE OF FLACO NAVAJA AND THE RAZOR BLADES

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9th Annual Havana Star Prize – Films in Fiction Nine films compete for the ninth annual Havana Star Prize. From late-life love stories to teenage hi-jinx to friendships that cross decades, countries, and even planets- these are stories that stick with you. EL ÚLTIMO TRAJE / THE LAST SUIT Pablo Solarz | Spain-Argentina | 2017 | 86min A critically acclaimed exploration of Argentina’s Jewish diaspora and the effects of the Holocaust 60 years later, Pablo Solarz’s charming, funny and notably poignant film reminds us of the human relationships forged in times of tragedy. TICKETS AMC Loews 34th St 4/12 @ 5:00 PM AMC Loews 34th St 4/14 @ 7:00 PM MATAR A JÉSUS  / KILLING JESUS Laura Mora | Colombia-Argentina | 2017 | Fiction | 100min Inspired by the director’s own personal tragedy, this sincere and insightful tale of revenge follows a young woman as she embarks on a mission to find the man who killed her father. TICKETS AMC Loews 34th St 4/12 @ 1:00 PM AMC Loews 34th St 4/16 @ 7:00 PM LOS BUENOS DEMONIOS  / THE GOOD DEMONS Gerardo Chijona | Cuba-Spain | 2017 | 88min A hilarious dark comedy about a modern day Robin Hood (if Robin Hood were a serial killer…) starring some of Cuba’s biggest names including Carlos Enrique Almirante, Isabel Santos, Enrique Molina & Vladimir Curz. TICKETS Museum of the Moving Image 4/8 @ 4:30 PM AMC Loews 34th St 4/14 @ 9:00 PM LA NOVIA DEL DESIERTO / THE DESERT BRIDE Cecilia Atán & Valeria Pivato | Argentina-Chile | 2017 | 78min A delicate tale about the empowerment of a woman who has lived her whole life in the shadow of others, The Hollywood Reporter calls The Desert Bride “a captivating two-hander, as soothing as a desert breeze.” TICKETS AMC Loews 34th St 4/11 @ 2:00 PM AMC Loews 34th St 4/15 @ 1:00 PM JOAQUIM Marcelo Gomes | Brazil | 2017 | 97min Renowned director Marcelo Gomes explores the life and times of revolutionary Brazilian abolitionist and martyr “Tiradentes” (Joaquim José da Silva Xavier) in this ambitious historical epic, a sweaty, dusty and stunning cinematic journey into colonial Brazil on the brink of independence. TICKETS AMC Loews 34th St 4/12 @ 3:00 PM AMC Loews 34th St 4/15 @ 7:00 PM LOS PERROS Marcela Said | Chile | 2017 | 94min Screened at Cannes’ 56th Critics’ Week, Marcela Said’s second feature centers on the complex and compelling figure of Mariana as she dives into the brutal legacy of the Pinochet era through an affair with an older man. TICKETS AMC Loews 34th St 4/13 @ 2:30 PM AMC Loews 34th St 4/15 @ 9:20 PM BX3M Judith Escalona | USA | 2016 | 103min Latin filmmaker Judith Escalona weaves an action-packed tale of three NY teens. For Maria and Mona, graduation means fulfilling a dream. For Michael, it means dashing all hope of a better future. You either make the grade or you don’t- in academics or love- and that makes all the difference. TICKETS AMC Loews 34th St 4/12 @ 8:30 PM LOS BUSCADORES / THE GOLD SEEKERS Juan Carlos Maneglia & Tana Schémbori | Paraguay | 2017 | 102min Following the success of their highly acclaimed debut 7 cajas, Paraguayan directors Maneglia & Schémbori return with Los buscadores, a hilarious high-action comedy about two young boys searching for a buried treasure. TICKETS AMC Loews 34th St 4/15 @ 4:45 PM AMC Loews 34th St 4/16 @ 9:15 PM SERGIO & SERGUEÍ  / SERGIO & SERGEI Ernesto Daranas | Spain-Cuba-USA | 2017 | 93min This is the true story of a Russian cosmonaut trapped in space during the fall of the USSR, and his unlikely friendship with the Cuban philosophy professor who sets out to save him. TICKETS  AMC Loews 34th St 4/11 @ 6:00 PM   AMC Loews 34th St 4/16 @ 5:00 PM Buy Passes Here TICKETS FOR SALE  BOX OFFICE DEALS INCLUDE  FESTIVAL PASSES   WEEKDAY PASS  OPENING NIGHT  For more information on festival passes, please visit our Box Office.  19th Havana Film Festival New York April 6 – April 17, 2018 STAY CONNECTED #HFFNY Havana Film Festival New York Email: outreach@hffny.com / Hotline: 212.946.1839 / Fax: 212.681.8037 2017 © HFFNY. All Rights Reserved Havana Star Prize – Documentary  Storytelling is what makes us human, and these five documentaries selected to compete for the Havana Star Prize demonstrate just that. Each of the tales below succeeds in transporting us as viewers- be it via musical journeys through space and time or interviews that immortalize the spirits of icons who have passed- and in reminding us that stories unite us.

INDESTRUCTIBLE, EL ALMA DE LA SALSA   INDESTRUCTIBLE, THE SOULS OF SALSA David Pareja | Spain | 2017 |  78min | NY PREMIERE This musical odyssey follows Spanish flamenco singer Diego “El Cigala” as he creates a salsa record. With stops in Cali, Havana, Punta Cana, San Juan, Miami and New York, Indestructible is a musical tour-de-force. AMC Loews 34th St 4/11 @ 3:40 PM AMC Loews 34th St 4/13 @ 6:50 PM O GATO DE HAVANA    THE CAT FROM HAVANA Dacio Malta | Brazil | 2016 | Documentary | 2016 | 87min Dacio Malta chronicles the long, fascinating story of Havana‘s most famous jazz club, Gato Tuerto, in all its bohemian glory and creative bliss in this captivating, star-studded documentary. AMC Loews 34th St 4/15 @ 2:45 PM FILIBERTO   Freddie Marrero Alfonso | Puerto Rico-Venezuela | 2017 | 75min NY PREMIERE This is the tragic tale of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, a professional musician who abandons his trumpet and family to live the clandestine life of an armed revolutionary for Puerto Rican independence. AMC Loews 34th St 4/13 @ 1:00 PM AMC Loews 34th St 4/14 @ 2:45 PM SEVERO SECRETO   Gustavo Pérez & Oneyda González | Cuba | 2016 |  66min NY PREMIERE Death took the Cuban intellectual Severo Sarduy at the height of his creative prowess. This is the story of a man ahead of his time, and betrayed by his circumstances. AMC Loews 34th St 4/12 @ 6:45 PM ATA TU ARADO A UNA ESTRELLA    TIE YOUR PLOW TO A STAR Carmen Guarini | Argentina | 2017 | 82min | NY PREMIERE Do utopias still exist?  Two decades of footage are woven together in a story that immortalizes the spirit of Argentine filmmaker Fernando Birri, who reminds us how essential utopias are to our survival as humans. Museum of the Moving Image 4/7 @ 4:30 PM AMC Loews 34th St 4/14 @ 1:00 PM

Buy Passes Here TICKETS FOR SALE  BOX OFFICE DEALS INCLUDE  FESTIVAL PASSES   WEEKDAY PASS  OPENING NIGHT  CLOSING NIGHT For more information on festival passes, please visit our Box Office.  19th Havana Film Festival New York April 6 – April 17, 2018 STAY CONNECTED #HFFNY Havana Film Festival New York Email: outreach@hffny.com / Hotline: 212.946.1839 / Fax: 212.681.8037 2018 © HFFNY. All Rights Reserved

CUBAN FOOD STORIES Asori Soto | USA-Cuba | 2018 | Documentary | 82min | NY PREMIERE DGA Theater 4/17 @ 6:30pm Q&A w/ director  Asori Soto   The 19th Havana Film Festival New York (www.HFFNY.com) closes April 17th with an unforgettable cinematic experience, guaranteed to whet appetites. Join us on a culinary road trip through Cuba, in this mouth-watering documentary bursting with flavors, stories, and a socio-historical understanding of food as a vehicle of memory, identity, and change.