Culture

Chilean film Los colonos with a sight to the Coral Award

Published on: December 6, 2023
15:11

Havana, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) The Chilean film Los colonos (The Settlers), by director Felipe Galvez, is today one of the candidates for the Opera Prima award at the 44th edition of the upcoming International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana.

Novelties at the kickoff of the 44th Latin American Film Festival

Published on: December 6, 2023
15:04

Havana, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) In its bid for reinvention and in the midst of the kick-off of the 44th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Cuba's cinematographic field reveals today novelties in this festive December.

Cuban president celebrates inclusion of bolero in Unesco list

Published on: December 6, 2023
12:25

Havana, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel today celebrated the inclusion of the bolero in Unesco's representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, a fact that will contribute to strengthen safeguarding the genre.

Venezuelan cultural expression celebrated by UNESCO (+Photos)

Published on: December 6, 2023
11:20

Caracas, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelans today celebrate the selection by UNESCO of the Program for Safeguarding the Bandos and Parrandas of the Holy Innocents of Caucagua as Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

Gibara Film Festival scheduled for August 2024

Published on: December 6, 2023
06:38

Havana, 6 Dec. (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Culture, the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (Icaic) and the Government of Holguín will convene the 18th Gibara International Film Festival, from August 6 to 10, 2024.

Cuba’s and Mexico’s bolero declared as heritage by UNESCO

Published on: December 5, 2023
14:51

Kasane, Botswana, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) The complex represented by the bolero and its spaces and social uses in Cuba and Mexico entered on Tuesday the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, when the binational candidacy was approved here.

UNESCO inscribes six elements on urgent safeguarding list

Published on: December 5, 2023
12:13

Kasane, Botswana, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) The UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee today approved the incorporation of elements from Paraguay, Malaysia, Türkiye, Mozambique, Syria and Djibouti on the list of those requiring urgent safeguarding measures. At the beginning in the city of Kasane, Botswana, of the 18th session of the body of 24 member states, it gave its approval to the ancestral and traditional techniques for the preparation of the Poncho Para'í of 60 lists of the city of Piribebuy, in Paraguayan territory.

Cuba calls for the 18th Gibara International Film Festival

Published on: December 4, 2023
18:22

Havana, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Culture, the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) and local governments called on Monday for the 18th Gibara International Film Festival, to take place from August 6 to 10, 2024.

Prominent film and television director Daniel Diez dies in Cuba

Published on: December 3, 2023
09:06

Havana, Dec 3 (Prensa Latina) Cuban filmmaker Daniel Diez Castrillo, a prominent documentary filmmaker and sound engineer, died at the age of 77 in this capital, the vice president of the Institute of Information and Social Communication of Cuba, Onelio Castle, confirmed on Facebook on Sunday.

Prensa Latina defends Global South at World Media Summit in China

Published on: December 3, 2023
08:25

Guangzhou, China, Dec 3 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Sunday advocated for a new international information order at the 5th World Media Summit, where the Latin American News Agency Prensa Latina defended the voice of the Global South.

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