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UNESCO, through the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, promotes an increase in policies that contribute to strengthen the creative industries in its Member States. Cuba is a staunch defender and promoter of the Convention, and its actions contribute not only to strengthen creative industries inside the country, but to create forces and dynamics that improve its production and distribution in the Caribbean and throughout Latin America. The Humberto Solás International Low-Budget Film Festival clearly illustrates this.
The Festival, founded in April 2003 in the city of Gibara, in the province of Holguín, by the outstanding Cuban filmmaker Humberto Solás, provides a space for the promotion of films with quality content and a high aesthetic value, produced with a low budget and making maximum use of the possibilities of digital technology. The opening to other markets, the synergy with other festivals, and the search for new means and strategies for the dissemination and distribution of materials are some of the discussions proposed in the event’s theoretical programme.
During ten years, the efforts made by the Ministry of Culture through Cuban Institute of Cinema Art and Industry (ICAIC), the governments of Holguín and of the municipality of Gibara, have made it possible to continue with the proposal of the Low-Budget Film Festival as a reflection of the political will to defend, promote and reinforce the regional and international mechanisms promoting films produced to achieve a better understanding among persons regardless of any economic gain. According to the founder of the festival, “low-budget filmmaking does not mean the production of films lacking ideas or artistic quality. It refers instead to films with a modest budget produced in less developed or peripheral countries, as well as in the midst of governing societies from an economic-cultural point of view, be it as part of their official production programme or through independent and alternative filmmaking.
According to its present Director, the famous filmmaker Léster Hamlet, “the 10th International Low-Budget Film Festival hopes to be an adventure about filmmaking: stripping it naked, revealing its truths and essence; showing all those present in Gibara at the time, and basically, those filmmakers that hope to reflect their reality from a poetic standpoint, how films are conceived, made and dreamt, how wishes may awaken utopias and lead the way towards personal and creative achievement. It hopes to be an intimate tribute to dedication and humility”.
The UNESCO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, in its efforts to promote the diversity of cultural expressions and contribute to support the actions that its Member Countries implement in this respect, collaborates with this Festival. Among its contributions, is the launching of the Cameras for Diversity Award presented to the work that best reflects the values of a community, group or society and its contribution to sustainable development, understanding culture to be the driving force of social and economic development.
Another notable collaboration is the simultaneous screening of the series Being a Human Being in seven provinces throughout the country during the time of the Festival. Being a Human Being is a series of six documentaries based on the six universal human needs: sustenance, love, faith, culture, fear and hope. Headed by the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV), this ambitious project received the collaboration of the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean and of the Spanish NGO Kultura Communication Desarrollo. To implement it, young filmmakers from seven film schools in the world worked together to narrate, from their own perspective, the stories of inhabitants from eight communities on the planet. A book of the same title accompanies the documentary series, a text that gives a step-by-step account of the sometimes slow and winding, sometimes fast and dynamic path to this singular initiative.
Website of the Humberto Solás International Low-Budget Film FestivalUNESCO, through the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, promotes an increase in policies that contribute to strengthen the creative industries in its Member States. Cuba is a staunch defender and promoter of the Convention, and its actions contribute not only to strengthen creative industries inside the country, but to create forces and dynamics that improve its production and distribution in the Caribbean and throughout Latin America. The Humberto Solás International Low-Budget Film Festival clearly illustrates this.
The Festival, founded in April 2003 in the city of Gibara, in the province of Holguín, by the outstanding Cuban filmmaker Humberto Solás, provides a space for the promotion of films with quality content and a high aesthetic value, produced with a low budget and making maximum use of the possibilities of digital technology. The opening to other markets, the synergy with other festivals, and the search for new means and strategies for the dissemination and distribution of materials are some of the discussions proposed in the event’s theoretical programme.
During ten years, the efforts made by the Ministry of Culture through Cuban Institute of Cinema Art and Industry (ICAIC), the governments of Holguín and of the municipality of Gibara, have made it possible to continue with the proposal of the Low-Budget Film Festival as a reflection of the political will to defend, promote and reinforce the regional and international mechanisms promoting films produced to achieve a better understanding among persons regardless of any economic gain. According to the founder of the festival, “low-budget filmmaking does not mean the production of films lacking ideas or artistic quality. It refers instead to films with a modest budget produced in less developed or peripheral countries, as well as in the midst of governing societies from an economic-cultural point of view, be it as part of their official production programme or through independent and alternative filmmaking.
According to its present Director, the famous filmmaker Léster Hamlet, “the 10th International Low-Budget Film Festival hopes to be an adventure about filmmaking: stripping it naked, revealing its truths and essence; showing all those present in Gibara at the time, and basically, those filmmakers that hope to reflect their reality from a poetic standpoint, how films are conceived, made and dreamt, how wishes may awaken utopias and lead the way towards personal and creative achievement. It hopes to be an intimate tribute to dedication and humility”.
The UNESCO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, in its efforts to promote the diversity of cultural expressions and contribute to support the actions that its Member Countries implement in this respect, collaborates with this Festival. Among its contributions, is the launching of the Cameras for Diversity Award presented to the work that best reflects the values of a community, group or society and its contribution to sustainable development, understanding culture to be the driving force of social and economic development.
Another notable collaboration is the simultaneous screening of the series Being a Human Being in seven provinces throughout the country during the time of the Festival. Being a Human Being is a series of six documentaries based on the six universal human needs: sustenance, love, faith, culture, fear and hope. Headed by the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV), this ambitious project received the collaboration of the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean and of the Spanish NGO Kultura Communication Desarrollo. To implement it, young filmmakers from seven film schools in the world worked together to narrate, from their own perspective, the stories of inhabitants from eight communities on the planet. A book of the same title accompanies the documentary series, a text that gives a step-by-step account of the sometimes slow and winding, sometimes fast and dynamic path to this singular initiative.
Website of the Humberto Solás International Low-Budget Film FestivalUNESCO, through the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, promotes an increase in policies that contribute to strengthen the creative industries in its Member States. Cuba is a staunch defender and promoter of the Convention, and its actions contribute not only to strengthen creative industries inside the country, but to create forces and dynamics that improve its production and distribution in the Caribbean and throughout Latin America. The Humberto Solás International Low-Budget Film Festival clearly illustrates this.
The Festival, founded in April 2003 in the city of Gibara, in the province of Holguín, by the outstanding Cuban filmmaker Humberto Solás, provides a space for the promotion of films with quality content and a high aesthetic value, produced with a low budget and making maximum use of the possibilities of digital technology. The opening to other markets, the synergy with other festivals, and the search for new means and strategies for the dissemination and distribution of materials are some of the discussions proposed in the event’s theoretical programme.
During ten years, the efforts made by the Ministry of Culture through Cuban Institute of Cinema Art and Industry (ICAIC), the governments of Holguín and of the municipality of Gibara, have made it possible to continue with the proposal of the Low-Budget Film Festival as a reflection of the political will to defend, promote and reinforce the regional and international mechanisms promoting films produced to achieve a better understanding among persons regardless of any economic gain. According to the founder of the festival, “low-budget filmmaking does not mean the production of films lacking ideas or artistic quality. It refers instead to films with a modest budget produced in less developed or peripheral countries, as well as in the midst of governing societies from an economic-cultural point of view, be it as part of their official production programme or through independent and alternative filmmaking.
According to its present Director, the famous filmmaker Léster Hamlet, “the 10th International Low-Budget Film Festival hopes to be an adventure about filmmaking: stripping it naked, revealing its truths and essence; showing all those present in Gibara at the time, and basically, those filmmakers that hope to reflect their reality from a poetic standpoint, how films are conceived, made and dreamt, how wishes may awaken utopias and lead the way towards personal and creative achievement. It hopes to be an intimate tribute to dedication and humility”.
The UNESCO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, in its efforts to promote the diversity of cultural expressions and contribute to support the actions that its Member Countries implement in this respect, collaborates with this Festival. Among its contributions, is the launching of the Cameras for Diversity Award presented to the work that best reflects the values of a community, group or society and its contribution to sustainable development, understanding culture to be the driving force of social and economic development.
Another notable collaboration is the simultaneous screening of the series Being a Human Being in seven provinces throughout the country during the time of the Festival. Being a Human Being is a series of six documentaries based on the six universal human needs: sustenance, love, faith, culture, fear and hope. Headed by the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV), this ambitious project received the collaboration of the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean and of the Spanish NGO Kultura Communication Desarrollo. To implement it, young filmmakers from seven film schools in the world worked together to narrate, from their own perspective, the stories of inhabitants from eight communities on the planet. A book of the same title accompanies the documentary series, a text that gives a step-by-step account of the sometimes slow and winding, sometimes fast and dynamic path to this singular initiative.
Website of the Humberto Solás International Low-Budget Film Festival
The Festival, founded in April 2003 in the city of Gibara, in the province of Holguín, by the outstanding Cuban filmmaker Humberto Solás, provides a space for the promotion of films with quality content and a high aesthetic value, produced with a low budget and making maximum use of the possibilities of digital technology. The opening to other markets, the synergy with other festivals, and the search for new means and strategies for the dissemination and distribution of materials are some of the discussions proposed in the event’s theoretical programme.
During ten years, the efforts made by the Ministry of Culture through Cuban Institute of Cinema Art and Industry (ICAIC), the governments of Holguín and of the municipality of Gibara, have made it possible to continue with the proposal of the Low-Budget Film Festival as a reflection of the political will to defend, promote and reinforce the regional and international mechanisms promoting films produced to achieve a better understanding among persons regardless of any economic gain. According to the founder of the festival, “low-budget filmmaking does not mean the production of films lacking ideas or artistic quality. It refers instead to films with a modest budget produced in less developed or peripheral countries, as well as in the midst of governing societies from an economic-cultural point of view, be it as part of their official production programme or through independent and alternative filmmaking.
According to its present Director, the famous filmmaker Léster Hamlet, “the 10th International Low-Budget Film Festival hopes to be an adventure about filmmaking: stripping it naked, revealing its truths and essence; showing all those present in Gibara at the time, and basically, those filmmakers that hope to reflect their reality from a poetic standpoint, how films are conceived, made and dreamt, how wishes may awaken utopias and lead the way towards personal and creative achievement. It hopes to be an intimate tribute to dedication and humility”.
The UNESCO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, in its efforts to promote the diversity of cultural expressions and contribute to support the actions that its Member Countries implement in this respect, collaborates with this Festival. Among its contributions, is the launching of the Cameras for Diversity Award presented to the work that best reflects the values of a community, group or society and its contribution to sustainable development, understanding culture to be the driving force of social and economic development.
Another notable collaboration is the simultaneous screening of the series Being a Human Being in seven provinces throughout the country during the time of the Festival. Being a Human Being is a series of six documentaries based on the six universal human needs: sustenance, love, faith, culture, fear and hope. Headed by the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV), this ambitious project received the collaboration of the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean and of the Spanish NGO Kultura Communication Desarrollo. To implement it, young filmmakers from seven film schools in the world worked together to narrate, from their own perspective, the stories of inhabitants from eight communities on the planet. A book of the same title accompanies the documentary series, a text that gives a step-by-step account of the sometimes slow and winding, sometimes fast and dynamic path to this singular initiative.
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