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    Cuban Film and Cultural Festival
    Queen's University
    February 2-8, 2001
         		 
    Festival At a Glance
    		 

     

          Welcome to Cuban Film and Cultural Festival  

    We would like to invite you to attend Kingston's first Cuban film festival-- a weeklong celebration of Cuban film starting on Friday, February 2nd with an opening gala, comprising a feature film, a presentation by the Cuban Ambassador, Cuban music and dance.

    This festival is a collaborative effort by Studies in National and International Development (SNID) and Development Studies at Queen's University, and the Kingston chapter of the Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association (CCFA-Kingston) working in close association with the Cuban Embassy. Occurring as it does during International Development Week, it provides not only the student population but also the wider Kingston community with an opportunity to view some of Cuba's remarkable achievements in film and to discuss and ponder some important development issues.

    Cuban fiction films have little in common with the Hollywood variety! Often open-ended and concentrating on process rather than product, they want to stimulate their audience to think about what they see, to encourage a critical response and debate in the audience. Others run the gamut from warm comedy-romances to hilarious satires.

    See you at the movies...
     
    Festival At a Glance  

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    Films are in Spanish with English sub-titles, unless specified.
    Admission to all films is FREE.
    Souvenir programs will be available at all events, for $2.00

    Day One: Friday, February 2 Opening Gala

    Location: Agnes Etherington Art Gallery (Atrium)

    2:00 p.m. Keynote Address by
    Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba

    3:00 p.m. Feature film presentation: Guantanamera

    5:00 p.m. Reception with music by AZUKA (Cash bar)

    Special guest at the Reception: Canadian Jazz musician Jane Bunnet - subject of recent NFB film Spirits of Havana for her work with Cuban musicians--will say a few words about Cuban music and then join the 9-piece salsa band "Azuka"

    9:00 p.m. Celebrate Cuban culture and dance with AZUKA at Alfie's, Queen's University
    (Admission: $3.00 for students, $4 for non-students).

    DAY Two: Saturday, February 3

    Feature Film Presentation
    Location: Policy Studies, Room 202
    7:00 p.m. La ultima cena (The Last Supper)

    Day Three: Sunday, February 4

    Feature Film Presentation
    Location: Dupuis Auditorium
    7:00 p.m. La muerte de un burocrata (Death of A Bureaucrat)

    Day Four: Monday, February 5

    Documentary
    Location: Policy Studies, Room 202
    11:30 am Afrocubanismo

    Seminar
    4:30 pm. "The Cuban System: An Integrated and Effective Approach to Health Care"
    With:
    1. Dr Carolyn Bennett (Federal MP and Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto)
    2. Paul Rosenbaum (Coordinator International Programs, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University)
    3. Mario Garcia (Secretary General, Embassy of Cuba, Ottawa)
    Location: Policy Studies, Room 202

    Feature Film Presentation
    Location: Policy Studies, Room 202
    7:00 p.m. La mujer transparente (The Transparent Women)

    Day Five: Tuesday, February 6

    Documentary
    Location: Policy Studies, Room 202
    11:30 a.m. El Che - Investigating a Legend [in English]

    Feature Film Presentation
    Location: Policy Studies, Room 202
    7:00 p.m. El otro Francisco (The Other Francisco)

    Day Six: Wednesday, February 7

    Documentary
    Location: Policy Studies, Room 202
    11:30 a.m. Fidel [in English]

    Double-Bill
    Location: Policy Studies, Room 202
    7:00 p.m. De cierta manera (One Way Or Another)
    8:45 p.m. Retrato de Teresa (Portrait of Teresa)

    Day Seven: Thursday, February 8

    Documentary
    Location: Macintosh-Corry, Room E202
    11:30 a.m. Del otro lado del crystal (The Other Side of the Glass

    Feature Film Presentation
    Location: Policy Studies, Room 202
    7:00 p.m. La vida es silbar (Life Is To Whistle)

    Reception

    Following the feature film on Thursday, there will be a reception hosted by the CCFA twinning committee to publicize the initiative to twin Kingston with the Cuban city of Cienfuegos. Refreshments will be served, and Camilo Garcia, the Second Secretary of the Cuban Embassy will be there along with members of the committee to talk with interested people.

    'Spirits of Havana' at the Screening Room

    The Screening Room Movie Theater, 120 Princess Street, is hosting an adjunct event. The excellent new NFB film 'Spirits of Havana', on the work of Canadian Jazz musician Jane Bunnet with Cuban musicians will be shown from Friday to Sunday, February 9-11 at 7:00 pm.

    Tickets available at the door.

    Last modified: February 3, 2001