Cuban audiovisual producers, gathered at the 23 y 12 cinema in El Vedado in the capital, demanded that the government adopt a cinema law that protects their work.
Recording by Facebook / Rosa María Rodríguez
“Cinema rights now. This is the dialogue we want, and all together, no selected dates,” urged Rosa María Rodríguez, Director and Producer of the International School of Film and Television (EICTV).
Recording by Facebook / Rosa María Rodríguez
The young woman explained on her Facebook wall that the protagonists of this meeting must leave in the spirit of the school.
“Freedom of expression is free or not,” he said.
Recording by Facebook / Rosa María Rodríguez
He also recalled the government’s crimes against Cuban artists, such as the San Isidro movement and that of 27N.
“We are not just artists, we are the Cuban people,” he said.
Recording by Facebook / Rosa María Rodríguez
The meeting was attended by the renowned director Fernando Pérez, who lamented the damage suffered by Cuban cinema.
“We’re running out of youth,” he said.
Recording by Facebook / Rosa María Rodríguez
The meeting will take place days after Cuban television shows the documentary “Havana de Fito” without permission. its director Juan Vilar nor the audiovisual production company.
The material that should be in April was exhibited at the headquarters of a theater company and censored by the Ministry of Culture (MINCULT) was exhibited in the Espectador Critico program, with some pro-government assemblies devoted to commenting.
“I apologize to viewers for seeing a bad and stolen copy. This morning, after consultation, I specifically said that I did NOT authorize the projection on TV. It’s not the final version,” Vilar said on his social networks.
In “Havana de Fito” Vilar reflected the Cuban reality under the critical eye of Fito Páez and was convinced by important personalities of Ibero-American culture.
After his initial exhibition ban, the The filmmaker sent a letter to the ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel He indicated that he disagreed with the measure, which he described as “a deplorable act that imposes a biased view on the documentary and subjects Fito Páez’s testimony to political questions or historical credulity.”