Monte Rouge
I previously looked at the factors contributing to the current state of independent Cuban cinema, which include the growing use of digital technology, as well as the need to skirt the official censorship of the industry. An increasing number of actors and industry employees take on projects at their own risk- even producers. They lend their talent and hard work regardless of whether the project is a success or not.
A recent documentary about the popular group "Los Aldeanos".
Cuba would like to think it has a movie industry. The government agency responsible for overseeing this industry even has the rather pompous name of the Cuban Institute of Art and Film Industry (initials ICAIC in Spanish).
However, even when the ICAIC’s budget was at its highest, only 12 movies were produced annually, a low number when compared to other Latin American nations.
Abelardo Estorino, writer and author.
After the success of the film “El premio flaco”, an adaptation of a stage play, the Cuban film industry is busy adapting another play, “La casa vieja”, by Abelardo Estorino.
It will be directed by the young director Lester Hamlet, and will be adapted Mijaíl Rodríguez, while the Fondo Cubano para la Cinematografía is financing the project.
