Special Programs
CuCu Diamantes in Concert
Come celebrate CuCu Diamantes AMOR CRONICO film soundtrack release with this special one time performance. Doors 11pm Performance 11:30pm
Tkts $20 in advance JOE´S PUB $25 at the door
April 13 11:00pm
Costa Rica in Focus: Films made by graduates from the Veritas Film School.
Costa Rica. U.S Premiere Introduction by Luis Naguil, Director of Veritas Film School.
INSTITUTO CERVANTES April 16 6:00PM
(Free and Open to the Public)
Films from International School of Film and TV of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba (EICTV).
Films made by students from EICTV. Introduction by Rafael Rosal.
CASA ITALIANA ZERILLI-MARIMÒ – NYU April 17 6:00PM
Museum of the Moving Image
Fresa y Chocolate
Directors: Tomás Gutierrez Alea / Juan Carlos Tabio
Country: Cuba
Date: Sunday, April 14
Time: 7:00pm
Diego, a cultivated, openly gay man, falls in love with David, a young heterosexual Communist, full of prejudice and dogma. David falls in love with Nancy who is overcoming the effects of a suicide attempt; her relationship with both men gives her life new meaning. Read More
Las Cosas Como Son
Director: Fernando Lavanderos
Country: Chile
Date: Saturday, April 13
Time: 2:00pm
Jerónimo (30) is an antisocial guy who rents rooms to foreigners and stores their belongings. To his house comes to live Sanna (23), a beautiful young Nordic girl that brings meaning to his life. Read More
Rat Fever
Director: Cláudio Assis
Country: Brazil
Date: Friday, April 12
Time:7:00pm
Rat Fever is a story of an unrequited love. The poet Zizo, a pure-bred anarchist, is lost as soon as he meets the sober Eneida. She doesn’t mind being his muse, but she won’t go any further than that – whereas in Zizo’s circle of friends, made up of social losers, bohemians and other proud outsiders, everyone goes to bed with everyone else. Read More
Y Sin Embargo
Director: Rudy Mora
Country: Cuba
Date: Saturday, April 13
Time: 12:00pm
A boy arrives late to his music class and justifies his lateness with a lie that triggers turmoil among the students and worries his teachers. To save himself from being expelled from school, the boy is forced to make a pact with his teachers to tell the truth. Read More