The 19th International Poor Cinema Festival of Gibara opened on Tuesday with the presentation of the 2025 Honorary Lucia Award to the Cuban actress and National Theater and Television Award winner Veronica Lynn, the critic and researcher Luciano Castillo, and the Casa Gitana project.
International conference recognize Cuba's work in favor of women's rights
Participants in the 23rd International Conference on African and African-American Culture “Africanía 2025”, sponsored every year by Centro Cultural Africano “Fernando Ortiz”, recognized Cuba's work in favor of women and gender equality.
Cuba hosts 23rd International Conference on African and Afro-American Culture
As part of the 23rd International Conference on African and Afro-American Culture, the panel "Women on Stage", a space full of history, reflection and feminine strength, was held at the Museum of Music in this eastern city.
Cuba hosts, as of today, the Gibara International Poor Film Festival
The 19th edition of the Gibara International Poor Film Festival opens today with the screening of the film Fenomenos Naturales (Natural Phenomena), directed by Cuban director Marcos Diaz Sosa, which will run until April 19 in this coastal city in the eastern province of Holguin.
Cuban music fills Sydney Opera House
The famed Sydney Opera House in Australia brimmed with Cuban music in a concert organized by Artists for Peace in collaboration with the Cuban Embassy.
Cuba hosts 23rd African and Afro-American Culture Conference
With the participation of representatives of culture, academia and diplomacy from more than a dozen countries, the 23rd International Conference on African and Afro-American Culture kicked off in Santiago de Cuba, an event that will last until April 16.
Cuban troubadour Silvio Rodriguez announces tour of five Latin American countries
Finally a good one! Argentinians hailed on social networks before the announcement, on Thursday on the Zurron del Aprendiz channel, of the upcoming tour of Cuban troubadour Silvio Rodriguez to five Latin American countries.
Poor Film Festival in Cuba with novelties in its 19th edition
The integration of animation and experimental cinema to the competition for the Lucia Awards is one of the novelties of the 19th edition of the International Poor Film Festival of Gibara, which from April 15 to 19, will be held in this coastal city in the eastern province of Holguin.
Cuba to host conference on African and African-American Culture
On April 12 to 15, the city of Santiago de Cuba will be the venue of the XXIII International Conference of African and African-American Culture, an event dedicated to women in Africa and in the Diaspora and their role in family and society.
International movie festival addresses interpretation as a natural process
The III International Caribbean Film and Environment Festival “Isla Verde” organized the workshop Interpretation as an actor’s natural process, given by the Cuban actresses Mirtha Ibarra―2025 National Film Award winner―and Elba Pérez Torres, who is also a screenwriter and playwright and turned the event into an opportunity to boost the artistic and environmental training of young talents.
Films from 30 countries to prestige iconic Cuban film festival
Films from more than 30 countries will prestige the Festival de Cine Pobre de Gibara (Gibara Poor Film Festival), which will come to this coastal city in the eastern province of Holguin April 15-19, with some 500 works included in the program of the event.
EU representative recognizes relevance of Cuban film festival in addressing climate change
Pedro Campos Llopis, representative of the European Union (EU) in Cuba, recognized in this city of the special municipality Isle of Youth, the relevance of the International Caribbean Film and Environment Festival "Isla Verde 2025" as a platform to reflect on the current context and in the face of climate change.
International music festival returns to Cuban stages
With the aim of preserving the musical essences of the westernmost province of Pinar del Rio and Cuba, the international festival La Guarapachanga is back, which in its 10th edition proposes a fancy artistic program.
Cuban special municipality hosts International Film and Environment Festival
The 3rd International Caribbean Film and Environment Festival Isla Verde (Green Island), the only one of its kind in the region, was opened on Isle of Youth with the Cuban premiere of the animated documentary Mariposas negras (Black Butterflies), winner of the Goya Award for Best Animated Film 2025.
Prominent Cuban writer died at 80
At the age of 80, renowned Cuban writer Luis Cabrera Delgado, one of the most relevant names in children's and young people's literature in Cuba, as well as in adult narrative, essays and theater, died in the central city of Santa Clara, the Cuban Book Institute reported.







