The participants of the 5th International Edition of Surimagen will pry into the work and legacy of Santiago Álvarez. The event will also approach in this week the short films made in Ecuador. Four workshops will be devoted to him at the Carlos Rafael Rodríguez University, at the Medical College, at the Octavio García Hernández Pedagogical Institute and at the Benny Moré Art School. These events will count on the presence of Lázara Herrera president of the foundation named after the author of Now (1965), Ciclón (1963) and Hanoi, martes 13 (1967). 

The program will also include screening films like Sara la Espantapájaros, by Jorge Vivanco which lasts 70 minutes, A tus espaldas, by Tito Jarra, with a similar duration, and Labranza Oculta, by Gabriela Calvache which lasts 65 minutes. En el nombre de la hija, by Tania Hermida, one hour 43 minutes; Pescador, by Sebastián Cordero, lasting around one hour; Prometeo Deportado, by Fernando Mieles; Anansé. El Afro es oral, by Beatriz Quesada and Impulso, by producer Mateo Herrera. This last documentary lasts 83 minutes. These are the works to be presented during the event.

The premieres also include Las Makarenkas, by the Cuban producer Niurka Pérez, and El Inmortal, by Yodenis Masó Águila, as well as Una Mirada, una cultura, Esmeralda, ecuador, by Bárbaro Cabezas. Every day will count on the presence of authors from Latin America. The cinema festival, devoted to producers in general will focus on a comprehensive approach and in the exchange to promote and stimulate the audiovisual creation, the artistic appreciation, the social vision and the international and national cinema work made starting from the personal interests of the producers as well as the cultural testimonies of communities, towns, cities, regions, provinces or nations which have become an education and historic source. 

Surimagen is a festival that has been created by the effort and the will of several producers, specialists, directives and an eager audience always ready to watch local and national works. This event derives from the Image Carnival, which during an entire week used to be a festivity to show national and international productions - now every two years. This event is also a space for competition, debates, panels and talks on daily life and its link with art.

(Taken from RCM)

Translated by: Osmany Ortiz González (Azurina)