International Festival of New Latin American Cinema opens in Havana. The 41st International Festival of New Latin American Cinema opens this Thursday with the premiere in Cuba of ‘La Odisea de los Giles’ (Heroic Losers), an Argentine feature film that will be presented by two of its protagonists: Ricardo and Chino Darin. The Karl Marx Theater will host the opening gala of the 41st Festival that will take place in Havana through December 15, and in which about 300 films from 37 countries will be screened. Prior to the screening of ‘La Odisea de los Giles,’ the Cuban National Ballet, led by Viengsay Valdes, will perform a scene from the classic ‘Nutcracker’ in the version by the late Cuban prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso. The festival maintains its founding precepts and is proud to continue screening films that cover the big issues of the Latin American reality, the President of the Festival, Ivan Giroud, said in a recent press briefing. Of the total of films, 210 are from countries of the South American continent, led by Argentina and Brazil.
