9th Annual Havana Star Prize - Films in Fiction

EL ÚLTIMO TRAJE / THE LAST SUIT

Pablo Solarz | Spain-Argentina | 2017 | 86min 

A critically acclaimed exploration of Argentina's Jewish diaspora and the effects of the Holocaust 60 years later, Pablo Solarz's charming, funny and notably poignant film reminds us of the human relationships forged in times of tragedy.     

TICKETS

AMC Loews 34th St 4/12 @ 5:00 PM

AMC Loews 34th St 4/14 @ 7:00 PM

MATAR A JÉSUS 

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KILLING JESUS

Laura Mora | Colombia-Argentina | 2017 | Fiction | 100min  

Inspired by the director's own personal tragedy, this sincere and insightful tale of revenge follows a young woman as she embarks on a mission to find the man who killed her father.

TICKETS

AMC Loews 34th St 4/12 @ 1:00 PM

AMC Loews 34th St 4/16 @ 7:00 PM

LOS BUENOS DEMONIOS 

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THE GOOD DEMONS

Gerardo Chijona | Cuba-Spain | 2017 | 88min  

A hilarious dark comedy about a modern day Robin Hood (if Robin Hood were a serial killer...) starring some of Cuba's biggest names including Carlos Enrique Almirante, Isabel Santos, Enrique Molina & Vladimir Curz.  

TICKETS

Museum of the Moving Image 4/8 @ 4:30 PM

AMC Loews 34th St 4/14 @ 9:00 PM

LA NOVIA DEL DESIERTO / THE DESERT BRIDE

Cecilia Atán & Valeria Pivato | Argentina-Chile | 2017 | 78min

A delicate tale about the empowerment of a woman who has lived her whole life in the shadow of others, The Hollywood Reporter calls The Desert Bride "a captivating two-hander, as soothing as a desert breeze." 

TICKETS

AMC Loews 34th St 4/11 @ 2:00 PM

AMC Loews 34th St 4/15 @ 1:00 PM

JOAQUIM

Marcelo Gomes | Brazil | 2017 | 97min

Renowned director Marcelo Gomes explores the life and times of revolutionary Brazilian abolitionist and martyr "Tiradentes" (Joaquim José da Silva Xavier) in this ambitious historical epic, a sweaty, dusty and stunning cinematic journey into colonial Brazil on the brink of independence.

TICKETS

AMC Loews 34th St 4/12 @ 3:00 PM

AMC Loews 34th St 4/15 @ 7:00 PM

LOS PERROS

Marcela Said | Chile | 2017 | 94min 

Screened at Cannes' 56^th Critics' Week, Marcela Said's second feature centers on the complex and compelling figure of Mariana as she dives into the brutal legacy of the Pinochet era through an affair with an older man.

TICKETS

AMC Loews 34th St 4/13 @ 2:30 PM

AMC Loews 34th St 4/15 @ 9:20 PM

BX3M

Judith Escalona | USA | 2016 | 103min 

Latin filmmaker Judith Escalona weaves an action-packed tale of three NY teens. For Maria and Mona, graduation means fulfilling a dream. For Michael, it means dashing all hope of a better future. You either make the grade or you don't- in academics or love- and that makes all the difference.

TICKETS

AMC Loews 34th St 4/12 @ 8:30 PM

LOS BUSCADORES / THE GOLD SEEKERS

Juan Carlos Maneglia & Tana Schémbori | Paraguay | 2017 | 102min

Following the success of their highly acclaimed debut 

7 cajas, Paraguayan directors Maneglia & Schémbori return with Los buscadores, a hilarious high-action comedy about two young boys searching for a buried treasure.

TICKETS

AMC Loews 34th St 4/15 @ 4:45 PM

AMC Loews 34th St 4/16 @ 9:15 PM

SERGIO & SERGUEÍ 

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SERGIO & SERGEI

Ernesto Daranas | Spain-Cuba-USA | 2017 | 93min  

This is the true story of a Russian cosmonaut trapped in space during the fall of the USSR, and his unlikely friendship with the Cuban philosophy professor who sets out to save him. 

TICKETS 

AMC Loews 34th St 4/11 @ 6:00 PM  

AMC Loews 34th St 4/16 @ 5:00 PM

19th Havana Film Festival New York April 6 - April 17, 2018