The Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana opens its doors from December 5 to 15, but the Biennial will continue until February 28, immersed in a wide range of exhibitions, in unison for 10 days with the 45th edition of the film event, which will also have exhibitions.

The Cuban capital is moving between cultural events when it also celebrates 505 years of its founding with the name of Villa de San Cristóbal de La Habana (1519), all of them important celebrations to embrace the ancient city.

In this artistic context, we find along the emblematic Havana seafront immense works of art belonging to the Biennial, such as the collective exhibition “Behind the Wall”, in homage to these five centuries and a lustrum of establishment in these parts.

Always in front of the wall there will be much to see, as there is in its surrounding areas, as is the case of another legendary institution embraced by the waters of the sea: the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, which hosts year after year, the International Film Festival.

On this occasion, the film festival brings the novelty of combining traditional drinks and fruits of the country, with products of the ocean -such as coral- to create a drink in its honor: the Coral Cocktail, created by the hotel’s bartender Ahmed Mesa and awarded in a contest held in the facility itself.

To link this light drink with the seventh art, its author used seven ingredients, among them, Havana Club seven years and pineapple juice.

The Coral Prize is the award given to the winning works in the different sections in competition at the event.

Everything is ready to open the doors of the Charles Chaplin theater, the main venue of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, at 6:00 p.m. local time on December 5, while Havana moves between interactive, permanent, personal and collective exhibitions, and continues to love this city for its evident eclecticism.

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