The Assembly of Cuban Filmmakers (ACC) selected the actorLuis Alberto García Novoa as a candidate forNational Film Award, in its annual call, by obtaining the highest number of votes among the 60 nominees.
In this way, the contributions ofGarcía and his extensive career, among a long list of artists, technicians and scholars who were nominated.
As established by the award protocol, the proposal has already been delivered to the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC).
The members of the organization issued their considerations and votes last weekend, according to astatement of the guild on Facebook.
For the ACC, the number of nominees reflects the interest of that community in "recognizing the work, perseverance and professionalism of its members." "There is a lot of talent that we must remember and validate," the statement stressed.
The text confirms that the ACC is an inclusive organization that considers that all Cuban filmmakers, regardless of their place of residence, can aspire to the National Film Award.
However, the Assembly of Filmmakers maintained that this does not mean that it will "disregard or disqualify the result of the official call," because - it added - "a member of our community will always be honored, and that is what is truly essential."
"Our existence is legitimate and our vote becomes a new exercise in civility and coherence," the ACC stated.
The organization was born in 2013 as a "space for dialogue, proposals and confrontation," according to its page on the social network Facebook.
Last December,The Assembly rejected censorship at the Havana Film Festival, considering the event as a scene of "sustained exercise of institutional violence" against the creators.
The trigger for the complaint was the exclusion of two Cuban films from the event's official billboard:Fito's Havana, ofJuan Pin Vilar, andCalls from Moscow, directed byLuis Alejandro Yero.
They considered this fact "a perverse model that annuls that elemental right of any citizen to enjoy and interpret these works for themselves," according to.
In it, they also denounced the control, censorship and threats made by high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Culture and recalled that they, the artists, were not responsible for the harsh reality in which Cubans live.
The assembly also rejected the criminalization of filmmakers, and stated that "Cuban cinema made inside and outside of Cuba does not belong to an institution or a group of officials."
Two months before,The ACC declared that there were internet outages during a meeting of its members, when the meeting was planned to be recorded and later broadcast. They accused the government of trying to prevent filmmakers from recording and broadcasting the meetings, and described the act as a type of repression and censorship of artists.
This is the complete list, in alphabetical order, of the technicians, artists and researchers who were nominated for the National Film Award:
1. Adela Legrá
2. Alejandro Alonso
3. Alejandro Gil
4. Ángel Alderete
5. Aramis Acosta
6. Belkis Vega
7. Carlos Urdanivia
8. Claudia Calvino
9. Daniela Muñoz
10. Danilo Lejardi
11. Derubín Jácome
12. Diana Fernandez
13. Edesio Alejandro
14. Elisa Ravello
15. Eliseo Altunaga
16. Ernesto Daranas
17. Ernesto Padrón
18. Fausto Canel
19. Germán Fernández
20. Glory to Roland
21. Gustavo Arcos
22. Heidi Hassan
23. Hernán Henriquez
24. Isabel Santos
25. Jorge Fuentes
26. Jorge Molina
27. Jorge Perugorría
28. Jorge Pucheux
29. Juan Antonio García Borrero
30. Juan Antonio Leyva
31. Julio Simoneau (padre)
32. Lía Rodríguez
33. Lizette Rest
34. Luciano Castillo
35. Luis Alberto García
36. Luis Lacosta
37. Luisa María Jiménez
38. Magda Rose Galvan
39. Magdalena Alvarez
40. María Isabel Díaz
41. Marilyn Solaya
42. Mario Rivas
43. Miguel Coyula
44. Mirtha Ibarra
45. Nancy Angulo
46. Orlando Jiménez Leal
47. Orlando Rojas
48. Osmany Olivare
49. Patrick Wood
50. Pavel Giroud
51. Rafael Rey
52. Rebeca Chavez
53. Ricardo Acosta
54. Rolando Diaz
55. Samuel Claxton
56. James Llapur
57. Sergio Giral
58. Sergio Marticorena
59. Tessa Hernandez
60. Violet Cooper
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