Havana Film Festival

Havana Film Festival
Wednesday, Apr 9, 2025 at 1:00pm
Quad Cinema
34 West 13th Street
212-687-2146

EL HUARO

Patricia Wiesse Risso | Peru | Documentary | 2024 | 84 min | US PREMIERE

Crossing the river becomes a challenge with unsuspected consequences. And The Huaro is there to remind them.

Time: 1:00pm

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LA INVENCIÓN DE LAS ESPECIES / ON THE INVENTION OF SPECIES

Tania Hermida | Ecuador-Cuba | Fiction | 2024 | 92 min | NY PREMIERE

Carla arrives in the Galapagos with her father, a biologist and expert in tortoise conservation. While he lectures on breeding endangered species, she faces the risks of her own species. Like the iguanas, who mutated into sea creatures to survive, Carla will transform into Isla and learn to cling to the rock, dive and wait.

Time: 2:45pm

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A CINEMATIC TRIBUTE OF THE BEST SONEROS

Lourdes de los Santos | Cuba | Documentary | 2023 | 35 min | US PREMIERE

Ignacio Villa, Bola de Nieve, famous performer and composer with a very personal style of interpretation. A journey through his life and work and his very peculiar relationship with a famous restaurant in Havana.

Time: 4:45pm

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DESPIERTA MAMA / WAKE UP MOM

Arianne Benedetti | Panama | Fiction | 2024 | 99 min | NY PREMIERE

In a small town in the middle of the mountain, a girl disappears without a trace. As the town’s darkest secrets begin to be revealed, the desperate mother of the little girl undertakes a tireless search trying to find her before it is too late.

Time: 6:20pm

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VUELVE A LA VIDA / BACK TO LIFE

Alfredo & Luis Hueck | Venezuela-USA | Fiction | NY PREMIERE

In 1996, Ricardo returned to Caracas from New York, choosing a road trip with friends over a family vacation. A sudden, severe pain during the trip drastically alters his and his family's lives.

Time: 8:30pm

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