Since his death on April 17 last year, Nobel prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez is now more alive than ever. The past twelve months have witnessed an avalanche of articles dedicated to the man and his work, innumerable tributes from journalists and filmmakers, and the republication of his writings at home and abroad.
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French director Laurent Cantet’s feature film Return to Ithaca is scheduled to premiere in Havana in May as part of Cuba’s fifteenth French Film Festival.
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This year’s Alfaguara Novel Prize was awarded to the Chilean writer Carla Guelfenbein for her novel Contigo en la distancia (In the Distance with You).
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The Discovery Channel is launching a new series about antique cars in Cuba.
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The new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, or MoMa, in New York City entitled “Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955-1980” is proof that the museum recognizes its own ignorance when it comes to the powerful architectural heritage of its southern neighbors.
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The legendary Colombian film director Luis Ospina sat down during the Cartagena International Film Festival for a discussion about his career and current projects.
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Are movie theaters becoming obsolete? Can film festivals compete with Hollywood? What have we learned from Netflix? These are some of the questions that took center stage at the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce Debate at the Cartagena International Film Festival.
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After eighty years, fifteen hundred exhibitions, and innumerable sales, the Gallery of Mexican Art prepares for its future in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
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Journalists from across Latin America, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, received prizes at the King of Spain International Journalism Awards ceremony held in Madrid on February 28.
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On February 27, the UCLA Film and Television Archive announced that it had reached an agreement with Cuba’s Cinemateca to restore a number of the island country’s pre-revolutionary films.
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