ICAIC and Wanda Vision are proud to announce the selection of Fernando Pérez’s film, ÚLTIMOS DÍAS EN LA HABANA (Last days in Havana) at the forthcoming BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL which takes place from 9 to 19 February 2017. The film received the Special Jury Award and Best Soundtrack Award last December at the Havana Film Festival and will be screened in the Berlinale Special section.
 
Downtown Havana. The heart of Havana today. Miguel (45 years old) dreams of fleeing to New York. While he waits for his visa, which never seems to arrive, he works as a busboy at a paladar, a privately owned restaurant. Diego (45 years old) dreams of living. Weakened and immobilized by AIDS, Diego remains energetic on the narrow bed, in the smallest room of the house. Diego and Miguel live together as if they were night and day. While Miguel takes shelter, Diego opens himself to others. Diego is gay, positive, gleaming. Miguel is…what is Miguel ? A wide array of evocative characters surround the two friends but only Diego is aware of Miguel´s intentions. When his visa finally arrives, destiny has something in store for everyone as they face a surprising and unusual decision.
 
Director/writer Fernando Pérez has a Degree in Language and Hispanic Literature from the University of Havana. In 1987, he directed his first feature fiction film “Clandestino”. His film work has been awarded in competitions in national and foreign festivals. In 1982, was awarded the Casa de las Americas Prize in testimony genre for his book Corresponsales de Guerra (War Correspondents). He was chosen the most outstanding Cuban film director in the 90’s by the Cuban Film Press Association. His second feature film “Hello, Hemingway” was nominated to the Goya Award in 1990 as Best Iberian-American film and won the prize of the New York film critics. He was awarded the Goya Prize for “La Vida es Silbar” (Life is whistling) as Best 2000 Iberian-American film and the Sundance Institute Award. He was also awarded the Flaiano Prize to the Best Foreign Film exhibited in Italy. His film “Suite Havana” inaugurated the 2003 Festival of San Sebastian and was nominated to the Goya Award in the categories of Best Documentary and Best Iberian-American film.
 
 

ÚLTIMOS DÍAS EN LA HABANA
(Last days in Havana)
A film by Fernando Pérez
Cuba/Spain – 2016 – 93 min. – color

 
 
SCREENINGS
Monday 13 February at 21:50 @ CinemaxX 5 (press screening)
Tuesday 14 February at 22:30 @ International (premiere)
Wednesday 15 February at 18:00 @ Cubix 8
Sunday 19 February at 18:00 @ Cubix 8
 
PRESS CONFERENCE
Tuesday 14 February at 19:30 @ Grand Hyatt Hotel
 
ATTENDING
Fernando Pérez (director)

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CREDITS
Director : Fernando Pérez
Cast: Jorge Martínez, Patricio Wood, Gabriela Ramos, Cristian Jesús Pérez, Coralia Veloz, Carmen Solar, Yailene Sierra, Ana Gloria Buduén
Screenplay: Fernando Pérez, Abel Rodríguez
DoP : Raúl Pérez Ureta
Editor : Rodolfo Barros
Producers: Danilo León, José María Morales
 
PRODUCTION
ICAIC (Cuba) - www.icaic.cu
WANDA VISION (Spain) – www.wanda.es
 
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
1988 Clandestinos (Underground) (Fiction 103´)
1990 Hello Hemingway (Fiction 90´)
1994 Madagascar (Fiction 52´)
1998 La vida es silbar (Life is whistling) (Fiction 110´)
2003 Suite Habana (Suite Havana) (Doc. 80´)
2007 Madrigal (Madrigal) (Fiction 120´)
2010 José Martí: el ojo del canario (José Martí: the canary´s eye) (Fiction 120´)
2014 La pared de las palabras (The wall of words) (Fiction 90´)