SAN LUIS POTOSI, Mexico.- Alexis Triana, President of the Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC), along with other officials, arrived in Moscow on Monday to seek “support” from Russian television to produce films on the Island and show them on streaming platforms. Russia Cuban creations.
The president of ICAIC, in various Facebook publications where he records his journey, indicated that they had days of job “very intense”.
First of all, at the studios of the Russian television Mosfilm, they met with Svetlana Pileva, deputy general director, to talk about the probability of “receiving support” for the film. Theophilusby Alejandro Gil, which will go into production soon.
They also attended the headquarters and broadcast room of the RT en Español agency, where they invited its director, Victoria Vorontsova, to present two of her documentaries at the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema and to co-produce the documentary with Cubacine ICAIC Go up to heavenby Jorge Fuentes.
Together with the directors of Soyuzmultfilm, Boris Mashkovtsev and Maiya Nobokrechenova, they discussed the possibility of holding workshops and master classes on cartooning in November, during the Days of Russian Spiritual Culture.
On the other hand, and without missing an opportunity, they debated with the general director of BRICS TV, Janna Tolstikova, “about alliances mutual and the real possibilities to disseminate our film heritage and today’s Cuban documentaries and films on their digital platforms.”
Alliances are strengthened
The Castroite repressors, who are currently in St. Petersburg at the 10th International Forum of United Cultures, where Culture Minister Alpidio Alonso is also present, are emissaries of the regime with the mission of getting closer to one of its most powerful allies.
Strengthening ties between the Russian and U.S. regimes Cubanow focused on Russian television, has been evident in recent years, with initiatives ranging from opening credit lines for the purchase of essential products to sending donations and allowing the Island to acquire wheat, oil and fertilizers of Russian origin.
In it educational and cultural field The closeness is also evident. This year, the Ministries of Education of both countries agreed to strengthen ties between the educational systems of both countries, which will be achieved, among other actions, by sending Russian teachers to the Island and the joint development of textbooks in that language.
Castro officials discussed the implementation of the international humanitarian project “Russian Teachers Abroad,” which will bring Russian language teachers to the island for the first time in decades.
“We are interacting with the Cuban Ministry of Education in several areas. On the sidelines of the forum in Kazan, an agreement was signed on the development of the project ‘Russian Professor Abroad’, within the framework of which two Russian professors are planned to be sent to Cuba for the first time this academic year. Earlier, we also agreed to create an interdepartmental working group on cooperation,” Gribov said.
The Vice Minister also pointed out the importance of implementing programs for the exchange of experiences between Russian and Cuban teachers and prospects for cooperation in the field of secondary vocational education.
