The Ibero-American Prize for Cooperation

ICAIC receives Ibero-American prize for cooperation for development in culture
The Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC), on its 65th anniversary, received the Ibero-American Prize for Cooperation for Development in the Culture category, awarded by the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI).

The important award, consisting of a medal and diploma, was communicated to the Minister of Culture, Alpidio Alonso Grau, in a letter from the Director of the OEI in Cuba, Iosmara Fernández Silva, who assures that the organization has decided to award these prizes to entities and people “for their outstanding contribution to cooperation for the development of the Ibero-American region.”

The minutes of the first edition of these awards, signed by the Secretary General of the OEI, state that “the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry, founded in 1959, has been fundamental in the preservation and promotion of the culture of Cuba and Latin America.”

The document states that the institution has developed key projects such as the ICAIC Latin American Newsreel and the Cuban Cinema Magazine, in addition to creating the Cuban Cinematheque in 1960. It highlights its production of ICAIC Animated Films, the creation of the Festival of New Latin American Cinema and the Sound Experimentation Group. It concludes: “Over the years, the ICAIC has been a reference in the training of filmmakers and has supported the development of emerging cinematographies in the region.”

The initiative is part of the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the OEI, and is based on the exhaustive knowledge of the organization; its political, institutional and academic relations, and its intense and constant cooperative activity.

The OEI has established itself as the leading organization for cooperation between Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking Ibero-American countries, having been founded in 1949 and representing a significant bridge in relations between Europe and Ibero-America, as well as one of the largest cooperation networks in Ibero-America.

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