Event

Playing Lecuona

(Opens with the Documentary Shorts Competition film " Libertad")

A film Pavel Giroud, JuanMa Villa Betancort

Spain/Colombia, Music Documentary, 2015
110 min, Color
Spanish with English subtitles

Texas Premiere

www.playinglecuona.com

PLAYING LECUONA takes the viewer on a musical journey through the work and living spaces of pianist and composer Ernesto Lecuona, considered the most universal of Latin American pianists. Three outstanding Latin Jazz piano players will guide us in this odyssey: Chuco Valdés in Lecuona's native Havana fuses jazz with Afro-Cuban rhythms; Michel Camilo in New York creates elegant soundscapes; and in Seville, the heart of Andalucia, Gonzalo Rubalcaba fuses Latin Jazz with Flamenco. The film is filled with exceptional performances by the above masters as well as Omara Portuondo of Cuba, and Ana Belén and Esperanza Fernández of Spain. PLAYING LECUONA won the award for Best Documentary at Festival des Films du Monde in Montreal.

Producer: JuanMa Villar Betancort
Production Companies: Insularia Creadores
Screenwriter: Pavel Giroud, JuanMa Villar Betancort
Cinematographer: Santiago Torres
Editor: Ximena Alejandra Córdoba, Pavel Giroud, José Jorge, Paula Iglesias
Sound Design: Richard Córdoba, Daniel de Zayas, Christian Johansen
Music: Carlos Más
Cast: Chuco Valdés, Michel Camilo, Gonzalo Rubalcaba