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Film critic
Country of origin
Cuba

Alberto V. Ramos Ruiz is a film critic and Programming Director of La Habana -  Festival of New Latin American Cinema. His coverage of festivals like Cannes, Berlin and Toronto appear regularly at the SIGNIS website (www.signis.net). He was also a contributor to the "Dictionary of Iberoamerican Film: Spain, Portugal and America" (2011). He currently teaches Latin American Cinema in the San Antonio de los Baños International Film and TV School and has served in international juries at the following festivals: San Sebastian, Venice, Havana, Zanzibar (SIGNIS), Berlin, Montreal (ecumenical), Rotterdam, Berlin, Havana, Fribourg, Mannheim (FIPRESCI), Olhar de Cinema, Hot Docs  (official jury).

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16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin
11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2

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