# 2010 Havana Film Festival

The 32nd annual Havana Film Festival took place in Havana, Cuba, from 2 December to 12 December 2010.

## Festival line-up
### Feature films
#### Films in competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| — | Los Labios | Santiago Loza | Argentina |
| It's Your Fault | Por Tu Culpa | Anahí Berneri | Argentina France |
| Carancho | Carancho | Pablo Trapero | Argentina |
| The invisible look | La mirada invisible | Diego Lerman | Argentina Germany Spain |
| — | Como esquecer | Malu de Martino | Brazil |
| — | Sonhos roubados | Sandra Werneck | Brazil |
| The Life of Fish | La Vida de los Peces | Matías Bize García | Chile |
| Post mortem | Post mortem | Pablo Larraín | Chile Germany Mexico |
| — | Casa Vieja | Lester Hamlet | Cuba |
| — | Larga Distancia | Esteban Insausti | Cuba |
| — | José Martí: El Ojo del Canario | Fernando Pérez | Cuba Spain |
| — | Boleto al Paraiso | Gerardo Chijona | Cuba Spain |
| Chicogrande | Chicogrande | Felipe Cazals | Mexico |
| On Childhood | De la infancia | Carlos Carrera González | Mexico |
| The Good Herbs | Las Buenas Hierbas | María Novaro | Mexico |
| Summer of Goliath | El Verano de Goliath | Nicolás Pereda | Mexico Canada Netherlands |
| Tarata | Tarata | Fabrizio Aguilar | Peru |
| — | Jean Gentil | Laura Amelia Guzmán Israel Cárdenas | Dominican Republic Mexico |
| A Useful Life | La vida útil | Federico Veiroj | Uruguay |
| — | Des-autorizados | Elia K. Schneider | Venezuela |
| Habana Eva | Habana Eva | Fina Torres | Venezuela Cuba |

#### Films out of competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| Lula, The Son of Brazil | Lula, o filho do Brasil | Fábio Barreto | Brazil |

### First feature

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| — | El Pasante | Clara Picasso | Argentina |
| — | Sin retorno | Miguel Cohan | Argentina Spain |
| — | Rompecabezas | Natalia Smirnoff | Argentina |
| — | 180° | Eduardo Vaisman | Brazil |
| — | 5xFavela, Agora por Nós Mesmos | Wagner Novais | Brazil |
| Besouro | Besouro | João Daniel Tikhomiroff | Brazil |
| — | No olho da rua | Rogério Corrêa | Brazil |
| Drama | Drama | Matias Lira | Chile |
| Lucia | Lucia | Niles Jamil Atallah Gonsalves | Chile |
| — | Retratos en un mar de mentiras | Carlos Gaviria | Colombia |
| The Colours of the Mountain | Los colores de la montaña | Carlos César Arbeláez | Colombia Panama |
| Of Love and Other Demons | Del Amor y otros Demonios | Hilda Hidalgo | Costa Rica Colombia |
| Cold Water from the Sea | Agua fría de mar | Paz Fabrega | Costa Rica France Mexico Spain |
| — | Afinidades | Jorge Perugorría | Cuba Spain |
| — | La Bodega | Ray Figueroa | Guatemala |
| Alamar | Alamar | Pedro González-Rubio | Mexico |
| Leap Year | Año Bisiesto | Michel Rowe | Mexico |
| Abel | Abel | Diego Luna | Mexico |
| Martha | Martha | Marcelino Islas Hernández | Mexico |
| October | Octubre | Diego Vega Daniel Vera | Peru Spain |
| Norberto's Deadline | Norberto apenas tarde | Daniel Hendler | Uruguay Argentina |
| Hermano | Hermano | Marcel Rasquin | Venezuela |

## Awards
### Coral

* Best Feature Film:
** First prize: A Useful life by Federico Veiroj
** Second prize: Post Mortem by Pablo Larraín
** Third prize: The Good Herbs by María Novaro
** Special Jury prize: The Invisible Look by Diego Lerman
* Best Directing: Pablo Larraín for Post Mortem
* Best Screenplay: Pablo Larraín and Mateo Iiribarren for Post Mortem
* Best Actor: Alfredo Castro for Post Mortem
* Best Actress: Antonia Zegers for Post Mortem
* Best Cinematography: Damián García for Chicogrande
* Best Art Direction: Erick Grass for José Martí: el Ojo del Canario
* Best Editing: Eliane Katz for It's Your Fault
* Best Original Music: Santiago Chávez and Judith de León for The Good Herbs
* Best Soundtrack: Raúl Locatelli and Daniel Yafalián for A Useful Life
* Best First Feature:
** First prize: Alamar by Pedro González-Rubio
** Second prize: October by Diego Vega and Daniel Vega
** Third prize: Of Love and Other Demons by Hilda Hidalgo
** Special Jury prize: Hermano by Marcel Rasquin

### FRIPESCI

* Best Feature Film: Post Mortem by Pablo Larraín