Cuban film festival exhibits posters dedicated to Italo Calvino

Havana, Dec 12 (RHC) A display of posters devoted to Italian writer Italo Calvino is being exhibited on Tuesday to the public at 23 y 12 movie theater, in this capital, as part of the 44th edition of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema. 

The CartelON project of Cuba, under the auspices of the Orizzonti Hub, sponsored the exhibition. It invited designers and students of that discipline to participate in a competition where they had to design posters based on the work and personality of Calvino, whose centenary was celebrated on October 15.

During the events held in Cuba to commemorate Calvino’s 100th birthday, Italian Ambassador to Cuba, Roberto Vellano, recalled the importance of the commemoration in this country, where the famous storyteller was born and lived until he was two years old. (Source: Prensa Latina)