Sons Of Cuba Out Now On DVD
- Posted: 28th Sep 2010
- Category: Industry News
- Tags: andrew lang, sons of cuba,
Andrew Lang's debut feature documentary Sons of Cuba has been released on DVD.
SONS OF CUBA follows the stories of three young hopefuls through 8 dramatic months of training and education as they prepare for the biggest event of their lives so far: Cuba's National Boxing Championship for Under-12s. But during the season, crisis strikes: Fidel Castro is taken ill and all of Cuba's Olympic boxing champions defect to the USA. As the championship draws closer, the Cuba that the boys have been taught to believe in is at an historic crossroads.
It has won 11 international awards:
Winner - Best Documentary, Los Angeles Latin American Film Festival 2009
Winner - Best Documentary, Rome Film Festival 2009
Winner - Youth Jury Award, Sheffield Doc Fest 2009
Winner - Audience Award, London Latin American Film Festival 2009
Winner - Premio Coral Award for Best Film on Latin America by a non-Latin American, Havana 2009
Winner - Best Documentary, Foundation of New Latin American Cinema 2009
Winner - Best Documentary at the Mostra de Cine Latinoamericana Catalunya 2010
Winner - Audience Award, San Diego Latino Film Festival 2010
Winner - Audience Award, Malaga Festival de Cine Espanol 2010
Winner - Best Documentary, Festival de Cine Pobre, Cuba 2010
Winner - Audience Award, Latin American Film Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands 2010
Nominated - Best Documentary, British Independent Film Awards 2009
Nominated - The Jonathan Gili Award for the Best Newcomer, Grierson Awards 2010
The project has been a labour of love for young director Andrew Lang who spent a year living in Cuba in order to gain unprecedented access to the legendary Havana Boxing Academy, the state institution that breeds future boxing champions for the island that has dominated Olympic medals in the sport for the last few decades.
Click here to buy the film now or visit their website at www.sonsofcuba.com.