Where the són always shines | Word of mouth
Donna Yawching on the Festival de la Trova in Santiago de Cuba
Dancing with Cubans | Backstory
Cuba’s Ballet Santiago debuted a daring production that pushed its dancers and audiences beyond anything they’d done or seen before — with more to come, learns Donna Yawching
Victoria Linares: “It gave them a sense of being seen” | Screen buzz
Victoria Linares’ second feature, which screens at this year’s T&T Film Festival, continues the filmmaker’s assured manipulation of artifice and performance — exposing cinema’s seductive lies — to arrive at deeper truths. She talks to Jonathan Ali about the process