American photographer Casey Stoll presented her book "Gibara, un Manifiesto Mágico" today in Havana, a work that compiles the visual memory of the prestigious film festival in this eastern Cuban region. The volume, exhibited at the headquarters of the Casa Gitana sociocultural project, acquires special value in this edition by incorporating, for the first time, the text of the Poor Cinema Manifesto by Cuban filmmaker Humberto Solás.

For actor René de la Cruz, Stoll is an endearing figure within the event, whom he described as an angel who appears in every corner of the fishing town to capture its mystique and its realities through her lens. The American artist has compiled and edited these graphic memoirs since 2017 as a gift to festival participants, a presentation that on this occasion pays tribute to the memory of local collaborator Jorge Sanz.

The creator herself described the coastal village of Gibara as a setting of endearing and extremely welcoming creativity, which she considers a true home for the creators who attend the cinematic gathering each year.