Cuba Movies

The bittersweet poignancy of a fleeting present moment fading into memory, and the intent to capture it all. Ethereal and ephemeral, my eternal space.

Cuban animation by Hugo Alea, based on the song by Teresita Fernandez

A solitary man lives a measured and almost ritualistic life on his quiet farm, until a young couple, stranded by a broken-down motorbike, knock at...

Volcán captures a raised mound of earth set against a grassy riverbank. A white silhouette in the shape of a female body lies atop of the...

The Root of the Olive Tree tells the story of five Palestinians living far from their homeland who recount their experiences in the face of the...

Film formed by three stories: Flash by Pavel Giroud, in which a photographer sees strange apparitions in his photographs; Lila by Lester Hamlet, on...

In a small Caribbean community, a woman gives birth to her second child and dies in childbirth. In their grief, the community draws strength from...

A humorous glimpse into Cubans’ sense of style.

A commemoration of the 6th anniversary of the beginning of the Cuban revolution. 500,000 campesinos invited to celebrate the occasion pour into...

To understand the history of Cuban rum is to understand the history of Cuba itself. From belief systems to music to revolution, rum has been there,...

Documentary short film that shows the manufacturing process of Cuban cigars.

Some twenty five years after The Buena Vista Social Club, traditional Cuban music lives on, but it's facing a threat from foreign styles and a...

Lisaida is a young Caribbean woman trapped in her situation as a young mother while she and her partner are still growing up.

The film prendas — ngangas — enquisos — machines addresses the question of how we can reconnect the more-than-human with the...

“The strange joy of living”, as the Italian poet Sandro Penna wrote, or how to make love until the end of our days. A middle-aged Cuban...

Wilmar disappeared eleven years ago. Now his twin brother has to give certainty of his death to Maúca.

Captured entirely on phone footage, a group of Cuban artists risk everything to document their uprising against a government trying to silence them.

Young Jonathan’s family accepts the challenge to realise his fantasy of transforming an old washing machine into a flying submarine capable of...

A humorous critique of public services from the perspective of both clients and workers, who receive bad treatment when they become clients.