Festival:

Screen Cuba

Sat 09 Mar 2024 — Fri 22 Mar 2024

Screen Cuba: Films to Change the World celebrates Cuban cinema from the island since 1959. From a range of directors, and diverse themes, we bring you inspiring shorts to ground-breaking features and documentaries, plus discussions with Cuban film specialists.

Screen Cuba: Films to Change the World is a collaborative project of the charity Music Fund for Cuba, the Cuba Solidarity Campaign, the Cuban Embassy in the UK and the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC).

Screen Cuba is fundraising for Cuban film institute (ICAIC) projects including restoration of classic films. Solidarity tickets contributes to this.

All films are in Spanish with English subtitles.

Past Screenings

Screen Cuba presents: Tales of One More Day (UK Premiere) + Short: Blank 18

Screen Cuba presents the UK premiere of this innovative film that is under the general direction of renowned filmmaker, Fernando Peréz.… Read More
Fernando Peréz, Various Directors, Cuba, 2021, 90m.
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Screen Cuba presents: Jose Marti, the Eye of the Canary 18

An excellent example of an historical drama, a genre in which Cuban filmmakers excel. The Eye of the Canary is inspired by… Read More
Fernando Pérez, Cuba, 2010, 105m.
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Screen Cuba presents: SuperGal & Havana Selfies 18

A special double bill of SuperGal and Havana Selfies. There will be a ten minute refreshment break between the films. La Super… Read More
Ernesto Piña, Arturo Santana, Cuba , 2022, 2019, 150m.
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Screen Cuba presents: Yuli The Carlos Acosta Story 15

The unmissable award-winning film Yuli was inspired by the life of Carlos Acosta, one of the greatest dancers in Cuban ballet… Read More
Icíar Bollaín, Spain, Cuba, Germany, UK, 2018, 110m.
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Screen Cuba presents: The Brothers/Los Hermanos + Q&A 18

Andy de la Tour, actor-writer, will be in conversation with Gladys Gonzalez, Cuban cinema institute ICAIC, Cuban musician Omar Puente and… Read More
Marcia Jarmel & Ken Schneider, USA, 2020, 84m.
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Screen Cuba presents: Strawberry and Chocolate 18

The late Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, often cited as Cuba’s greatest director, worked alongside Juan Carlos Tabío to create this Oscar-nominated modern… Read More
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabio, Cuba , 1993, 108m.
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ScreenCuba presents: One Way or Another + short +Q&A 18

With an introduction by Tania Delgado, director, Havana Film Festival Sara Gomez, a genuinely original filmmaker and the first female and… Read More
Sara Gomez, Cuba, 1974 - 77, 78m.
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Screen Cuba presents: Death of a Bureaucrat + Now! +Q&A PG

The film will be followed by a Q&A with Michael Chanan, filmmaker and Cuban cinema specialist, and Tania Delgado, director, Havana… Read More
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Cuba, 1966, 85m.
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