Cuba Movies

Cuban fantasy-comedy about a lost civilization where women are the dominant social group. Guest appearances by Mexican comedians TinTan y Marcelo.

This black-and-white film is a loving portrait of Santiago de Cuba and its people. It provides a view of Cuba as a picturesque country, the product of an earthy mix of black and criollo cultures. The film uses historical images which portray the end of the eig...

A documentary about an old man living with his son on a mountain, isolated from the outside world. A reflection on time and silence.

Legendary rumba musician Alberto Zayas serves as a guide for this vibrant journey through Cuban musical history and culture. The short features interviews, footage of impromptu street performances, and studio recordings.

Pedro, a young black man born into a family of Haitians who emigrated to Cuba, returns to his town and notes the changes that the new times have brought.

The struggles of the community of the Coconuco indigenous reservation in Cauca, which by the eighteenth-century royal card is entitled to 10,000 hectares, and in 1971 it barely has 1,500.

In his previous films, Hacerme feriante (2010) and Embodied Letters (2015),Julián D’Angiolillo managed to go deep inside two universes that, even though they take place in front of everyone, remained invisible and inscrutable, as though they were subterranean...

A man searches Cuba for his disappeared brother.

A short film about the director’s relationship with sewing, a craft he knew from a very young age thanks to his seamstress mother.

Santiago de Cuba, January 19th, 1819. Coming from Lausanne, Enrique Faber, a Swiss doctor and surgeon, arrives on the island, a Spanish province, hoping to find his son, who has been kidnapped…

A unique perspective on the personal and artistic world of Manuel Mendive, prominent contemporary Cuban artist. A creator in various genres such as drawing, painting, sculpture, cultural painting, installations and performances, Mendive is also a priest of San...

In a faraway region, a family transforms everyday actions into rituals. Their circular existence is focused on the father, around whom the limbo of the nation organizes its forms.

In a Havana, shaken by Fidel's retirement, a young seamstress, trapped in a sweatshop job, dreams of designing beautiful dresses. Frustrated by her lazy, though adorable Cuban boyfriend, she meets a sophisticated ex-patriot Cuban-Venezuelan who dazzles her wit...

Childcare centers and their importance in child development.

Engineer Mario Camargo, originally from Argentina, arrives in Cuba to work on the construction of a new industrial complex. He came from France, where he had lived most of his life. Mario had never thought about what homeland meant to him. He had always lived...

Life is Dance follows the stories of six main protagonists, across three generations. Ordinary Cubans with one thing in common, their passion for dance. Marta and Félix are nostalgic for the dance halls of old, but still dance whenever they can. Damaris and...

Linda and Antonio are seven years old and live in Havana. They are best friends. But their time together is limited, because Linda is leaving Cuba.

A Cuban dance short, choreographed by Eduardo Rivero.