Cuba Movies

Three stories about men and women in terminal situations.

Each year, nearly 450,000 Cubans leave their country. They cross the sea to escape a worn-out political regime, shortages, and hurricanes. In Havana, some mourn those who depart, while those who remain look for other ways to escape.

Maria-Esther is a Black Cuban woman and a Santería practitioner on the verge of emigrating to Brazil due to the economic crisis gripping her country. In the final days before her departure—uncertain about her future and facing her sister's religious intoleranc...

In a small Cuban fishing village, Joel, the oldest brother in a traditional family, is heartbroken when his fiancée marries someone her family prefers. He moves to Havana, hoping to find a new life. Gorgeously photogenic, Havana and the Cuban countryside are e...

Young Doctor Ana lives alone because she couldn't bear to leave Cuba when her family sailed away on a raft to the US. Ernesto lives in his car with his belongings in a small case, traveling from embassy to embassy trying to fulfill his dream of leaving Cuba. T...

With a speech by Fidel Castro as the central theme, the effects of the terrorist attacks against the interests of the Cubana de Aviacion company are revealed, and Mozambique's independence is celebrated.

Inside a black hole, rapid movements fill the void. Macroscopic corporal landscapes follow one after the other to percussion in crescendo. White skin pulsates serenely and black skin wiggles, showing a face. Bright discharges explode in the air. In a slow, swa...

Desire peaks and thoughts race as a man watches as another man swims naked in a pool.

A woman's journey on an imaginary motorcycle and her encounter with a necklace collector.

The life and work of Cayita Araújo, teacher of revolutionaries, who has devoted her intelligence and courage to the struggle for the cause of the Cuban people.

A short film that explores the lives and work of a Cuban lesbian couple who are hip hop singers and performers. The duo Krudas addresses issues such as women’s liberation, lesbian rights, female solidarity, and racism. Their work is deeply engaged with feminis...

Animated short film, with animation and story by Quino.

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

Columbus discovered America and also tobacco. The Indian was exterminated but tobacco persisted.

A Russian women moving through a Cuban landscape. She's disconnected, inflexible, passive. Communication with her surroundings does not seem possible. Wandering through places, places without connections.

The conflicts of female boxers in Cuba are addressed. The film tells the life stories of members of the women's boxing team, who has to face many obstacles until the official practice of that sport was finally autorized in Cuba, in December 2022.

Yelda del Carmen leaves her Cuban homeland for Montreal, where she must rebuild her dance career from scratch. Before fully dedicating herself to dance, however, she returns to Cuba to embark on a unique climbing adventure. Her goal is to leave an indelible ma...