Cuba Movies

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

Leroy McLucas’ expressionistic documentary, Dulce Domingo Dulce, shot in Cuba, is an almost lyrical poem about the sugar-cane workers. (Jonas Mekas)

Daniel and Adrián are two friends who like to frequent a ruined space located on the Havana boardwalk. Given Daniel's early departure from the country, they both decide to spend one last time together in this place.

Vida-Arte by Ángel Luis Bárzaga Rosales, 7:08, 2009, Cuba. Silent.

Carlos, a daytime bike taxi driver in San Antonio de los Baños, immerses himself in his true passion at night: cinema. Under the pseudonym "Charlies David," he writes scripts and poems in his humble home, away from the world's gaze.

In 1961, the disappearance of ancestral medical practices was predicted as a consequence of the profound social and economic changes implemented by the recent Cuban Revolution. In 2021, the source of ancestral knowledge is kept alive through the universe of fo...

In Granizo, a small town in central Cuba, Dianelis' days are prolonged by long waits. She lives between her loneliness and preparations for visits to the prison where her husband lives. She shares this fate with her friend. However, the reality they create tog...

A funny film about DOGS—an analysis of the wide range of treatments, feelings, reactions, opinions, etc., Cubans have towards "man's best friend".

Humorous critique of the non-compliance with rules and regulations in a communal building complex, as seen through the conflicts between neighbours.

The dark forest is the record of a long journey that connects two funerary rituals in Cuba: the state burial to say goodbye to the fallen in the Angolan war and a spiritist rite to welcome the spirits of the past that return to the world of the living. These e...

Bandera by Mila Janis, 1:44, 2011, Cuba

The film prendas — ngangas — enquisos — machines addresses the question of how we can reconnect the more-than-human with the historical, specifically the post colonial space, without deepening violations already inflicted on both humans and nonhumans?

The forest is not merely a setting: it is a mirror of the soul. In this short film, the pursuit has no clear destination—it becomes a visual metaphor for inner struggle. Every shadow, every branch, every step through the grass reflects a desperate attempt to e...

Cuban filmmaker Enrique "Kiki" Álvarez's newest feature paints a slow-burning love story set in the years immediately following the Cuban Revolution in January of 1959. The Black Box is a secret diary written by Elsa and read by her granddaughter several decad...

Ermitis Blanco is a prolific Cuban illustrator, cartoonist, and animator who has managed design concepts for many films and advertising from his Cuban house production Ñooo. Ermitis began his career as a magazine illustrator, then studied in the Animation Stud...

Record of the pilgrimage to the sanctuary of San Lázaro on December 17, 1994, during one of the deepest moments of economic and social crisis in the country.

A humorous glimpse into Cubans’ sense of style.