Cuba Movies

Animated short film based on comic strips by Argentine graphic humorist Joaquín Lavado, better known as Quino.

An artful exploration of Havana’s bicycle culture as this transportation mode re-emerges as a critical resource for the future of the island.

A close-up examination of laborers creating Cuban cigars intercut with artistic advertising labels and postures for those cigars. Silent with musical...

The film follows a young man's jealousy over his girlfriend attending a backyard party in Havana, where musical acts and dances are performed. This...

A man released from prison seeks to recover his old friends and lost love, while threatened by his victim’s brother whom he killed...

Rolando Díaz's comedic Melodrama follows Esperanza, a dying newscaster, desperate to have a child through whatever means necessary - even if...

The Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry produces this short film that tries to explain the causes of the coup, anchoring them in debt...

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

One night a woman dreams that she is transformed into an animal. In a nightmare, the machinery comes to life in the form of a creature. Between sleep...

An intellectual leaves the Cuban revolution and 'underdevelopment' behind only to find himself at odds with the ambiguities of his new life in the...

Life is Dance follows the stories of six main protagonists, across three generations. Ordinary Cubans with one thing in common, their passion for...

A mercenary from the Bay of Pigs invasion escapes in search of protection and is taken in by a peasant woman who ignores his identity.

The author establishes a communication with his cancer-sick mother through text messages. During his stay in the island the author works on an...

Vicenta Bravo is a woman with a special gift for reading cards and fortelling people's future. Every day folk flock to her home looking for solutions...

A short film following Anthony, a young child from the small, rural town of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. We see him in different moments of...

Critical testimony on American war crimes in Vietnam. A film both didactic and conscious of itself, bringing together a number of resources,...

“I navigate the memory of Cuba. Without maps, without compass, with a camera.” With these words, Marcos Pimentel begins his film, a...

In Cuba, artists have to be recognized by one of the state-sponsored art institutions that ensure their work complies with the state’s vision...