Cuba Movies

Short film from the Universidad de las Artes de Cuba (ISA/Instituto Superior de Arte).

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...

Carlos, a daytime bike taxi driver in San Antonio de los Baños, immerses himself in his true passion at night: cinema. Under the pseudonym...

2:04, 2007, Cuba.

Pepe, an old Spaniard, has improvised his own golf course on the outskirts of Madrid. Daniela, a young Cuban filmmaker, discovers his routine as she...

In an unassuming shop, a woman’s monotonous duties veil a narrative of concealed yearnings and silent verdicts.

A humorous glimpse into Cubans’ sense of style.

4:23, 2010, Cuba.

A commemoration of the 6th anniversary of the beginning of the Cuban revolution. 500,000 campesinos invited to celebrate the occasion pour into...

2:21, 2012, Cuba.

1:25, 2010, Cuba

A translation/treason. A film that tries to grasp the breath of poet José Kozer and return him to nothingness.

Maria Gattorno, the director of the Cuban rock agency and legend amongst Havana’s rock scene, goes in depth about the importance of spaces for...

The film prendas — ngangas — enquisos — machines addresses the question of how we can reconnect the more-than-human with the...

Contemporary Cuban animation by Ivette Ávila.

Filmmaker Carolina Valencia documents her effort to become a witch doctor in the Santaria tradition as well as her struggles as a transgender person.

On the outskirts of Havana, sandwiched between highways and public housing, a revolution is taking place. Here, in the district of Alamar, a 26-acre...

To understand the history of Cuban rum is to understand the history of Cuba itself. From belief systems to music to revolution, rum has been there,...