Cuba Movies

A psychedelic combination of Shakespeare, rock & roll and Catholic symbolism in the shape of a Cuban ballet.

The short film El primer delegado (The First Delegate), made by a group of ICAIC directors, recounts the moments in which José Martí...

A short film based on a story by Franz Kafka. Two men meet to resolve an issue, but are unable to do so due to a series of adverse circumstances.

Ana wants to go hunting but her older sister and her grandfather do not allow her. Ana is haunted by her nightmares but what is more troubling are...

Jose tries his best to adapt to his father's home, where he visits every other week.

Pandora, a 40-year-old transgender woman living in a residential neighbourhood in Havana, rejects Roy, the teenager who tries to win her over. While...

Jesús lives with his father on the shore of a large lake. José, his older brother, has returned home carrying with him a criminal past....

Landi and Mercedes live in Cuba’s Zapata swamp, a biosphere reserve. To feed their sick child, Landi must secretly hunt crocodiles, leaving his...

A meditative observation of the poetry present in the world of Pedrito, an elderly man of the mountains and relic of a time that no longer exists,...

In 1967, Cuban documentary filmmaker Octavio Cortazar followed a projectionist whose mission was to show moving pictures to rural communities for the...

An adolescent leaves his homeland to emigrate to Cuba in 1916. The film covers his life until the 1960s and at the same time reflects on the history...

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

A rare independent film from Cuba, this charming and tender portrait of female friendship follows three hair-salon employees as they hit the town...

The memory of a friend who is no longer around torments Boloy’s thoughts. The key player on the Cuban volleyball team, Boloy tries to return to...

A radio plant transmits that Havana and nearby towns have fallen. Hundreds of young people dance in a bunker and a man whispers verses from the Bible...

A Cuban animation short from 1962