Cuba Movies

The first film in the Popular Encyclopedia series consists of three stories: 1 – Vision Defects (a popular explanation of nearsightedness and...

A nocturnal portrait of Havana and its inhabitants through the songs they listen to and sing.

Short documentary recounting the history of the Santiago de Cuba carnival.

Experimental historical film, with documentary elements. A study of the conceptual development of the young hero Julio Antonio Mella, founder of the...

In December 1967, a Cuban film crew led by Santiago Alvarez, the veteran polemicist, travelled to Hanoi. They shot the footage which constitutes this...

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 young sociologist returns to Nuevitas, his hometown, to investigate the transformations taking place there, brought about by the advance of the...

It's payday and Adama, a factory worker, counts her meager salary trying to reconcile her needs with those of her family back in the village.

Juan is dead. Surprisingly, he is given an opportunity: to relive a moment of his past life, but it will not be an ordinary moment.

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

A man is released from prison, and after 18 years, returns to his village. But in this village, time, in many ways, has stood still. The time served...

In 1923 the scientist Von Dracula invented Vampisol, a drink that allowed vampires to live in the sun. La Capa Nostra and the European Vampire Group...

Fito Páez, soul of Argentine and Latin American rock, meets once again with Havana, city of the heart and many friends. In a confession of...

February, 1978. Roberto and Aurelia are Cuban exiles living in New York City with their 17-year-old daughter. For ten years Roberto's been the super...

Based on the life of distinguished Cuban baseball player Roberto Ortiz.

Alex and Edith, a young couple in their 30s, live their relationship made up of small gestures and everyday life among the ruins of Cuban buildings....

Controversial cinéma vérité analysis of Havana’s lumpenproletariat in waterfront bars and cafés shortly after the...

Cuban peasants wield machetes in a violent uprising against Spanish authorities in the late 19th century.

Animated short film from Elpidio Valdés' series. Coronel Elpidio Valdés trains his horse Palmiche. He becomes an outstanding war horse.