Cuba Movies

One of the first documentaries of its kind, Not Because Fidel Castro Says So is a candid look at the situation for Cuban LGBTQ people. It examines the...

A short film that explores the lives and work of a Cuban lesbian couple who are hip hop singers and performers. The duo Krudas addresses issues such a...

Kafe Negro tells the story of migrations around a small grain that became the second most important raw material on the global market. This film tells...

A lagoon in Cuba suddenly dries up. All that remains of this lost landscape is an old painting with faded contours. This is the starting point for Vio...

Documentary on Cuban music, rumba, regla de ocha and Abakuá.

A beautifully constructed love letter transforming a 1993 interview conducted by the Cuban filmmaker with her grandmother, into a celebration of not o...

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, p...

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 rock ba...

Through acknowledging that hair and beauty standards are affected by old traditions of racism and oppression, young girls and boys of color are encour...

A documentary short film (as well as a social project) shot in Havana, which depicts today's Cuban skate scene through the eyes of a kid who feels not...

Through different experiences and memories from inhabitants of the Cuban city of Holguín, this is a documentary about how soccer works both as a means...

The fifties in Cuba, at the time of the "dias felices", the happy days, the American mobsters were the kings of the country, Hemingway lived there, th...

A children’s short directed by one of the most well-known figures in Cuban animation.

A poetic and contemplative journey of harmony between different forms of life that coexist on the earth. This film is a meditation on the effect of ti...

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

Carlitos López tries to recover her robbed car named Sharon, even if that risks his relationships with his ex-wife, girlfriend, and family.

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.