Screen Cuba:
Films to change the world
UK FESTIVAL OF CUBAN CINEMA, 15-28 MARCH 2026
Celebrating Cuban cinema
Screen Cuba celebrates Cuban cinema, looking at achievements and challenges of the Cuban people through the lenses of their filmmakers since the 1959 revolution, and presenting films rarely screened in the UK.
With a range of directors and diverse themes, we bring you inspiring shorts, ground-breaking features, documentaries, and discussions with Cuban film specialists.
2026 PROGRAMME Tickets on sale
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Screen Cuba Reception including screening: Up to a Point – Wed 18 March
Tickets are still available for the Screen Cuba Gala Reception, with very special guests, and including screening of Up to a Point, plus free drink and festival poster, plus live Cuban music by the Latin Bridge. BOOK TICKETS 6.30pm, Wednesday 18 March 2026 at The Garden Cinema, Screen 2/3, including invite to Special Reception from… Read more
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Screen Cuba presents: Life is Dance – Fri 27 March
Son – the first truly home-grown Cuban music and dance style – and its variations have ruled the Cuban dance floor for the last hundred years. But a new dance has exploded onto the scene, capturing the imagination of the young, Reggaeton. Can Cuba hold on to the roots of its dance culture, or will… Read more
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Screen Cuba presents: CAPABLANCA (1987) – Sat 21 March
The brilliant chess player José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942), is an icon to many Cubans: inspiring generations to learn the game, while Fidel Castro himself promoted it as a tool in educational development. Capablanca was world chess champion 1921-1927 and his style is described as intuitive, simple and beautiful. In Manuel Herrera’s film, “the chess machine”… Read more
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Filmmakers from around the world express their solidarity with Cuba
For 46 years, thousands of film lovers and filmmakers have gathered in December to celebrate New Cinema at the Havana Film Festival. Thousands of filmmakers have passed through the classrooms of the International Film and Television School (EICTV) since its founding in 1986, developing critical and emancipatory perspectives and voices. A vast network of creators,… Read more
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Screen Cuba presents HOUSE FOR SWAP – Sat 21 March
This film heralded a new genre of sociocritical comedy in Cuba in 1983 and was the debut feature of director Juan Carlos Tabío. It is full of Cubanisms – popular everyday problems, language and attitudes of that era and a range of characters from an idealist architect to an opportunistic bureaucrat. Gloria wants her adult… Read more
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Jorge Luis Sánchez – a non-conformist director
Jorge Luis Sánchez, director and screenwriter, director of ‘El Benny’, was founder of the National Federation of Film Clubs of Cuba, artistic deputy director of the Latin American ICAIC News and promoted new and young voices and defended Cuba’s cultural diversity. Director Jorge Luis Sanchez who sadly died in January 2025, studied teaching and started… Read more
SCREEN CUBA, 15-28 March 2026, LONDON & BEYOND 