Screen Cuba:
Films to change the world
UK FESTIVAL OF CUBAN CINEMA, MARCH 2027
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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Special screening: EL MAYOR, 17 October, London
Saturday, 17 October 2026 ‘EL MAYOR | The Major’ by Rigoberto Lopez Doors open 5.45pm | Film starts 6pm At Bolivar Hall, 54 Grafton Way, W1T 5DL (nearest tube Warren Street) Introduced by the Cuban Embassy and Screen Cuba Stay for post-screening drinks Tickets £10 BOOK TICKETS HERE About the film El Mayor / The… Read more
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Screen Cuba helps restore first animation feature in Cuban cinema history
The Cuban film institute ICAIC has announced they will be using the £11,000 funds raised by Screen Cuba 2026 for the digitization and restoration of the first animated full length feature film in Cuban cinema and four more shorts by Cuba’s father of animation Juan Padrón. Elpidio Valdés (1979, 70m) directed by Juan Padrón and… Read more
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Material aid in use by the film archive team in Havana
In May 2026 Screen Cuba was able to see the material aid in use that we had sent to the ICAIC film archive in Havana last year, in collaboration with Music Fund for Cuba charity and Cuba Solidarity Campaign. This aid consisted of £2000-worth of protective gloves (900 pairs) and other protective clothing (such as… Read more
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Screen Cuba wraps up for 2026
After almost two months of screening another selection of incredible films the 2026 festival is over.We are delighted that we have had such positive feedback about the programme, and increased our audience by more than a third over last year in London alone. It once again confirms UK audiences want to see Cuban cinema which… Read more
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‘We are a very resilient people’: in the face of Trump’s threats, Cuban cinema comes out fighting
With the island back in Washington’s sights, the Screen Cuba festival is taking UK audiences beyond the blockade The Guardian reports on Screen Cuba 24 March Tania Delgado, director of Havana International Festival of New Latin American Cinema: “We have a very hard embargo – blockade – and it affects everything, cinema is not an… Read more
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Screen Cuba presents: THE TWELVE CHAIRS
12/04 MANCHESTER Home19/04 LEEDS HPPH Twelve Chairs / Las doce sillas | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | 1962 | Cuba | 1h 37m | 18 | Black and white This first feature film by Alea is this cunning adaptation of a comic novel from the early years of the USSR by Ilf and Petrov. The madcap plot… Read more
