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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Message of support from KEN LOACH for Screen Cuba 2025
“I am pleased to send a message of support to this festival to celebrate Cuban film. In these dark times we must recognise the importance of Cuban cinema. The USA has tried every method to destroy the independence of Cuba, and as their politics swing dangerously to the right, we need to show our support… Read more
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Restoration of the first cartoons of Elpidio Valdés – the rebel icon
As a result of the impact of successive floods and a humid tropical climate, combined with the shortages of crucial materials and equipment due to the US blockade over decades, the film archive at ICAIC in Havana has really suffered and many old 35mm celluloid films are seriously damaged. From the proceeds of the Screen… Read more
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Screen Cuba to return 16-29 March 2025 – save the date!
Plans are already underway for another unique and diverse celebration of Cuban cinema, for two weeks in March 2025. After the sell-out success of our 2024 festival, Screen Cuba is delighted to bring to London’s screens and beyond an exceptional line-up of films created by some of Cuba’s most revered directors, alongside newly emerging talent. Be prepared… Read more
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ICAIC – Championing Cuban Cinema for 65 years
Gladys González Martin, Vice President of ICAIC, the Cuban Film Institute, talked to Trish Meehan for CubaSi magazine about the history and future of Cuba’s film industry How do you see the role of ICAIC right now as it arrives at its 65th anniversary? For the last 65 years, ICAIC’s fundamental role has been to… Read more
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ICAIC Cuban film posters available
From the beginning of the Revolution a new genre of poster art was created, not just to offer soundbites or push passive consumption but out of necessity to communicate with the Cuban people (many of whom were illiterate). The Cuban film institute ICAIC, established in March 1959, had its own poster graphics department and produced… Read more
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“The Festival isn’t just a four month process”: Tania Delgado on directing the 45th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema
Tania Delgado is the director of the renowned Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (International Festival of New Latin American Cinema), one of the most prestigious film festivals in Latin America. Established in 1979 by Cuban filmmaker and intellectual Alfredo Guevara, the festival emerged in response to the growing recognition of the need to represent… Read more
SCREEN CUBA, 15-28 March 2026, LONDON & BEYOND 