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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Full houses at Screen Cuba!
It’s (almost) a wrap! After two weeks of screening an amazing selection of brilliant films the 2024 festival is almost over. [Also showing ‘Death of a Bureaucrat’ in Newport (17 April) and Norwich (23 April), and ‘Strawberry & Chocolate’ in Oxford (18 April).] We are delighted that film after film in London sold out as… Read more
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‘Death of a Bureaucrat’ in Newport – 17 April
Cymru Cuba and Screen Cuba present: Death of a Bureaucrat (1966, Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Cuba, 85m, B&W, Subtitles, PG) Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 6:30pm Venue: Barnabas Arts House, 4A New Ruperra St, Newport NP20 2BB This classic film satirises how red tape in the revolution affected the everyday lives of its people. As a badge… Read more
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‘Death of a Bureaucrat’ in Norwich – 23 April
CSC Norwich and Screen Cuba present: Death of a Bureaucrat (1966, Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Cuba, 85m, B&W, Subtitles, PG) Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 7:00pm The Elizabeth Fry Building, Room 1:01, University of East Anglia, Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ This classic film satirises how red tape in the revolution affected the everyday lives of its… Read more
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‘Strawberry and Chocolate’ in Oxford – 18 April
CSC Oxford and Screen Cuba present: Strawberry and Chocolate (1993, Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabio, Cuba, 1h 48m, subtitles, 18) Thursday, 18 April 2024, 8:00pm Ultimate Picture Palace, Jeune Street, Oxford, OX4 1BN The late Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, often cited as Cuba’s greatest director, worked alongside Juan Carlos Tabío to create this Oscar-nominated modern… Read more
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‘Death of a Bureaucrat’ in Pontypridd – 22 March
Friday 22 March, 6.30pm at YMa arts centre, Pontypridd La Muerte de un Burocrata / The Death of a Bureaucrat| Tomás Gutiérrez Alea| Cuba 1966, ICAIC | 85m | Spanish with English subtitles | PG This classic film satirises how red tape in the revolution affects the everyday lives of its people. As a badge of honour,… Read more
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ANGUS REID speaks to Tania Delgado, the director of Havana Film Festival, as Screen Cuba film festival kicks off in London
TANIA DELGADO was, until last year, vice president of ICAIC, the Cuban film Institute, and she is justifiably proud of its history. Founded on March 24 1959, in the immediate aftermath of the revolution, it was the first cultural organisation created in the new state, demonstrating the high esteem in which the medium of cinema… Read more
SCREEN CUBA, 15-28 March 2026, LONDON & BEYOND 