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.
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Screen Cuba presents Cuentos de un día más/Tales of One More Day – 6 stories by emerging young filmmakers
Screen Cuba presents the UK premiere of this innovative film that is under the general direction of renowned filmmaker, Fernando Peréz. It comprises six independent short films by young emerging directors which reveal that while everything seems to stop during the COVID pandemic, the human spirit lives on. Made in just 28 days, with four… Read more
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Screen Cuba presents: La Super by Ernesto Piña, the animation superheroine
It’s a first for Cuba! An animated feature film with an unforgettable heroine, La Super, who empowers others to confront violence against women. Yudeisi, a young chemistry teacher, is committed to justice, and with the help of a female warrior spirit, she becomes a slightly hesitant superhero able to transform violent men by hypnotising them and clarifying… Read more
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Screen Cuba presents: Yuli The Carlos Acosta Story
The unmissable award-winning film Yuli was inspired by the life of Carlos Acosta, one of the greatest dancers in Cuban ballet history. Directed by Iciar Bollaín with Paul Laverty as script writer, the film is noted for its music, cinematography and outstanding choreography. The film begins as Carlos, nicknamed Yuli by his father, is rebelling… Read more
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Screen Cuba presents: Los Hermanos / The Brothers
The Brothers is a brilliantly-crafted film that affirms the power of art, in this case music. This documentary tracks the lives of two Cuban brothers, both virtuoso musicians. Illmar López-Gavilán leaves Cuba for further tuition, ending up as a violinist in the US, while his younger brother Aldo wins recognition for his extraordinary talent as a… Read more
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Film specialists invited from Cuba
Screen Cuba is delighted to announce the two Cuban film specialists from Havana invited to participate in the Festival. Both guests will be available for Q&A sessions and to meet audiences more informally in the cinema’s Garden Bar following screenings. Tania Delgado Fernández is the new Director of the prestigious International Festival of the New… Read more
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Screen Cuba presents: Habana Selfies by Arturo Santana
This unmissable urban comedy with melancholic, romantic and absurd touches is told in six stories that form portraits of Havana. The thread is a car trip through night-time Havana interrupted. The music soundtrack reinforces the connections. The director Santana dedicated it to his city on its 500th birthday saying “I tried by every means, to be… Read more
SCREEN CUBA, 15-28 March 2026, LONDON & BEYOND 