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.
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THE BROTHERS /Los Hermanos
Screen Cuba will show this brilliantly-crafted film that affirms the power of art, in this case music. Directed by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider of Patchworks Films, a progressive production company in San Francisco, this documentary tracks the lives of two Cuban brothers, both virtuoso musicians. Illmar López-Gavilán leaves Cuba for further tuition, ending up… Read more
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Sara Gómez: Cuba’s first female film director
Born in Guanabacoa, near Havana (November 8, 1942 – June 2, 1974) Sara Gomez died at just 32 years old, but her work endures. She trained as a musician and ethnographer, studying at the Havana Conservatory. She turned to journalism to express her political views and after the revolution went to ICAIC to work on… Read more
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La Súper: the Cuban superheroine fighting violence against women
Cuba’s first superhero feature length animation premiered in December 2022 at Havana’s New Latin American Cinema festival. ‘La Super’ translated as ‘Supergal’ features a feminist superheroine based on a comic strip made by director Ernesto Piña with scriptwriter Hugo Rivalta more than a decade ago. “We have created an international story that can be understood… Read more
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Cuban filmmaker Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
“For a long time, every time they asked me about my profession, I was ashamed to say that I was a film director, because they did not exist in our country. When I said it, many thought that I was directing or managing a cinema, and they asked me which one. Eventually, trying to avoid… Read more
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Screen Cuba: Films to change the world 9-22 March 2024 the festival of Cuban Cinema is coming to London. Watch this space! Read more
SCREEN CUBA, March 2027, LONDON & BEYOND 