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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Screen Cuba 2025 presents: The Isle of Pines Trilogy by Sara Gómez
Sara Gómez, the first female director at the Cuban film institute (ICAIC), passionately explores everyday life with all its turmoil in the revolution’s early days. She was committed to the revolution and to changing society by creating a new cinematic language that addressed the themes and intersections of race, class and gender. Screen Cuba 2025… Read more
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It’s time to reveal our Screen Cuba 2025 Festival poster!
Our fantastic poster for this year’s festival is designed by another young and brilliant Cuban graphic designer. Roberto Pérez Curbelo (aka Potto) studied visual communication design at the Superior Institute of Design of the University of Havana (ISDi). He grew up in Cerro, Havana and loved Cuban cartoons. He now makes graphics for visual arts… Read more
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Screen Cuba 2025 postcards have arrived!
The 2nd edition of Screen Cuba film festival is coming 16-29 March 2025 to London and beyond. If you can help distribute our postcards please get in touch! Screen Cuba celebrates Cuban cinema, looking at the achievements and challenges of the Cuban people through the lenses of their filmmakers since the 1959 Revolution, and presents… Read more
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ScreenCuba25 presents: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s iconic film ‘Memories of Underdevelopment’
This March Screen Cuba film festival will present the iconic 1968 masterpiece of Cuban cinema ‘Memories of Underdevelopment’ (Memorias de subdesarrollo). Read more here about the director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and the film. “For a long time, every time they asked me about my profession, I was ashamed to say that I was a film… Read more
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Message from our patron MICHAEL CHANAN for Screen Cuba 2025
“Cuban cinema was created by the Revolution. Looking back over the decades, one of the striking things about it is that the vitality and iconoclasm of its first brave years remain inspirational for subsequent generations, who bring their own concerns but do not repudiate its aesthetic heritage, which is on display in this festival. Here,… Read more
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Holly Aylett, Screen Cuba patron, sends a message for 2025
“Screen Cuba has already proved its worth not only by already reviving audience interests in London and the UK in Cuba’s renowned film industry, but also in supporting the restoration of two shorts by Juan Padrón, one of Cuba’s astounding pioneer animators.“As someone who had the privilege to be amongst the first delegation of independent… Read more
SCREEN CUBA, 15-28 March 2026, LONDON & BEYOND 