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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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