Programme 2026
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Screen Cuba presents: CAPABLANCA (1987) – Sat 21 March
The brilliant chess player José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942), is an icon to many Cubans: inspiring generations to learn the game, while Fidel Castro himself promoted it as a tool in educational development. Capablanca was world chess champion 1921-1927 and his style is described as intuitive, simple and beautiful. In Manuel Herrera’s film, “the chess machine”…
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Screen Cuba presents HOUSE FOR SWAP – Sat 21 March
This film heralded a new genre of sociocritical comedy in Cuba in 1983 and was the debut feature of director Juan Carlos Tabío. It is full of Cubanisms – popular everyday problems, language and attitudes of that era and a range of characters from an idealist architect to an opportunistic bureaucrat. Gloria wants her adult…
SCREEN CUBA, 15-28 March 2026, LONDON & BEYOND 