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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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Save the date!
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
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Cuban newsreels – a memory of the world
On 6 June 1960 ICAIC released its first newsreel shown in cinemas around the country Read more
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Cuban Cinema Posters: Documentary Heritage of the World
In May 2023 UNESCO recognised Cuban cinema posters as part of ‘World Memory’ Read more
SCREEN CUBA, 15-28 March 2026, LONDON & BEYOND 