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  • Screen Cuba presents HOUSE FOR SWAP – Sat 21 March

    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… Read more

  • Jorge Luis Sánchez – a non-conformist director

    Jorge Luis Sánchez – a non-conformist director

    Jorge Luis Sánchez, director and screenwriter, director of ‘El Benny’, was founder of the National Federation of Film Clubs of Cuba, artistic deputy director of the Latin American ICAIC News and promoted new and young voices and defended Cuba’s cultural diversity. Director Jorge Luis Sanchez who sadly died in January 2025, studied teaching and started… Read more

  • Screen Cuba presents: EL BENNY – Wed 25 March -London

    Screen Cuba presents: EL BENNY – Wed 25 March -London

    El Benny offers a warts-and-all but compassionate portrayal of the life of legendary singer and bandleader Benny Moré (1919–1963) – by Cuban director Jorge Luis Sanchez, that not only celebrates his extraordinary musical talent but also illuminates the broader social context of music-making by Black musicians in pre-revolutionary years. It doesn’t hide from the man’s… Read more

  • Thanks to our commercial sponsors

    Thanks to our commercial sponsors

    With Screen Cuba ready for another successful season this March, we are reflecting on how the continued support of our partners each year enables us to build on our past achievements. On this occasion, we would like to give a special shout-out to the companies sponsoring the Festival. All of them have strong connections with… Read more

  • Thank you to our trade union sponsors

    Thank you to our trade union sponsors

    We would like to take this time to extend our sincere thanks to two special Festival sponsors— the National Education Union and Equity.Since the festival’s launch in 2024, members of these two unions have been an integral part of our audiences, and their support has been central to the mission of Screen Cuba. We are… Read more

  • Presenting our videospot for Screen Cuba 2026

    Presenting our videospot for Screen Cuba 2026

    SCREEN CUBA 2026 is celebrating Resistance and Love in its programme of Cuban cinema 15-28 March in London and beyond – due to be published soon. Today we present our 2026 videospot made by our very good friends in Havana, Roberto Perez Curbelo @_potto_ and Dayron Giro @d.giro.design With the theme of the typical Havana… Read more