Mirta Ibarra

Espiral

Miriam Talavera

Alicia Alonso, Carlos Enrique Almirante

An approach to a living myth of dance, Alicia Alonso, from the viewpoint of her passion, tenacity and devotion to art. It includes fragments of the ballet Giselle, choreographed by her, based on the original by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, and of La Diva, choreographed by Alberto Méndez.

Otra mujer

Daniel Díaz Torres

Mirta Ibarra, Susana Pérez

It reflects the transformation which a woman undergoes in the crisis of personal fulfillment that her husband is going through. In the middle of a complex process, marked by contradictions and failures, she will grow and express her independence as a human being. She will be another woman, determined to continue the difficult and unknown daily struggle.

The Last Supper

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Nelson Villagra, Silvano Rey

A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.

Gente que llora S.A.

Hatem Khraiche

Mirta Ibarra

La niebla en las palmeras

Lola Salvador, Carlos Molinero

Mirta Ibarra, Carmen Suárez

Using found footage, still photographs, animations, and occasional original footage, “The Mist in the Palm Trees” purports to tell the story of Santiago Bergson, writer, physicist, and sometime pornographer who sold arms to the Resistance in France, flirted with the Nazis, collaborated on Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds” broadcast and helped build the A-Bomb.

Fresa y chocolate

Juan Carlos Tabío, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz

Set in 1979, following a young Communist man's relationship with a gay Catholic writer, exploring tolerance, inclusion, homophobia and challenging its Cuban audience with great humour. Based on the short story by Cuban writer Senel Paz.

Titón, De la Habana a Guantanamera, 1928-1996

Mirta Ibarra

Mirta Ibarra, Julio García Espinosa

A look at the life and work of Cuban filmmaker Tomas Gutierrez Alea.

For Sale

Jorge Perugorría

Jorge Perugorría, Dailenys Fuentes

In the Cuba of these times, where everyone sells something, the young Nácar wants to sell her only property, the family vault.

Guantanamera

Juan Carlos Tabío, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Jorge Perugorría, Mirta Ibarra

During the 'Special Period', the members of a funeral procession cross paths with truckdrivers who have to take the same route, and begin to talk about God and the world. They discover that life for both groups has many similarities, as well as a lot of differences.

Ilona llega con la lluvia

Sergio Cabrera

Margarita Rosa de Francisco, Imanol Arias

Maqroll, Ilona, and Abdul all share a common dream: to sail the world in a tramp-steamer. But who could afford such a thing? Over the years they have become separated. Alone in Panama City, smuggler Maqroll is finding neither great success nor happiness — until the tropical rains come, bringing Ilona: friend, lover, and partner in crime. Abdul, in Morocco, has found a steamer to suit them. In Panama, Ilona and Maqroll begin a new scheme, in search of impossible wealth. But fate has further twists in store.

Hasta cierto punto

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Óscar Álvarez, Mirta Ibarra

A theater director and script-writer falls for a female worker from the Havana docks, but his machismo, social and working conflicts, and the Cuban woman's condition interfere with their relationship.

El cuerno de la abundancia

Juan Carlos Tabío

Jorge Perugorría, Enrique Molina

An unclaimed fortune, grown for centuries in a British bank account, becomes a potential windfall for Bernadito Castiñeiras and the residents of the tiny village of Yaragüey, Cuba. To receive his massive inheritance check, Bernadito must prove his lineage to the Castiñeiras nuns who first populated the region. In an isolated and impoverished town where many residents share the same surname, a feud breaks out between the "Castiñeiras" and "Castiñeyras" families.

Cartas del parque

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Víctor Laplace, Ivonne López Arenal

Matanzas, Cuba, 1913. Two young people who are in love communicate through letters written by penman. When the young man leaves town, to become a pilot, the girl discovers she is really in love with the one who wrote the letters.

The Last Match

Antonio Hens

Milton García, Reinier Díaz

Cuba is not a country for young gays. Teen rent boy Reinier falls in love with a mate in the slum soccer field in their neighbourhood in Havana. Although obsessed with moneymaking to hold up his baby, teen wife, and wife's grandma, gambler Reinier always fails to get the stroke of luck he looks for. At the same time he cannot help being infatuated by Yosvani. Handsome Yosvani will give up his older, wealthy girlfriend (whom he hooked up to pay for a lavish life in the big city), and the work he does for her father, a loan thug, so much in love he is with Reinier. But the boys would fight hard to keep this love in the reckless Havana streets.

Sobreviviré

David Menkes, Alfonso Albacete

Emma Suárez, Juan Diego Botto

Marga is having a streak of bad luck. Through her friendship with Rosa, she tries to regain her self-confidence, but love interests again create conflict. It is while developing a relationship with a handsome gay sculptor ten years her junior: Iñaqui, that she starts to improve. However, Marga and Iñaqui go beyond friendship, but are frustrated by their limitations. Ultimately, the two may have to settle for an "impossible" love relationship, as their unique best road to happiness

Aunque estés lejos

Juan Carlos Tabío

Antonio Valero, Mirta Ibarra

Mercedes and Pedro, Cuban producers and screenwriters, travel to Spain to close an agreement with Alberto, a Spanish producer. Together, they try to make a film about Cuban reality. A movie about those who leave the island, those who return, but also those who still want to leave but cannot. A simple idea that will slowly become more complicated because Spaniards and Cubans have a very different point of view on this reality.