Grete and the Cuban Pianist

A chance encounter with acclaimed Cuban American pianist Aruán Ortiz gives Grete Skarpeid the opportunity to pursue a lifelong dream. In her sixties, she takes a leap of faith, recording her debut album with renowned jaz

A Cuban Fight Against Demons

In 1672 Cuban revolutionaries launch an uprising against the Spanish who are occupying the country. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.

Crónica cubana

After the triumph of the Revolution, the construction of a new society reshapes the lives of a group of characters, forcing each of them to confront a transformed future. Luis, a young, poor Black man; Fernando, an exile

Cuban Dances Road Trip - Sarah Willis

After the brilliant success of her “Mozart y Mambo” project, Sarah Willis is returning to Cuba. This time the Berlin Philharmonic hornist sets out together with the “Havana Lyceum Orchestra” on a musical road trip to sho

The Cuban Hamlet

Documentary/interview with Tomas Milian as he returns to Cuba for the first time since he left in the 1950's.

All Roads Lead to Cubao

A couple breaks up and spends the night wandering the streets of Cubao as they ponder on their relationship “what ifs”--struggling to let each other go in a place where all roads eventually lead to each other.

Cubanos – Life and Death of a Revolution

Cubanos, a completely independent production, liberates itself from television convention to draw an impressionist portrait of the Cuban community. Sincere interviews and sequence shots reveal an identity fragmented by 4

Three Cubans

The first film authorized by both the US & Cuban governments depicting the lives of upper, middle and lower economic-class Cubans. One of the best documentations of the early effects of Castro's revolution on the people

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

Brás Cubas tell his amazing stories to the spectator, but in short form.

Cubanas, Women in Revolution

A documentary that highlights the pivotal role of women in the guerrilla struggle and the revolution’s evolution. It features heroines like Vilma Espín, Celia Sánchez, and Haydée Santamaría, alongside voices of workers,

The Cuban Method

A documentary on the legacy of ballet in Cuba that aired on PBS in Rochester, NY. Filmed on location in Havana, Cuba July – August, 2016. Featuring Laura Alonso, the history of the National Ballet of Cuba, and interview

Cuban Lover

Japanese fishery instructor Akira is attracted to beautiful Cuban young girl Martia. Though initially rejected, Akira still returns with Martia to her homeland. On the way he sees a post-revolution Cuba, cultivating fie

Cuban Fury

Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire.

The Cuban Love Song

A guilt-ridden U.S. Marine returns to Cuba to try to find the woman he promised to marry.

La teoría cubana de la sociedad perfecta

Cuban Breeze

Irishman Vincent Coke is facing execution on the electric chair after a lifetime of adventures, including smuggling rich Cubans from Cuba to the USA. While rebelling against the system, he finds an unexpected lifeline of

Cuban Serenade

Finnish documentary about Cuba.

Soy Cubana

When the Vocal Vidas, an all-female Cuban quartet, are invited to play their first show in the US, a simple concert becomes a journey across physical and ideological borders – affirming the connective power of music, eve

Cuban Ambush

From the upper windows of a ruined mill Cubans are firing at a scouting party of Spaniards, who return the volley. Fine smoke effects.

Manteca, mondongo y bacalao con pan: una mirada al jazz cubano

The history of Latin jazz in Cuba from the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna to Irakere.