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- DirectorTomás Gutiérrez AleaJuan Carlos TabíoStarsJorge PerugorríaVladimir CruzMirta IbarraStory of two men who are opposites: one gay, the other straight; one a fierce communist, the other a fierce individualist; one suspicious, the other accepting; and how they come to love each other.
- DirectorJuan PadrónStarsFrank GonzálezManuel MarínIrela BravoA vampire family from Cuba is preparing for a showdown between the USA vampires and the Eastern European vampires. But with the aid of a scientist, they need a type of vaccination where they can live in daylight.
- DirectorFernando PérezStarsLuis Alberto GarcíaIsabel SantosRené LosadaBefore the military coup in Cuba, a group of people have a clandestine printing press, used to print subversive pamphlets against the government.
- DirectorFina TorresStarsPrakriti MaduroYuliet CruzJuan Carlos GarcíaA young seamstress in Havana with a dream of becoming a fashion designer, has to choose between the two men she loves - a suave foreign photographer, on a mysterious errand, and her loyal but laid back Cuban boyfriend who will, some day, build her a home.
- DirectorMiguel CoyulaStarsBill ClintonFidel CastroAnna Luca BianiAn intellectual leaves the Cuban revolution and 'underdevelopment' behind only to find himself at odds with the ambiguities of his new life in the 'developed' world. A portrait of alienation, of an outsider with no clear-cut politics or ideology. A stranger in a strange land struggling with old age, sexual desire and ultimately the impossibility for the individual to belong in any society. The film's narrative is a collage of flashbacks, daydreams, and hallucinations comprising live-action, animation, and newsreel footage assembled to suggest the way personal memory works, subjectively and emotionally.
- DirectorFernando PérezStarsDaniel RomeroDamián RodríguezBroselianda HernándezThe story of José Martí's (Cuba's National Hero) youth.
- DirectorLester HamletStarsYadier FernándezManuel PortoAlberto PujolBased on the classic Cuban piece The Old House by writer Abelardo Estorino, the film tells the story of Esteban, who returns home after a 14-year absence when he learns of the imminent death of his father. Residing outside of his native Cuba he re-encounters a past that is almost intact. Secrets, old grudges, misunderstandings, and intolerance leave him to stay in a home where time seems to have stood still.
- DirectorPastor VegaStarsIdalia AnreusMiguel BenavidesSamuel ClaxtonTeresa is overwhelmed: with a husband, three young sons, a job as a crew leader in a textile factory, and volunteer commitments as cultural leader of her union. Her husband, Ramón, wants more of her attention; her feelings are mixed, wanting domestic peace, feeling responsibilities to the revolution, and wanting to control her own life beyond doing dirty dishes. They separate; he begins an affair. When he wants a reconciliation, she asks what his response would be if she'd had an affair too. "But men are different," is his reply. He's failed her test, and to hold on to independence and self-respect, she remains uncompromising and hard-edged.
- DirectorJuan Carlos TabíoStarsDaisy GranadosThais ValdésRaúl PomaresA superstitious middle-aged woman falls in love with a taxi driver, while trying to learn the identity of the unseen person tossing eggs at her.
- DirectorJuan Carlos TabíoStarsLuis Alberto GarcíaLillian VegaRaúl PomaresAfter two years in jail, El Isleño returns to the island of La Fe, ruled by the dictator Francisco Gavilán. He arrives with a cinematograph and exhibits "Robin Hood" to the people. The next day the bridge that communicates La Fe to the mainland has been destroyed, and the people plan to overthrow Gavilán.
- DirectorPablo DottaStarsRicardo EspalterLaura SchneiderMarcelo BuquetA French woman arrives in Montevideo, to meet poet Juan Carlos Onetti and investigate the story of the city. She is intrigued by the photograph of the day when president Bordaz was killed and a zeppelin flew above the city at the turn of the century. She is helped by a photographer and both fall into a police intrigue.
- DirectorAlberto LecchiStarsDarío GrandinettiLaura RamosErnesto TapiaThis is the story of the February 1958 visit to pre-Castro Cuba by the legendary Argentine car racing champion Fangio, and the events which ensued during the historic Second Cuban International Automobile Race.
- DirectorJorge Alí TrianaStarsGustavo AngaritaSebastián OspinaJorge Emilio SalazarA man is released from prison, and after 18 years, returns to his "pueblo" (village). But in this village, time, in many ways, has stood still. The time served by Juan complied with the court's justice, but not with some villagers. There are some who still seek true justice.
- DirectorJuan Carlos TabíoStarsMario BalmasedaRini CruzRosita FornésGloria, Yolanda's mother, exchanges their old house in Guanabacoa for a modern apartment in Vedado to keep Yolanda away from her boyfriend, but her plans soon backfire.
- DirectorTomás Gutiérrez AleaStarsVíctor LaplaceIvonne López ArenalMiguel PanekeMatanzas, 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.
- DirectorPaul LeducStarsFrancisco RabalÁngela MolinaErnesto Gómez CruzA series of images, music and sounds which transport through Mexico's history, without any narrative sequence. The film spins constantly round the question 'Where are the singers from?' (De donde son los cantantes? in spanish: the title of a popular cuban song).
- DirectorEnrique Pineda BarnetStarsBeatriz ValdésOmar ValdésCésar ÉvoraStory shows the genesis of the career and the rise of Esther the most beloved actress of most popular theater in Havana at the turn of the 19th century.
- DirectorArturo Sotto DíazStarsJorge PerugorríaSílvia ÁguilaSusana PérezThe architecture student Estela (Silvia Aguila) makes a suicide attempt after her plans for solving Havana's housing shortage are rejected. This brings her into contact with earthy, cynical hospital nurse Ernesto (Jorge Perugorria). Estela invites him home for dinner, and he succeeds in offending everyone present. Unable to find a quiet spot to be alone, they finally find a squatters' tenement, where their sexual frenzy causes a ceiling to collapse. They next try vertical love in a stalled elevator, trapping people in the modern building minus stairs. Fleeing responsibilities, they stage a romantic rendezvous alongside a country river, but once again they are interrupted as Cuban commissars arrive with papers and forms because the couple constructs a hut beneath a bridge. Amid the misadventures, lust turns to love
- DirectorBenito ZambranoStarsAlberto YoelRoberto San MartínYailene SierraTwo Cuban friends play in a blues band in La Habana. When a Spanish music producer offers them a contract to record an album and build a career in Europe, they must decide whether to stay in their birthplace with their loved ones or to grab the chance of leaving Cuba.
- DirectorHumberto SolásStarsJorge PerugorríaIsabel SantosMario LimontaOver several years, we follow three households and their emotions in a barrio of Havana. Magalis is a nurse, rarely happy. An older man, Ignacio, professes his love for her; her father and her brother quarrel over her brother's sexual orientation; she thinks about leaving Cuba. Santo's wife Maria is expecting their first child. Tragedy strikes and Santo leaves, drowning sorrows in alcohol and crime while his son grows up in the care of an aunt wondering where dad is. Vivian and Chino are in love, passionate, but childless. The pressures of a society that demands grandchildren strain their relationship. She tries prayer. Fathers embrace their children.
- DirectorTomás Gutiérrez AleaStarsÓscar ÁlvarezMirta IbarraOmar ValdésA 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.