country: Cuba

Jesús, a young hairdresser, works at a Havana nightclub for drag performers and dreams of being a performer himself. Encouraged by his mentor, Mama, Jesús finally gets his chance to take the stage. But when Angel, his estranged father recently released from a 15-year stint in prison, abruptly reenters his life, his world is quickly turned upside down. The macho Angel tries to squash his son’s ambition to perform in drag. Father and son clash over their opposing expectations of each other, struggling to understand one another and reconcile as a family. Shot in a gritty neighborhood far from the Havana most tourists know, Viva is a heartrending story of music, performance, and survival.

Three characters in present-day Havana must choose between clinging to their self-restricting beliefs, or getting rid of them to live more freely. Ballerina Mariana has promised God celibacy if she gets the role of "Giselle"; Social-worker Julia always faints after hearing a certain word; and pot-smoking percussionist Elpidio was abandoned by his mother, coincidentally named Cuba, some time ago and has not yet gotten over the loss.

A village on the Venezuelan coast, a place of fishermen and big haciendas, Aquiles Vargas, a white aristocrat in somewhat reduced circumstances, fights with Cruz Guaregua, a humble black fisherwoman, and mother of his only son, a half-caste 'mestizo'.

A woman's journey on an imaginary motorcycle and her encounter with a necklace collector.

Celeste García, a 60-year-old former schoolteacher and current guide at the Havana Planetarium, is looking for a life change. When a group of aliens land in Cuba offering earthlings a chance to visit their planet, Celeste signs up for the journey hoping for a better and more fulfilling life.

Cuban fantasy-comedy about a lost civilization where women are the dominant social group. Guest appearances by Mexican comedians TinTan y Marcelo.

Story about family disintegration and the trauma caused by Lucy, having an occasional "affair" with a young man whom the family has used as a companion for their son. Infidelity and betrayal result in unhappiness for the Crowns throughout their lives.

The Oscar-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman have become treasured musicologists, first with their loving biography LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE (2019) and then with TAYLOR MAC’S 24-DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC (2022). Now, they turn their cameras towards Cuba, profiling four students at the Amadeo Roldan Conservatory. Though it has long been the nation’s most prestigious music school in a music-crazy nation, the conservatory struggles to maintain instruments for their students.

Fedele and Vittorio are two brothers who married the daughters of a rich entrepreneur, Siniscalco. But while Fedele is an irreproachable husband, Vittorio cheats on his wife and accumulates gambling debts, until one day his car is found at the bottom of a lake and he is left for dead. Six years later, however, the extraordinary news arrives: Vittorio is alive and is in Cuba, where he lives by scamming tourists. Fedele then leaves with the intention of bringing him back to his family.

A choral story where characters of different statuses and generations cross paths in an attempt to find happiness and alleviate the loneliness that crushes some of them. In a 12-storey building, neighbors and newcomers intersect, and in these encounters the destiny of some will be twisted and that of others will take better paths. A few blocks away, in another building, two septuagenarians struggle to get the company of a couple who are in a fight against the clock for a few square meters.

The metamorphoses of Juan Quin Quin, in turns bullfighter, guerrilla fighter and sacristan.

A young Cuban couple gets lost, and searching for a place to stay the night, enters the home of M. Wong and Madame Tsu, who have sinister plans for them.

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.

A commemoration of the 6th anniversary of the beginning of the Cuban revolution. 500,000 campesinos invited to celebrate the occasion pour into Havana.

The triumph of a young man in an important erotic literature contest reaches the ears of his grandmother.

Santiago de Cuba, January 19th, 1819. Coming from Lausanne, Enrique Faber, a Swiss doctor and surgeon, arrives on the island, a Spanish province, hoping to find his son, who has been kidnapped…

Urban reform during the first months of the Cuban revolution is the subject of this documentary

An 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.

Documentary that portrays the life of a coal-mining town south of Havana, around 1955, prior to the triumph of the revolution.

In the fall of 1938, two Jewish children from Berlin are sent to England by their parents to escape Nazi persecution.

The documentary series, The War on Cuba, gives an inside look on the effects of U.S. sanctions on Cuban people.

Fed up with hanging around on the same riverbanks? Join Matt Hayes as he explores Cuba in search of sun, cocktails and of course, fish.

Cuban police series that recreates the story of a group of policemen, the realities of their daily lives in confronting criminals.

Sábados de Gloria is an ode to friendship and fidelity. It focuses on three women who have been friends since childhood. They usually meet on Saturdays to talk about their conflicts and joys, until an unexpected event causes a turning point in their lives, giving way to conflicts intertwined with other subplots that develop throughout the story line. Sensitive topics are dealt with, such as the polyamorous relationship between three people and homosexuality, in both cases based on love, respect and sincerity. Pedophilia is also addressed. There is a subplot directed by me, with Paula Alí and Heddy Villegas, which has been one of the most enjoyed by the entire team, thanks to the synchronicity in the acting.