Mirta Ibarra

La verdad de Laura

7 Days in Havana

A lesbian, an aspiring actor, an aspiring singer, a low-class marriage, a neighborhood community and 2 renowned...

Ilona Arrives with the Rain

Maqroll, Ilona, and Abdul all share a common dream: to sail the world in a tramp-steamer. But who could afford...

Strawberry and Chocolate

In 1979 Cuba, flamboyant gay artist Diego attempts to seduce straitlaced David, an idealistic young communist,...

Guantanamera

During the 'Special Period', the members of a funeral procession cross paths with truckdrivers who have to take...

I Will Survive

After the father of Marga’s unborn child dies, the young woman loses all hope, until she meets a dashing, hands...

Horn of Plenty

An unclaimed fortune, grown for centuries in a British bank account, becomes a potential windfall for Bernadito...

The Last Match

Cuba is not a country for young gays. Teen rent boy Reinier falls in love with a mate in the slum soccer field...

Sagitario

A woman finds herself going from having no man in her life to having more suitors than she can handle in this o...

The Last Supper

A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in...

Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996

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

Bailando con Margot

On December 31, 1958, a detective investigates the theft of a painting from the home of a wealthy widow in Hava...

Knocks at My Door

A fugitive bursts into the home of two Catholic nuns. In an attempt to save his life, they hide him from the ma...

For Sale

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

Ruleta

Up to a Certain Point

A theater director and script-writer falls for a female worker from the Havana docks, but his machismo, social...

Neurótica Anónima

The story of Iluminada, a woman who, having studied to be a literature teacher, ends up working as an usher in...

Letters from the Park

Matanzas, Cuba, 1913. Two young people who are in love communicate through letters written by penman. When the...

Espiral

An approach to a living myth of dance, Alicia Alonso, from the viewpoint of her passion, tenacity and devotion...

Aunque estés lejos

Mercedes and Pedro, Cuban producers and screenwriters, travel to Spain to close an agreement with Alberto, a Sp...

Havana Quartet

Walter, an aspiring musician from Madrid, has a lot of troubles. After finding a videotape, he learns something...

Margarita Alexandre

Pioneering Spanish filmmaker, actress and producer Margarita Alexandre (1923-2015) reminisces about her life an...

Gente que llora S.A.

Chronic Love

Amor Crónico follows Grammy-nominated, Cuban-born CuCu Diamantes as she embarks on a whirlwind tour of her home...

In the Heat of the Cold Years

In Havana in the nineteen sixties, there were 140 movie theaters. Only a dozen remain today. For ten years, the...

Quia

Another Woman

It reflects the transformation which a woman undergoes in the crisis of personal fulfillment that her husband i...

Homo Sapiens

Nicanor, his wife, and his in-laws watch Cuban television. In a single twenty-minute shot, the differences surf...

Adorables mentiras

Jose Luis, a young boy with aspirations to become a scriptwriter and director of cinema, is dazzled on having k...

The Mist in the Palm Trees

Using found footage, still photographs, animations, and occasional original footage, “The Mist in the Palm Tree...

Mujer transparente

An anthology film presenting the stories of five different women who struggle for identity and self-esteem in t...