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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.
- StarsJorge PerugorríaCarlos Enrique AlmiranteLuis Alberto GarcíaFollow lieutenant Conde as he solves crime, beds beautiful women and navigates the corruption and politics of his Havana police department
- 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.
- DirectorFernando PérezStarsFrancisquito CardetFrancisco CardetNorma PérezDawn breaks in La Habana, and as the day advances we follow the simple lives of ten ordinary Cubans, with only sounds and images accompanied by music.
- DirectorTomás Gutiérrez AleaStarsSergio CorrieriDaisy GranadosEslinda NúñezA Cuban man cycles through his opinions and memories as the threat of foreign invasion intensifies and the rest of his family moves to Miami.
- DirectorTomás Gutiérrez AleaJuan Carlos TabíoStarsCarlos CruzMirta IbarraJorge PerugorríaIt is a satire about life in Cuba. The members of a funeral procession and some truck drivers who need to take the same route begin to talk about God and the world and they end up discovering that life for both groups has many similarities and many differences, depending on the point of view.
- DirectorErnesto DaranasStarsAlina RodríguezYuliet CruzArmando Miguel GómezAging teacher Carmela has a special heart for pupils from broken homes and is challenged by the headmaster to follow up 12 year old Chala which is infatuated in Yeni. They are both poor, and has severe home troubles.
- 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.
- DirectorManuel Octavio GómezStarsSancho GraciaJorge SanzManuel GalianaAn adolescent leaves his homeland to emigrate to Cuba in 1916. The film covers his life until the 1960s and at the same time reflects on the history of the country that becomes his second homeland.
- DirectorHumberto SolásStarsCésar ÉvoraRaquel RevueltaDaisy GranadosJavier Argüelles, an opportunistic young man from Cuban middle class, survives all kind of political changes in Havana, from 1932 to 1959, while his brother Darío is persecuted and killed because of his leftist ideas.
- 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.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsCompay SegundoIbrahim FerrerRubén GonzálezAging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers.
- 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.
- DirectorHumberto SolásStarsJorge PerugorríaIsabel SantosMario LimontaWhen his father dies, a Cuban man who was raised in the United States, learns that he was not abandoned by his mother but illegally taken out of Cuba. He goes back to the island and is helped in his search by a cousin and a taxi driver.
- DirectorHumberto SolásStarsDaisy GranadosImanol AriasMiguel BenavidesCecilia, a Cuban girl of mixed race in violent 19th-century Cuba, is raised by her mother and grandmother as a courtesan. Soon, pale-skinned Cecilia catches the eye of the estate owner's son, Leonardo. Cecilia bows to Leonardo's demands provided he agrees to shelter a wounded member of the resistance movement at his home. Leonardo's wealthy father, Cándido de Gamboa, arranges the engagement of his son to a white girl of their own class. Cecilia tries to stop the wedding with tragic results.
- DirectorAlejandro BruguésStarsAlexis Díaz de VillegasJorge MolinaAndros PerugorríaA group of slackers face an army of zombies. The Cuban government and media claim the living dead are dissidents revolting against the government.
- DirectorFernando PérezStarsLuis Alberto GarcíaCoralia VelozClaudia RojasThree 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.
- DirectorPastor VegaStarsDaisy GranadosLaura RamosDoren GranadosAmanda has the gift of prophecy since she was a child. This unique gift causes the interest, fear and rejection of teachers, psychologists, journalists, friends and family.
- DirectorGerardo ChijonaStarsMiriel CejasHéctor MedinaBlanca Rosa BlancoEunice is a teenage girl who is running away from her father's sexual harassment. Alejandro is a young rocker who breaks into a drugstore and escapes to Havana with a couple of friends. When they meet on the road, they decide to travel together in search of a paradise. This will mark the rest of their lives. They are homeless, during Cuba's 'special period' of acute shortages, and the local AIDS hospice begins to look like an unlikely refuge...
- 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.
- DirectorLuis Felipe BernazaStarsReynaldo MiravallesAna ViñaNancy GonzálesPedro Quijano is a cattle tender who used to be the champion in milk production and lowest mortality of cattle in a site of Escambray mountains in Cuba. For this reason he was normally called Pedro Zero Percentage. Pedro had a family composed of two daughters, Carolina who used to work always with his father, and Purita quiet rebel lovesick in Lupesio, the son of Vicente, another cattle tender, but Pedro's enemy. Their rivalry consisted in their competition to be the most productive cow producer of the region. Vicente had once one of his cows dead and for this reason he was called Vicente Menos (Minus One). The other Vicente's daughter, Blanquita, was lovesick of the Pedro's god son, Trino. So with all this enmity, the couples were never allowed to meet. The end of the film showed a reconciliation of both families for the health of cattle production in that area. Reynaldo Miravalles and Orlando Casin acted very well and gave the necessary colour to this comedy.
- 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.
- DirectorEnrique ColinaStarsRoberto AlvarezRenny ArozarenaKlara BadiolaA story of survival and triumph of the human spirit-between hurricanes.
- DirectorDaniel Díaz TorresStarsPeter LohmeyerVladimir CruzCorina MestreLorenzo, a Cuban policeman specializing in grave robberies is sent to Havana to investigate the death of a Havana-born German national, Hermann (or German in Spanish) found in a famous grave. Lorenzo recounts his findings to the police chief (Major Anancio) as he investigates Dora, an elevator operator and Herrmann's landlady, Aguila and Silvia (who work for Cultural Affairs), Chrissy (a British-born Socialist Internationalist lover), Xiomara (Hermann's mother and a local drag queen as well), a dwarf, and a false Guatemalan who had raped Chrissy during her internationalist "love/sex campaign" in Guatemala. These are the main, but not the only characters, one must absolutely follow to make sense of the plot.
- DirectorTomás Gutiérrez AleaStarsSalvador WoodSilvia PlanasManuel EstanilloA young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape.
- DirectorEnrique ÁlvarezStarsKendra CasalsXenia CruzIgor Urquiza
- DirectorRolando DíazStarsManuel PortoMaría de los Ángeles SantanaLavinia CastroA group of young people find, in fantasy, the image of themselves in their old age. This representation of the future confronts them with deceit and human miseries. They must accept their destiny or try to change it.
- DirectorTomás Gutiérrez AleaStarsEnrique SantistebanReynaldo MiravallesRené SánchezWhen her country is taken over by socialist revolutionaries, a wealthy woman can't bear to give up all of her wealth and possessions to the new government, so she hides her jewels in one of the 12 chairs of a dining-room set. After her death, her nephew finds out what she had done and, since the chairs had been "nationalized" and are now in the possession of a dozen different people, he sets out to track them down and get the jewels he believes rightfully belong to him.
- DirectorRolando DíazStarsReynaldo MiravallesConsuelo VidalSilvia PlanasA young couple find out that their parents (her father end his mother) are having a romance. All the problems begin here because the young couple can't accept this relationship.
- DirectorTomás Gutiérrez AleaStarsEnrique SantistebanJuanita CaldevillaGermán PinelliAn aristocratic family decides to isolate themselves from the changes brought by the revolution and begin living History in reverse. A surreal voyage from Socialism to cannibalism.
- DirectorJuan PadrónStarsIrela BravoFrank GonzálezManuel MarínPepín, Pepe's little son, is a gifted child who, despite his young age, develops a new magical drink more powerful than Vampisol, which he calls Vampiyaba because it is made from guava. Mobsters, vampires, Soviet spies and even a Nazi commando arrive in Cuba in search of this new drink and its creator. So Pepe has to save his son, his marriage from failure and his club, Pepito's, from ruin. But when everything seemed to be lost, Von Dracula returned from his afterlife and reestablished the new world vampires order.
- DirectorMercedes GasparArturo Sotto DíazStarsCarlos Acosta-MilianJorge AlíRogelio BlainSeven Scribes tell the story of an actor who represents tricks and false miracles. The people believe that it is the new Christ, and the Scribes manipulate the faith of the mass in this fable of loves, negations and intrigues.
- DirectorOrlando RojasStarsLuisa Pérez-NietoErnesto TapiaRosita FornésAn aging actress gets trapped in the generational conflicts and political scheming of a well-known but decaying theater company and loses her career and the hope of ever loving again. Selected one of the 100 Best Latin American Films of All Times (#29), Poll of Latin American Critics (1996). Cuban entry as Best Foreign Film for Oscars, 1990. Chosen as Best Cuban Film of the decade of 1980's by National Critics Association,
- DirectorOrlando RojasStarsJorge Luis ÁlvarezMaría Isabel Díaz LagoFrancisco GattornoA shy country boy gets caught between the peer pressure of his buddies and his love for an overweight, strong willed but likable girl.
- DirectorGerardo ChijonaStarsThais ValdésVladimir CruzDaisy GranadosLike her mother before her, beautiful Sissy wants to be a dancer at the Tropicana, Havana's famous cabaret. But her truck driving father, Candido, forbids her to do so because of his ongoing grudge against Armando, his former rival and choreographer at the nightclub. When Candido and his friend Promedio accidentally run Sergito over, Promedio sees the star-shaped mole on the boy's buttock, identical to Candido's. Much to Sissy's delight and to Promedio's dismay for fear of incest, Candido takes the boy home, unaware that Sergito is his son and therefore Sissy's brother. Promedio's worries are confirmed when the two youngsters fall madly in love.
- DirectorPastor VegaStarsDaisy GranadosLili RenteríaIsabel Serrano
- DirectorJuan Carlos Cremata MalbertiStarsThais ValdésNacho LugoDaisy GranadosIn Havana, a post office branch is more than a place of bureaucratic rules and regulations to ensure effective public services. This is where Carla Perez works. A young dreamer, this government employee transforms boredom into a 'crossroads of feeling in writing'. More than merely sending and receiving letters, she aims to help her companions in finding happiness and love. Such good will can not go un-rewarded. Her exiled parents in Miami entered her name in the yearly U.S. immigration lottery. Unexpectedly, she receives a notice for her interview to get the 'green card'. Now she will have to opt between a future of her own in Cuba, and a future planned by others in Miami.