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- DirectorJuan Carlos Cremata MalbertiIraida Malberti CabreraStarsMalú Tarrau BrocheJorge MiloLuisa María Jiménez RodríquezIn a tale akin to Romeo and Juliet, the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents' differences. Malu is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito's mother is a poor socialist that is proud of her family's social standing. She places similar restriction on her son. What neither woman recognizes is the immense strength of the bond between Malu and Jorgito. When the children learn that Malu's mother is planning to leave Cuba, they decide to travel to the other side of the island to find Malu's father and persuade him against signing the forms that would allow it.
- 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.
- DirectorFernando PérezStarsJorge MartínezGabriela RamosYailene SierraA Cuban man dying of AIDS in Havana.
- DirectorMikhail KalatozovStarsSergio CorrieriSalvador WoodJosé GallardoFour vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.
- DirectorJonal CosculluelaStarsYuliet CruzReynaldo GuancheCorina MestreBeautiful story of a kid who dreams of learning piano. Coming from a poor family he finds a piano teacher with a secret. The story unfolds somewhere in Havana, Cuba.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorFernando PérezStarsDaniel RomeroDamián RodríguezBroselianda HernándezThe story of José Martí's (Cuba's National Hero) youth.
- 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.
- DirectorHumberto SolásStarsRaquel RevueltaEslinda NúñezAdela LegráTraces episodes in the lives of three Cuban women, each named Lucía, from three different historical periods: the Cuban war of independence (with Spain), the 1930s, and the 1960s.
- DirectorTomás Gutiérrez AleaStarsNelson VillagraSilvano ReyLuis Alberto GarcíaA pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.
- DirectorRobert PietriStarsJames AlexandrouBlanca Rosa BlancoOsvaldo DoimeadiósA U.S. Marine investigates the life of his father, a Cuban sports star.
- DirectorJorge Luis SánchezStarsRakel AdrianaUlyk AnelloRenny ArozarenaBased on the life of Benny Moré, the film concentrates on a period in the early 1950s when Moré leaves the orchestra of Duany and starts his own 'Banda Gigante'. In flashback we learn of his success in Mexico. Moré is caught in the events connected to Batista's coup in Cuba. Also, he tours Venezuela, where he suffers the machinations of a vengeful businessman. After collapsing and being hospitalised, Moré swears off alcohol. Some years later, he encounters his old band-mate Monchy, fallen on hard times.
- DirectorRoschdy ZemStarsOmar SyJames ThierréeClotilde HesmeThe rise and fall of the famous clown Chocolat, the first black circus performer who revolutionised the stagnant circus acts and conquered Paris of the Belle Époque with his exuberance and originality.
- DirectorPeter De KockIn 1997 the body of Che Guevara was unearthed under a runway in Bolivia. With this discovery the last mystery of his life and death seemed to be resolved. Untill it became apparent that his hands were missing.
- DirectorPaddy BreathnachStarsHéctor MedinaJorge PerugorríaLuis Alberto GarcíaWhen his estranged father returns, a hairdresser is forced to quit performing at the local drag club.
- DirectorLucy MulloyStarsDariel ArrechagaAnailín de la Rúa de la TorreJavier Núñez FloriánIn Havana, Raul dreams of escaping to Miami. Accused of assault, he appeals to Elio to help him reach the forbidden world 90 miles across the ocean. One night, full of hope, they face the biggest challenge of their lives.
- 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.
- DirectorBob YariStarsGiovanni RibisiJoely RichardsonAdrian SparksIn 1959, a young journalist ventures to Havana, Cuba to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway who helped him find his literary voice, while the Cuban Revolution comes to a boil around them.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorPavel GiroudStarsCamila ArtecheArmando Miguel GómezBroselianda HernándezA disgraced boxer gradually forms an unlikely friendship with an HIV positive patient he is tasked with monitoring at a military-run sanitarium in 1980s Cuba.
- DirectorHeidi HassanPatricia Pérez FernándezAn intimate and revealing autoethnographic documentary about uprootedness, motherhood, love of film, friendship and freedom.