I envy the calm that faith brings you

I envy the calm that faith brings you 2024

1

A young man reflects on his evangelical past imposed by his father when he begins to frequent an Adventist church in Cuba. The young man's existential resonances have repercussions on the fragile reality that this film essay attempts to construct.

2024

Crossings

Crossings 2023

1

A love letter that unites Brazil and Cuba. In the film Travessias, the director goes on a long journey seeking to understand the feelings and transformations of a person who is close to her. On this path of doubts and concerns, she meets Justin, a trans man who will help her on this journey. With a poetic and self-referential look, the director invites us to rethink our own prejudices and limits in relation to the others.

2023

Dolman 2000

Dolman 2000 2000

1

Three stories about men and women in terminal situations.

2000

Alfa

Alfa 2016

6.20

Alfa, a famous porn actor, must deal with his fears, insecurities and memories when he begins work on a new film without Yerry, his former partner in life and porn. On his first day of shooting without him, Alfa tries to act as in the past but can things be like before? Javier Ferreiro's short film reflects on the difficult decision of letting someone go to move forward. ALFA is framed in the context of gay porn cinema in Cuba where pornography is banned but, little by little, it's growing up an underground industry impulsed by foreign tourism.

2016

String Upon the Air

String Upon the Air 2011

10.00

Anolan is a soloist in a string orchestra, lives with her mother and dedicates every minute to his profession; Enmanuel is a peasant resident in the Sierra Maestra who devotes his time to working the land, accompanied by his young son.

2011

The Oceans Are the Real Continents

The Oceans Are the Real Continents 2019

7.20

Having Cuba as a background, decadent and in crisis, in a black-and-white lacerated by the Caraibic swinging rain, Alex and Edith, a couple in their 30s, live their love story made of small daily gestures, stories from the past, nostalgia, and a deep intimacy.

2019

Más allá de una esperanza

Más allá de una esperanza 1999

1

Historical documentary of the devastating path of hurricane Mitch by this Central American country. Includes general information about Honduras, its history, and the development process delay, partly because of the serious damage caused by natural disasters such as Hurricanes Fifí in 1974 and Mitch in 1998.

1999

El Fausto Criollo

El Fausto Criollo 2011

4.00

A version of El Estatola del Campo's poetic Faust of the Poet (1886) integrates the major trilogy of Argentine gaucho poetry, is proposed here in a faithful version and integral.

2011

Entangling Shadows

Entangling Shadows 1998

5.30

Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the development of cinema in this subcontinent. Its structure is based in 12 short films directed by various Latin American directors. These are: 1) "Los inicios", Iván Trujillo 2) "Cuando comenzamos a hablar", María Novaro 3) "Jugando en serio", Jacobo Morales 4) "De cuerpo presente [Las espirales perpetuas del placer y el poder] Cine Mexicano [1931- 1997]", Marcela Fernández Violante 5) "Cuando quisimos ser adultos", Edmundo Aray and David Rodríguez 6) "Cinema Novo", Orlando Senna 7) "Memorias de una isla, Juan Carlos Tabío 8) "Un grito, 24 cuadros por segundo", Julio García-Espinosa 9) "El día de la independencia", Federico García 10) "¿Sólo las formas permanecen?", Fernando Birri and Pablo Rodríguez Gauregui 11) "Todo final es un principio", Andrés Marriquín.

1998

Tiznao

Tiznao 2016

7.30

Under the threat of a hurricane pending over the city, Lubrini is looking for his lover, who disappeared in the streets of Havana.

2016

While The Night Falls

While The Night Falls 2023

2.00

An intimate portrait of the lives of Delvys and Carlos, siblings who live alone with their elderly mother in a rural part of a small Cuban town. The film portrays a family engulfed in their inner worlds. Between the sacrifices they make out of love for those who are present, and their longing for things that are absent, they struggle to find meaning as they reflect, contemplate, and carry the weight of existence, trying together, to move forward.

2023

The Swan of Wishes

The Swan of Wishes 2009

8.00

Sergio Abel lives in a small town in Central Cuba and he videotapes his life. He is also a grade school teacher. A beautiful documentary that incorporates Sergio’s observations and footage and his student’s aspirations for the future with the outsider’s eye to tell his story.

2009

The End of Time

The End of Time 2017

5.00

An experimental film about that one hypnotic moment on a regular, unassuming Tuesday when one realizes that time has stopped and the universe has been sucked into a single smile.

2017

The Whisper of the Leaves

The Whisper of the Leaves 2021

8.00

A poetic and contemplative journey of harmony between different forms of life that coexist on the earth. This film is a meditation on the effect of time, movement of the human spirit, and passage to new forms of life, through the eyes, ears, and bodies of three elderly land workers living in a small community in the outskirts of Bauta, Cuba.

2021

Jean Gentil

Jean Gentil 2012

5.20

Jean Remy is a Haitian man struggling to find employment in Dominican Republic. Confronted with rejection and discrimination in the city, he sets off to try his luck in the countryside. Imbued with a naturalistic grace, this deeply sympathetic portrait speaks eloquently to the trials of humanity.

2012

The Mechanics of Fluids

The Mechanics of Fluids 1970

1

In a house where repression is the mandate, RICARDO (13) is complicit in IVÁN's (15) longing for his first kiss, but, in trying to help him confront his desire, he breaks the bond of brotherhood between them. Finally, reacting from the violence inherited from his father, Ricardo finds himself alone and unable to cry.

1970

Sorcerous Love

Sorcerous Love 2023

1

A dressed voice sings the remembrances of a lost love. Between the sea and the theater, the voice emerges from a shared body. Actor and character blend in a tormented evocation.

2023