London, United Kingdom.— Between 15 and 28 March, Cuban cinema will return to British screens with the third edition of ‘Screen Cuba: films to change the world’, a festival organised by the Campaign for Solidarity with Cuba, which is reaffirming its position as a key platform for promoting Cuban cinema in the United Kingdom and strengthening cultural ties between the two countries.
The programme ranges from great classics to contemporary examples of Cuban cinema, including feature films, documentaries and short films. The screenings will take place at renowned London venues such as The Garden Cinema, the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), Birkbeck University and the Barbican, which has already added a selection of Cuban animated shorts to its programme.
One of the main attractions of the festival will be the screening of Lucía (1968) by Humberto Solás, an emblematic work of Cuban and Latin American cinema, repeatedly considered one of the most important films in the region. Fully restored and rarely screened in the United Kingdom, it is an exceptional opportunity to discover Cuban cinema.
As part of its commitment to preserving Cuba's audiovisual heritage, Screen Cuba has supported, in its two previous editions, together with ICAIC and Music Fund for Cuba, the restoration of four animated shorts featuring the iconic character Elpidio Valdés.
Although the full programme will be announced shortly, the festival has unveiled the official poster for the 2026 Festival, designed by Cuban creators Roberto Pérez Curbelo, author of the previous poster, and Dayron Giro. The image combines tradition and innovation, reviving the screen-printing aesthetic of Cuban film posters and reinventing the island's classic cars as a creative mobile cinema projector.
With this third edition, Screen Cuba consolidates its vocation as a meeting place for British and Cuban audiences, celebrating the richness of Cuban cinema in London and beyond in a diverse and renewed way.