Cuban Contemporary Independent Shorts

Through citizens’ voices and stark images of survival, the documentary portrays Cuba’s despair under dictatorship, where only freedom offers hope.

A young Cuban in exile rebuilds his identity between Madrid, Miami, and the memory of a lost Cuba before the Revolution.

In a lonely, gray city, a boy says goodbye to his friends as he prepares to leave the country with his parents, but he engages in one last game that takes an unexpected turn.

Luanda and Vladimir must carry their father’s dead body out of the house -a daunting task, given that everything they know is contained within those four walls.
"Everything" truly means everything, from the most ordinary objects to memories and hope.

A girl’s long-distance romance with an older Norwegian man promises to pull her and her mother out of their austere life in Cuba, but her dreams are shaken when she realizes he isn’t as idyllic as he seems.​