16th Minnesota Cuban Film Festival Wednesday, April 30 at 7:00pmDiscussion follows the screening. ABOUT THE FILM In a Havana slum, a forty-year-old woman survives a bloody fight in which her husband almost kills her lover. In a desperate attempt to spare her son from the repercussions of this scandal, she decides to run away with […]

16th Minnesota Cuban Film Festival Wednesday, May 7 at 7:00pmDiscussion follows the screening. ABOUT THE FILM The Wait addresses loneliness and routine, the loss of what was once important to us and how life becomes painful due to certain social issues. People who emigrate across borders and don’t make it. The belongings they leave behind, […]

16th Minnesota Cuban Film Festival Wednesday, May 14 at 7:00pmDiscussion follows the screening. ABOUT THE FILM March 2016: Havana is getting ready for the arrival of The Rolling Stones for an outdoor free concert, the first by a rock group since the fall of Batista. Rita is part of what is known as the “survivors”; […]

16th Minnesota Cuban Film Festival Wednesday, May 21 at 7:00pmDiscussion follows the screening. ABOUT THE FILM In 1979 Cuba, flamboyant gay artist Diego (Jorge Perugorría) attempts to seduce the straight and strait-laced David (Vladimir Cruz), an idealistic young communist, and fails dismally. But David conspires to be “friends” with Diego so he can monitor the […]

16th Minnesota Cuban Film Festival Wednesday, May 28 at 7:00pmDiscussion follows the screening. ABOUT THE FILM The film was shot in Havana and tells the story of a filmmaker overwhelmed by loneliness who deals with several ex-partners and protagonists of his previous films until a conflict breaks out that is very difficult to resolve. For […]

16th Minnesota Cuban Film Festival Wednesday, June 4 at 7:00pmDiscussion follows the screening. ABOUT THE FILM Music, history and emotion fuel this dynamic, award-winning tribute to Los Zafiros, the Beatles of 1960s Cuba. Thirty years after their split, the two surviving members of the band, Manuel Galban and Miguel Cancio reunite on the streets of […]