Screen Cuba tickets on sale
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by Natasha Hickman
on: Thursday, 19 February 2026
Tickets have just gone on sale for Screen Cuba: Films to Change the World 2026 which takes place at cinemas in London, Oxford, Pontypridd, Nottingham, Manchester and Leeds from 15 March.
This Festival of Cuban cinema will look at the achievements and challenges of Cuban people through the lenses of their filmmakers since the 1959 Revolution, and present films rarely screened in the UK.
It includes a diverse selection of features, shorts and documentaries, with introductions and Q&As featuring Cuban film specialists.
Features include the revolution’s first comedy Twelve Chairs, Humberto Solás’s iconic feminist trilogy Lucía (1968), Tomás Gutíerrez Alea’s anticolonial masterpiece The Last Supper (1976), the comedy that changed housing policy Juan Carlos Tabío’s House for Swap, Capablanca about Cuba’s world famous chess champion, Jorge Luís Sanchez’s music biopic El Benny about musician Benny Moré, plus recent doc about the passion for dance across the island, Life is Dance.
LONDON
Screenings at the Garden Cinema
Twelve Chairs Sun 15 March, 2.00pm
Up to a Point Wed 18 March, 6.30pm
Capablanca Sat 21 March, 2.00pm
House for Swap Sat 21 March, 4.20pm
El Benny Wed 25 March, 8.00pm
Life is Dance Fri 27 March, 6.30pm
Book for Garden Cinema screenings here
Screenings at ICA
Lucia Sun 22 March, 2.00pm
The Last Supper Tues 24 March, 6.30pm
Screening at Barbican
20 Years Thu 19 March, 6.30pm (short animation, shown with Chico & Rita – feature animation from Spain)
Book for Barbican screening here
Screenings at Birkbeck University Cinema
Fri 20 March. Free entry. Aimed at film students.
Details to be confirmed
OXFORD – UPP Cinema
The Last Supper Sat 21 March, 2.00pm
PONTYPRIDD – Yma Cinema
A Night with the Rolling Stones Sat 28 March, time tbc
NOTTINGHAM – Broadway Cinema
A Night with the Rolling Stones Sun 29 March, 12.00pm
(Raising funds for CSC Medical Aid for Cuba appeal)
MANCHESTER – Home Cinema
Twelve Chairs Sun 12 April, time tbc
LEEDS – Hyde Park Picture House
The Last Supper Sun 19 April, time tbc
Twelve Chairs Sun 19 April, time tbc
Death of a Bureaucrat Sun 10 May, time tbc
Dive in to the full programme and details of films at screencuba.uk
All screenings are expected to sell out quickly so don’t miss out!
Festival Gala Reception, Garden Cinema, Wednesday 18 March, from 6.00/6.30pm
Tickets are now available for the Festival Gala Reception which includes a welcome drink, the official Festival poster created by two young Cuban designers, greetings from Festival patrons as well as other special guests, live Cuban music plus screening of the film Up to a Point. The screening begins 6pm/6.30pm. You will be allocated your start time. Very limited tickets for this special reception and screening, which will raise funds for the Festival and Cuban Film Institute, are available now priced £25.
Book your tickets for the gala reception here
The Festival celebrates Cuba’s remarkable home grown cinema industry, despite the US blockade which has impacted deeply, and also aims to raise funds for projects of the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC), such as the restoration of classic films.
Find out more about Screen Cuba at screencuba.uk
You can also donate to support the festival and ICAIC projects at screencuba.uk/support
Screen Cuba is the project of Music Fund for Cuba UK charity and Cuba Solidarity Campaign supported by the Cuban Embassy in the UK and in collaboration with the Cuban Film Institute, ICAIC. With thanks to the support of NEU and EQUITY and other donors.
We look forward to seeing you at a festival screening in March.
Dodie Weppler and Trish Meehan,
Festival Co-ordinators