(KPL/Prensa Latina)  A new edition of the “Screen Cuba: Films to Change the World” festival is showing today in the United Kingdom, as a promise to showcase some gems of the island’s extensive cinematographic production.

The event will feature a number of classics from the 1960s to present day, according to Cuban diplomatic sources.

Organized in collaboration with the Music Fund for Cuba, the Campaign of Solidarity with Cuba, and the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC), the festival will have second run from March 16 through 29, 2025. Given the success of the past show among British viewers, there are plans to make screenings at other venues and cities for two weeks.

The Garden Cinema in Covent Garden, in central London, will once again be one of the main screening spaces, featuring movies that focus issues such as national identity, the impact of the revolution, as well as daily life.

The event will also feature invited Cuban film professionals, who will participate in workshops and debates on topics such as the evolution of cinema in Cuba since 1959; their experiences and perspectives.

A remarkable element of the festival is the commitment to the preservation of cinematographic works, made possible by the campaign of the Music Fund for Cuba, which has been collecting of funds to restore some film projects at ICAIC.

Two iconic animated short films created by Juan Padrón — Elpidio Valdés contra el tren militar and Una aventura de Elpidio Valdés — were the first to benefit from funds and have already been restored in collaboration with the Colombian Film Heritage Foundation.

Screen Cuba has become a highly anticipated proposal that reaffirms the solidarity efforts to show Cuban culture in this country, as told by Cubans and friends of Cuba, from different stages of our history.

KPL