Dublin Cuban Film Festival 2026

Thursday, 23 July 2026 - Saturday, 25 July 2026

Event times:

19:00

Event location:

The New Theatre

Event price:

€10.00

About this event

Three days of Caribbean cinema at Dublin's New Theatre. Two Irish premieres and rarely screened 1960s Cuban shorts. All proceeds to mediCuba-Europe for the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana. 23–25 July.

The Dublin Cuban Film Festival returns with two Irish premieres and rarely screened shorts from Cuba's revolutionary archives.

Thu 23 July — Cuba After Castro. The first US interview with Cuba's president. Followed by a drinks reception.

Fri 24 July — Nicolás. Maduro's journey from bus driver to president. A first-person account told through archive footage and revolutionary folk music.

Sat 25 July, 1pm — After the Revolution: Part 1. Land reform, rent cuts and peasant uprisings in 1959 Cuba.

Sat 25 July, 4pm — After the Revolution: Part 2. Afro-Cuban music, the US blockade, and Álvarez's Che tribute.

All proceeds to mediCuba-Europe for the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana.

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