Octavio Cortázar Movies

Through the files of Cuban cinema news program Noticieros ICAIC Latinoamericanos, the documentary shows the most relevant events of the second half...

Five young Cubans, ex-revolutionaries, meet after years in Havana during a dancing carnival night.

Explores the sensuous rhythms and movements of the dance style known as the rumba, as demonstrated by the celebrated Havana rumbero Papá...

In an imaginary country in Latin America, a man asks for asylum in an embassy. Trickery, passion, and intrigue are the motives of his actions.

In 1967, Cuban documentary filmmaker Octavio Cortazar followed a travelling projectionist troupe whose mission was to show moving pictures to rural...

The Castro revolution was just consolidating its power when, in 1961, over 100,000 students were sent from their schools into the countryside to...

A squad of young Cuban armed forces recruits are tasked with defending a strategic key north of Cuba. The fraught relationships between the young...

Analyzes the typical features of the punto, a Cuban musical tradition from the days of Spanish colonialism.

Documentary about the 17th December, the date on which one commemorates St. Lazarus. This occasion is a day of celebration for Cuba, where Catholics...