Enrique Pineda Barnet

Green Green (2012)

The first gay-themed film produced in Cuba by the Institute of Cinema since Strawberry & Chocolate in 1993. The theme, however, is the same as in Guttiérerez and Tabìo's film: homophobia, machismo and fear. The fatal attraction between Alfredo, a doctor ...

Angelito mío (1998)

Heaven is in chaos. God left for Earth to seek faith and hope in humanity. San Wichón stays in charge of the Celestial Senate and, in his campaign for the governorship, things get out of control. Disillusioned because Heaven is no longer a paradise, the ...

First (Así como nosotros) (1997)

A man finds his image in a mirror, undertakes a discussion. ...

La bella del Alhambra (1989)

In 1920s Havana, Rachel is a showgirl who longs to become a headliner at the incredibly popular Alhambra theater. On her way to attain that, she loses the love of her life and falls into the clutches of a passion that nearly destroys her career. ...

Mella (1977)

Experimental historical film, with documentary elements. A study of the conceptual development of the young hero Julio Antonio Mella, founder of the Communist Party of Cuba, from the process of the Student Reforms to his assassination in Mexico at the age ...

Juventud rebeldía revolución (1969)

David (1967)

A revolutionary cuban story ...

Giselle (1965)

A thrilling performance film featuring Cuba's greatest ballet dancer, Alicia Alonso in her acclaimed portrayal of Giselle, the ballet that made Alicia an international star. In this tale, Duke Albrecht disguises himself as a peasant to win the love of the ...

I Am Cuba (1964)

A study in contrasts set in and around Havana that explores Cuba's 1959 revolution: a young woman's fascination with the excess of an American-owned casino leads to her downfall in the eyes of her street vendor boyfriend; a tenant farmer revolts the only w ...

Cosmorama (1964)

A spatial poem, an experimental study in forms and moving structures, with light and color, that result in the ongoing creation of plastic images. ...

In the Heat of the Cold Years (2022)

In Havana in the nineteen sixties, there were 140 movie theaters. Only a dozen remain today. For ten years, the cinema industry was a pillar of the Cuban Revolution, but the regime's hardening and the economic recession precipitated its decline. Fifty year ...

Humberto & “Lucía” (2020)

A documentary about the 1968 film Lucía, featuring its director, Humberto Solás, and members of his cast and crew. ...

Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996 (2008)

A look at the life and work of Cuban filmmaker Tomas Gutierrez Alea. ...

I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth (2005)

Contemporary film critics regard the epic film I Am Cuba as a modern masterpiece. The 1964 Cuban/Soviet coproduction marked a watershed moment of cultural collaboration between two nations. Yet the film never found a mass audience, languishing for decades ...