The integration of animation and experimental cinema to the competition for the Lucia Awards is one of the novelties of the 19th edition of the International Poor Film Festival of Gibara, which from April 15 to 19, will be held in this coastal city in the eastern province of Holguin.

On April 12 to 15, the city of Santiago de Cuba will be the venue of the XXIII International Conference of African and African-American Culture, an event dedicated to women in Africa and in the Diaspora and their role in family and society.

The III International Caribbean Film and Environment Festival “Isla Verde” organized the workshop Interpretation as an actor’s natural process, given by the Cuban actresses Mirtha Ibarra―2025 National Film Award winner―and Elba Pérez Torres, who is also a screenwriter and playwright and turned the event into an opportunity to boost the artistic and environmental training of young talents.

Films from more than 30 countries will prestige the Festival de Cine Pobre de Gibara (Gibara Poor Film Festival), which will come to this coastal city in the eastern province of Holguin April 15-19, with some 500 works included in the program of the event.

Pedro Campos Llopis, representative of the European Union (EU) in Cuba, recognized in this city of the special municipality Isle of Youth, the relevance of the International Caribbean Film and Environment Festival "Isla Verde 2025" as a platform to reflect on the current context and in the face of climate change.

With the aim of preserving the musical essences of the westernmost province of Pinar del Rio and Cuba, the international festival La Guarapachanga is back, which in its 10th edition proposes a fancy artistic program.

The 3rd International Caribbean Film and Environment Festival Isla Verde (Green Island), the only one of its kind in the region, was opened on Isle of Youth with the Cuban premiere of the animated documentary Mariposas negras (Black Butterflies), winner of the Goya Award for Best Animated Film 2025.

At the age of 80, renowned Cuban writer Luis Cabrera Delgado, one of the most relevant names in children's and young people's literature in Cuba, as well as in adult narrative, essays and theater, died in the central city of Santa Clara, the Cuban Book Institute reported.

With a program already on the billboards and tickets on sale, the Cuban company Acosta Danza will bring its vibrant dance to the stages of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

The XXX international meeting of ballet academies will be held in Havana on April 11 to 20 and dedicated to both its founder Ramona de Saa Bello and the centenary of Cuban filmmaker Alfredo Guevara.

The preservation of the Haitian legacy in Cuba, among other topics, was of great interest to the public attending the first day of the 9th Symposium “Music and Youth”, organized in the context of the 22nd Piña Colada Festival.

An edition of the book Fidel Castro Ruz. El oficio de rebelde (Fidel Castro Ruz. The Rebel's Job) will be presented this Saturday at the center named after the Commander-in-Chief of the Cuban Revolution.

An active approach to culture and patrimonial values will be offered by the 6th edition of the Spring Verbenas and the 1st Workshop on Early History and Archeology of Cuba and the Caribbean, to be held in the Holguin site of Güirabito on April 5 and 6, in this eastern region of the country.

The 22nd edition of the Piña Colada Festival, which will take place April 1 to 6 in the central province of Ciego de Avila, known for being the city of portals and pineapple, opens its doors this year with several cultural proposals.