Results of the survey conducted among the members of the Cuban Film Press Association (ACPC) – a national affiliate of the Federation Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique (FIPRESCI) – to select the best films released theatrically in Cuba in 2023, as well as the best Cuban films exhibited in Cuba in 2023.
Best films released in Cuba in 2023
Best fiction feature films
1. AS BESTAS/ Spain/ Rodrigo Sorogoyen
2. OPPENHEIMER/ United States/ Christopher Nolan
3. INISHERIN’S SOULS IN PENALTY/ United Kingdom/ Martin McDonagh
4. TÁR/ United States/ Todd Field
5. LOS REYES DEL MUNDO/ Colombia/ Laura Mora Ortega
6. THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD/ Norway/ Joachim Trier
7. BROKER/ South Korea/ Hirokazu Koreeda
8. CLOSE/ Belgium/ Lukas Dhont
9. BARD, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A FEW TRUTHS/
Mexico/ Alejandro González Iñárritu
10. THE FABELMAN/ United States/ Steven Spielberg
Best Documentaries
1. THE BEAUTY AND THE PAIN/ United States/ Laura Poitras
2. MOONAGE DAYDREAM/ United States/ Brett Morgen
3. TINA/ United States/ Dan Lindsay, TJ Martin
4. LEGACY: OUR INHERITANCE/ France/ Yann Arthus-Bertrand
5. BLACK ART: IN THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT/ United States/ Sam Pollard
Best animated films
1. ELEMENTALS/ United States/ Peter Sohn
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE MULTIVERSE/ United States/ Peter Sohn 2.
Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin Thompson
3. BEYOND THE MOON/ China/ Glen Keane, John Kahrs
4. THE WORLDWIDE SEEKERS/ France/ Samuel Tourneux
5. NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT CHAOS/ United States/ Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears
Best Cuban Films Screened in 2023
Best fiction feature film
THE WILD WOMAN/ Alán González
Best Documentary
JÍBARO/ Osmanys Sánchez
Documentary Mention: AL FINAL DEL CAMINO/ Ariagna Fajardo
Best Animated:
YOUR STAR/ Henry de Armas
Best Films Screened at the 44th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana
1. EUREKA/ Argentina-Portugal-Germany-France/ Lisandro Alonso
2. THE RISE OF THE HUMAN 3/ Argentina-Portugal-Holland-Taiwan/ Eduardo Williams
3. TÓTEM/ Mexico-Denmark-France/ Lila Avilés
4. EL VIENTO QUE ARRASA/ Argentina-Uruguay/ Paula Hernández
5. LOS COLONOS/ Chile-Argentina-Denmark-France/ Felipe Gálvez
