Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos

Its prominent members are Sara Gómez, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Julio García Espinosa, Alfredo Guevara and Santiago Álvarez.

Through educating the new generation of young directors, one of its responsibilities is to transform Cuba from a country of cinematic consumption to a production.

[5] Working as an assistant helped trainees learn basic filmmaking skills and become more comfortable with directing.

Cine Cubano invites all people to submit their writings, share their opinions on the films, as well as teach their critical thinking.

[7] Thanks to these sponsorships, the ICAIC has money to spend on financing films, training filmmakers and educating audiences.

To keep Cuba's theaters going, the ICAIC imported a large number of movies from France, Italy, Japan and other countries, which created great diversity.

The communist Castro government focused on agricultural development, especially in sugar production, in 1969, which was called the Year of the Decisive Effort.

During the 1980s, ICAIC has changed the organization structure and formed a separate office only for exhibition and associated activities for educating people.

[10] Active directors, editors, producers, sound technicians, and other experts from around the world have been invited to this school to share their experience.

[11] People in Cuba suffered from daily shortages such as electricity blackouts, severe gasoline rationing, huge cuts in public transportation, and bicycles from China.

The consequence of the “Special Period" of the 1990s for Cuban cinema is a drastic reduction in the resources from film production to distribution.

[13] ICAIC continued to make efforts to develop the Cuban film industry and celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2019.