The Filmoteca Universitaria and Mid-Century Cinephilia at the University of Havana

Arriving in Havana in 1948, eighteen-year-old Néstor Almendros (1930–1992), who would go on to become one of the most renowned cinematographers of the twentieth century, found that "Cuba was a privileged place to see films."[1] Not only did he find a large range of moviegoing options with hundreds of movie theaters showing films from different nationalities in their original