The Organizing Committee of the Caribbean International Green Film Festival, Isla Verde, announces that the fourth edition of the event, scheduled for this year on the Isla de la Juventud, has been postponed until further notice.

This decision is in response to the complex context that Cuba is currently experiencing, a scenario that invites us to act with responsibility, sensitivity, and consistency with the principles that have given meaning to the Festival since its creation.

Founded in 2022 by actor, director, and National Film Prize winner Jorge Perugorría —president of the Festival— Isla Verde was born as a space for meeting, reflection, and collective construction around art, sustainability, and communities. It is precisely out of respect for that spirit, and for all the individuals, institutions, and projects that make this event possible, that we consider it inevitable to reschedule its celebration under the current circumstances.

We also want to reaffirm our commitment to the submitted works, their filmmakers, and the convened juries, who constitute an essential part of this platform. Every film received, every artistic proposal, and every perspective that aims to foster a dialogue about the environment and the future of our societies will continue to have the respect, attention, and support of Isla Verde.

The Festival, driven by the Isla Verde Local Development Project alongside Four Wives, the Antonio Núñez Jiménez Foundation for Nature and Humanity, the Palomas Project, and Galería Taller Gorría, has defended since its inception the need to build bridges between cinema, environmental thought, community, and cultural action. That commitment remains intact.

Nonetheless, Isla Verde will keep several initiatives active on the Isla de la Juventud. Within the framework of World Environment Day, we will carry out a series of specific actions in the territory, designed to continue promoting dialogue, ecological awareness, and the link between culture and sustainability.

Likewise, the Organizing Committee does not rule out the possibility of holding this edition within the current year, conditions permitting. Our will remains to meet again on the Isla de la Juventud to celebrate, through cinema and creation, a collective outlook toward the future.

We deeply appreciate the support, understanding, and trust of the artists, filmmakers, juries, institutions, allies, and the public who have been part of Isla Verde's journey since its beginnings. Similarly, we recognize and appreciate the sustained support and commitment of the Embassy of Norway in Cuba, UNESCO, and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to our Festival and its initiatives.

Organizing Committee of the Isla Verde Festival 2026