Science fiction is not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Cuba.

‘Omega 3’ is the first ever sci-fi movie made in Cuba and had its European premiere at the fantasy, sci-fi, horror film festival Fantasporto in Portugal.

Euronews spoke to the movie’s Cuban director Eduardo del Llano, who also wrote the screenplay.

“I’ve always liked to challenge clichés. If a country is experiencing a specific situation, you have to talk about it. The human condition and the question of fundamentalism, which is what the film is about, are universal themes, which we all suffer from,” he said.

The film is set in a post-apocalyptic future dominated by vegetarians, where eating meat is not the done thing. Several factions of vegetarians, including “macs” for macrobiotics and “vegs” for vegetable eaters, are involved in a world war to impose their diet on the rest of humanity. The two lead characters are soldiers from rival factions, who have been made prisoners by a common enemy.