Havana Glasgow Film Festival
Special online screenings in collaboration with Curate-It
Screening Dates
19 – 29 November 2026, from 6pm.
Films in English and Gaelic, with subtitles as available.
Synopsis
Three films from Cuba, Mexico and Scotland exploring the links between language, learning, cultural identity and place.
From Cuba’s 1961 Literacy Campaign in Silvio Rodríguez: My First Calling (2020), to an Ayuujk woman preserving culture through pottery in Clay Woman (2025), and Gaelic language activism in CEARTAS (Justice) (2026), these stories highlight education, linguistic resilience and self-determination.
Films in the Programme
Silvio Rodríguez: My First Calling
The little-known story of Cuban songwriter Silvio Rodriguez, speaking in first person about the life-defining experience he had at 14-years-old when he signed up to join the youth brigades of the 1961 Literacy Campaign and taught a campesino family how to read and write.
Produced by The Literacy Project, Martin Luther King Memorial Center and La Rueda Films.
Cinematographer: Roberto Chile
Music: Silvio Rodriguez, Aldo Lopez-Gavilán
Mujer de Barro (Clay Woman)
Documentary | Concepción Vásquez | Mexico | 2025 | 17m
Rufina, an Ayuujk potter, shapes her freedom and hope through clay, transforming her life and that of her family.
In the crucible of clay and tradition, Rufina, an Ayuujk potter from Oaxaca, transforms her pain into art, defying machismo and violence. Clay Woman is a story of resilience, freedom, and the transformative power of creation.
Through her craft, Rufina has managed to support and raise her nine children in a deeply patriarchal community that discriminates against women.
Key Crew: Director & Screenwriter: Concepción Vásquez | Cinematography: Yovegami Ascona Mora | Sound: Gustavo Mora | Sound Design: Erick Ruiz Arellano | Editing: Alexander Sérbulo, Balam Toscano
CEARTAS (Justice)
Documentary | Amber Blake | Scotland | 2026 | 5mins
A short film about a group of Gaelic activists in the 80s who repainted English road signs with Gaelic. This film will have English and Spanish subtitles
Tickets cost £5 for all 3 films which are available with English or Gaelic Descriptive Subtitles
English subtitles
Gaelic subtitles
Tickets for these online screenings are available through our partner platform, Curate-It.
Click the Book Tickets button for each film to visit its viewing page and access ticketing information.
Supported by Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funding on behalf of Screen Scotland and the BFI National Lottery.
