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Author: Brian Beadie

By Brian Beadie Posted on 6th November 20228th November 2022

Sara Gómez- Her Contribution

One of my favourite moments in cinema occurs at the end of Agnes Varda’s classic short film Salut les Cubains, a film composed entirely of still photos Varda took on … Continue reading Sara Gómez- Her Contribution

Categories: HGFF2022, Uncategorized
By Brian Beadie Posted on 18th October 202225th October 2022

Double Consciousness – The Paradox of Race in Cuba

In egalitarian societies, some are of course, more equal than others, and Cuba is no exception. On the island, inequality is, as elsewhere, often structured around the axis of race. … Continue reading Double Consciousness – The Paradox of Race in Cuba

Categories: HGFF2022Tags: cuba, Cuban cinema, festival, Film, Glasgow, Havana, HGFF
By Brian Beadie Posted on 17th October 202225th October 2022

Gloria Rolando – Eternal Presences

Gloria Rolando is one of the most significant Cuban filmmakers currently working, a documentarian who has done groundbreaking work charting the complex history of Black people, often Black women, who … Continue reading Gloria Rolando – Eternal Presences

Categories: HGFF2022Tags: Gloria Rolando
By Brian Beadie Posted on 28th April 202223rd October 2022

Queens of the Revolution

One of the most remarkable films we’ve ever shown at Havana Glasgow Film Festival, and one that got the best audience reception, was Rebecca Heidenberg’s Queens of the Revolution, a … Continue reading Queens of the Revolution

Categories: HGFF2022
By Brian Beadie Posted on 28th April 202224th October 2022

The Sound of Cuba

Arturo Sotto is one of the most versatile directors in contemporary Cuban cinema, whose career and diverse body of work was celebrated at last year’s’ Havana Glasgow Film Festival. This … Continue reading The Sound of Cuba

Categories: Blog, HGFF2022
By Brian Beadie Posted on 5th December 20208th December 2020

Havana Glasgow Film Festival 2020

2020’s been a challenging year for all of us, not least for film festivals, which have had to find new ways in which to showcase work and engage audiences. A … Continue reading Havana Glasgow Film Festival 2020

Categories: HGFF2020
By Brian Beadie Posted on 15th November 202015th November 2020

Havana Glasgow Pandemic Festival

It’s been quite a year – and that’s an understatement. The entire world seems to have virtually ground to a halt, and time stood still, in the face of the … Continue reading Havana Glasgow Pandemic Festival

Categories: Blog, HGFF2020
By Brian Beadie Posted on 13th November 202012th April 2021

Coffee and Contradictions

The 1960s were the Golden Age of Cuban filmmaking, where filmmakers were swept up in the fervour of creating a new society, and the Cuban film institute ICAIC eager to … Continue reading Coffee and Contradictions

Categories: Blog, HGFF2020
By Brian Beadie Posted on 12th November 202015th November 2020

Over the Wall

Fernando Pérez is Cuba’s most celebrated living filmmaker, one whose body of work over the last 30 years provides a vivid portrait of Cuban society.  Cutting his teeth making documentaries for … Continue reading Over the Wall

Categories: Blog, HGFF2020, Uncategorized
By Brian Beadie Posted on 12th November 202015th November 2020

Another World is Possible

Science fiction is one of the most fertile and consistently popular literary genres, with its roots often in a Utopian impulse, a wish for transformation and improvement. This is a … Continue reading Another World is Possible

Categories: Blog, HGFF2020, Uncategorized
By Brian Beadie Posted on 11th November 202015th November 2020

Sisters Doing It For Themselves

La Pelicula de Ana (Ana’s Film) was a highlight of our first ever Havana Glasgow Film Festival. This satirical look at the conditions of Cuban film production may be set … Continue reading Sisters Doing It For Themselves

Categories: Blog, HGFF2020
By Brian Beadie Posted on 9th November 202015th November 2020

Ian Padrón

Earlier this year, Cuba was in a state of national mourning for the death of its best-loved animated filmmaker, Juan Padrón. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of this … Continue reading Ian Padrón

Categories: HGFF2020
By Brian Beadie Posted on 9th November 202015th November 2020

Cuban-Celtic Connections

Félix Flores Varona is a writer and researcher on English and international literature, who currently lives in Scotland. At this year’s HGFF, he will be presenting an exploration of the links … Continue reading Cuban-Celtic Connections

Categories: HGFF2020
By Brian Beadie Posted on 7th November 202015th November 2020

Innocence

The Cuban Wars of Independence were a long, protracted struggle with much blood shed. But one of the most appalling incidents occurred during the first, Ten Years War, in 1871, … Continue reading Innocence

Categories: HGFF2020
By Brian Beadie Posted on 19th October 202015th November 2020

Extraordinary Cuba – An interview with Michael Chanan

The theme of this year’s Havana Glasgow Film Festival, is ‘Extraordinary Cuba’, and we will be examining the ways in which this fiercely independent island nation is truly extraordinary, in … Continue reading Extraordinary Cuba – An interview with Michael Chanan

Categories: Blog, HGFF2020
By Brian Beadie Posted on 11th December 201910th February 2020

Havana Glasgow Film Festival 2019 Review

Hace calor en La Habana – Roberto Chile Havana Glasgow Film Festival’s come a long way in five years – so far, that this year the festival went as far … Continue reading Havana Glasgow Film Festival 2019 Review

Categories: Blog, Uncategorized
By Brian Beadie Posted on 24th November 201910th February 2020

Nae Paseran in Havana

This year, Havana Glasgow Film Festival are hosting an edition of the festival in Havana, for the very first time. Here we will be showcasing the best in Scottish film, … Continue reading Nae Paseran in Havana

Categories: Blog, Uncategorized
By Brian Beadie Posted on 11th November 201912th November 2019

From Strawberry and Chocolate to Fraternity Park

A couple of years ago, I was explaining to the editor of an esteemed music mag (I won’t say which one) that a gig review I’d written would take a … Continue reading From Strawberry and Chocolate to Fraternity Park

Categories: Blog, Uncategorized
By Brian Beadie Posted on 10th November 201917th November 2019

The Point is to Change It

Image -Tomás Gutiérrez Alea “The world is already filmed, it’s now a matter of changing it.” Guy Debord – Society of the Spectacle In the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution, … Continue reading The Point is to Change It

Categories: Blog, Uncategorized
By Brian Beadie Posted on 20th October 201920th October 2019

12 Great Scottish Films

This year, Havana Glasgow Film Festival is actually going to Havana, bringing Scottish films and DJs to the city in the spirit of cultural exchange. Here, Glasgow-based journalist Brian Beadie … Continue reading 12 Great Scottish Films

Categories: BlogTags: Scottish Films Havana Glasgow Film Festival Gregory's Girl Trainspotting
By Brian Beadie Posted on 20th October 201921st October 2019

12 Great Cuban Films

This year we’re celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Cuban film institute ICIAC, which arose in the aftermath of the revolution to improve Cuban society, and help educate … Continue reading 12 Great Cuban Films

Categories: BlogTags: Cuban Film Now! Lucia Memories of Underdevelopment Strawberry a nd Chocolate
By Brian Beadie Posted on 13th October 201924th October 2019

Memories of Titón

This year, Havana Glasgow Film Festival examines the career and legacy of the most acclaimed and influential Cuban filmmaker Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, with screenings of his films and a documentary … Continue reading Memories of Titón

Categories: BlogTags: Brian Beadie Tomas Gutierrez Alea Mirtha Ibarra
By Brian Beadie Posted on 10th November 20183rd August 2022

Happy Birthday Margaret Tait

This weekend sees the centenary of the birth of Margaret Tait, a filmmaker and poet who has gone from being one of the most marginalised Scottish filmmakers, working on the … Continue reading Happy Birthday Margaret Tait

Categories: Blog, HGFF2018, UncategorizedTags: Brian Beadie
By Brian Beadie Posted on 7th November 20173rd August 2022

Love and Baseball

“Ghost Town To Havana” is a moving and powerful, if sometimes humorous, documentary exploring the power of baseball to change people’s, families’ and community’s lives. The film was made by … Continue reading Love and Baseball

Categories: Blog, HGFF2017, HGFF2020, Uncategorized

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