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Cuba: Solidarity vs. Sanctions
As Cuba grapples with economic hardship, blackouts, and the continuing impact of U.S. sanctions, a group of international solidarity activists travel to the island as part of the Convoy Nuestra … Continue reading Cuba: Solidarity vs. Sanctions
10 Years of Havana Glasgow Film Festival – Photo Highlights
We’ve had an amazing week of events during the Havana Glasgow Film Festival, and we want to share some highlights with you. Here are a few moments captured by our … Continue reading 10 Years of Havana Glasgow Film Festival – Photo Highlights
Cuba and Vietnam: Standing Shoulder to Shoulder In Adversity
Cuba has a history of international solidarity, including sending doctors around the globe and training doctors in its International School of Medicine. On Saturday 15 November, marking 50 years since … Continue reading Cuba and Vietnam: Standing Shoulder to Shoulder In Adversity
Festival Launch with the Directors
Tuesday 11 November 2025
18:15 – 18:30 I CCA Courtyard
A welcome to our 10th Festival by Eirene Houston and Hugo Rivalta.
Iconic Bike Footage from Vietnam
Tuesday 11 November 2025
18:30 – 19:15 I CCA Gallery
Visual multimedia projection of footage from Dust and Metal by Esther Johnson – an archival cinematic journey of cycling in Vietnam.
Bike-Powered Bicycle Stories
Tues 11 November 2025
19:30 – 21:45 | CCA Glasgow
A programme of short documentaries – bicycle-powered – relating to bikes, exploring resilience, activism, ingenuity and the joy of two wheels, from Cuba to Germany to Scotland!
Hasta Cierto Punto / Up to a Certain Point
Wednesday 12 November 2025
18:00 – 19.30 | CCA
A clever, self-reflective satire about the battle of the sexes in contemporary Cuba.
Los Sobrevivientes / The Survivors
Wednesday 12 November 2025
20:00 – 22:15 | CCA Glasgow
UK premiere of the restored version of this classic film which follows a bourgeois family living in the Cuban countryside who decide to seal their mansion off from the world and the rising 1959 revolution.
Civic Reception: 10 Years of Havana Glasgow Film Festival
Thursday 13 November 2025
18:00 – 19:30 I City Chambers I Invite only
Celebrating 850 years of Glasgow, 23 years of Havana – Glasgow twinning and 10 years of Havana Glasgow Film Festival, with the Cuban Ambassador and Vietnamese Ambassador in attendance as guests of honour.
UK Premiere: Life is Dance
Thursday 13 November 2025
20:00 – 22:00 I Glasgow Film Theatre
UK Premiere of award-winning documentary by Festival Directors Eirene Houston and Hugo Rivalta
Filmmaker Social
Friday 14 November 2025
17:00 – 18:15 I CCA
A chance to socialise and network with other filmmakers based in Glasgow, as well as HGFF Festival Directors and our special guest Cuban filmmakers.
La Ultima Cena / The Last Supper + Conversation with Mirta Ibarra
Friday 14 November 2025
18:30 – 21:30 | CCA Glasgow
Double event presenting the The Last Supper, where a count’s misguided attempt to evangelize his slaves triggers a rebellion, followed by…
Live Band – Fingertraps
Friday 14 November 2025
22:00 – 00:00 I CCA
An eclectic, powerful quartet for the celebration of 850 years of Glasgow and 10 years of HGFF!
Journey Cam: Cuba – Family-Friendly Screening
Saturday 15 November 2025
11:30-12:30 I CCA Glasgow
A whirlwind tour of Cuba bursting with color, rhythm, and fun, as the Gonzalez sisters uncover family roots and share the island’s energy, perfect for all ages.
Legerin, In Search of Alina
Saturday 15 November 2025
2025 13:00–14:30 | CCA Glasgow
Tracing Argentinian doctor Alina Sánchez’s revolutionary journey from Patagonia, via Cuba, to Rojava, where she provided radical care with the Kurdish Women’s Liberation Movement.
Archival Cuban Newsreels + Panel Discussion
Saturday 15 November 2025
14:45–16:15 | CCA Glasgow
A selection of archival newsreels on Cuba’s take on world events taking place in the 1960s and 1970s, restored by The Vietnamese Institute…
Tử Tế Hay Là Chuyện Ứng Xử / The Story of Kindness or How to Behave
Saturday 15 November 2025
16:30–17:30 | CCA Cinema
A searing masterpiece of Vietnamese cinema that wields its gentle title as a weapon of social critique.
Vietnamese Cultural Exchange
Saturday 15 November 2025
17:30–19:00 | CCA Glasgow
A celebration of Vietnamese culture, plus a live poetic response to archival Vietnamese posters.
Vietnam Through the Eyes of Santiago Alvarez
Saturday 15 November 2025
2025 19:10 – 22:15 | CCA
Three films made by, or about, Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez, followed by Q+A with his son Osian Alvarez, alongside Hugo Rivalta.
DJ Night with A Cut Above
Saturday 15 November
22:00 – 12:00 | CCA Cinema
Join us in the Third Eye Bar with DJ A Cut Above, who will be playing a selection of Cuban, Latin and funky grooves.
Feminist Filmmaking
Sunday 16 November 2025
15:00 – 16:30 I The Boardwalk
Celebrate 3 Years of Cuban-Scottish Feminist Filmmaking
Join us for a special screening marking three years of powerful…
¡Quba!
Sunday 16 November 2025
17:00 – 19:00 | The Boardwalk
¡Quba! documents Cuba’s extraordinary journey toward LGBTQIA+ equality, culminating in one of the most unexpected civil rights victories of the 21st century…
Welcome to our 10th Festival!
When we launched Havana Glasgow Film Festival in 2015, we had no idea how big a journey lay ahead, until someone said ‘you’re brave!’. Yet thanks to our funders, our … Continue reading Welcome to our 10th Festival!
Competencia de Cortometrajes 2025, Festival de Cine Havana – Glasgow
Competencia de Cortometrajes 2025, Festival de Cine Havana – Glasgow
Cuba Sostenible: Historias de Comunidades
Short Film Competition 2025, Havana – Glasgow Film Festival
Short Film Competition 2025, Havana – Glasgow Film Festival
Sustainable Cuba: Stories from Communities
Juliet of the Spirits
By Brian Beadie “Creation must be subversive. We are acrobats in a grand circus, we only want to live on the tightrope, without a wire, and juggle our skins.” – … Continue reading Juliet of the Spirits
Glasgow City Council Civic Reception – 2024
Glasgow City Council Civic Reception – 2024📸 All photos by Dougie Souness – http://www.nohalfmeasures.photography ©
Who’s Laughing Now? Interview with Eduardo Del Llano
“Why don’t we do a film and you direct it?” And I said, ‘’Why not?’’ I was having a midlife crisis, so
said “Let’s do it!” But I had no formation or grounds as a filmmaker, although I’d been on
lots of shoots, for example for Fernando Perez, as a witness, as a scriptwriter who happens
to be there.”
Cuba is coming to the Small Isles!
In a unique partnership with Visit Small Isles Films, Screen Argyll, Screen Scotland and local partners, we are visiting the small isles of Rum, Canna, Eigg and Muck this summer! … Continue reading Cuba is coming to the Small Isles!
Cuba Now! Special Summer Event
NOW! 20 July at CCA Glasgow 17:00 – 18:30 Conversation between special guests Cuban filmmaker Eduardo del Llano – Página Oficial and David Archibald from The Tenementals CCA Courtyard – … Continue reading Cuba Now! Special Summer Event
Last and First Men
Gore Vidal once defined the history of humanity as a history of movement, of migration
HGFF 2023 Photos
All photos by DougieSouness – http://www.nohalfmeasures.photography
Democracy: Uncensored
Sunday 5 November 2023
15:00 – 17:00 pm
Civic House, 26 Civic Street
Glasgow, G4 9RH
GFT + Unite Hospitality: Activism: Past and Future
Tuesday 14 November 2023
17:45 – 20:00 – GFT
A History of Cuban Animation in the Revolutionary Period
Wednesday 15 November 2023
19:00 – 21:15 – CCA