Author: hgffglasgow

Sat 7 November 2020 Time: 7pm – 9.15pm De Vuelta Al Barrio / Back to the Neighbourhood + Q&A Alejandro Valera Alejandro Valera Losa / 2019 / Documentary / 16+ … Continue reading De Vuelta Al Barrio / Back to the Neighbourhood

Tues 10 November 2020 Time: 6.45 – 7.20pm Join Eirene Houston in Glasgow and Hugo Rivalta in Havana as they introduce HGFF’s sixth Festival, discuss their personal highlights of the programme … Continue reading Welcome to HGFF20 with Co-Directors Eirene Houston and Hugo Rivalta

Tues 10 November 2020 Time: 7.30 – 9.15pm Cuba: Living Between Hurricanes + live Q+A with director Michael Chanan Michael Chanan / 2019 / Documentary / N/C / 1hr10mins A film … Continue reading Cuba: Living Between Hurricanes

Wed 11 November 2020 Time: 5.30 – 6:40pm Rogelio Paris / 2004 / Poland / Documentary /N/C / 1hr6min A rare panorama of Cuban music and dance from the 1960s. … Continue reading Nosotros La Música / We are the Music

Thu 12 November 2020 Time: 2.30 – 4.30pm Alejandro Gil / Cuba / 2018 / Fiction / 18 / 2hr1min Havana, November 1871. A class of first year medical students … Continue reading Inocencia / Innocence 

Wed 11 November 2020 Time: 8–9pm A fun and informative evening in the kitchen of Glaswegian chef Gary Maclean, cooking food inspired by his recent trip to Cuba. In December … Continue reading Cuban Food Night with Chef Gary Maclean

Thu 12 November 2020 Time: 5.00 –7.15pm Ghost Town to Havana, Introduced by Cinematographer Roberto Chile + Q&A Eugene Corr Eugene Corr, Roberto Chile / 2015 / Documentary / N/C … Continue reading Ghost Town to Havana

Thurs 12 November 2020 Time: 8 – 10pm El Viaje Extraordinario de Celeste Garcia / The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste Garcia + Q&A Guest actor María Isabel Díaz (TBC) Arturo … Continue reading El Viaje Extraordinario de Celeste Garcia / The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste Garcia

Friday 13 November 2020 Time: 12 – 1pm Jean Pelletier / 2015 / Canada / Doc / 55min Fidel Castro is one of the most famous and controversial figures of … Continue reading The Man Behind the Myth, Intimate Portrait of Fidel Castro

Friday 13 November 2020 Time: 2 – 3.40pm Daniel Diaz Torres / 2012 / Drama / 18 / 1hr40min Another chance to see this favourite from our very first festival … Continue reading La Pelicula de Ana / Ana’s Film

Friday 13 November 2020 Time: 4.30 – 7pm 4.30-5.55 films 6-7 discussion (available to watch internationally, via our Facebook page) Nicolás Guillén Landrián – Memory in Progress + Panel Discussion … Continue reading Nicolás Guillén Landrián – Memory in Progress

Friday 13 November 2020 Time: 7.30 – 9.45pm Click here to watch the film on Muvi 7.30 –7.35World Premiere of Luz Y Esperanza / Light and Hope – a special … Continue reading Cuba and COVID19: Public Health, Science and Solidarity

Saturday 14 November 2020 Time: 10.15am – 11.30am Elpidio Valdes Juan Padrón/ 1979 / Cuba / Animation / 1hr10min This film is captioned and is in Spanish with English subtitles … Continue reading Elpidio Valdes

Saturday 14 November 2020 Time: 3.40pm – 5pm Q&A 5-6pm Juan Padrón / Cuba / 1985 / Animation, Comedy, Horror / 1hr20min This film is captioned The second of two … Continue reading Vampiros en La Habana / Vampires in Havana

Saturday 14 November 2020 Time: 1.00– 3.30pm Fernando Perez / Cuba / 2014 / Fiction / 15 / 1hr37min Feature film in association with ICAIC This film is captioned Another … Continue reading La Pared de las palabras / The Wall of Words + discussion

Saturday 14 November 2020 Time: 6.15 – 6.45pm A chance to learn how to make a classic Cuban cocktail – a mojito. Have these ingredients at hand – ice, sugar, … Continue reading Cuban cocktail making demo and informal chat with the HGFF team plus new videos by Los Van Van

Saturday 14 November 2020 Time: 7.30 – 10.15pm Eliades Ochoa: From Cuba to the World 7.30 – 9.10pm Cynthia Biestek, Ruben Gomez / 2019 / UK / Documentary, Biography, Music … Continue reading Cuban Legends Double Bill – Eliades Ochoa and Silvio Rodríguez

Sunday 15 November 2020 Film 11.30am-1.40pmDiscussion 1.40-3pm Humberto Solás / 1982 / Spain / Drama / 2hr7min Cecilia, a Cuban girl of mixed race in violent 19th-century Cuba, is raised … Continue reading Cecilia + Connecting Cuban and Scottish literature – Felix Flores Varona

Sunday 15 November 2020 3-6.30pm PART ONE 3-4.45pm 3-3.45pm – Short films – Watch here Martica: a family doctor, En la sangre / In the blood, Trabajo de amor / … Continue reading Cuba from the Inside – Part One and Two – featuring shorts from Cuba Platform and Belly of the Beast

Sun 15 November 2020 Time: 6.40 – 7.25pm Roberto Chile / Cuba /2006 /Doc / 37min Documentary about Cuban medical volunteers in Pakistan following the devastating earthquake of 2005. Register … Continue reading En Las Laderas del Himalaya / On the Slopes of the Himalayas

Sun 15 November 2020 Time: 7.30 – 9.05pm ¡SALUD!  / Health! In association with Africa in Motion Connie Field / 2006 / Doc / 1hr33min  This film is captioned A … Continue reading ¡SALUD! / Health!

Welcome to our 5th Havana Glasgow Film Festival! Twinned in 2002, our two vibrant cities share a richness of culture and identity that we invite you to celebrate with film, … Continue reading HGFF 2019 programme of events

24  October, Thursday 18:00 -20:00 Kinning Park Complex In partnership with Küche and Glasgow based Cuban cook Dani Acosta, join us for a community meal, sharing Cuban food, its flavours, … Continue reading A Cuban Food Revolution

02 November, Saturday Exhibition Opening: Como Veo Cuba/ As I See Cuba  13:00 – 15:00 Trongate 103 Photography exhibition celebrating 500 years of Havana, from the personal perspectives of Roberto … Continue reading Exhibition Opening: Como Veo Cuba / As I See Cuba

Sunday 3 November 2019 18:30-23:30 Boteca Join HGFF 19 at this Special Salsa Party at the exotic Boteco do Brasil, to launch our 5th edition of Havana Glasgow Film Festival. … Continue reading HGFF Launch Party with Tumbao Salsa School

06 November, Wednesday Roberto Chile / 2011 / Documentary / N/C / 25mins 18:30-20:30 Unite Office Roberto Chile presents his documentary film on Alberto Korda, (1928-2001) a chronicler of the … Continue reading Sencillamente Korda / Simply Korda

08  November, Friday 18:00-21:00 Refuweegee Havana-born Alejandro Valera has directed music videos for some of Cuba’s top salsa bands and has just finished his first documentary film – De Vuelta … Continue reading Cuban Music Video Production – Behind the Scenes

09 November, Saturday 13:30-14:30 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Bring the family along and dance to energetic Cuban rhythms at our well-loved annual dance workshop for all ages. Drop in … Continue reading Children’s Salsa with Tumbao Salsa School

09 November, Saturday 16:00-18:00 Refuweegee A talk by Glaswegian music and film journalist Brian Beadie, followed by discussion. Brian will trace the history of radical film from the 20s until the … Continue reading Film Can Change the World

10 November, Sunday 13:30-15:30 Refuweegee A DOCMA is a 5-minute documentary film made by 5 filmmakers in 5 different documentary styles. The process is designed to get our creative juices … Continue reading Workshop: DOCMA Filmmaking Challenge

10  November, Sunday 16:00-18:00 Refuweegee A unique chance to learn about the filmmaking industry in Cuba, from the perspective of professional screenwriter Hugo Rivalta (also Co-Director of HGFF) Find out … Continue reading Talk/Workshop: Screenwriting – a Cuban perspective – Hugo Rivalta