Inocencia / Innocence
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
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!
by Angus Reid for the Morning Star Havana Glasgow Film Festival – the only Cuban film festival in the UK – is aimed at enabling exchange at all levels between Scotland … Continue reading Havana Glasgow Film Festival 2019
A Cuban Food Revolution Cuban chef Dani Acosta serves up a typical Cuban dish to the good people of Kinning Park Complex in Glasgow. At the first event of HGFF … Continue reading HGFF 2019 Podcast Episode 1 – Cuban Food
Por Craig Williams | Glasgow Live | Traducido por Cubanos en UK La próxima semana se celebra el regreso del Havana Glasgow Film Festival (HGFF) en su quinta edición desde … Continue reading Havana Glasgow Film Festival regresa a Glasgow para su quinta edición
As I See Cuba is an ambitious exhibition running at Glasgow’s premier photography gallery, Street Level Photoworks, pairing the work of top Cuban photographer Roberto Chile and Glaswegian photographer Dougie … Continue reading As I See Cuba
Alberto Korda with his iconic photo The Cuban Revolution provided some of the most iconic images of the 20th century, none more so than that of Che Guevara, whose image … Continue reading Portrait of a Revolutionary
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
12 November, Tuesday Jorge Perugorría / 2015 / Fiction / 18 / 90mins 18:15-20:15 GFT In collaboration with Africa in Motion Based on a story by Miguel Barnet, Fatima tells … Continue reading Fátima o El Parque de la Fraternidad / Fatima of Fraternity Park
13 November, Wednesday 10:10-12:00 CCA Cinema Ian Padron / 2011 / Fiction / N/C / 95mins School Screening, contact us for more info: info@hgfilmfest.com Tracing the lives of two Cuban … Continue reading Habanastation / Havana Station – School Screening
13 November, Wednesday 17.30-19:00 CCA Saramago Bar Join us before the evening screening to welcome our Cuban guests to Glasgow and hear an informal introductory talk by Julie Valdes from … Continue reading Meet our Cuban Guests
13 November, Wednesday 19:30-21:30 CCA Cinema Classic Short and Short films from world-renowned International Cuban Film School (EICTV) + Panel discussion on challenges for film / art students post-graduation. 17.30-19:00 … Continue reading Classic and new Cuban Shorts