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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
13 November, Wednesday 13:00-14:30 CCA Cinema Screening and presentation of new short films by Glasgow schoolchildren Camera Chica is a community-based film education programme, developed in Cuba. After a visit … Continue reading Camera Chica Glasgow and Camera Chica Cuba – invite only
14 November, Thursday 10:10-12:00 CCA Cinema School Screening School Screening, contact us for more info: info@hgfilmfest.com Ian Padron / 2011 / Fiction / N/C / 95mins Tracing the lives of … Continue reading Habanastation / Havana Station – School Screening
14 November, Thursday 18:00-19:30 City Chambers Celebrating the twin cities of Havana and Glasgow
14 November, Thursday Tomás Gutiérrez Alea / 1994 / Fiction / 18 / 108mins 20:15-22:45 GFT This Oscar-nominated groundbreaking film tells the story of two men – one gay, the … Continue reading Fresa y Chocolate / Strawberry and Chocolate 25th Anniversary – Q&A Stars Mirtha Ibarra, Vladimir Cruz
15 November, Friday 11:00-13:00 Cineworld Lecture by Brian Beadie, hosted by GSA
15 November, Friday 17:00-18:00 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 Cuban Social
15 November, Friday Alejandro Valera Losa / 2019 / Documentary / 16+ / 80mins 18:15-19:55 CCA Cinema Acclaimed Cuban salsa band El Niño y La Verdad return to their roots … Continue reading De Vuelta Al Barrio / Back to the Neighbourhood – World Premiere
20.15 – 22:00 CCA Cinema Jorge Perugorría /2012 / Fiction / N/C 18+/ 95mins A dark comedy about contemporary Cuba, where people are forced to go to extreme measures to … Continue reading Se Vende / For Sale
16 November, Saturday 10:00-11:30 CCA Theatre Inspired by footage from the 1950s Cuban filmmaker Sara Gómez of people making and playing their own instruments from household objects and scrap materials, … Continue reading Workshop: Make and play your own Cuban instrument – for families
16 November, Saturday 11.30-12.30 CCA Cinema Lourdes Prieto / 2015 / Doc / 12 / 44mins Our special guest at HGFF19, Mirtha Ibarra is one of Cuba’s greatest and best-loved … Continue reading Mirtha
