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16 November, Saturday, 12:30-13:30 CCA Theatre Screening and feedback session of the short documentary films made as part of the DOCMA filmmaking challenge. Screening open to all.

16 November, Saturday 15:30-17:30 CCA Cinema Mirtha Ibarra / 2008 / Documentary / 15 / 90mins A documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Tomas Alea – known as Titón – written and … Continue reading Titón: De La Habana a Guantanamera

16 November, Saturday 18.30 -20.10pm CCA Cinema Tomás Gutiérrez Alea /1985 / Fiction / 68mins A clever, self-reflective satire about the battle of the sexes in contemporary Cuba. Oscar, an … Continue reading Hasta Cierto Punto / Up to a Certain Point

16 November, Saturday 20.30- 22.00 CCA Cinema Tomás Gutiérrez Alea / 1966 / Fiction / 85mins La Muerte de un Burócrata is a 1966 comedy film by Cuban director Tomás … Continue reading La Muerte de un Burócrata / Death of a Bureaucrat

It began in Africa…pretty much every musical genre we have, that is. We all know how all the great modern American – and therefore, by extension, Western – musical genres, … Continue reading That’s Our Jam – Afro Beats of Cuba

A rumpled man in a trenchcoat sits in a darkened room, lit only by flashing street lights through slatted blinds. We can hear the rain outside, then the sound of … Continue reading Dancing in the Dark

Friday, 17 May 2019, from 19:30-21:30 @ CCA Glasgow Tickets available on Usheru. BOOK NOW Director: Arturo Santana (2015) Running time 105 min. On December 31, 1958, a detective is … Continue reading Bailando con Margot / Dancing with Margot

Fri 2 Nov | Centre for Contemporary Arts 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm International school screening event – Glasgow/Valencia/Cuba HGFF teams up with Glasgow Valencia Erasmus Plus and British Council … Continue reading International school screening event: Glasgow / Valencia / Cuba

Sat 3 Nov | Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Pre Havana Glasgow Film Festival event. Free, unticketed. Time to get your dancing shoes on because … Continue reading Free Children Salsa #PassportToCuba

Sun 4 Nov | Saint Luke’s & The Winged Ox 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm Rene Alvarez & his Cuban Combination Quartet Join HGFF 18 and Tumbao at this Special … Continue reading Fiesta: Festival Launch Party

Tue 6 Nov | Glasgow Film Theatre 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Sara Gomez (1943-1974) is an iconic figure within Cuban cinema, as both the country’s first female director and … Continue reading Sara Gómez Retrospective – In partnership with AiM.

Screening: ‘El Techo / The Roof’- Q&A with Director Patricia Ramos Web 7 Nov | Centre for Contemporary Arts 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Patricia Ramos / 2017 / Fiction … Continue reading Screening: ‘El Techo / The Roof’- Q&A with Director Patricia Ramos

Civic Reception By Invitation at Glasgow City Chambers. Wed 7 Nov | City Chambers 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Vestido de Novia ‘His Wedding Dress’ + Q&A Wed 7 Nov | Glasgow Film Theatre 8:15 pm – 10:30 pm Marilyn Solaya / 2014 / Fiction / N/C 18+ / … Continue reading Vestido de Novia ‘His Wedding Dress’ + Q&A

Thu 8 Nov | Centre for Contemporary Arts 9:55 am – 11:45 am 1.00 pm – 3.00 pm Fernando Perez / 1090 / Fiction / 12+ / 90mins. “Why did … Continue reading School Screening: Hello Hemingway

Women’s Forum: Women’s Voices in Culture and Politics in Cuba and Scotland Thu 8 Nov | Centre for Contemporary Arts 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Women’s Forum: Women’s Voices in … Continue reading Women’s Forum: Women’s Voices in Culture

Hosted by Glasgow School of Art. Annual Cuba-related Lecture   Fri 9 Nov | Glasgow Film Theatre 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Screening: ‘El Techo / The Roof’- Q&A with Director Patricia Ramos Web 9 Nov | Centre for Contemporary Arts 9:45 pm – 11:45 pm Patricia Ramos / 2017 / Fiction … Continue reading Screening: ‘El Techo / The Roof’- Q&A with Director Patricia Ramos

Fri 9 Nov | CCA Theater 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm Got a creative project missing a key collaborator? HGFF invite filmmakers, and other creatives, to network with a twist! … Continue reading Free Salsa Networking

Screening: Women in Film Fri 9 Nov | Centre for Contemporary Arts 7:15 pm – 9:45 pm Women In Film Selection of short films by Cuba’s top female directors, including; … Continue reading Screening: Women in Film

Sat 10 Nov | Trongate 103 – Centre for Arts 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Opening Reception: Sat 10th November 1-3pm. Free Entry. A series of 35 images chronicling the … Continue reading Exhibition: Cuba Photography ‘And that was the beginning of the end of that’

‘Laura de la Uz Double Bill: Screening: La Pared de las Palabras’ Sat 10 Nov | Centre for Contemporary Arts 3:00 pm – 4:40 pm Fernando Perez / Cuba / … Continue reading ‘Laura de la Uz Double Bill: Screening: La Pared de las Palabras’

School Screening: Hello Hemingway Sat 10 Nov | Centre for Contemporary Arts 4:50 pm – 6:50 pmm Fernando Perez / 1090 / Fiction / 12+ / 90mins. “Why did they … Continue reading School Screening: Hello Hemingway

‘Lucía’ (1968) – Q&A with Sergio Benvenuto Solas. Sat 10 Nov | Centre for Contemporary Arts 7:15 pm – 10:15 pm Humberto Solas / Fiction / Rating 18 / 164mins … Continue reading ‘Lucía’ (1968) – Q&A with Sergio Benvenuto Solas

‘Probably the History of an Angel: Fernando Birri’ Q&A with Director Domenico Lucchini. Sun 11 Nov | Centre for Contemporary Arts 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Domenico Lucchini & Paolo … Continue reading ‘Probably the History of an Angel: Fernando Birri’ Q&A with Director Domenico Lucchini

Focus on Margaret Tait & Fernando Birri | Double Bill: The Cuba Connections. Sun 11 Nov | Centre for Contemporary Arts 2:45 pm – 4:20 pm This event marks the … Continue reading Margaret Tait – on her Centenary

Screening: ‘El Techo / The Roof’- Q&A with Director Patricia Ramos Sun 11 Nov | Centre for Contemporary Arts 4:45 pm – 6:30 pm Patricia Ramos / 2017 / Fiction … Continue reading El Techo / The Roof

Fiesta: Festival Launch Party Sun 11 Nov | Mango Tropical Bar / Restaurant / Club 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Facebook: HGFF 2018 Closing Party – Special Sunday Social SALSA … Continue reading Fiesta: Salsa Closing Party