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By hgffglasgow Posted on 26th October 202119th November 2021

Sacha: Un Niño de Chernobyl / Sacha: A Child of Chernobyl – 18/11/21

Olexandr Savchenko, “Sacha,” was one year old when the explosion of the nuclear power plant Vladimir Ilich Lenin in Chernobyl occurred on April 26, 1986. He lived in Chernigov, a village in the Ukrainian countryside near the area of the accident…

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 26th October 202117th November 2021

Castro’s Spies – 18/11/21

Hailed as the last soldiers of the Cold War, The Cuban Five were an elite group of undercover agents who operated out of Florida in the 1990s. Abandoning unsuspecting families to ‘defect’ to America, they assumed new identities, led double lives and sacrificed everything to defend Castro’s Cuba…

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Categories: Film programme, Programme 2021
By hgffglasgow Posted on 26th October 202110th November 2021

Sustainability Stories: Cuba + Discussion

irst in a series about small business owners who are implementing environmentally and socially sustainable practices. The film focuses on Nayvis Díaz Labaut, an engineer who set up Vélo Cuba – a bike repair shop to promote cycling in Havana…

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 26th October 202118th October 2022

Lista Quinta / Fifth List

Fishermen from the ‘fifth list’ are the economic backbone and largest labor force of all fishing communities in Cuba. Fishing is their sustenance, culture and life. At the same time, they acknowledge that the future of fisheries depends on the balance between their economic needs…

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 26th October 202118th October 2022

Cuba: Living Between Hurricanes

A film about the elements – hurricanes and rain, the sea and the earth. About Caibarién, a fishing port on the north coast of Cuba devastated by Hurricane Irma on 9th September 2017…

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Categories: Film programme, Programme 2021
By hgffglasgow Posted on 26th October 202110th November 2021

Amor Vertical / Vertical Love – 20/11/21

Architecture student Estela (Silvia Aguila) makes a suicide attempt after her plans for solving Havana’s housing shortage are rejected. This brings her into contact with earthy, cynical hospital nurse Ernesto (Jorge Perugorria). Estela invites him home for dinner…

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Categories: Film programme, Programme 2021
By hgffglasgow Posted on 26th October 202118th October 2022

Cuba’s Life Task: Combating Climate Change + Panel Discussion

In 2017, the Cuban government approved the State Plan to confront climate change, known as ‘Tarea Vida’ (Life Task). As a small Caribbean island, Cuba is disproportionately affected by climate change through extreme weather events, heat waves, drought, torrential rain…

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Categories: Film programme, Programme 2021
By hgffglasgow Posted on 26th October 202118th October 2022

Breton es Un Bebe / Breton is a Baby – 20/11/21

inspired by the surrealist artist Andres Breton. They travel to urban and rural places, observing local customs and rituals, partaking in local cuisines and interacting with entrepreneurs…

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 26th October 202118th October 2022

Alejandro Valera Losa presents Se Muere de Sed La Tia – 20/11/21

Cuban Music Video Music Video maker based in Glasgow Alejandro Valera Losa and Cuban filmmaker Arturo Sotto based in Havana will screen and discuss their latest Los Van Van video clip and talk about…

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Categories: Film programme, Programme 2021
By hgffglasgow Posted on 26th October 202118th October 2022

El Nido de Mantis / Mantis Nest + Q&A Arturo Sotto – 20/11/21

It is the summer of 1994 in Cuba, and tensions are high amidst the migratory crisis with the USA. In the village of Siboney, a young woman, Sugar, is convicted of murder …

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Categories: Film programme, Programme 2021
By hgffglasgow Posted on 26th October 202118th October 2022

Boccaccerias Habaneras

Three independent stories linked to a writer’s room with imaginative crisis where people go to tell their stories, hoping someday to find fame as a character in a novel…

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Categories: Film programme, Programme 2021
By hgffglasgow Posted on 26th October 202113th November 2021

Los Zafiros – Music from The Edge of Time – 21/11/21

Music, history and emotion fuel this award-winning tribute to Los Zafiros – the Beatles of 1960s Cuba. To those whose lives they briefly touched, Los Zafiros are legends. A musical phenomenon molded by their time and place, The Sapphires caused a sensation in Havana and beyond throughout the 1960s…

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Categories: Film programme, Programme 2021
By hgffglasgow Posted on 26th October 202110th November 2021

El Techo / The Roof – 21/11/21

Three young friends with their own ambitions meet up each day to talk about their lives. Bored and looking for a better future, they decide to set up their own business with what few resources they have. The pursuit of their dream doesn’t come without a cost but this ultimately leads them to a new maturity…

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Categories: Film programme, Programme 2021
By hgffglasgow Posted on 26th October 202113th November 2021

Queens Of The Revolution – 21/11/21

Since 1985, El Mejunje has offered refuge for people marginalized under Castro and a stage for their drag shows, punk rock and spoken word performances. From the beginning, El Mejunje’s performers risked persecution and violence from both the Cuban state and society at large…

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Categories: Film programme, Programme 2021
By hgffglasgow Posted on 26th October 202113th November 2021

Opening Party at Mango

Mango Tropical Bar/Restaurant
373 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow, G2 3HU
Join the regular salsa party hosted by Tumbao Salsa School to kick off the Festival experience!

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Categories: Programme 2021
By hgffglasgow Posted on 15th September 202123rd October 2022

Cuba, the Olympics and Juantorena

This summer has been one of glory for Cuba, and with 7 gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze medals, Cuban athletes reached an amazing 14th place in the Tokyo 2020 … Continue reading Cuba, the Olympics and Juantorena

Categories: Blog, HGFF2021
By Brian Beadie Posted on 5th December 20208th December 2020

Havana Glasgow Film Festival 2020

2020’s been a challenging year for all of us, not least for film festivals, which have had to find new ways in which to showcase work and engage audiences. A … Continue reading Havana Glasgow Film Festival 2020

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By Brian Beadie Posted on 15th November 202015th November 2020

Havana Glasgow Pandemic Festival

It’s been quite a year – and that’s an understatement. The entire world seems to have virtually ground to a halt, and time stood still, in the face of the … Continue reading Havana Glasgow Pandemic Festival

Categories: Blog, HGFF2020
By hgffglasgow Posted on 13th November 202015th November 2020

Book Review: We Are Cuba by Helen Yaffe

“We are Cuba!” is about the complex situation that the Caribbean island has lived in during the last 30 years. It is an account of how the criminal US blockade, … Continue reading Book Review: We Are Cuba by Helen Yaffe

Categories: Blog, HGFF2020, Uncategorized
By Brian Beadie Posted on 13th November 202012th April 2021

Coffee and Contradictions

The 1960s were the Golden Age of Cuban filmmaking, where filmmakers were swept up in the fervour of creating a new society, and the Cuban film institute ICAIC eager to … Continue reading Coffee and Contradictions

Categories: Blog, HGFF2020
By Brian Beadie Posted on 12th November 202015th November 2020

Over the Wall

Fernando Pérez is Cuba’s most celebrated living filmmaker, one whose body of work over the last 30 years provides a vivid portrait of Cuban society.  Cutting his teeth making documentaries for … Continue reading Over the Wall

Categories: Blog, HGFF2020, Uncategorized
By Brian Beadie Posted on 12th November 202015th November 2020

Another World is Possible

Science fiction is one of the most fertile and consistently popular literary genres, with its roots often in a Utopian impulse, a wish for transformation and improvement. This is a … Continue reading Another World is Possible

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By Brian Beadie Posted on 11th November 202015th November 2020

Sisters Doing It For Themselves

La Pelicula de Ana (Ana’s Film) was a highlight of our first ever Havana Glasgow Film Festival. This satirical look at the conditions of Cuban film production may be set … Continue reading Sisters Doing It For Themselves

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By Brian Beadie Posted on 9th November 202015th November 2020

Ian Padrón

Earlier this year, Cuba was in a state of national mourning for the death of its best-loved animated filmmaker, Juan Padrón. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of this … Continue reading Ian Padrón

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 9th November 202015th November 2020

Eliades Ochoa: Taking Cuban Music to the Global Stage

Anyone familiar with Cuban music, knows the song Chan Chan. The Buena Vista Social Club classic has become representative for Cuba all over the world. Its evocative opening melody is … Continue reading Eliades Ochoa: Taking Cuban Music to the Global Stage

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By Brian Beadie Posted on 9th November 202015th November 2020

Cuban-Celtic Connections

Félix Flores Varona is a writer and researcher on English and international literature, who currently lives in Scotland. At this year’s HGFF, he will be presenting an exploration of the links … Continue reading Cuban-Celtic Connections

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By Brian Beadie Posted on 7th November 202015th November 2020

Innocence

The Cuban Wars of Independence were a long, protracted struggle with much blood shed. But one of the most appalling incidents occurred during the first, Ten Years War, in 1871, … Continue reading Innocence

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 3rd November 20203rd November 2020

Silvio Rodríguez: The Life of a Cuban Legend

Nobody represents leftist culture in music quite like poet-musician Silvio Rodríguez. Born in 1946 in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, Rodríguez became one of the leading figures of the … Continue reading Silvio Rodríguez: The Life of a Cuban Legend

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By Brian Beadie Posted on 19th October 202015th November 2020

Extraordinary Cuba – An interview with Michael Chanan

The theme of this year’s Havana Glasgow Film Festival, is ‘Extraordinary Cuba’, and we will be examining the ways in which this fiercely independent island nation is truly extraordinary, in … Continue reading Extraordinary Cuba – An interview with Michael Chanan

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 13th October 202019th February 2021

Day of the Flowers

Day of the Flowers + Q&A  Wed 28 October 2020 7.30 – 9.45pm John Roberts / 2013 / UK / Comedy, Drama, Romance/ 15 / 1hr39mins Two Scottish sisters, one … Continue reading Day of the Flowers

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 13th October 202019th February 2021

Kid’s Salsa Latin Fun (Zoom class)

Sat 7 November 2020 Time: 1– 1.45pm  (video from live dance class with Farah in Kelvingrove Musuem as part of HGFF 2019) Online Salsa dance class for children, led by … Continue reading Kid’s Salsa Latin Fun (Zoom class)

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 13th October 202019th February 2021

Cuban Salsa Dance Workshop with Oscle and Lisi (via Zoom)

Sat 7 Nov 2020 Time: 4 – 5pm Open level Salsa ‘Suelta’ / Solo Dance workshop with Cuban professional Dancers OSCLE & LISI. Havana Glasgow Film Festival is very pleased … Continue reading Cuban Salsa Dance Workshop with Oscle and Lisi (via Zoom)

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 13th October 202019th February 2021

Migrant Voice Media Lab Training Scotland

Monday 9 November Time: 6.30 – 8.30pm *Free, but registration required. Open to all.  A training session in partnership with Migrant Voice  The programme will include the following sessions: 1/ … Continue reading Migrant Voice Media Lab Training Scotland

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 13th October 202019th February 2021

De Vuelta Al Barrio / Back to the Neighbourhood

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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 13th October 202019th February 2021

Welcome to HGFF20 with Co-Directors Eirene Houston and Hugo Rivalta

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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 13th October 202019th February 2021

Cuba: Living Between Hurricanes

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

Categories: HGFF2020

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