Spring Festival
Glasgow 29 April 2022, 6pm Live Music + Historias de La Musica Cubana / Fusion in Cuban Music Q&A Director Arturo Sotto. 8.15pm – Queens of the Revolution (CC) After … Continue reading Spring Festival
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The Sound of Cuba
Arturo Sotto is one of the most versatile directors in contemporary Cuban cinema, whose career and diverse body of work was celebrated at last year’s’ Havana Glasgow Film Festival. This … Continue reading The Sound of Cuba
LGBTQ+ In Cuba – Queens of the Revolution
Cuba, certainly at one point, had nothing to be proud of in its treatment of its queer communities, but things have changed to the point where it’s now one of the most progressive countries on LGBT rights outside of Europe, even if the old myths remain. It has one of the highest degrees of trans visibility anywhere in the world, with gender corrective surgery provided by the health service, and equal treatment in employment law guaranteed.
Extraordinary Cuba – An Interview with Michael Chanan
The theme of this year’s Havana Glasgow Film Festival is ‘Extraordinary Cuba’, and we are examining the ways in which this fiercely independent island nation is truly extraordinary, in its … Continue reading Extraordinary Cuba – An Interview with Michael Chanan
A Very Warm Welcome…
…to our Havana/Glasgow Film Festival blog! Through this blog we want to share with you a wide range of stories, from Cuban cinema and culture to the connections between the … Continue reading A Very Warm Welcome…