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HomeHGFF2017

Category: HGFF2017

By hgffglasgow Posted on 16th November 20173rd August 2022

Havana Glasgow Film Festival 2017

Luis Alberto Garcia Meeting His New Fans Havana Glasgow Film Festival has just celebrated its third edition, with its most concise, focused programme, attracting its largest audience yet. This was … Continue reading Havana Glasgow Film Festival 2017

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 9th November 20173rd August 2022

El Sonido de Cuba

Here at Havana Glasgow Film Festival, we love to party – which we’ll be doing in style at the CCA on Friday, with an evening celebrating Cuban music. We;ll have … Continue reading El Sonido de Cuba

Categories: Blog, HGFF2017, UncategorizedTags: featured
By hgffglasgow Posted on 9th November 20173rd August 2022

Picks of the Fest

Havana Glasgow Film Festival kicks off today, and we’re all very excited about this year’s edition. Here are some staff and volunteer picks from the packed programme. Eirene Houston – … Continue reading Picks of the Fest

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By Brian Beadie Posted on 7th November 20173rd August 2022

Love and Baseball

“Ghost Town To Havana” is a moving and powerful, if sometimes humorous, documentary exploring the power of baseball to change people’s, families’ and community’s lives. The film was made by … Continue reading Love and Baseball

Categories: Blog, HGFF2017, HGFF2020, Uncategorized
By hgffglasgow Posted on 3rd November 20173rd August 2022

Roberto Zurbano on Race and Cuba

In egalitarian societies, such as Cuba’s, some are of course more equal than others, and racial minorities tend to suffer the most from inequality. Cuba is a particularly unusual example, … Continue reading Roberto Zurbano on Race and Cuba

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 3rd November 20173rd August 2022

CinemaAttic at HGFF

CinemaAttic are the premiere promoters in Scotland of Spanish, Iberian and Latin American cinema. As the name suggests, they actually began screening film in an attic in Edinburgh,. From these … Continue reading CinemaAttic at HGFF

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 31st October 20173rd August 2022

Honey For Oshun

While it may not look it on the surface, the intimate, low-key drama “Honey For Oshun” would herald a quiet revolution in Cuban cinema. The film stars Jorge Perugorria as … Continue reading Honey For Oshun

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 29th October 20173rd August 2022

Our Man in Havana in Glasgow

Our man in Havana, Hugo Rivalta, co-director of Havana Glasgow Film Festival, arrived in Glasgow today. At home, he’s a professional screenwriter and published novelist. We caught up with him … Continue reading Our Man in Havana in Glasgow

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 24th October 20173rd August 2022

Luis Alberto Garcia Speaks

Luis Alberto Garcia is one of the most highly regarded actors in Cuba, having first come to fame 30 years ago with his role in the popular classic “Clandestinos”. “Clandestinos” … Continue reading Luis Alberto Garcia Speaks

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 17th October 20173rd August 2022

A Cuban Billy Elliott

Get tickets to Esteban at the Havana Glasgow Film Festival here. Contemporary Cuban cinema is characterised by social realist drama exploring the everyday lives of ordinary people, a trend exemplified … Continue reading A Cuban Billy Elliott

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 9th October 20173rd August 2022

The Havana-Glasgow Connection

The HGFF team in full Cuban regalia Today witnesses the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of Che Guevara, a prime architect of the Cuban Revolution. It’s also one month until … Continue reading The Havana-Glasgow Connection

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 6th October 20173rd August 2022

Our Man in Havana

Hugo Rivalta is co-director of the Havana Glasgow Film Festival, alongside Eirene Houston. Hugo is a Havana-based screenwriter and actor, who has also published the book Los días. Every year … Continue reading Our Man in Havana

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 4th October 20173rd August 2022

Send a Piana to Havana

The opening film of this year’s Havana Glasgow Film Festival is Esteban, a moving new film about a ten year old boy’s discovery of his talent for music, and quest … Continue reading Send a Piana to Havana

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 4th October 20173rd August 2022

Radical Chic

Original Copy is an emerging art collective based in Glasgow, Dundee and Lewis, who have made our HGFF17 Official Merchandise. They have come up with a playful juxtaposition of an … Continue reading Radical Chic

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 26th September 20173rd August 2022

House Music All Night Long

Glasgow and Havana share many interests in common, chief among them a passion for music. Both cities are thriving epicentres for their national music scenes, which have produced music of … Continue reading House Music All Night Long

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 23rd September 20173rd August 2022

Cultural Marxists in Mascara

Due to phenomenal demand, Glasgow Glam Rock Dialogues will be dusting off their feather boas and sharpening their eyeliner pencils as they channel the spirit of Suzi Quatro and Comandante … Continue reading Cultural Marxists in Mascara

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 13th September 20173rd August 2022

Havana Glasgow Film Festival Programme Launch

Click here to get tickets! Excited about this year’s Havana Glasgow Film Festival? So are we – and we’re having a party to celebrate our programme launch! On Sep 28, … Continue reading Havana Glasgow Film Festival Programme Launch

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 12th September 20173rd August 2022

Che Guevara's Daughter at HGFF

The eldest daughter of Cuban revolutionary leader Che Guevara, Aleida Guevara March, will travel to Glasgow in early November, as part of a UK speaking tour to mark the 50th … Continue reading Che Guevara's Daughter at HGFF

Categories: HGFF2017, UncategorizedTags: che guevara, cuba, cuban film, cuban solidarity, havana glasgow fimlm festival
By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd August 20173rd August 2022

Mission Statement

The Havana Glasgow Film Festival exists to showcase the best of Cuban cinema and culture in Scotland, highlighting the thriving artistic talent, history of solidarity – and perhaps unexpected similarities … Continue reading Mission Statement

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Havana Glasgow Film Festival exists to showcase Cuban cinema and culture within Havana’s twin city of Glasgow, Scotland.

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