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HomeHGFF2018

Category: HGFF2018

By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

International school screening event: Glasgow / Valencia / Cuba

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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

Free Children Salsa #PassportToCuba

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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

Fiesta: Festival Launch Party

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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

Sara Gómez Retrospective – In partnership with AiM.

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.

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

Screening: ‘El Techo / The Roof’- Q&A with Director Patricia Ramos

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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

Civic Reception By Invitation

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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

Vestido de Novia ‘His Wedding Dress’ + Q&A

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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

School Screening: Hello Hemingway

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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

Women’s Forum: Women’s Voices in Culture

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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

Free Mulata nation: The mixed race woman as a national allegory in Cuban art and culture

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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

Screening: ‘El Techo / The Roof’- Q&A with Director Patricia Ramos

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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

Free Salsa Networking

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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

Screening: Women in Film

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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

Exhibition: Cuba Photography ‘And that was the beginning of the end of that’

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’

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

‘Laura de la Uz Double Bill: Screening: La Pared de las Palabras’

‘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’

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

School Screening: Hello Hemingway

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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

‘Lucía’ (1968) – Q&A with Sergio Benvenuto Solas

‘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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

‘Probably the History of an Angel: Fernando Birri’ Q&A with Director Domenico Lucchini

‘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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

Margaret Tait – on her Centenary

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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

El Techo / The Roof

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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 22nd March 201925th March 2019

Fiesta: Salsa Closing Party

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

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 17th December 20183rd August 2022

Thanks for your support!

As someone who attended one of our events at our most succesful Film Festival to date a few weeks ago, or someone who likes to know what we are up … Continue reading Thanks for your support!

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 28th November 20183rd August 2022

Havana Glasgow Film Festival 2018

This year’s edition of Havana Glasgow Film Festival took as its theme women in film, an apt subject given how womens’ roles in the film industry have dominated the last … Continue reading Havana Glasgow Film Festival 2018

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 11th November 20183rd August 2022

Civic Reception at Glasgow City Chambers!

Civic Reception at Glasgow City Chambers! – 7 November 2018 Thank you everyone for the support, it was a beautiful night. #civicreception #passporttocuba #HGFF18

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By Brian Beadie Posted on 10th November 20183rd August 2022

Happy Birthday Margaret Tait

This weekend sees the centenary of the birth of Margaret Tait, a filmmaker and poet who has gone from being one of the most marginalised Scottish filmmakers, working on the … Continue reading Happy Birthday Margaret Tait

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 7th November 20183rd August 2022

A Roof With a View

This year Havana Glasgow Film Festival’s closing film is Patricia Ramos’ prize-winning El Techo (On the Roof), which has been acclaimed as one of the most interesting recent Cuban films. … Continue reading A Roof With a View

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 7th November 20183rd August 2022

A Very Old Man With Enormous Influence

Fernando Birri was one one of the most important figures in Latin American cinema, an Argentinian filmmaker who left behind a legacy of trailblazing films, as well as inspiring generations … Continue reading A Very Old Man With Enormous Influence

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 3rd November 20183rd August 2022

Probably the History of an Angel

Fernando Birri is one of the most important directors in Latin American cinema, but one of the least known in Europe and the US, because of the uncompromisingly radical nature … Continue reading Probably the History of an Angel

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 30th October 20183rd August 2022

Hello Hemingway

  Cuba has a long, rich literary tradition, extending from Jose Marti through Alejo Carpentier, the founder of magic realism, to the ‘dirty realism’ of Pedro Juan Gutierrez. However, in … Continue reading Hello Hemingway

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 25th October 20183rd August 2022

She's Gotta Have It – Pioneering Women Filmmakers

Sara Gomez – Image by Agnès Varda Women have had a long, complex and much-contested relationship with cinema, one that has exploded over the course of the last year with … Continue reading She's Gotta Have It – Pioneering Women Filmmakers

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 12th October 20183rd August 2022

Sara Gomez: A black filmmaker able to achieve the mystery and silence of the true classics

Sara Gómez is a crucial figure in the history of both Cuban cinema and women’s filmmaking, if one who has been marginalised, thanks mainly to her early asthma-related death at … Continue reading Sara Gomez: A black filmmaker able to achieve the mystery and silence of the true classics

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 25th September 20183rd August 2022

The Revolutionary Cinema of Humberto Solas

This month marks the tenth anniversary of the death of one of the most important figures in Cuban cinema, Humberto Solas. Solas would extend the range of Cuban cinema at … Continue reading The Revolutionary Cinema of Humberto Solas

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By hgffglasgow Posted on 4th April 20183rd August 2022

Memories of Underdevelopment

The Cuban revolution was one of the defining moments for early ’60s politics, one whose repercussions would echo throughout the decade. Fidel Castro’s example would be held up as an … Continue reading Memories of Underdevelopment

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