Film montage by Dani Acosta showing the highlights of our Anniversary Festival Havana Glasgow Film Festival celebrated its tenth anniversary this year, with a celebration of solidarity and kindness, two … Continue reading 10 Years of Havana Glasgow Film Festival
The history of LGBTQ rights in Cuba is complex and contested – as it is elsewhere. Fidel Castro and the Revolution were initially unsympathetic, not recognising how such people’s identities … Continue reading ¡Quba! – The fight for LGBTQ Rights in Cuba
In the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, one of the greatest challenges was how to educate the population in the ideals and potential embodied by the revolutionary process. … Continue reading From Havana To Hanoi – Santiago Álvarez
One of the consequences of streaming has been the emergence of a new form of cinephilia, as previously unseeable or unobtainable films find afterlives on the internet for extremely dedicated … Continue reading Moveable Feasts
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea was the both the most internationally celebrated Cuban director, and the most popular domestically (he was affectionally known on the island as Titon). This is down partly … Continue reading The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Cuba has a history of international solidarity, including sending doctors around the globe and training doctors in its International School of Medicine. On Saturday 15 November, marking 50 years since … Continue reading Cuba and Vietnam: Standing Shoulder to Shoulder In Adversity
Throwback article by Brian Beadie from 2019, updated Oct 2025, which mentions the films we will be screening during our 2025 Festival: Hasta Cierto Punto, The Survivors and The Last … Continue reading Memories of Titón
Tuesday 11 November 2025
18:15 – 18:30 I CCA Courtyard
A welcome to our 10th Festival by Eirene Houston and Hugo Rivalta.
Tuesday 11 November 2025
18:30 – 19:15 I CCA Gallery
Visual multimedia projection of footage from Dust and Metal by Esther Johnson – an archival cinematic journey of cycling in Vietnam.
Tues 11 November 2025
19:30 – 21:45 | CCA Glasgow
A programme of short documentaries – bicycle-powered – relating to bikes, exploring resilience, activism, ingenuity and the joy of two wheels, from Cuba to Germany to Scotland!
Wednesday 12 November 2025
18:00 – 19.30 | CCA
A clever, self-reflective satire about the battle of the sexes in contemporary Cuba.
Wednesday 12 November 2025
20:00 – 22:15 | CCA Glasgow
UK premiere of the restored version of this classic film which follows a bourgeois family living in the Cuban countryside who decide to seal their mansion off from the world and the rising 1959 revolution.
Thursday 13 November 2025
18:00 – 19:30 I City Chambers I Invite only
Celebrating 850 years of Glasgow, 23 years of Havana – Glasgow twinning and 10 years of Havana Glasgow Film Festival, with the Cuban Ambassador and Vietnamese Ambassador in attendance as guests of honour.
Thursday 13 November 2025
20:00 – 22:00 I Glasgow Film Theatre
UK Premiere of award-winning documentary by Festival Directors Eirene Houston and Hugo Rivalta
Friday 14 November 2025
17:00 – 18:15 I CCA
A chance to socialise and network with other filmmakers based in Glasgow, as well as HGFF Festival Directors and our special guest Cuban filmmakers.
Friday 14 November 2025
18:30 – 21:30 | CCA Glasgow
Double event presenting the The Last Supper, where a count’s misguided attempt to evangelize his slaves triggers a rebellion, followed by…
Friday 14 November 2025
22:00 – 00:00 I CCA
An eclectic, powerful quartet for the celebration of 850 years of Glasgow and 10 years of HGFF!
Saturday 15 November 2025
11:30-12:30 I CCA Glasgow
A whirlwind tour of Cuba bursting with color, rhythm, and fun, as the Gonzalez sisters uncover family roots and share the island’s energy, perfect for all ages.
Saturday 15 November 2025
2025 13:00–14:30 | CCA Glasgow
Tracing Argentinian doctor Alina Sánchez’s revolutionary journey from Patagonia, via Cuba, to Rojava, where she provided radical care with the Kurdish Women’s Liberation Movement.
Saturday 15 November 2025
14:45–16:15 | CCA Glasgow
A selection of archival newsreels on Cuba’s take on world events taking place in the 1960s and 1970s, restored by The Vietnamese Institute…
Saturday 15 November 2025
16:30–17:30 | CCA Cinema
A searing masterpiece of Vietnamese cinema that wields its gentle title as a weapon of social critique.
Saturday 15 November 2025
17:30–19:00 | CCA Glasgow
A celebration of Vietnamese culture, plus a live poetic response to archival Vietnamese posters.
Saturday 15 November 2025
2025 19:10 – 22:15 | CCA
Three films made by, or about, Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez, followed by Q+A with his son Osian Alvarez, alongside Hugo Rivalta.
Saturday 15 November
22:00 – 12:00 | CCA Cinema
Join us in the Third Eye Bar with DJ A Cut Above, who will be playing a selection of Cuban, Latin and funky grooves.
Sunday 16 November 2025
15:00 – 16:30 I The Boardwalk
Celebrate 3 Years of Cuban-Scottish Feminist Filmmaking
Join us for a special screening marking three years of powerful…
Sunday 16 November 2025
17:00 – 19:00 | The Boardwalk
¡Quba! documents Cuba’s extraordinary journey toward LGBTQIA+ equality, culminating in one of the most unexpected civil rights victories of the 21st century…
When we launched Havana Glasgow Film Festival in 2015, we had no idea how big a journey lay ahead, until someone said ‘you’re brave!’. Yet thanks to our funders, our … Continue reading Welcome to our 10th Festival!
Competencia de Cortometrajes 2025, Festival de Cine Havana – Glasgow
Cuba Sostenible: Historias de Comunidades
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