Havana Glasgow Film Festival

18:00 – 19:50 I Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT)
Irís de Oliveira & Catherine Murphy | Brazil / USA 2025 | Documentary
1h 10m | Portuguese & English with English subtitles | N/C

Reading the World revisits Paulo Freire’s groundbreaking literacy programme in 1960s Brazil, which helped hundreds of rural adults learn to read, write...

17:00 – 22:45 I Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church

Step into a vibrant evening of contemporary Cuban culture exploring stories of creativity, resilience and social change. Throughout the event, enjoy food and Cuban cocktail...

Cuba, as a country, is – and for a long time has been – a contested territory, from The Cuban Wars of Independence, fought against the Spanish colonisers, to the crippling blockade imposed by the US since the Revolution. What is not contested though is the sheer quality of Cuban music, which has inspired forms of dance from the salsa to cha cha cha, which have caught on and b...

20:00 – 22:40 | Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT)

Gordon Main | UK 2024 | Documentary Drama | 1h 50m English | N/C 15+

Winner of Best Documentary at Johannesburg Film Festival 2024, Comrade Tambo’s London Recruits tells the true story of a secret ANC operation led by Oliver Tambo during Apartheid. Through first hand accounts, i...

18:00 – 19:30 | Glasgow City Chambers
A special Reception celebrating the enduring friendship between the twin cities of Glasgow and Havana.

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