Tribute to filmmaker Tomás Gutiérrez Alea in United Kingdom

November 18, 2019

The Havana Glasgow Film Festival closed its curtains in that Scottish city with the screening of The Death of a Bureaucrat and Up to a Certain Point, by Cuban filmmaker Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Titón).

The program of the event that began last Wednesday in that Scottish city included the presentation of Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, a documentary made by his widow, actress Mirtha Ibarra, which covers aspects of the life of the renowned director, and interviews with colleagues, actors and writers.

Following the screening, the audience had the opportunity to interact with Ibarra, a special guest at the Havana Glasgow Festival, dedicated this time to the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC), and to the 500 years of the founding of the Cuban capital.

Scottish cinema lovers will be able to learn even more about the popular Cuban actress through Mirtha, a documentary by filmmaker Lourdes Prieto with which it will close the program of the event, where other iconic pieces of cinematography from the Caribbean island were screened throughout the week such as Strawberry and Chocolate, also directed by Titón.

For Sale and Fatima or the Park of Fraternity, both directed by Jorge Perugorría, who precisely became known to the world with his role as Diego in Strawberry and Chocolate, were also exhibited this year in Glasgow, a city twinned with Havana since 2002, and considered by the European Commission as the most cultural and creative city in the United Kingdom.

The Cuban delegation to the film festival, which included actor Vladimir Cruz and the director of International Relations of ICAIC, Julie Valdés, was received by the vice mayor of Glasgow, Philip Braat.