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CEMENTING the links between Glasgow and Havana — they’ve been twinned since 2002 — the programme depicted attitudes to life and a love of cinema shared by both cities.
Eirene Houston, the Glasgow-based writer and director who masterminded the initiative, and the visiting Cuban filmmakers pointed to the mass audiences for films in the Cuban capital, paralleling the Glaswegian experience.
The festival concentrated on films from Cuba, including at least three British premieres, and the range of different genres showed off the breadth of filmmaking on the island.
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