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WELCOME
CONTENTS
Welcome to the fifth Glasgow Film Festival.
Welcome / Contents
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The festival has come a long way in a short time. In 2008, we welcomed more than 20,000 people to what has become the fastest growing film event in the United Kingdom. Glasgow is a centre for film production, the base for the nation’s broadcasters, a home for Scottish Screen and BAFTA Scotland and a city with some of the most enthusiastic and adventurous cinemagoers in the land. It has long deserved a truly worldclass film festival and together we are making that dream a reality.
How to enjoy your festival
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The 2009 festival has something for all tastes from the latest must-see Hollywood triumph to the finest new films from all around the globe. Our retrospective is devoted to the effortless elegance of the late, great Audrey Hepburn. Our special focus on an individual country reveals the wealth of talent in Mexico. The Glasgow Schools Film Festival comes of age with a new title of the Glasgow Youth Film Festival and ambitious plans for workshops and interactive events aimed at capturing the imagination of young film fans and future filmmakers. There is buckets more gore from the FrightFest team, an inspiring celebration of all that is good and exciting about short filmmaking and the sweet sounds of some outstanding music movies. Every aspect of the festival has been modified and expanded for your viewing pleasure.
Viva Mexico!
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Great Scots
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Audrey Hepburn
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In times of trouble the cinema is always the first place we turn to for escape. It is a place of daredevil adventure, breathless romance, impossible dreams and happy endings. It can also hold up a mirror to the world, reflecting a piercing reality about everyday lives and telling us extraordinary tales about the joys and woes of being human. This year at Glasgow we hope the films will entertain, astonish, make you think and maybe make you cry but, above all, they will convince you that it is (still) a wonderful life.
Allison & Allan Allison Gardner & Allan Hunter Co-directors of GFF 2009
Tickets
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Strands
5-6
Festival Calendar Opening Gala: In the Loop Closing Gala: Last Chance Harvey Special Events
FrightFest Shorts Film Festival
7 - 12 13 14 15 - 17
22 23 - 25
Art at Tramway
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Music and Film
27 - 28
Youth Film Festival
29 - 30
Schools Programme
31 - 32
Film A to Z
34 - 66
Venue Information and Map
67 - 68
Film and Event Index
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Every Little Step
HOW TO ENJOY YOUR FESTIVAL Need help picking which films to watch and at which venue? Or maybe you’re looking for a dinner reservation on Opening Night? Whatever it is you’re looking for, this section is all you need to get the most out of GFF09.
VENUES
The diversity of the programme and our venues mirrors the uniqueness of Glasgow’s cultural scene. From the family friendly Cineworld, the beautiful Art Deco surroundings of Glasgow Film Theatre and the underground creative hub of The Arches, the festival now stretches across 11 city centre venues, so there really is something for everyone. For full venue listings and maps please see p67-68.
SELECTING A FILM
This year’s film selection has been divided into 15 strands to make it easier for you to identify the films which most interest you. Within these strands are our ‘festivals within the festival’: The Youth Film Festival (see p29-30), The Shorts Film Festival (see p23-25) and (new for this year) the Music and Film Festival at The Arches (see p27-28). Each film listing is colour coded and signposted with its appropriate strand throughout this brochure. For full strand descriptions please see p5-6.
ACCOMMODATION AND RESTAURANT OFFERS
Festival on a Shoestring is our way of offering you a little something extra. We always strive to keep our ticket prices as low as possible and want to make sure the festival is accessible to everyone in terms of cost - we don’t bump up the prices just because its festival time! So alongside being able to purchase tickets from only £4 you can also take advantage of some great accommodation and restaurant deals. This includes dinner deals at Mama San and Bar Soba and preferential rates at Saint Judes and Malmaison hotels. Check out all these great offers and more at www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk/shoestring.
WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
Don’t miss out! Keep up to date with the latest festival news, special guests, events and screenings by visiting www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk. Stay in the loop by signing up to the e-newsletter to receive daily updates, follow the GFF blog (www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk/blog) with special guest bloggers, download our daily newspaper The Mini Skinny or become our friend on Facebook, Myspace and Bebo. On our site you will also find film trailers, official photos and our video galleries with coverage of our Q&A sessions, gala screenings, vox-pops and interviews. Plan your day with our visual calendar, with full day to day listings and buy tickets online. Use the interactive maps to find your way from venue to venue and locate our partner restaurants. Don’t forget to turn on your Bluetooth when you’re on Sauchiehall Street for free video content from New Media Scotland.
ACCESS
For details of each venue’s disabled access go to www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk/access 3
BOX OFFICE 0141 332 6535
TICKETS
Online ticketing supported by
Single tickets for individual screenings: £6 full price / £5 concession Special events/performances: various prices - please see website for details GFT CineCard and Cineworld Unlimited Card holders get concession rate entry to all events. However tickets can only be purchased in advance from the central GFF Box Office or online. You cannot get this discount at other participating venues Box Offices.
INTERNET SAVER DEAL An early-bird special – buy 10 tickets online for just £40… Purchase any* 10 tickets online in one transaction (with a maximum of 2 tickets for any screening/ event) for only £40. There are a limited number of Internet Saver Deals available so book early to avoid disappointment. The Internet Saver Deal is available from midnight on Wednesday 21 January 09. * For full terms and conditions please go to www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk
Tickets for free events will only be issued on the day, from the venue where the event is being held. Please note that all films and events will start at the stated times – no adverts will be screened.
How to buy tickets IN ADVANCE
ONLINE From midnight on 21 January 09 tickets for all events can be purchased from the website: www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk. Tickets can be purchased online until 9pm the day before the performance for all participating venues, excluding GFT. Tickets for GFT events can be purchased online up until 1 hr before the performance. IN PERSON & OVER THE PHONE From 22 January 09 you can purchase tickets for all events from the central GFF Box Office at GFT during opening hours (see below for full box office details). COLLECTION You can collect your advance tickets from the GFF central box office at GFT up until 9pm the day before the performance. On the day of the event tickets must be picked up at the venue where the film is being shown or the event is being held.
ON THE DAY
ONLINE Only tickets for GFT events can be purchased online through www.glasgowfilmfestival.org. uk on the day of the event - up until 1 hour before the performance. IN PERSON & OVER THE PHONE On the day of the event tickets must be collected or purchased at the venue where the film is being shown or the event is being held (see venue details on p67-68 for contact details).
GFF Box Office
Glasgow Film Theatre 12 Rose Street Glasgow G3 6RB Tel: 0141 332 6535
Opening Hours
Before the festival: Wednesday 21st January – Wednesday 11 February, box office is open every day 12pm – 8pm. During the festival: GFF box office is open 11am to 9pm
For full terms and conditions, frequently asked questions and further information please go to www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk/information BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
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STRANDS
AUDREY HEPBURN
Cinema’s fair lady is an enduring icon of effortless elegance and beguiling sophistication. Come see her best films on the big screen where they belong.
EUROPEAN CINEMA
The festival gives Glasgow audiences the first chance to see some of the great new films from Europe.
EVENTS
Special guests, panel discussions, Q&As with filmmakers and much more. See pages 15-17 for details.
FRIGHTFEST
In Sauchiehall Street everyone can hear you scream! The boys are back with tales of terror to make the pulse race and the flesh crawl.
GALAS
Hot new films for cold winter nights. Be the first to see some of the most eagerly awaited titles of 2009.
GREAT SCOTS
Celebrating the country’s local heroes from promising newcomers to Oscar-winning industry giants.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Errol Flynn would have been 100 years old in 2009. We celebrate his life with two of his swashbuckling greats.
It’s a wonderful world
The best of world cinema hand-picked and delivered to a cinema near you.
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MUSIC AND FILM
GFF embraces Glasgow’s music scene. We present a varied line up of live performances supported by an exciting programme of films.
SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
The best new short films and artists’ film and video from around the world accompanied by workshops, directors Q&As and more.
THE STATE OF INDEPENDENTS
The grittiest, wittiest American films of the year proving that there is life beyond Hollywood.
STRANGER THAN FICTION
Pedigree documentaries that will entertain, amaze and hold you spellbound.
TRAMWAY ART EVENTS
Tramway is teaming up with GFF09 to showcase moving image media and animation.
VIVA MEXICO!
Discover the blazing new talents from the land of Guillermo del Toro and Gael Garcia Bernal.
YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL
Showcase of the best contemporary international cinema for young people alongside workshops, masterclasses, competitions and special events.
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FESTIVAL CALENDAR
Thursday 12 February Roman Holiday p57
13.00
GFT
Opening Gala: In The Loop p13
19.15
GFT
In The Loop p13
20.15
GFT
Friday the 13th p45
24.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Sabrina p58
13.00
GFT
Not Quite Hollywood p54
13.15
Cineworld Renfrew St
24 City p34
13.30
GFT
Chiko p39
14.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Mark of an Angel p52
15.30
GFT
Johnny Mad Dog p50
15.45
Cineworld Renfrew St
Laila’s Birthday p50
16.00
GFT
Private Lessons p56
16.15
Cineworld Renfrew St
In The Loop p13
18.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Roman Holiday p57
18.15
GFT
The Dungeon Moor Killings p42
18.30
GFT
Heart of Fire p47
18.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
True Things: The Short Films of Miranda July p23
19.30
CCA
Burn The Bridges p38
20.30
GFT
Tricks p62
20.45
Cineworld Renfrew St
Nosferatu p54
21.00
GFT
Anvil! The Story of Anvil p35
21.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Return to Mono p25
23.30
Sub Club
Heart of Fire p47
11.15
GFT
TAKE 2: The Adventures of Robin Hood p61
11.30
GFT
TAKE 2: The Adventures of Robin Hood p61
11.30
Cineworld Parkhead
Scottish Short Film Showcase p23
12.00
CCA
Co-operative Young Filmmakers p40
13.45
GFT
Funny Face p45
14.00
GFT
From Shorts to Features p23
14.00
CCA
Anvil! The Story of Anvil p35
14.15
Cineworld Renfrew St
Tricks p62
14.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
Cape No. 7 p38
15.30
GFT
Encounters at the End of the World p43
16.00
GFT
Oberhausen on Tour 2009 p24
16.00
CCA
Not Quite Hollywood p54
16.15
Cineworld Renfrew St
Chiko p39
16.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
Friday 13 February
£
Saturday 14 February
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Meet the Talent p24
17.00
CCA
Sabrina p58
18.00
GFT
Blue Eyelids p37
18.15
GFT
Demons in the Dark p24
18.30
CCA
Private Lessons p56
18.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
Johnny Mad Dog p50
18.45
Cineworld Renfrew St
Paris 36 p55
20.15
GFT
Cherry Blossoms p39
20.30
GFT
Unstuck p24
20.30
CCA
Laila’s Birthday p50
20.45
Cineworld Renfrew St
Two Lovers p62
21.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Subculture p25
23.30
Sub Club
The Unforgiven p63
13.00
GFT
Remembering Mary Gordon p57
13.15
GFT
New Media Scotland: Sunday Sundae p24
14.00
CCA
Cherry Blossoms p39
14.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Two Lovers p62
14.15
Cineworld Renfrew St
The Divine Lady p41
14.30
GFT
Tokyo! p61
15.30
GFT
Lux: The Unbelievable Truth p25
16.00
CCA
Encounters at the End of the World p43
16.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
Modern Life p52
16.45
GFT
Shifty p58
16.45
Cineworld Renfrew St
Is There Anybody There? p50
18.00
GFT
Best of Little British p25
18.00
CCA
24 City p34
18.15
The Grosvenor
Mark of an Angel p52
18.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
Religulous p56
18.30
GFT
Hamlet 2 p47
19.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Between Us p25
20.00
CCA
The Burning Plain p38
20.30
GFT
Cape No. 7 p38
20.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
Eldorado p43
20.45
GFT
Awaydays p35
21.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Optimo: Short Film Festival Closing Party p25
23.30
Sub Club
Free
£
Sunday 15 February
£
KEY Galas Great Scots Audrey Hepburn Viva Mexico!
Events FrightFest Tramway Art Events Youth Film Festival
The State of Independents Stranger Than Fiction It’s a Wonderful World Happy Birthday!
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Shorts Film Festival European Cinema Music and Film £ Special ticket price
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Monday 16 February The Unforgiven p63
11.15
GFT
Bart Got a Room p36
11.30
GFT
The Burning Plain p38
13.30
GFT
Breakfast at Tiffany’s p37
13.45
GFT
Eldorado p43
14.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Hamlet 2 p47
14.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
Still Walking p60
15.45
GFT
Is There Anybody There? p50
16.00
GFT
Tokyo! p61
16.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Awaydays p35
16.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
Mr 73 p52
18.00
GFT
Religulous p56
18.15
The Grosvenor
The Desert Within p41
18.15
GFT
Modern Life p52
18.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
Three Blind Mice p61
18.45
Cineworld Renfrew St
Shifty p58
20.15
Cineworld Renfrew St
New Town Killers p53
20.30
GFT
32A p34
20.45
GFT
Franklyn p45
21.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
The Adventures of Robin Hood p34
11.15
GFT
32A p34
11.30
GFT
The Children’s Hour p40
13.15
GFT
Still Walking p60
13.45
GFT
Mr 73 p52
14.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Franklyn p45
14.15
Cineworld Renfrew St
Bitter & Twisted p37
15.00
CCA
Worlds Apart p64
15.30
GFT
Prince of Broadway p56
16.00
GFT
Marley and Me p52
16.15
Cineworld Renfrew St
Three Blind Mice p61
16.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
Breakfast at Tiffany’s p37
18.00
GFT
New Town Killers p53
18.15
The Grosvenor
Drama/Mex p42
18.15
GFT
Now We Are Five p54
18.30
CCA
Fermat’s Room p44
18.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
Marley & Me p52
18.45
Cineworld Renfrew St
Diversity Films Night p29
19.30
Platform
GYFF @The Arches p29
20.00
The Arches
Let The Right One In p51
20.15
GFT
Tuesday 17 February
9
Free £
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Second Sight p58
20.30
CCA
A Perfect Day p55
20.30
GFT
Bigger, Stronger, Faster p36
20.45
Cineworld Renfrew St
Gran Torino p46
21.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
American Teen p35
11.15
GFT
Captain Blood p38
11.30
GFT
Charade p39
13.15
GFT
Fermat’s Room p44
14.00
GFT
Bigger, Stronger, Faster p36
14.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Marley & Me p52
14.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
Second Sight p58
15.00
CCA
Let The Right One In p51
15.30
GFT
The Children’s Hour p40
16.00
GFT
A Perfect Day p55
16.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Ballast p36
16.45
Cineworld Renfrew St
The Class p40
18.00
GFT
Three Miles North Of Molkom p61
18.15
The Grosvenor
My Mexican Shivah p53
18.15
GFT
Bitter & Twisted p36
18.30
CCA
Worlds Apart p64
18.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
American Teen p35
18.45
Cineworld Renfrew St
Future Shorts & Lights in the Dark p46
19.00
The Arches
Good p46
20.30
GFT
The Infinite Border p49
20.30
CCA
Song of Sparrows p60
20.45
GFT
The Grocer’s Son p47
20.45
Cineworld Renfrew St
Bronson p37
21.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Robin and Marian p57
13.00
GFT
The Grocer’s Son p47
13.30
GFT
Song of Sparrows p60
14.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Bronson p37
14.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
Three Miles North Of Molkom p61
15.00
CCA
The Class p40
15.30
GFT
Captain Blood p38
15.45
GFT
Good p46
16.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Wednesday 18 February
£
Thursday 19 February
KEY Galas Great Scots Audrey Hepburn Viva Mexico!
Events FrightFest Tramway Art Events Youth Film Festival
The State of Independents Stranger Than Fiction It’s a Wonderful World Happy Birthday!
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Shorts Film Festival European Cinema Music and Film
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Thursday 19 February (CONT...) American Teen p35
16.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
Valentino: The Last Emperor p63
18.00
GFT
Am I Black Enough For You? p35
18.15
The Grosvenor
Charade p39
18.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
Los Ladrones Viejos p51
18.30
CCA
Rez Bomb p57
18.30
GFT
Ballast p36
18.45
Cineworld Renfrew St
An Iolaire p50
19.00
The Mitchell Theatre
Artists’ Animation Programme p26
19.30
Tramway
Il Divo p42
20.15
GFT
Prince of Broadway p56
20.30
CCA
Childless p39
20.45
GFT
Rabbit Without Ears p56
20.45
Cineworld Renfrew St
Disgrace p41
21.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Childless p39
12.30
GFT
Every Little Step p44
13.00
GFT
Hush p49
14.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Tulpan p62
14.15
GFT
Rabbit Without Ears p56
14.45
Cineworld Renfrew St
Am I Black Enough For You? p35
15.00
CCA
Hell’s Pavement p47
15.00
GFT
Flash of Genius p44
16.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Il Divo p42
16.15
GFT
Disgrace p41
17.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
The Daisy Chain p41
17.15
GFT
Robin and Marian p57
18.30
CCA
One Day Removals p54
18.30
GFT
Flame and Citron p44
18.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
Deadgirl p42
19.00
GFT
Union of Knives p28
19.00
The Arches
Comfort and Joy p40
19.15
The Mitchell Theatre
Valentino: The Last Emperor p63
19.15
Cineworld Renfrew St
The Black Audio Film Collective p26
19.30
Tramway
Versailles p63
20.45
GFT
My Life Inside p53
20.45
CCA
Synecdoche, New York p60
20.45
Cineworld Renfrew St
Four Nights With Anna p45
21.15
Cineworld Renfrew St
Outlander p55
21.15
GFT
Numbers presents... Modeselektor p28
23.00
The Arches
£
Friday 20 February
11
£
£
£
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23.30
GFT
TAKE 2: Sing-a-long Annie p61
11.30
GFT
TAKE 2: Sing-a-long Annie p61
11.30
Cineworld Parkhead
Infinite Space p49
13.00
GFT
Flame and Citron p44
13.15
Cineworld Renfrew St
Four Nights With Anna p45
14.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
Dorothy p42
14.15
GFT
In Conversation with Bill Paterson p36
15.00
The Mitchell Theatre
Versailles p63
15.30
GFT
Synecdoche, New York p60
15.45
Cineworld Renfrew St
Tulpan p62
16.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
I Sell The Dead p49
16.30
GFT
Elevator p43
17.35
GFT
Flash of Genius p44
18.15
Cineworld Renfrew St
Every Little Step p44
18.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
Who Killed Nancy? p64
19.00
The Arches
Bart Got A Room p36
19.15
GFT
Grace p46
19.15
GFT
The List Surprise Film p51
20.30
Cineworld Renfrew St
Tyson p62
20.45
GFT
Lake Tahoe p51
20.45
Cineworld Renfrew St
Punk Band - TBC p28
21.00
The Arches
Hush p49
21.00
Cineworld Renfrew St
The Unborn p63
21.30
GFT
Death Disco p28
23.00
The Arches
One-eyed Monster p55
23.30
GFT
My Fair Lady p53
13.00
GFT
Who Killed Nancy? p64
13.15
GFT
Music and Movies Quiz p17
15.00
King Tut’s
The Age of Stupid p34
16.00
GFT
Everlasting Moments p43
16.15
GFT
The Wrecking Crew p64
18.30
GFT
Closing Gala: Last Chance Harvey p14
19.00
GFT
Shhhh! An Evening of (not so) Silent Movies p28
19.30
The Arches
The Wrecking Crew p64
20.30
GFT
Walled In p64
Saturday 21 February
£
£
£
Sunday 22 February
£
£
KEY Galas Great Scots Audrey Hepburn Viva Mexico!
Events FrightFest Tramway Art Events Youth Film Festival
The State of Independents Stranger Than Fiction It’s a Wonderful World Happy Birthday!
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Shorts Film Festival European Cinema Music and Film
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OPENING GALA IN THE LOOP
Glasgow born Armando Iannucci is, quite simply, a comic genius. Nobody has done more to elevate the ambition of British comedy. The Thick Of It was his television masterpiece; a bile-ridden satire on the back corridors of British politics that cut so close to the bone that it hurt. In The Loop is not The Thick Of It: The Movie but it is a very close family relative. Tom Hollander’s Simon Foster is the kind of fresh-faced idealist who entered politics because he felt he could make a difference. Now he is secretary of state for the Department of International Development and about to become embroiled in a brewing war in the Middle East. He seems to be against the war but winds up appearing the ideal hawk in the eyes of the American and British governments. Soon he is the toast of Washington, hob-nobbing with Army Major Miller (James Gandolfini) and set to become a helpless innocent thrust into the snake pit of international diplomacy. Naturally, foul-mouthed spin doctor Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) is never far from the action. Fresh from its world premiere at Sundance in January, we are thrilled to open the 2009 Glasgow Film Festival with the UK premiere of In The Loop - a combination of biting satire and acid wit so close to reality that you will laugh until you cry. Thanks to Optimum
GFT Thursday 12 February (19.15) Thursday 12 February (20.15) Cineworld Renfrew St Friday 13 February (18.00) Director Armando Iannucci Featuring Peter Capaldi Tom Hollander James Gandolfini Steve Coogan Paul Higgins UK 2009, 1h49m, 15
Check www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk for updates about special guests and for details of the opening party. With live music at the opening party curated by
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CLOSING GALA LAST CHANCE HARVEY
You are never too old to fall in love. That’s the message of this expert romantic comedy featuring the dream team of multi Oscar-winners Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman. Both stars have received Golden Globe nominations for their performances and it is their magical chemistry that makes Last Chance Harvey that little bit special. Hoffman brings all his rumpled charm to bear on the role of Harvey Shine, an aspiring jazz pianist who barely endures his job as a jingle writer. He arrives in London for his daughter’s wedding. At Heathrow Airport, he brushes against Kate Walker (Thompson), a survey taker who is dealing with her own disappointments which mostly take the form of an exceptionally demanding mother (Eileen Atkins) who fails to accept that Kate needs a life of her own. Excluded from the wedding party and stunned by the news that his daughter has asked her stepfather to march her down the aisle, Harvey is more despondent than ever but maybe when you least expect it life can have a pleasant surprise in store. Warmly witty and surprisingly touching, Last Chance Harvey has a humanity that is often missing from modern comedies. Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson make you believe in the characters and root for cupid’s arrow to find its mark. Last Chance Harvey is a treat for incurable romantics and the UK premiere is our fairytale ending for the 2009 Glasgow Film Festival. Thanks to Momentum
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GFT Sunday 22 February (19.00) Director Joel Hopkins Featuring Dustin Hoffman Emma Thompson Eileen Atkins James Brolin USA 2008, 1h32m, 12A
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Marian Quinn directing 32A
Special Events Last year Glasgow Film Festival welcomed a host of star guests and filmmakers, from director John Sayles to The Cottage stars Andy Serkis and Reece Shearsmith. Keep checking the website for updates at www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk. Details below were correct at time of printing, however the programme and guests are always subject to change.
Opening Gala – In the Loop
GFT Thursday 12 February (19.15) - see page 13
Join us for the red carpet premiere of In the Loop, Armando Iannucci’s new satirical hardhitting comedy fresh from its world premiere at Sundance. GFF hopes to welcome the director and leading actors. Tickets are limited and guarantee access to the GFF Opening Party which follows the screening.
The Dungeon Moor Killings
GFT Friday 13 February (18.30) - see p42
This screening will be introduced by director Jim Hickey who will also answer questions after the screening.
Shorts Film Festival Launch CCA Friday 13 February (19.30) - see p23
After we present True Things: The Shorts of Miranda July there will be a networking event with drinks and music.
Nosferatu
GFT Friday 13 February (21.00) - see p54
Don’t miss this classic silent movie with a new musical score and accompaniment by David Allison. 15
Anvil! The Story of Anvil Cineworld Renfrew St Friday 13 February (21.00) - see p35
Anvil! The Story of Anvil is an irresistible real-life version of This is Spinal Tap. Be prepared to give the film, and the postscreening gig by the band (in the cinema), a raucous standing ovation! Supported by
Return to Mono (SLAM)
Sub Club Friday 13 February (23.30) - see p25
Underground electronic music champions Slam have played all over the world and are residents at Return to Mono. Featuring Glasgow-based video artist and lighting designer Scott McDonald.
take 2: The Adventures of Robin Hood
GFT Saturday 14 February (11.30) - see p34
The screening will be preceded by a live fencing demonstration.
Valentine’s Day romantic movies: Celebrate Valentine’s Day with us by choosing one of our seven romantic movies:
GFT Funny Face (14.00) - see p45 GFT Cape No 7 (15.30) - see p38 GFT Sabrina (18.00) - see p58 GFT Blue Eyelids (18.15) - see p37 GFT Paris 36 (20.15) - see p55 GFT Cherry Blossoms (20.30) - see p39 Cineworld Renfrew St Two Lovers (21.00) - see p62
From Shorts to Features CCA Saturday 14 February (14.00) - see p23
A discussion curated by Screen Academy Scotland for the Shorts Film Festival.
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Let The Right One In
Networking event for the film industry in the CCA bar. With Shooting People and Screen Academy Scotland. Free Admission.
Director Tomas Alfredson has been invited to introduce this screening and also answer questions after the screening.
CCA Saturday 14 February (17.00) - see p24
Subculture
Sub Club Saturday 14 February (23.30) – see p25
With a soundtrack curated by Glasgow’s own Godfather of House; Harri and a special guest set against a futurist backdrop.
Remembering Mary Gordon
GFT Sunday 15 February (13.15) - see p57
Glasgow journalist Allison Kerr, a relative of Mary Gordon remembers her life in an illustrated discussion.
Optimo: Shorts Film Festival Closing Party Sub Club Sunday 15 February (23.30) - see p25
Celebrating the obscure and surreal with Twitch & Wilkes. Featuring classic avantgarde shorts and an eerie Lynchian Red Room.
THE DIVINE LADY
GFT Sunday 15 February (14.30) - see p41
Frank Lloyd’s grandchildren Antonia Guerrero and Christopher Gray will introduce this screening and discuss their grandfather’s career.
New Town Killers
GFT Monday 16 February (20.30) - see p53
This screening will be introduced by director Richard Jobson, who will also answer questions after the screening.
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GFT Monday 16 February (20.45) - see p34
We expect this screening will be introduced by director Marian Quinn, who will also answer questions after the screening.
Now We Are Five
CCA Tuesday 17 February (18.30) - see p54
Join Andy Dougan of the RSAMD who will introduce this celebration of five years of the Digital Film and Television course.
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GFT Tuesday 17 February (20.15) - see p51
Good
GFT Wednesday 18 February (20.30) - see p46
We hope that this screening will be introduced by actors Jason Isaacs and Jodie Whittaker who will answer questions after the screening.
Valentino: The Last Emperor GFT Thursday 19 February (18.00) - see p63
This screening will be introduced by Camille Lorigo, founder of Che Camille, a retail outlet and showcase for oneoff and limited edition fashion and accessories. Join the best of Scottish design talent to celebrate the life and work of one of the fashion world’s most influential and iconic designers.
AN IOLAIRE
The Mitchell Theatre Thursday 19 February (19.00) - see p50
We hope that this screening will be introduced by director Alasdair Maclean who will also answer questions after the screening.
Childless
GFT Thursday 19 February (20.45) - see p39
This screening will be introduced by director Charlie Levi who will answer questions after the screening.
Hell’s Pavement
GFT Friday 20 February (15.00) - see p47
This screening will be introduced by director Andy Kemp who will answer questions after the screening.
One Day Removals
GFT Friday 20 February (18.30) - see p54
This screening will be introduced by director Mark Stirton who will answer questions after the screening.
Union of Knives
The Arches Friday 20 February (19.00) - see p28
Join Union of Knives, a Glasgow based experimental rock group with a hand picked selection of local artists and filmmakers who will provide unique visuals and installations. 16
Comfort and Joy
The Mitchell Theatre Friday 20 February (19.15) - see p40
GFT hopes to welcome cast and crew of this iconic Scottish classic.
NUMBERS PRESENTS... Modeselektor The Arches Friday 20 February (23.00) - see p28
Expect a great show accompanied by some of the best club visuals you’ll ever see by VJ extraordinaire Pfadfinderei.
Movies and Music Quiz King Tut’s Sunday 22 February (15.00)
A special festival edition of the GFT monthly quiz. The writers of The Skinny’s film section and King Tuts staff have put their movie and musicobsessed heads together to come up with a quiz that will test even the most knowledgeable of cinema fans and music lovers while offering a guaranteed great afternoon. £
Tickets £1.50 each. Pay on the door.
Take 2: Annie
GFT and Cineworld Parkhead Saturday 21 February (11.30) - see p61
Sing-a-long with this classic tale of the orphan with a lot of talent.
Infinite Space
GFT Saturday 21 February (13.00) - see p49
This screening will be introduced by director Murray Grigor who will answer questions after the screening.
In Conversation with Bill Paterson The Mitchell Theatre Saturday 21 February (15.00) - see p36
Join GFF co-director Allan Hunter in conversation with Bill Paterson, one of Scotland’s most respected and versatile actors.
I sell the dead
GFT Saturday 21 February (16.30) - see p49
Director Glenn McQuaid will be joining us to introduce the screening and answer questions afterwards.
grace
GFT Saturday 21 February (19.15) - see p46
Director Paul Solet will be joining us to introduce the screening and answer questions afterwards.
Death Disco
The Arches Saturday 21 February (23.00) - see p28
Death Disco will add it’s own touch of glamour to the Music and Film line up.
WHO KILLED NANCY?
The Arches Saturday 21 February (19.00) GFT Sunday 22 February (13.15) - see p64
Director Alan Parker will join us to introduce his film at both screenings.
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The Age of Stupid
GFT Sunday 22 February (16.00) - see p34
We hope that this screening will be introduced by director Fanny Armstrong and/or producer Lizzie Gillett who will answer questions after the screening.
The Wrecking Crew
GFT Sunday 22 February (18.30 & 20.30) - see p64
This screening will be introduced Lindsay Hutton of the Next Big Thing.
SHHHH! An Evening of (not so) Silent Movies The Arches Sunday 22 February (19.30) - see p28
The Arches invite you to spend an evening with them, a troupe of burlesque performers and a selection of the finest local bands as they convert a room into a 1920s film theatre.
THE FESTIVAL CLUB GFF is proud to call St Judes and its beautifully stylish restaurant, Mama San, the official festival club. Open every day and night of the festival, the Festival Club at Mama San is just a stone’s throw from the GFT and the CCA. Enjoy a movie-themed cocktail and Asian-style tapas at special festival rates whilst spotting the stars way into the wee small hours. Three tapas for £10 and cocktails from £5. Open until 3am every night this is the hub of the festival, don’t miss out! Remember to keep your festival ticket stub for special offers and deals! 190 Bath Street, G2 4HG 0141352 8800 www.saintjudes.com
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The Desert Within
VIVA MEXICO!
Once upon a time Mexican cinema barely registered on the world’s radar even in the 1950s when the country was making around 150 features each year. Spanish exile Luis Buñuel made waves with his Mexican work, especially Los Olvidados (The Young And The Damned) (1950). Down the years, occasional films did break out and gain attention like Jaime Humberto Hermosillo’s gay charmer Dona Herlinda y su Hijo (Dona Herlinda and Her Son) (1986). Then in 2000 along came Amores Perros (Love’s A Bitch) and Mexican cinema became impossible to ignore. This year the Glasgow Film Festival will focus on the brightest and the best of the Mexican filmmakers set to follow in the footsteps of Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro. Supported by the Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografia/Mexican Film Institute (a big thanks to Pablo Briseno Galvan and Alejandro Diaz San Vicente) we will screen a range of features and documentaries that reveal a wealth of talent, ambition and names to mark for the future. Blue Eyelids (Parpados azules)
p37
Burn The Bridges (Quemar las naves)
p38
The Burning Plain
p38
The Desert Within (Desierto Adentro)
p41
Drama/Mex
p42
The Infinite Border (La frontera infinita)
p49
Lake Tahoe (¿Te acuerdas de Lake Tahoe?)
p51
Los Ladrones Viejos
p51
My Life Inside (Mi vida dentro)
p53
My Mexican Shivah (Morirse esta en Hebreo)
p53
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GREAT SCOTS
In Great Scots we present the best new work from promising young talent and salute special Scots who have left an indelible mark on world cinema. GFF09 highlights include our Opening Gala In the Loop directed by Glasgow born Armando Iannucci, The Divine Lady from director Frank Lloyd, the first Scot to win an Oscar. We also host a feast of feature film premieres from new Scottish talent and honour the lengthy, award-winning career of well known Scottish star Bill Paterson as he reflects on a life on film and celebrates the 25th anniversary of Comfort and Joy. p36
Comfort & Joy
p40
The Divine Lady
p41
The Dungeon Moor Killings
p42
Infinite Space: The Architecture Of John Lautner
p49
In the Loop
p13
An Iolaire
p50
New Town Killers
p53
Now We Are Five
p54
One Day Removals
p54
Remembering Mary Gordon
p57
Second Sight
p58
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As the national screen agency, Scottish Screen is proud to be sponsoring Great Scots. These films showcase Scottish talent, both new and established, and celebrate our achievements in film. They will excite, inspire and delight audiences, and show that it’s great to be a Scot! We hope you enjoy these films and the rest of the programme at GFF09. Second Sight
In Conversation with Bill Paterson
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AUDREY HEPBURN We chose Audrey as the subject of our 2009 retrospective because in an age of shallow celebrity, global uncertainty and economic gloom she remains a shining beacon of elegance and sophistication. An Oscar-winning star and enduring fashion icon, Audrey had the ability to make it all look so effortless. Of all the great female stars of the 1950s, including Elizabeth Taylor and Grace Kelly, Audrey is the one who remains the most beguiling. The romantic roles in Roman Holiday (1953) and Sabrina (1954) have a tenderness and sincerity that make contemporary romantic comedies look crass and inadequate. Her musicals are simply sublime. The combination of Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Gershwin tunes and Paris locations makes Funny Face (1957) simply irresistible and the perfect choice for a romantic matinee on St. Valentine’s Day. This is a retrospective that celebrates Audrey in all her glory because we will never see her like again and because we love her funny face, her sunny, funny face... Breakfast At Tiffany's
p37
Charade
p39
The Children's Hour
p40
Funny Face
p45
My Fair Lady
p53
Robin And Marian
p57
Roman Holiday
p57
Sabrina
p58
The Unforgiven
p63
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FRIGHTFEST FrightFest is delighted to be back in Scotland for the fourth year as part of The Glasgow Film Festival. This year, the FrightFest mini festival is bigger and better than ever, with one world, six UK and one Scottish premiere. Along with our main August extravaganza in London, our Glasgow event has become an integral part of the FrightFest year. Join us for what promises to be two days of the best fantasy and horror films around, and experience a little bit of what makes FrightFest the UK’s leading fantasy and horror film festival. The FrightFest “Boys” See all 8 films. Buy a FrightFest Pass for £36.
FRIDAY 20 FEBRUARY Deadgirl (19.00)
p42
Outlander (21.15)
p55
Walled In (23.30)
p64
SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY Dorothy (14.15)
p42
I Sell the Dead (16.30)
p49
Grace (19.15)
p46
The Unborn (21.30)
p63
One-eyed Monster (23.30)
p55
Dorothy
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Love You More (Best of Little British)
SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
Scotland’s independent short film programme The Magic Lantern presents you with a delectable selection of short films and events over the opening weekend of GFF09. With a themed selection of the best new work from the current international festival circuit coupled with guest programmes. Come view great films, meet fellow filmmakers and celebrate the wonder of short film! Shorts Ticket Offer - any three shorts programmes for £12 when purchased online. The Shorts Film Festival is directed by Penny Bartlett and Rosie Crerar of The Magic Lantern www.themagiclantern.org
TRUE THINGS: THE SHORT FILMS OF MIRANDA JULY July’s first feature-length film, Me and You and Everyone We Know received a special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival 2005, and four prizes at the Cannes Film Festival including the Camera d’Or. This retrospective reviews her unnerving yet utterly compelling short film works. Atlanta, USA, 1996, 10mins The Amateurist, USA, 1998, 14mins Nest of Tens, USA, 1999, 27mins Getting Stronger Every Day, USA, 2001, 6mins
CCA Friday 13 February 19.30 1h, 15 Thanks to Video Data Bank Curated by The Magic Lantern
Afterwards please join us for drinks in the CCA Bar.
SCOTTISH SHORT FILM SHOWCASE
CCA
GMAC present a celebration of innovative new film makers with the latest Scottish short films from Shortcuts and Digi+ 2008, alongside other outstanding new work from Scotland.
Saturday 14 February 12.00 1h41m, 12A Thanks to GMAC
The Finger Trap, Director: Julia McLean, Scotland, 2008, 5m Homecoming, Director: Zak Hanif, Scotland, 2008, 13m Eyes on the Street, Director: David Newbigging, Scotland, 2008, 15m Archive of Dreams, Director:Tomas Sheridan, Italy/Scotland, 2008, 13m Night School, Director: Ben Soper, Scotland, 2008, 12m Saltmark, Director: Robin Haig, Scotland, 2008, 12m I’m In Away From Here, Director: Catriona MacInnes, Scotland, 2008, 22m Four Fur A Fiver, Director: Silje Eirin Aure, Scotland, 2008, 9m
SCREEN ACADEMY SCOTLAND: FROM SHORTS TO FEATURES
CCA
A discussion curated by Screen Academy Scotland for Glasgow Film Festival Shorts Weekend with Scottish directors who have taken different paths from short film to feature film. Is film school the best place to make your first short and get noticed and is short film still a ‘calling card’ in a multi platform, multi media world? Speakers include award-winning directors Eleanor Yule, Morag McKinnon and Douglas McKinnon.* * Subject to change.
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Saturday 14 February 14.00 2h Thanks to Screen Academy Scotland
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OBERHAUSEN ON TOUR 2009: BEST OF ARTIST FILM & VIDEO
This guest programme from the world-renowned Oberhausen Film Festival brings together seven works caught in the push and pull between the worlds of film and art. Armulaud (Communion), Director: Jaan Toomik, Estonia, 2007, 11m Shock Of Time, Director: Sun Xun, China, 2006, 6m Mary Koszmary (Nightmares), Director: Yael Bartana, Isr/Neth/Pol, 2007, 11m Der Spiegel (The Mirror), Director: Karen Cytter, Germany, 2007, 5m Reflections, Director: Tzu-Nyen Ho, Singapore, 2007, 13m Between C, D and F, Director: Julia Oschatz, Germany, 2006, 2m Outwardly From The Earth’s Centre, Director: Rosa Barba, Ger/Se, 2006, 22m
MEET THE TALENT: SHOOTING PEOPLE AND SCREEN ACADEMY SCOTLAND
Shooting People and Screen Academy Scotland want to meet you. Whether you’re a director, producer, writer, actor, editor, composer or animator, join them in the CCA Bar for networking drinks. An opportunity to pick their brains about how to get your film made and seen, it will also be a great chance to find collaborators, meet commissioners and discuss your passion with other people working in film.
DEMONS IN THE DARK
CCA Saturday 14 February 16.00 1h10m, 15 Thanks to Oberhausen Film Festival and The Goethe-Institut, Glasgow
CCA Saturday 14 February 17.00 - 19.00 Free admission Thanks to Shooting People and Screen Academy Scotland CCA
Films in which the troubled central protagonists are plagued by demons that take both physical and psychological forms.
Saturday 14 February 18.30
Dennis, Director: Mads Matthiesen, Denmark, 2007, 18m Life Of A Pigeon, Director: William Campbell, UK, 2008, 11m Terminus, Director: Trevor Cawood, Canada, 2007, 8m Stand Up, Director: Joseph Pierce, UK, 2008, 7m Amatorul (The Amateur), Director: Marian Crisan, Romania, 2007, 20m Dead Dog, Director: Edward Jeffries, UK, 2008, 8m Karaoke, Director: Carolina Hellsgard, Germany, 2008, 15m
Curated by The Magic Lantern
UNSTUCK
CCA
A diverse programme of animated, experimental, and offbeat short films. Unsettling and frequently hilarious, for those in need of an alternative Valentine’s night experience. The Control Master, Director: Run Wrake, UK, 2008, 7m Household Gods, Director: Vaughan Pilikian, UK, 2007, 7m First Place, Director: Joji Koyama, UK, 2008, 9m Fawn, Director: Christoph Rainer, Austria, 2007, 6m Toggle, Director: Joanna Susskind, UK, 2007, 5m Time Is Running Out, Director: Marc Reisbig, UK, 2007, 7m Rat, Director: Lila de Magalhaes, UK, 2007, 4m Uguns (Fire), Director: Laila Pakalnina, Latvia, 2007, 12m The Queen and The Princess, Director: Gregor Johnstone, UK, 2008, 5m Jeffrey & The Dinosaurs, Director: Christoph Steger, UK, 2008, 7m September, Director: Esther May Campbell, UK, 2008, 20m
NEW MEDIA SCOTLAND: SUNDAY SUNDAE
A programme of animation and live action with a focus on CGI. The films consider identity, communication, technology and love in modern times. Kudan, Director: Taku Kimura, Japan, 2008, 9m L’Ondee, Director: David Coquard-Dassault, France/Canada, 2008, 8m Ctrl Z, Director: Robert Kirbyson, U.S.A, 2008, 6m Le Grand Content, Directors: Clemens Kogler, Karo Szmit, Austria, 2007, 4m New Love, Director: Laurence Coriat, U.K, 2007, 20m Parks On Fire, Director: Scott Pagano, U.S.A, 2008, 8m This is J03, Directors: Rory Lowe, Tom Shrapnel, Scotland, 2008, 3m
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1h27m, 15
Saturday 14 February 20.30 1h24m, 15 Curated by The Magic Lantern
CCA Sunday 15 February 14.00 58m, 12A Thanks to New Media Scotland
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LUX: THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH
A programme of recent British video art from LUX, the London-based agency for artists’ moving images. Realms Pin, Director: Sebastian Buerkner, UK, 2007, 5m Carlton, Director: Simon Martin, UK, 2206, 8m The Collaboration, Director: Mark Orange, USA/ UK, 2006, 4 m Now Wait For Last Year, Director: Rachel Reupke, UK, 2007, 9m Writing My Life, Director: Ryan Gander, 2005, 8 m Dirty Pictures (Hotel Diaries 7), Director: John Smith, Palestine, 2007, 14m Drum Room, Director: Miranda Pennell, UK, 2007, 15m Magnetic Movie, Director: Semiconductor, UK, 2007, 4m From Earth, Director: Steven Claydon, UK, 2005, 5m Special Afflictions by Roy Harryhozen, Director: Bonnie Camplin, UK, 2006, 5m O Come All Ye Faithful, Director: Stephen Sutcliffe, UK, 2007, 1m
BEST OF LITTLE BRITISH
CCA Sunday 15 February 16.00 1h18m, 12A Thanks to LUX
CCA
A selection of the most inspired short films made across the UK in the past year.
Sunday 15 February 18.00
Trip, Director: Harry Wootlif, UK, 15m Ma Bar, Director: Adrian McDowall, Finlay Pretsell, UK, 11m Bill’s Visitors, Director: Simon Deshon, UK, 8m K, Director: Piers Thompson, UK, 19m Love You More, Director: Sam Taylor-Wood, UK, 15m Tandem, Directors: John & Tom Turrell, UK, 21m Christmas with Dad, Director: Conor McCormack, UK, 12m
Curated by The Magic Lantern
BETWEEN US
CCA
An international programme of short films that use artful economy of storytelling in their intimate explorations of relationship, friendship and family dynamics. Megatron, Director: Marian Crisan, Romania, 15m California Dreams, Director: David Wnendt, Germany, 18m Partir, Director: Melodie Lamotte D’Incamps, UK/France, 12m Haze, Director: Anthony Chen, Singapore, 14m Smáfuglar (2 Birds), Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson, Iceland, 15m Jerrycan, Director: Julius Avery, Australia, 13m
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Sunday 15 February 20.00 1h27m, 15 Curated by The Magic Lantern
LATE NIGHT PROGRAMME: THE SUB CLUB
We continue our celebration of short film outside the cinema with an after hours programme at the Sub Club! Check www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk/shorts for details of ticket offers.
RETURN TO MONO (SLAM)
Sub Club
Underground electronic music champions Slam have played all over the world and are residents at Return to Mono. Featuring Glasgow based video artist and lighting designer Scott McDonald, who creates live visuals for Slam.
Friday 13 February 23.00 - 03.00
SUBCULTURE
Sub Club
With a soundtrack curated by Glasgow’s own Godfather of House; Harri and a special guest set against a futurist backdrop provided by one of the world’s best light and visual artists.
Saturday 14 February 23.00 - 03.00
OPTIMO: SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL CLOSING NIGHT PARTY
Sub Club
Celebrating the obscure and surreal with Twitch & Wilkes and guest DJ Jackmaster. Featuring classic avant-garde shorts and an eerie Lynchian Red Room!
Sunday 15 February 23.00 - 03.00
CINEMA CITY
Venues around Glasgow
We’re also reclaiming Glasgow as ‘Cinema City’ with shorts programmes in the windows of five of Glasgow’s former cinemas. See p68 for details.
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Curated by The Magic Lantern
ART AT TRAMWAY
GFF09 is thrilled to announce a new venue partnership with Tramway. Offering a unique space for contemporary visual and performing arts, Tramway is teaming up with GFF09 to showcase artists working in moving image media and animation. Tramway are delighted to present the first exhibition of work in Scotland by Sebastian Beurkner, the London based artist considered to be one of the most innovative working with animation at present. For GFF Sebastian will present an artists’ animation programme. The second event will celebrate the pioneering Black Audio Film Collective who formed in Hackney in 1982 and who were a mix of art, sociology and psychology graduates. Tramway will be showing two of the collectives most seminal film works Handsworth Songs (1986) and Seven Songs for Malcolm X (1993), courtesy of Smoking Dogs Films.
SEBASTIAN BUERKNER EXHIBITION
Tramway
For his first solo exhibition in a major UK museum, Buerkner will create a dramatic, large scale installation as a stage for his flash based animations. The artist creates dream like visual narratives which challenge perceptions of space and time and often suggest a duality between the conscious and the subconscious. This process is usually augmented by the use of split screen or multiple, sequential projections which, combined with his use of repetition and stroboscopic editing create an almost hallucinogenic visual experience.
Friday 6 February – Sunday 22 March
ARTISTS’ ANIMATION PROGRAMME INTRODUCED BY SEBASTIAN BEURKNER
Tramway
Free admission
Thursday 19 February 19.30
Sebastian Buerkner will introduce a screening of his recent works alongside animations by leading figures from the avantgarde film movement. The programme will include films by Mary Ellen Bute, Tony & Beverley Conrad and Robert Breer, known for their pioneering animation techniques. Bute made several modernist animations from 1930s onwards which were often broadcast at Radio Music Hall. Tony Conrad is an experimental American artist whose film works are considered to be some of the most influential of the structural film movement and include The Flicker (1966).
Approx 2h, 15
THE BLACK AUDIO FILM COLLECTIVE: HANDSWORTH SONGS & SEVEN SONGS FOR MALCOLM X
Tramway
Made in the wake of the 1985 riots in Birmingham and London, Handsworth Songs is considered to be the BAFC’s most widely recognized film. This work contains strong themes of race, class and ideology through its depiction of Caribbean/Asian settlement in 80s Britain. The film has a diverse combination of montage, interview footage, archival material and an experimental soundtrack. Seven Songs for Malcolm X is one of the most stylized works by the BAFC and was revolutionary in bringing elements of feature film production and values into a documentary format. The film looks at the ‘significant silences’ in Malcolm X’s autobiography, such as his Caribbean mother, his ambiguous relationship to America and some of his more controversial activities, such as practice of telepathy whilst in prison. BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
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Friday 20 February 19.30 UK, approx 2h, 15 Tickets £3/£2
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Who Killed Nancy?
MUSIC AND FILM
Working in collaboration with The Arches, GFF has developed a new strand. Building on the strong reputation The Arches have in screening experimental moving image and new media work, we present this programme showcasing exciting developments in this field. Developing new audiences and promoting the cross-fertilisation between clubbing culture, visual art, live music, theatre and the moving image, Music and Film is an unmissable selection of films and events.
FILMS Am I Black Enough For You?
p35
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
p35
Every Little Step
p44
Nosferatu
p54
Who Killed Nancy?
p64
The Wrecking Crew
p64
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EVENTS Ticket prices for these events vary. Please check www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk/music for details and updates.
UNION OF KNIVES
Union of Knives are a Glasgow based experimental rock group, not dissimilar to Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails. The three-piece have enjoyed international success since the launch of their critically acclaimed debut album, Violence and Birdsong. The band have been recording their second album in LA and are almost ready to unleash it. This intimate show will be a multi-sensory, all-encompassing affair with spectacular visuals accompanying and preceding the band’s set. Expect this to be an early sell-out!
Numbers presents… MODESELEKTOR
Berlin boys Modeselektor are true pioneers of electronic music. Globally respected as one of the top live dance acts, their unique blend of IDM (Intelligent Dance Music), glitch, electro and hip hop is a truly refreshing one, adored by a huge cross-section of music lovers; even Radiohead’s Thom York claims them as his favourite group. You can expect a full-on show accompanied by some of the best club visuals you’ll ever see by VJ extraordinaire Pfadfinderei.
Live Performance
Join The Arches for an evening of punk influenced events. After the film screening of Who Killed Nancy?/Love You More (see p64) there will be a live performance from a punk band (TBC). Trust us it will be great! Check the website for updates. www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk/music
DEATH DISCO
Death Disco adds its own touch of glamour to the Music and Film line-up. DJs this month include Boys Noize Records’ wunder-kid Brodinski and Canada’s finest electro exports Jokers of the Scene. London’s Filthy Dukes, NME chart toppers and general hype machines, will perform live in The Playroom. On top of Pointless Creations legendary DD visuals you can expect added sensory treats.
SHHHH! An Evening of (not so) Silent Movies
To round off the music programme, The Arches invite you to spend an evening with them, a troupe of burlesque performers and a selection of the finest local bands as we convert one of our rooms into a 1920s film theatre and experiment with the link between live music and cinema. The musical guests are being given carte blanche to come up with a conceptual piece linking their music to a piece of film of their choosing. The possibilities are endless! Let the acts do the hard work whilst you sit back with some popcorn and enjoy. BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
The Playroom at The Arches Friday 20 February (19.00 - 22.00) A hand picked selection of local artists and filmmakers will provide unique visuals and installations throughout the venue. Over 18s only
The Arches Friday 20 February (23.00 - 03.00) Berlin VJ collective, Pfadfinderei, will provide visuals for the event. Over 18s only
The Arches Saturday 21 February (21.00) Over 18s only
The Arches Saturday 21 February (23.00 - 03.00) With Brodinski, Jokers of the Scene, Filthy Dukes (Live) Over 18s only
The Arches Sunday 22 February (19.30 - 22.00) Over 18s only
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YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL
The Youth programme features some of the best cutting-edge international cinema chosen from the GFF09 programme by the GYFF Youth Group alongside selected classics and films made by young people in Scotland. The programme also includes films suitable for children and ideal for all the family to enjoy. Please check film certification for suitability. Youth Ticket Offer - Any 5 tickets for £20 for films listed on p30 - purchased online. See www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk/youth for details and terms and conditions.
FIRST LIGHT YOUNG SCREENWRITERS WORKSHOP
GFT Wednesday 11 February 17.30
Calling all budding young filmmakers! Come along to the screening of Last Chance, Final Rep made by young filmmakers in Glasgow followed by a script workshop with the cast and crew. All aged 13 – 17 welcome. Thanks to First Light, The National Lottery, GMAC and Platform
2h, 12A
Co-Operative Young Filmmakers
GFT Saturday 14 February (13.45)
Special screenings of the Scottish entries for the Co-operative Young Film-Makers 2008. Enjoy a wide variety of innovative short films made by young people aged 9 – 21. See page 40 for further details. Thanks to Project Ability and The Co-operative Group Scotland.
DIVERSITY FILMS NIGHT
Free event. Tickets available from GFT on the day.
UK 2008, 1h15m, PG Free event. Tickets available from GFT on the day.
Platform at The Bridge, Easterhouse Tuesday 17 February (19.30)
Come and enjoy some fabulous films made by members of the local community. World premiere of Glasgow’s Urban Collective plus screenings of Provanhall Housing, My Life, Bully Eyes, and First Day at Smithycroft among others.
2h, 12A Free event. Tickets available from Platform on the day.
GYFF @THE ARCHES
The Arches Tuesday 17 February (20.00-24.00)
The winning entries of the GYFF / Chew TV one minute film competition, screened alongside live music, DJs and more.
Strictly over 14s only
Want to enter your film in the competition? For full details visit www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk/youth (film submission deadline 1 February 2009). Entry by guest list plus £4 admission on the door. To get onto the guest list message us with ‘I want to go to The Arches’ at www.bebo.com/GYFF09. 29
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32A (12A)
p34
The Adventures of Robin Hood (PG)
p34
The Age Of The Stupid (15)
p34
American Teen (12A)
p35
Anvil! The Story Of Anvil (15)
p35
Bart Got a Room (15)
p36
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (PG)
p37
Captain Blood (PG)
p38
Charade (PG)
p39
The Class (15)
p40
Co-op Young Filmmakers (PG)
p40
Elevator (15)
p43
Encounters at The End of The World (PG)
p43
Every Little Step (12A)
p44
Franklyn (15)
p45
Funny Face (U)
p45
Hamlet 2 (15)
p47
Let The Right One In (15)
p51
Marley & Me (PG)
p52
Nosferatu (PG)
p54
Rabbit Without Ears (12A)
p56
Religulous (15)
p56
Roman Holiday (U)
p57
Sabrina (PG)
p58
Shifty (15)
p60
Worlds Apart (12A)
p64
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SCHOOLS PROGRAMME Quality cinema, workshops and interactive special events for schools.
Supported by
Thanks to the continuing generosity of Glasgow City Council Education Services we are able to offer Glasgow local authority schools FREE places to all school events during GYFF09. All other schools, £2 per pupil. Accompanying teachers free. See www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk/schools for further details and to book tickets. For institutions that find it difficult to travel to morning screenings, public screenings at GFF will also be open to school groups, subject to availability. School groups booking in advance for public screenings pay £3 per student (accompanying teachers free).
TEACHERS’ CPD: SOUND PRODUCTION
GFT Tuesday 10 February 16.30 – 19.00 Recommended for teachers with an interest in filmmaking Free for teachers at Glasgow local authority schools. £25 for teachers from other schools.
Learn about positioning your microphone, editing your sound-track and getting the best out of ‘domestic’ kit. A hands-on workshop with a dash of essential theory.
DETERMINED TO MAKE MOVIES AWARDS CEREMONY GFT Sunday 8 February 17.00 - 19.30 By invitation only
Red carpet reception and awards ceremony for the participants of the Determined to Make Movies schools filmmaking competition.
SCOTLAND IN THE PAST GOING TO THE CINEMA
GFT Monday 9 February 10.15 - 11.45 Tuesday 10 February 10.15 - 11.45 Primary 4 - 7 [People in the Past/ Expressive Arts/Literacy]
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SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE FOLLOWED BY BBFC WORKSHOP
GFT Monday 9 February 10.00 – 12.45 Recommended for Secondary S4 – S6 Cert. 15 [Modern Studies/Media Studies]
The tale of teenager Jamal, an unlikely contestant on India’s version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Followed by a BBFC workshop on UK film classification. Thanks to Film Education and the BBFC.
WEALTH AND HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN GLASGOW Platform at The Bridge, Easterhouse Monday 9 February 10.30 – 11.45 Recommended for Higher Modern Studies students
A new film which challenges stereotypes about Glasgow. Preceded by a talk by SQA Modern Studies examiner John McTaggart. Students can also ask questions of Frank McAveety MSP, Glasgow Shettleston.
AM ENDE KOMMEN TOURISTEN
GFT Tuesday 10 February 10.30 – 12.00 Recommended for Secondary S2 – S6 [History/German/English] German with English subtitles.
A nuanced and thoughtprovoking story set amongst the modern tourist industry which has developed around the former concentration camp at Auschwitz. Thanks to the Goethe-Institut.
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BRIEF ENCOUNTERS YOUTH SHORTS AND JURY
GFT Wednesday 11 February 10.00 – 11.45 Recommended for Secondary S1 – S3 [English/Media Studies/Drama/Art/ Enterprise]
A range of short films to stimulate and inspire young film fans. Followed by a panel discussion and the opportunity to vote for your favourite film.
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
GFT Wednesday 11 February 10.30 – 12.10 Recommended for Secondary S1 – S6 [Geography/History/Modern Studies/ Sciences]
An extraordinary and beautiful portrait of Antarctica which humourously explores the scientist’s dedication to knowledge, whatever the conditions.
LIVE LESSON FOR LANGUAGES
GFT Thursday 12 February 10.00 – 11.00 Recommended for Primary 6 - 7 [French]
Three contemporary animated short films combined with a French language lesson. Great for French beginners as an interactive cultural cinema experience.
SCOTLAND IN THE PAST - THE GHOST SHOW RETURNS
Platform, The Bridge, Easterhouse Thursday 12 February 10.30 – 12.00 Recommended for Primary 4 - 7 [People in the Past/Expressive Arts/ Literacy]
Step back in time with this fun workshop on early cinema and travelling show people in Scotland. An interactive session featuring archive films, discussion and drama. Learning resources available BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
CO-OPERATIVE YOUNG FILMMAKERS
GFT Thursday 12 February 11.00 - 12.15 Recommended for Primary 5 - Secondary 6 [English/Media Studies/Drama/Art/ Enterprise]
Special screenings of the Scottish entries for the Co-operative Young Filmmakers 2008. Enjoy a wide variety of innovative short films made by young people aged 9 – 21.
NOSFERATU
GFT Friday 13 February 10.30 - 12.05 Recommended for Primary 6 - Secondary 6 [History/Art/Drama/Music/Media Studies/ English]
The oldest surviving screen adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic Dracula. This silent masterpiece features live accompaniment by the exceptional acoustic guitarist David Allison.
BBC BLAST!
The LAB, BBC Scotland Thursday 19 February 10.00 – 12.00 & 14.00 – 16.00 Recommended for Secondary S2 – S6 [Art/Music/Drama/Filmmaking]
Introductory creative workshops in filmmaking, animation and podcasting.
DISCOVERY SHORTS!
GFT Thursday 19 February 10.00 – 11.00 Nursery - Primary 4 [Early Years/Expressive Arts/Literacy]
Young children especially love to engage with this international pick and mix of short animated stories. Stimulating, fun and great for learning.
THE CLASS (ENTRE LES MURS)
GFT Thursday 19 February 10.15 – 12.25 Friday 20 February 10.15 – 12.25 Recommended for Secondary S4 – S6 Cert. 15 [French/Modern Studies/English/Drama]
The Class offers a gripping account of the dynamics in multi-ethnic Paris. Supported by a learning resource available from www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk/ schools Thanks to the Alliance Française 32
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A TO Z 24 City (Er shi si cheng ji)
It’s A Wonderful World
Delicately poised between drama and documentary, Zhang Ke Jia’s latest work examines the fate of a vast munitions plant in Chengdu that is being dismantled to make way for the construction of luxury apartments and the creation of the 24 City of the title. Interviews with genuine former employees are mixed with dramatised testimony to illuminate a situation that is symbolic of the new China: one more incident in a fast changing world as a Communist state moves towards all the uncertainties and unpredictability of a more typical market economy. Thanks to New Wave Films
GFT Friday 13 February (13.30)
32A
Gala
The Grosvenor Sunday 15 February (18.15) Director Zhang Ke Jia Featuring Jianbin Chen Joan Chen Liping Lu China 2008, 1h47m, 12A Mandarin with subtitles
Marian Quinn’s charming and tender 32A is a semiautobiographical coming-of-age story set in Dublin during 1979. After casting many envious glances at other women’s busts (even the nuns’), 13-year-old Maeve finally gets her first bra, size 32A. To her surprise, she also attracts the attentions of local heartthrob Brian, a wild 16-year-old. Maeve’s so smitten that she abandons her girlfriends at a crucial moment. Snubbed by her friends and in hot water at home, Maeve learns some hard lessons about what’s really important in life. Thanks to Janey Pictures
GFT Monday 16 February (20.45) Tuesday 17 February (11.30)
The Adventures Of Robin Hood
Happy Birthday
Director Marian Quinn Featuring Ailish McCarthy Sophie Jo Wasson Orla Long Riona Smith Ireland 2008, 1h28m, 12A
Cast to perfection, Errol Flynn gives the performance of his career in this definitive, Oscar-winning version of the Robin Hood story. Flynn has just the right combination of wit, devil-may-care charm and righteous anger to portray the bold knight. Olivia De Havilland is a radiant Maid Marian and the breathless, heartstopping climactic duel between Flynn and Basil Rathbone’s Sir Guy Of Gisbourne is rightly considered the finest ever committed to celluloid. This is a classic that deserves to be seen on the big screen. Thanks to BFI
GFT & Cineworld Parkhead Saturday 14 February (11.30)
The Age of Stupid
Stranger Than Fiction
This is a drama-meets-documentary that casts Pete Postlethwaite in the role of “the archivist”, alone in the year 2055, one of the last surviving human beings on the climatically devastated planet. The archivist - using his cache of all the world’s broadcast material from past decades - is constructing a digital broadcast for other, future civilisations about why humanity failed to save itself from global warming. The film is anything but a good guys-versus-bad guys polemic; it is angry but nuanced, despairing but also motivating. Thanks to Dogwoof
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GFT Tuesday 17 February (11.15) Directors Michael Curtiz William Keighley Featuring Errol Flynn Olivia De Havilland USA 1938, 1h42m, PG
GFT Sunday 22 February (16.00) Director Franny Armstrong Featuring Pete Postlethwaite UK 2008, 1h30m, 15
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Am I Black Enough For You?
This fascinating documentary tells the story about 70s Philly soul music artist Billy Paul, the city of Philadelphia and the lifelong companionship between Billy and his wife Blanche. Billy Paul, now in his early seventies was best known is the silky-smooth ballad of infidelity Me & Mrs Jones. Yet Am I Black Enough for You? is so much more than a music documentary as it looks into what makes Paul tick. What’s most fascinating about Billy Paul is his constant appeal to new generations of soul fans. Thanks to Verve Pictures
The Grosvenor Thursday 19 February (18.15)
American Teen
Gala
CCA Friday 20 February (15.00) Director Göran Olsson Sweden 2008, 1h30m, PG
The media loves to demonise the young as knifewielding feral creatures who only come out at night. The reality is very different. American Teen follows four high school seniors in Warsaw Indiana as they face the future and endure the eternal pressures of beckoning adulthood. The characters include arty misfit Hannah, super bitch Megan, nice guy basketball star Colin and super geek Jake. This glossy documentary has all the intensity of your favourite soap opera as it captures the dramatic highs and lows of one of the most vulnerable times in their lives. Thanks to Optimum
GFT Wednesday 18 February (11.15)
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Music and Film
Cineworld Renfrew St. Wednesday 18 February (18.45) Thursday 19 February (16.30) Director Nanette Burstein Featuring Hannah Bailey Colin Clemens Geoff Haase UK 2008, 1h35m, 12A
Old rockers never give up on their dreams in this hilarious real-life Spinal Tap charting the bumpy career path of Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. In the 1980s Anvil were so close to megastardom they could taste it. Quarter of a century later, they are still hoping for a big break, recording on the cheap, touring and working at day jobs in Toronto to pay the bills. Sacha Gervasi’s warts-and-all documentary takes an affectionate look at their eternal optimism, dogged determination and frequent personality clashes. Very funny but also a strangely endearing celebration of heavy metal underdogs. Thanks to The Works
Cineworld Renfrew St Friday 13 February (21.00) Saturday 14 February (14.15)
Awaydays
Gala
One of the most keenly anticipated British films of 2009, Awaydays is a visceral adaptation of the cult Kevin Sampson novel set in the grim heartland of Thatcher’s England. Paul Carty escapes the drudgery of life through football, fighting and music. Then he meets Elvis and is drawn into the world of The Pack, a gang of football hooligans under the leadership of John Godden (the brilliant Stephen Graham). A new world beckons in a brutal, truthful evocation of an era and the violence and music that defined it. A superb soundtrack features Ultravox, Joy Division and The Cure. Thanks to Optimum 35
Music and Film
Director Sacha Gervasi Featuring Steve "Lips" Kudlow Glenn Gyorffy Kevin Goocher Robb Reiner USA 2007, 1h30m, 15
Cineworld Renfrew St Sunday 15 February (21.00) Monday 16 February (16.30) Director Pat Holden Featuring Nicky Bell Liam Boyle Stephen Graham UK 2008, 1h44m, 18
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Ballast
The State of Independents
One of the most powerful, haunting independent features of the past year, the award-winning Ballast offers a wrenching insight into the heart of a broken America. Charting a shattered family’s response to the suicide and violence that threatens to destroy their last vestiges of hope. Following the death of his twin brother, Lawrence attempts to take his own life. During his convalescence, we learn of his connection to single mother Marlee and her son James. Stunning performances from a largely non-professional cast and the confidence of Hammer’s vision make a deeply affecting humanist tale. Thanks to Celluloid Dreams
Cineworld Renfrew St Wednesday 18 February (16.45) Thursday 19 February (18.45)
Bart Got A Room
The State of Independents
Director Lance Hammer Featuring Michael J.Smith Sr. JimMyron Ross Tarra Riggs USA 2008, 1h36m, 15
Just when you thought teen comedies had lost their charm, Brian Hecker delivers a fresh, funny coming of age gem. Steven Kaplan is Danny, a high school student in sunny Florida desperately seeking a date for his prom. His quest and life are complicated by the fact that his recently divorced parents (William H Macy and Cheryl Hines) have started dating again and everyone is having more success than him - even king of the losers Bart has a date and a hotel room. This is a hilarious, sweet-natured comedy for anyone who has ever been an anxious adolescent. Thanks to Bleiberg Entertainment
GFT Monday 16 February (11.30) Saturday 21 February (19.15)
Bigger, Stronger, Faster
Stranger than Fiction
Director Brian Hecker Featuring William H Macy Steven Kaplan Cheryl Hines USA 2008, 1h20m, 15
America is the land of Super Size ambition. It wants its athletes to run faster, jump further and achieve more but then reacts in horror when they use performanceenhancing substances. Chris Bell’s hugely entertaining documentary emulates the wit and insight of Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock as he investigates the use of steroids by American athletes. He starts with his own family and gradually expands the focus to implicate everyone from Arnold Schwarzenegger to George W Bush. Playful and poignant with an excellent use of tongue-in-cheek music tracks. Thanks to Verve Pictures
Cineworld Renfrew St Tuesday 17 February (20.45) Wednesday 18 February (14.00)
In Conversation with Bill Paterson
Great Scots
Bill Paterson is one of Scotland’s most respected and versatile actors. His forty year career on stage, screen and television is a roll call of landmark productions. His film career stretches from The Odd Job (1978) to How To Lose Friends And Alienate People (2008) and includes work with directors Bill Forsyth (Comfort And Joy (1984)), Anthony Minghella (Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991)), Terry Gilliam (The Adventures Of Baron Munchhausen (1988)) and Roland Joffe (The Killing Fields (1984)) among countless others. Soon to star in the keenly-awaited television series Law & Order: UK, Bill Paterson will discuss his career in an illustrated interview with GFF Co-Director Allan Hunter. BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
Director Chris Bell Featuring Mark Bell Ben Johnson Carl Lewis USA 2008, 1h46m, 12A
The Mitchell Theatre Saturday 21 February (15.00) 1h30m
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Bitter & Twisted
CCA Tuesday 17 February (15.00) Wednesday 18 February (18.30)
Blue Eyelids (Parpados Azules)
Viva Mexico!
Director Christopher Weekes Featuring Noni Hazlehurst Steve Rodgers Matthew Newton Australia 2008, 1h30m, 15
Winner of a Special Jury prize at Sundance, Blue Eyelids is a moving Mexican romance with a hint of the Italian favourite Bread And Tulips. Marina is a mousey factory worker in Mexico City who wins the company raffle of a holiday for two to the idyllic resort of Playa Salamandra. Her boss describes it as an opportunity for happiness but it only serves to remind Marina of how isolated she has become. A chance meeting with former schoolmate Victor inspires her to invite him on her dream holiday. They seem made for each other but will these two lonely souls take a chance on love? Beautifully acted by the two stars this is a delicately handled, life-affirming tale of loneliness and longing. Thanks to Axiom Films
GFT Saturday 14 February (18.15)
Breakfast At Tiffany’s
Audrey Hepburn
Director Ernesto Contreras Featuring Cecilia Suárez Enrique Arreola Ana Ofelia Murguia Mexico 2008, 1h38m, 12A Spanish with subtitles
An Oscar-nominated Audrey Hepburn gives one of her most enchanting performances in this irresistible adaptation of the Truman Capote novella. Her Holly Golightly is a wonderful free spirit who lights up the room in her little black dress and stylish cigarette holder. She is also a lost, lonely soul, crooning the dreamy Moon River from her apartment window and reaching out to neighbour George Peppard who is torn between the urgings of his heart and the financial comfort of his relationship with the wealthy Patricia Neal. A timeless heartbreaker that is always worth revisiting. Thanks to BFI/Paramount
GFT Monday 16 February (13.45) Tuesday 17 February (18.00)
Bronson
Gala
Not since Robert De Niro’s Oscar-winning performance in Raging Bull has an actor shown such a physical and emotional commitment to his character as Tom Hardy does in Bronson. He commands the screen with ferocious daring in a grotesquely stylised biography of Charles Bronson, the man the press has dubbed the most violent prisoner in Britain. Unfolding as a flamboyant theatrical spectacle, this plays like a Ken Russell version of A Sense Of Freedom and is absolutely, positively not for the faint-hearted. Thanks to Vertigo Films 37
It’s A Wonderful World
An impressive and moving debut feature from Christopher Weekes, Bitter & Twisted has a raw emotional power and a rivetting central performance from Australian veteran Noni Hazlehurst (Monkey Grip, Little Fish, Candy). The setting is sun-kissed suburban Sydney and the focus is on a family frozen in grief over the premature death of a young son. Unable to express their feelings, family members drift through loneliness and heartbreak in search of something or someone to give meaning back to their lives. This a well-observed film infused with the sting of truth. Thanks to Odin’s Eye Entertainment
Director Blake Edwards Featuring Audrey Hepburn George Peppard Patricia Neal USA 1961, 1h54m, PG
Cineworld Renfrew St Wednesday 18 February (21.00) Thursday 19 February (14.30) Director Nicolas Winding Refn Featuring Tom Hardy Matt King Amanda Burton UK 2009, 1h30m, 18
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Burn The Bridges (Quemar las naves)
Viva Mexico!
Theatre director Francisco Franco makes an awardwinning feature debut notable for his sure-footed approach and a story that grips from start to finish. Nineteen year-old Helena is devoted to her dying mother Eugenia, a former pop singer. Helena’s younger brother Sebastian is strongly attracted to Juan, the new boy at his Catholic-run school. The heady swirl of death, desire and the yearning for a brighter future are handled with a confidence and style that Almodovar might admire. Thanks to the Mexican Film Institute
GFT Friday 13 February (20.30)
The Burning Plain
Viva Mexico!
Director Francisco Franco Featuring Irene Azuela Ramon Valdes Ángel Onésimo Nevares Mexico 2008, 1h42m, 15 Spanish with subtitles
The award-winning screenwriter of Amores Perros and Babel, Guillermo Arriaga moves into the director’s chair with a poignant, elegantly handled melodrama revealing the bonds that unite a group of disparate characters. Charlize Theron gives an award-calibre performance as Sylvia, the self-destructive manager of an upmarket restaurant in Portland, Oregon. In New Mexico, Kim Basinger’s Gina has been embroiled in a passionate affair that leaves her daughter Marina puzzling over the breakdown of her parents marriage. Arriaga draws you into their lives as the film builds towards a devastating emotional climax. Thanks to High Fliers Films
GFT Sunday 15 February (20.30) Monday 16 February (13.30)
Cape No.7 (Hai Jiao Qi Hao)
It’s A Wonderful World
Director Guillermo Arriaga Featuring Charlize Theron Kim Basinger Jennifer Lawrence USA 2008, 1h51m, 15, English and Spanish with subtitles
If Mamma Mia and High School Musical had you dancing in the aisles then prepare to be swept along by the crowd-pleasing charm and toe-tapping energy of Cape No.7, the most successful Taiwanese film ever made. Having failed in his big dream to become a pop idol Aga (Van) returns to the coastal town of Hangchun and takes a job as a postman. Then comes the announcement that a local band is needed to open a huge outdoor concert for Japanese pop star Kousuke Atari. Can Aga rise to the challenge and turn his oddball team of willing recruits into rock gods? You bet. Thanks to Ars Film Production
GFT Saturday 14 February (15.30)
Captain Blood
Happy Birthday
A star is born as the young Errol Flynn swashbuckles his way through a rip-roaring adventure yarn. A late replacement for Robert Donat, newcomer Flynn displays all the mischievous charm and daredevil athleticism that would make him one of the great names of Hollywood’s golden age. Flynn is a respectable English surgeon pushed into a life of piracy by cruel fate and rank injustice. Olivia De Havilland is the fair lady who captures his eye in the first of eight films they would make together. Muscular direction from Michael (Casablanca) Curtiz, rousing music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and a splendid duel between Flynn and Basil Rathbone make this an enduring screen classic. Thanks to Warner Brothers/BFI BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
Cineworld Renfrew St Sunday 15 February (20.30) Director Wei Te-sheng Featuring Van Chie Tanaka Ma Ju-lung Taiwan 2008, 2h9m, PG Mandarin/Taiwanese/Japanese with subtitles
GFT Wednesday 18 February (11.30) Thursday 19 February (15.45) Director Michael Curtiz Featuring Errol Flynn Olivia De Havilland Basil Rathbone USA 1935, 1h59m, PG
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Charade
Is this the greatest thriller that Hitchcock never made? The dream team of Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant exude effortless elegance in a wonderfully witty, edge of the seat suspense story that unfolds in impossibly glamorous locations from the French Alps to the rooftops of Paris. Hepburn is the wide-eyed innocent at the centre of a diabolical plot. Her husband has been murdered and a rogue’s gallery of unsavoury characters are chasing after her to get their grubby paws on the valuables he left behind. Who can she trust? Even the suave Grant isn’t above suspicion in this Oscarnominated classic. Thanks to Universal
GFT Wednesday 18 February (13.15)
Cherry Blossoms (Kirschblüten - Hanami)
European Cinema
Inspired by Ozu’s masterpiece Tokyo Story, Doris Dorrie’s profoundly touching tale is so perfectly told and delicately understated that it appears effortless. When Trudi (Hannelore Elsner) learns that her civil servant husband Rudi (Elmar Wepper) has a fatal illness, she persuades him to visit their son in Japan and undertake a pilgrimage to her beloved Mount Fuji. The journey contains unexpected developments and tragedy along the way in a film that revels in the small pleasures of life and all the important details that we too often take for granted. Thanks to Bavaria Media
Chiko
Cineworld Renfrew St Thursday 19 February (18.30) Director Stanley Donen Featuring Audrey Hepburn Cary Grant Walter Matthau USA 1963, 1h53m, PG
GFT Saturday 14 February (20.30) Cineworld Renfrew St Sunday 15 February (14.00) Director Doris Dörrie Featuring Elmar Wepper Hannelore Elsner Ayra Irizuki Germany 2008, 2h7m, 12A English/German/Japanese with subtitles
European Cinema
Hailed as a German Scarface, Chiko marks a blistering debut from director Özgür Yildirim and features a bravura performance from Denis Moschitto as the dead-eyed youngster intent on becoming the king of the Hamburg drug trade. Psychopathic drugs boss Brownie sets him the challenge of disposing of a huge amount of weed in a very short time. Chiko is confident of success but his volatile best friend Tibet could be his Achilles’ heel. Produced by Fatih Akin, this is a terse and brutal film, offering an authentic insight into the drug trade and the social realities of the new Germany. Thanks to Vertigo
Cineworld Renfrew St Friday 13 February (14.00) Saturday 14 February (16.30)
Childless
The State of Independents
Katherine is a typical teenager and today is her funeral. The four adults in her life have a lot on their mind - and it’s not all about Katherine either. With a frankness that’s strikingly disarming as well as frequently self-serving, the grown-ups struggle with being grown-up. Written and directed by Charlie Levi, this feature captures the raw and often selfish emotions of the disparate group of mourners, played beautifully by an outstanding cast. Thanks to Charlie Levi 39
Audrey Hepburn
Director Özgür Yildirim Featuring Denis Moschitto Moritz Bleibtreu Volkan Özcan Germany 2008, 1h32m, 15 German with subtitles
GFT Thursday 19 February (20.45) Friday 20 February (12.30) Director Charlie Levi Featuring Joe Mantegna Barbara Hershey Diane Venora James Naughton USA 2008, 1h30m, 15
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The Children’s Hour
Audrey Hepburn
Reunited with her Roman Holiday director William Wyler, Audrey Hepburn tackles one of her most challenging dramatic roles in this ground-breaking adaptation of the Lillian Hellman play dramatically illustrating the way that careless talk can ruin lives. Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine are both respected teachers at a girl’s school. A spiteful child’s malicious suggestion that there is more to their relationship than just friendship provokes soul-searching and heartache for all the injured parties in a frank, pioneering exploration of human sexuality, prejudice and the longings of a lonely heart. Thanks to Park Circus
GFT Tuesday 17 February (13.15) Wednesday 18 February (16.00)
The Class (Entre Les Murs)
Gala
Director William Wyler Featuring Audrey Hepburn Shirley MacLaine James Garner USA 1961, 1h43m, 12A
Winner of the Cannes Film Festival Palme D’Or, The Class is an utterly captivating portrait of a year in the life of a multi-ethnic Parisian school. Inspired by real events and featuring real pupils and teachers, it is a compelling drama honed from acute observations of everyday life. François Bégaudeau wrote a book about his teaching experiences. Now, he plays François in a film that captures all the volatility of a caring, imperfect professional committed to teaching a classroom of 14 and 15 year-olds who can be cheeky, challenging, confrontational and even soul-destroying in their negativity. A vibrant, authentic insight into modern French life. Thanks to Artificial Eye
GFT Wednesday 18 February (18.00) Thursday 19 February (15.30)
Comfort And Joy
Great Scots
Director Laurent Cantet Featuring François Bégaudeau Esmerelda Ouertani Franck Keita France 2008, 2h8m, 15 French with subtitles
GFF08 celebrated the silver anniversary of Bill Forsyth’s Local Hero with a sold-out screening attended by members of the cast and crew. This year we celebrate the silver anniversary of another Forsyth gem. Comfort and Joy is one of Forsyth’s most personal and revealing films with a magical lead performance from Bill Paterson as Glasgow DJ Alan ‘Dicky’ Bird, a man who longs for a release from the trivial reality of his daily job. Salvation comes from the oddest source; an ice-cream war in the heart of the city. Once again we hope to welcome cast and crew to this special screening.
The Mitchell Theatre Friday 20 February (19.15)
Co-Operative Young Filmmakers
Youth Film Festival
Each year The Co-operative encourages young people to express themselves through the medium of film. The result is the Co-operative Young Filmmakers Festival. Join us for these special screenings of the Scottish entries for the Co-operative Young Filmmakers in 2008, made by young people aged 9 – 21. Enjoy a wide variety of innovative short films including music video, drama, documentary, animation and comedy, and be inspired by the host of creativity and talent on display! Thanks to Project Ability and The Co-operative Group Scotland.
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Director Bill Forsyth Featuring Bill Paterson Eleanor David Clare Grogan Scotland 1984, 1h46m, PG
GFT Saturday 14 February (13.45) UK 2008, 1h15m, PG Free event. Tickets available from GFT on the day.
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The Daisy Chain
Director Aisling Walsh strays into The Wicker Man territory with this atmospheric supernatural chiller featuring an acclaimed performance from Samantha Morton. A young couple leave the bright lights of London to start a new family life in Ireland. A series of strange deaths leaves their neighbour’s daughter Daisy an orphan and so the couple decide to adopt her. Superstitious locals become increasingly scared of a child they suspect of being a fairy changeling with terrible powers. The true nature of events will keep you guessing in an unusually moving, well-acted tale of the unexpected. Thanks to ContentFilm International
GFT Friday 20 February (17.15)
The Desert Within (Desierto Adentro)
Viva Mexico!
Director Aisling Walsh Featuring Samantha Morton Steven Mackintosh Eva Birthistle Ireland 2008, 1h29m, 15
The latest feature from La Zona director Rodrigo Pla is deeply rooted in Mexico’s past, specifically the Cristero War of 1926 when the people rose up against an unpopular anti-clerical regime. Elias is a humble, guilt-ridden peasant who has accidentally caused the death of a priest. Fearing that his children will pay the price for his sins, he gathers his family and takes refuge in a remote region where they all start to build a church. The family’s new life is told by Elias’s youngest son Aureliano in a provocative but compelling anti-religious parable. Thanks to the Mexican Film Institute
GFT Monday 16 February (18.15)
Disgrace
Gala
Director Rodrigo Plá Featuring Diego Cataño Mario Zaragoza Guillermo Dorantes Mexico 2008, 1h50m, 12A Spanish with subtitles
J.M. Coetzee’s award-winning novel Disgrace offered a disturbing insight into the soul of modern South Africa. The screen version does not disappoint and features an outstanding performance from John Malkovich as the disgraced professor whose personal life reflects the turmoil of a country in transition. Dismissed from his university, David Lurie (Malkovich) decides to visit his daughter at a remote farm in the eastern Cape that she shares with a trusted black worker. When they are savagely attacked by three black youths, David is finally confronted by the realities of a South Africa where the old rules no longer apply. Thanks to Fortissimo Films
Cineworld Renfrew St Thursday 19 February (21.00) Friday 20 February (17.00)
The Divine Lady
Great Scots
Glasgow-born Frank Lloyd was one of the great Hollywood pioneers. Last year, the GFF celebrated his talent with a sold-out screening of Oliver Twist (1922). This year, we continue the salute with an extremely rare screening of the film that won him his first Oscar as Best Director. The Divine Lady is a vintage drama charting the love affair between the notorious Lady Emma Hamilton (Corinne Griffith) and Lord Nelson (Victor Varconi). Released at the dawn of the sound era, it is notable for Griffith’s acclaimed performance, some impressive battle scenes and Lloyd’s assured balance of the spectacular and the intimate. This is a key work from the first Scot to win an Oscar. Thanks to Hollywood Classics/MoMA New York 41
Gala
Director Steve Jacobs Featuring John Malkovich Jessica Haines Eriq Ebouaney Australia 2008, 2h, 15
GFT Sunday 15 February (14.30) Director Frank Lloyd Featuring Corinne Griffith Victor Varconi Marie Dressler USA 1929, 1h39m, PG
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Il Divo
Gala
The Consequences Of Love director Paolo Sorrentino returns with a dazzling journey through the life of one of Italy’s most mercurial politicians, Giulio Andreotti. Tony Servillo gives a bravura performance as the wily, inscrutable figure who led seven governments and made the Christian Democrats the dominant party. This is no conventional biography but almost plays like grand opera as the masterful Sorrentino shapes extraordinary images, incredible music and powerful storytelling into a breathtaking masterpiece. Unmissable. Thanks to Artificial Eye
GFT Thursday 19 February (20.15) Friday 20 February (16.15)
DEADGIRL
FrightFest
Director Paolo Sorrentino Featuring Tony Servillo Anna Bonaiuto Giulio Bosetti Italy 2008, 1h58m, 15 Italian with subtitles
Exploring an abandoned sanatorium while bunking off school, two high school dropouts discover a girl strapped to a operating table in a secluded chamber. Debut directors Gadi Harel and Marcel Sarmiento craft a new breed of teen angst drama set against a backdrop of humour black enough to make John Hughes retreat to a fetal state. Thanks to FrightFest
GFT Friday 20 February (19.00)
Dorothy
FrightFest
Directors Marcel Sarmiento Gadi Harel Featuring Shiloh Fernandez USA 2008, 1h39m, 18
Jane Morton, a Dublin psychiatrist in mourning following the accidental death of her husband and son, is assigned to work on the case of Dorothy Mills, a teenage girl in a small village who tried to strangle a baby. Jane discovers a village darkened by strange events and meets a very nervous Dorothy, who swears she never touched the baby. Thanks to Optimum
GFT Saturday 21 February (14.15)
Drama/Mex
Viva Mexico!
Director Agnès Merlet Featuring Jenn Murray Carice van Houten Ireland 2008, 1h42m, 15
A hot, sultry night in Acapulco is the setting for Gerardo Naranjo’s stylishly interwoven tales of desire, despair and compassion. A feisty Diana Garcia stars as Fernanda, a woman torn between her persistent ex boyfriend and a new love creating an explosive situation fuelled by alcohol and jealousy. The same night weary businessman Jaime absconds with the company payroll and thoughts of suicide. Teenage runaway Tigrillo spots an easy target until she learns the depth of his despondency. Inventive, cleverly structured and breezily handled. Thanks to Canana Films
GFT Tuesday 17 February (18.15)
The Dungeon Moor Killings
Great Scots
Award-winning GFF regular Jim Hickey and his team return with a truly independent, tongue-in-cheek horror romp that eagerly embraces a B-movie lineage that seeps from Roger Corman through The Evil Dead to The Blair Witch Project. Adam and his best friend Mark head for Dungeon Moor determined to capture footage of the legendary big cats said to prowl the south west of Scotland. What exactly is that mad scientist plotting in his remote cottage far from prying eyes? A well-acted mix of giggles and gore. Thanks to Freedonia Films BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
Director Gerardo Naranjo Featuring Fernando Becerril Diana Garcia Miriano Moro Mexico 2007, 1h46m, 12A Spanish with subtitles
GFT Friday 13 February (18.30) Director Jim Hickey Featuring Gavin Paul Ross Hornby Robin Mitchell Scotland 2008, 1h20m, 15
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Eldorado
A wry, melancholy road trip of immense charm, Eldorado marks a triumph for director/actor Bouli Lanners who stars as Yvan, a world-weary car dealer with a generous heart. One night, he discovers that inept burglar Elie has broken in. Rather than reporting the thief, he consoles him and agrees to drive him back to his mother. Their journey through an epic, unfamiliar Belgium is populated by strange events and some weird and wonderful characters including an eccentric nudist who claims to be Alain Delon. A droll delight with serious undertones. Thanks to Films Distribution
GFT Sunday 15 February (20.45)
Elevator
European Cinema
Cineworld Renfrew St Monday 16 February (14.00) Director Bouli Lanners Featuring Bouli Lanners Fabrice Adde Philippe Nahon Belgium 2008, 1h21m, 12A French with subtitles
Here’s a film that will inspire every budding director in the land. Shot in eighteen days in the elevator of a Bucharest theatre for a budget of just 200 Euros by a self-taught director, it is a small masterpiece of tension and nerve-shredding claustrophobia. Based on a real event which happened in London, it follows a boy and girl as they enter an elevator in an abandoned factory. Soon they are stuck but surely someone will hear their cries and come to their aid? There must be a trap door or a means of escape. As the hours turn to days the couple’s dilemma grows ever more alarming. Thanks to George Dorobantu
GFT Saturday 21 February (17.35)
Encounters At The End Of The World
Stranger Than Fiction
Director George Dorobantu Featuring Cristi Petrescu Iulia Verdes Romania 2008, 1h25m, 15 Romanian with subtitles
Werner Herzog has spent his entire career fascinated by extreme characters and life at the margins of conventional society. His latest documentary is one of his best and takes the viewer on a journey to Antarctica. Herzog vows that he has no interest in making another film about penguins. His interest lies with the community of researchers, scientists and adventurers who make their home at the South Pole. The people he meets include a former Colorado banker, a plumber who claims to be descended from Aztec royalty and a researcher who once travelled from London to Nairobi in a rubbish truck. Pure, unadulterated Herzog. Thanks to Revolver Entertainment
GFT Saturday 14 February (16.00)
Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons Eviga Ogonblick)
European Cinema
A Golden Globe nominee for Best Foreign Film, Everlasting Moments marks the welcome return of veteran Swedish filmmaker Jan Troell. His powerful period drama skillfully combines an epic sweep with a telling intimacy. Inspired by the life of his wife’s grandmother, it follows young working-class girl Maria as she is swept off her feet by the dashing but unreliable Sigfrid. Their subsequent marriage is joyless but when Maria wins a camera in a lottery it changes her outlook on the world and her expectations of life. Thanks to Icon 43
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Cineworld Renfrew St Sunday 15 February (16.30) Director/Narrator Werner Herzog USA 2008, 1h39m, PG
GFT Sunday 22 February (16.15) Director Jan Troell Featuring Maria Heiskanen Mikael Persbrandt Jesper Christensen Sweden/Denmark 2008, 2h5m, 12A Swedish/Finnish with subtitles
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Every Little Step
Music and Film
A Chorus Line is the stuff of Broadway legend. There isn’t a finer musical about the blood, sweat and tears of putting on a show. This thrilling documentary follows the casting sessions for the 2006 revival and also tells the story of the original Broadway production in 1975. Along the way we hear the interviews that inspired Michael Bennett to write the show, meet some of the original performers and composer Marvin Hamlisch. The result is one singular sensation of a film for anyone hooked on I’d Do Anything or dreaming of their moment in the spotlight. Thanks to Fortissimo Films
GFT Friday 20 February (13.00)
Fermat’s Room (La Habitacion de Fermat)
European Cinema
An ingenious combination of brain-teasing puzzles and life-threatening jeopardy, Fermat’s Room is a thoroughly entertaining debut thriller. Fermat invites four celebrated mathematicians to solve a mystery. They assemble at a remote warehouse and are suddenly challenged with logic puzzles that must be solved within a minute or the walls of the room will start closing in. The creaking walls, the rising hysteria and the quartet’s very human flaws are all skillfully drawn in a nail-biting tale of survival told with impressive cinematic flair. Thanks to Revolver Entertainment
Flame & Citron (Flammen & Citronen)
Cineworld Renfrew St Saturday 21 February (18.30) Directors James D. Stern Adam Del Deo Featuring Charlotte D'Amboise Jessica Lee Goldyn Yuka Takara USA 2008, 1h36, 12A
Cineworld Renfrew St Tuesday 17 February (18.30) GFT Wednesday 18 February (14.00) Directors Luis Piedrahita Rodrigo Sopeña Featuring Federico Luppi Lluis Homar Alejo Sauras Spain, 2007, 1hr 28m, 15 Spanish with subtitles
European Cinema
Flame and Citron are national heroes in Denmark. During the Second World War, they were the code names of the most fearless, ruthless resistance fighters in the country who risked their lives to kill German officers and anyone who dared to collaborate with the enemy. Inspired by Jean-Pierre Melville’s Army In The Shadows and reminiscent of Paul Verhoeven’s Black Book, Ole Christian Madsen’s film celebrates their courage with a sprawling, cloak and dagger wartime saga that examines the murky morality of heroism and features outstanding performances from Thure Lindhardt as Flame and GFF favourite Mads Mikkelsen as Citron. Thanks to Metrodome
Cineworld Renfrew St Friday 20 February (18.30) Saturday 21 February (13.15)
Flash Of Genius
Gala
Never underestimate the tenacity of a man with a righteous cause. That’s the moral of this captivating true life David and Goliath story. Greg Kinnear gives one of his best performances as university professor Robert Kearns, the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper. Outraged that the Detroit car industry merely stole his design, he decided to sue the Ford Motor Company. Enlisting the services of lawyer Gregory Lawson (a terrific Alan Alda), the case became an obsession that ruined his health, destroyed his marriage and left him wondering if it had all been worthwhile. Thanks to Optimum BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
Director Ole Christian Madsen Featuring Mads Mikkelsen Thure Lindhardt Stine Stengade Denmark 2008, 2h10m, 15 Danish/German with subtitles
Cineworld Renfrew St Friday 20 February (16.00) Saturday 21 February (18.15) Director Marc Abraham Featuring Greg Kinnear Lauren Graham Alan Alda USA 2008, 1h59m, 12A
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Four Nights With Anna (Cztery noce z Anna)
The great Jerzy Skolimowski (Deep End, The Shout) makes a welcome return to directing and to his native Poland with this austere, beautifully acted tale that also marks a return to form for a career of erratic brilliance. Artur Steranko is completely convincing as a solitary misfit who yearns for Anna (Kinga Preis) the nurse who works alongside him in a hospital crematorium. He is the sole witness to her brutal rape and becomes the prime suspect in the case. As he spies on her apartment, his interest becomes all-consuming in a poignant study of loneliness and obsession. Thanks To Elle Driver
Franklyn
Cineworld Renfrew St Friday 20 February (21.15) Saturday 21 February (14.00) Director Jerzy Skolimowski Featuring Kinga Preis Artur Steranko Poland 2008, 1h27m, 18 Polish with subtitles
Gala
It’s unusual in the current filmmaking climate to see an independent director making such an ambitious debut as Gerald McMorrow’s Franklyn. An urban fairytale set between contemporary London and the futuristic religion-dominated Meanwhile City, this sci-fi film is set to be a cult hit. Following four characters: Jonathan Preest (Ryan Phillippe); Emilia (Eva Green), Milo (Sam Riley) and Peter (Bernard Hill), whose intertwined stories of atheist vigilante detectives and suicidal art students are bound to entertain. Thanks to Contender Films
Cineworld Renfrew St Monday 16 February (21.00) Tuesday 17 February (14.15)
Friday The 13th
Gala
Director Gerald McMorrow Featuring Ryan Phillippe Eva Green Sam Riley UK 2007, 1h38m, 15
Proving that you just can’t keep a good bad guy down, machete-wielding maniac Jason returns in a back to basics remake of the grisly slice’n’dice shocker that first set audiences screaming almost thirty years ago. The fear is heightened but the story remains the same as a group of nubile youngsters head to Camp Crystal Lake, an idyllic spot that the maniac likes to think of as home although fresh blood is always welcome to pay a visit. Marcus (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) Nispel directs. Thanks to Paramount
Cineworld Renfrew St Thursday 12 February (24.00)
Funny Face
Audrey Hepburn
Song’n’dance legend Fred Astaire was so determined to work with Audrey Hepburn that he moved his entire production unit from MGM to Paramount just to make it possible. The resulting film is one of the screen’s most sublime musicals filled with vibrant colours, breathtaking fashions, dazzling productions numbers and heartbreaking emotions. Fred is the ace photographer intent on transforming Audrey into a stylish fashion model during an unforgettable trip to Paris. The classic Gershwin tunes include S’Wonderful, Think Pink, He Loves And She Loves and How Long Has This Been Going On. A must for all true romantics. Thanks to Paramount 45
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Director Marcus Nispel Featuring Derek Mears Jared Padalecki Danielle Panabaker USA 2009, 1h30m, 18
GFT Saturday 14 February (14.00) Director Stanley Donen Featuring Audrey Hepburn Fred Astaire Kay Thompson USA 1957, 1h43m, U
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Future Shorts & Lights in the Dark
Shorts
The Arches presents a plethora of exciting local and international short films. New local event Lights in the Dark will precede national short film night Future Shorts. Focusing on homegrown talent, Lights in the Dark is a new short film initiative showcasing Scotland’s most promising filmmakers. The first event will feature work including Fraser Coull’s short film noir Two and a Half Minutes which stars Taggart and Small Faces star Colin McCredie. Future Shorts screens a selection of the best international and award-winning short films by talented independent filmmakers. See www.futureshorts.com for full programme information.
The Arches Wednesday 18 February (19.00)
Good
Gala
2h, 15 Tickets £4/£3
In the year that marks the 70th anniversary of the start of the Second World War, Good asks the simple question of what turned normal, decent Germans into a nation capable of sending millions of people to the gas chamber. Vicente Amorim’s deeply felt adaptation of the C.P. Taylor play stars Viggo Mortensen as John Halder, a shy professor of literature with a loving wife, a needy family and an ordinary life. A welcome research job draws him deeper into the Nazi regime and as compromise and self-preservation take hold cooperation inexorably pushes him towards collusion. Thanks to Lionsgate
GFT Wednesday 18 February (20.30)
Grace
FrightFest
Cineworld Renfrew St Thursday 19 February (16.00) Director Vicente Amorim Featuring Viggo Mortensen Jason Isaacs Jodie Whittaker UK/Germany 2008, 1h36m, 15
Jordan Ladd (Death Proof, Cabin Fever) plays Madeline Matheson who is eight months pregnant and determined to deliver her unborn child, Grace, naturally. When an accident leaves Grace dead inside her, Madeline insists on carrying the baby’s corpse to term. Weeks later, when Madeline delivers, the baby miraculously returns to life...With an appetite. A brilliant first feature from Paul Solet, Grace is produced by Adam (Hatchet) Green’s Ariescope Productions. Thanks to Ariescope Productions
GFT Saturday 21 February (19.15)
Gran Torino
Gala
Clint Eastwood claims that Gran Torino will mark his acting swansong. If that is the case, he couldn’t have chosen a better star vehicle as this raucous, seriousminded tale manages to reconcile the Dirty Harry vigilantism of his past with the streak of humanist drama that has marked his career as a director. A mixture of Alf Garnett and Ebenezer Scrooge, Eastwood’s Walt Kowalski is a bitter racist who saves most of his bile for the Asian families who have moved into his part of Detroit. When petty neighbourhood crime turns to violence, all his prejudices are challenged. Thanks to Warner Brothers BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
Director Paul Solet Featuring Jordan Ladd Gabrielle Rose Samantha Ferris USA 2009, 1h40m, 18
Cineworld Renfrew St Tuesday 17 February (21.00) Director Clint Eastwood Featuring Clint Eastwood Bee Vang Ahney Her USA 2008, 1h56m, 15
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The Grocer’s Son (Le Fils De l’épicier)
Cineworld Renfrew St Wednesday 18 February (20.45)
Hamlet 2
Gala
GFT Thursday 19 February (13.30) Director Eric Guirado Featuring Nicolas Cazale Clotilde Hesme Daniel Duval France 2007, 1h36m, 12A French with subtitles
Nothing is sacred in the world of an artistic genius so even attempting a sequel to the Bard’s masterpiece doesn’t seem entirely fanciful, well at least not to failed actor turned delusional high school drama teacher Dana Marschz, played to toe-curling perfection by Steve Coogan. This inspired bad taste comedy follows the desperately misguided Marschz as he responds to the threat of closure by staging an all-singing, alldancing sequel to Hamlet with the showstopping razzle dazzle highlight of Rock Me Sexy Jesus? accompanied by the Tucson gay mens’ chorus. The school is in uproar but for Marschz it is really much ado about nothing. Thanks to Momentum
Cineworld Renfrew St Sunday 15 February (19.00) Monday 16 February (14.30)
Heart of Fire (Feuerherz)
It’s A Wonderful World
Director Andrew Fleming Featuring Steve Coogan Catherine Keener David Arquette USA 2008, 1h32m, 15
Inspired by the memoir of the same name by Senait G Mehari, Luigi Falorni’s (The Story Of The Weeping Camel) portrait of the absurdity of using child soldiers is both moving and uplifting. Awet is a bright young girl who is lured into becoming a soldier after leaving the orphanage to go back to her father. Living in squalor with her numerous siblings, she is forced to perform hard labour while her father sits around and drinks. After a beating from her father she follows her sister to a nearby outpost of one of the liberation armies, where she eventually takes up arms. Eritrean-born Letekidan Micael in the lead role of Awet gives a glorious, naturalistic performance. Thanks to Metrodome
Cineworld Renfrew St Friday 13 February (18.30)
Hell’s Pavement
Gala
The film follows five years in the life of a young girl as she struggles against an onslaught of good intentions. From her first encounter with the social care system, through a range of foster placements, to a haunting climax, we are challenged to question how it is that so many well-intentioned people can do so much unintended damage. And how it is that the £4bn a year we spend on children in care has failed to break the cycle of abuse, addiction and abandonment. A heart breaking, topical story about children in care. Thanks to Oopic Films 47
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It is never too late for your life to change direction that’s the uplifting message embodied in this joyous, acutely observed drama. 30 year-old Antoine has spent ten years in Paris but when his father suffers a heart attack he is obliged to return to his home village in Provence and drive the family grocery van. Grumpy, impatient and unhappy, he is joined by Claire who has a much sunnier outlook, a winning way with the locals and a zest for life that even Antoine starts to find infectious. Perfectly judged with a beguiling sense of the dusty roads and gentle pace of life in rural Provence. Thanks to ICA Films
GFT Saturday 14 February (11.15) Director Luigi Falorni Featuring Letekidan Micael Solomie Micael Seble Tilahun Germany/Italy 2008, 1h32m, 12A Tigrigna with subtitles
GFT Friday 20 February (15.00) Director Andy Kemp Featuring Pauline McLynn Diveen Henry Connor Byrne Kikki Bennets UK 2008, 1h37m, 15
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INFINITE SPACE THE ARCHITECTURE OF JOHN LAUTNER Screening as part of Glasgow Film Festival 2009
BETWEEN EARTH AND HEAVEN THE ARCHITECTURE OF JOHN LAUTNER 20 March – 26 July 09
“The purpose of architecture is to create timeless, free, joyous spaces for all activities in life.” John Lautner
The first large-scale exhibition devoted to this innovative American architect opens at The Lighthouse, Scotland’s Centre for Architecture and Design this March. Tracing Lautner’s work over a 50-year journey, the exhibition features over 70 original drawings and newly commissioned models, alongside short films by award winning filmmaker, Murray Grigor.
Infinite Space, a new documentary feature film, by award winning filmmaker Murray Grigor, traces the lifelong quest of visionary genius John Lautner to create “architecture that has no beginning and no end.” It is the story of brilliance and of a complicated life – and the most sensual architecture of the 20th century.
Lautner is best known for private commissions such as the Elrod Residence in Palm Springs, featured in the James Bond movie Diamonds are Forever, and Los Angeles’s iconic ‘Chemosphere’. Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Launter was organised by the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, in cooperation with The John Lautner Foundation and The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. It is made possible through major gifts from the Dunard Fund USA, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and Frank and Berta Gehry. Additional support is provided by the Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation, Helen and Sam Zell, the Harriet and Richard Gold/Gold Family Foundation, Ronnie and Vidal Sassoon, the 1011 Foundation, Inc., Bobby Kotick, The Brotman Foundation of California, The Fran and Ray Stark Foundation, The Getty Foundation, the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts as well as Michael W. LaFetra, Trina Turk and Jonathan Skow, and Adele Yellin.
Image: Chemosphere, Los Angeles, California, 1960 BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK Photographer: Joshua White
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Hush
Cineworld Renfrew St Friday 20 February (14.00) Saturday 21 February (21.00)
I Sell The Dead
FrightFest
Director Mark Tonderai Featuring William Ash Christine Bottomley Andreas Wisniewski UK 2008, 1h30m, 18
I Sell The Dead is the story of the life of Arthur Blake from his first outing as an apprentice grave robber to his final confession on the eve of his execution. Accurately evoking the look and feel of Hammer’s period horror films, the atmosphere is set with lots of fog-laden graveyards, rowdy tavern scenes and excellent set and costume designs. The genre lovers dream cast includes Dominic Monaghan (Lord Of The Rings, Lost), Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Angus Scrimm (Phantasm) and cult director Larry Fessenden (Last Winter). Thanks to Glass Eye Pix
GFT Saturday 21 February (16.30)
The Infinite Border (La Frontera Infinita)
Viva Mexico!
Director Glenn McQuaid Featuring Dominic Monaghan Ron Perlman Angus Scrimm USA 2008, 1h30m, 18
CCA Wednesday 18 February (20.30)
Every year thousands of people from Central America arrive in Mexico on their way to America. Their quest is for a better life for themselves and, more importantly, for their families. Quite simply they want to share in the alluring romance of the American Dream. They know the journey will be long, against the law, fraught with danger and that it carries no guarantee of success. Juan Manuel Sepulveda’s acclaimed documentary captures some of the stories of those people and explores the determination, grit and unshakeable hope that marks their incredible journeys. Thanks to the Mexican Film Institute
Director Juan Manuel Sepulveda
Infinite Space: The Architecture Of John Lautner
Great Scots
Award-winning Scots filmmaker Murray Grigor has gained an international reputation for the enthusiasm and expertise of his films about some of the most fascinating figures from the world of architecture. Infinite Space traces the lifelong quest of visionary genius John Lautner to create “architecture that has no beginning and no end”. The film tells the story of a man dubbed the most sensual architect of the 20th century with archive recordings of Lautner and fresh interviews with Frank Gehry, Frank Escher and Julius Shulman. Thanks to Murray Grigor and Sara Sackner 49
Gala
Carrying echoes of everything from Duel to The Vanishing, The Hitcher and the best of Hitchcock, Hush is a taut, adrenaline-fuelled thrill ride that plays on all our fears of being alone and powerless in a situation beyond our control. Zakes and Beth are driving along the motorway when they accidentally cut across a white van. Suddenly the chase is on, the van’s boot bursts open and they catch a glimpse of a bound and gagged woman. Did they really see what they thought they saw? Be afraid, be very afraid. Thanks to Optimum
Mexico 2008, 1h30m, 12A Spanish with subtitles
GFT Saturday 21 February (13.00) Director Murray Grigor Featuring Sean Connery John Lautner Frank Gehry Frank Escher UK/USA 2008, 1h30m, PG
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An Iolaire In association with BAFTA Scotland
Great Scots The Mitchell Theatre Thursday 19 February (19.00)
The sinking of the HMY Iolaire remains the worst peacetime maritime disaster in British waters, and yet is widely unknown outside the Western Isles. Over two hundred troops from Lewis and Harris were lost as they returned home on leave from WW1. This compelling documentary includes interviews with survivors and members of the communities for whom this tragedy drew a dark blanket for generations, alongside first time underwater footage of the wreck itself.
Director Alasdair Maclean
Is There Anybody There?
Gala
An Iolaire was produced for BBC ALBA by the BBC UK 2008, 1h, PG Gaelic with subtitles
Michael Caine has long been one of the wonders of the British film industry. He never gives a bad performance but here he is on exceptional form giving a subtle, endearing depiction of Clarence, an elderly magician and widower reluctantly taking up residence in an old folks home run by Anne-Marie Duff and husband David Morrissey. The establishment’s saving grace is the couple’s 11 year-old son Edward (Bill Milner from Son Of Rambow), a lonely lad obsessed with the possibility of life after death. The unexpected bond between the morbid young boy and the grumpy old man is the basis of a poignant drama from Boy A director John Crowley. Thanks To Optimum
GFT Sunday 15 February (18.00) Monday 16 February (16.00)
Johnny Mad Dog
It’s A Wonderful World
Director John Crowley Featuring Michael Caine Bill Milner Anne-Marie Duff UK 2008, 1h32m, PG
A brutal, gripping insight into the world of the ‘child soldier’, Johnny Mad Dog is a gut-wrenching scream from the heart. Based on the critically acclaimed novel by Emmanuel Dongala, Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s unforgettable film centres on Johnny Mad Dog (Christophe Minie), a fifteen year-old boy in an unnamed African country who is already a veteran of war. He operates in a land where children are transformed into killing machines with little hope of escaping a cycle of violence. The focus is also on Laokole (Daisy Victoria Vandy) whose struggle to reach the safety of the city prompts an uncharacteristic act of compassion from Johnny Mad Dog. Thanks to Momentum Pictures
Cineworld Friday 13 February (15.45) Saturday 14 February (18.45)
Laila’s Birthday (Eid Milad Laila)
It’s A Wonderful World
A wry comedy about the chaos of life in an occupied territory sounds an impossible challenge but writerdirector Rashid Masharawi has achieved it with great charm and gentle wit. Abua Laila is a judge who has been invited to practise in Palestine. Bureaucracy has yet to provide him with the correct papers so he supports his family by driving a taxi. Today, he has promised to return home with a cake for his daughter’s birthday but it is a day of complication, danger and humiliation that seems designed to frustrate all his good intentions. A film that is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.Thanks to Fortissimo Films BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
Director Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire Featuring Christophe Minie Daisy Victoria Vandy France/Belgium/Liberia 2008, 1h37m, 18 English and French with subtitles
GFT Friday 13 February (16.00) Cineworld Renfrew St Saturday 14 February (20.45) Director Rashid Masharawi Featuring Mohamed Bakri Areen Omari Nour Zoubi Palestine 2008, 1h12m, PG Arabic with subtitles
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Lake Tahoe (¿Te acuerdas de Lake Tahoe?)
The second feature from Duck Season director Fernando Eimbcke is an expert exercise in quirky, minimalist wit that suggests a strong affinity with Aki Kaurismaki. Juan crashes the family car. His search for a replacement distributor harness is the start of a long, hot afternoon punctuated by quirky encounters with aging mechanic Don Heber and his dog, martial-arts fanatic David and young mother Lucia. Dry wit and a sharp eye mark this sleepy, well-observed insight into a life that is just as stalled as the car. Thanks to Yume Pictures
Let The Right One In (Lat den Ratte Komma In)
If the astonishing success of Twilight has left you in the mood for a truly eerie, atmospheric vampire story then the award-winning Let The Right One In is only too happy to oblige. Based on a bestselling novel, this macabre, beautifully filmed production is reminiscent of The Orphanage in the way it invests a familiar story with striking originality. 12 year-old Oskar is a constant victim of school bullies who longs for a friend to ease his pain. His dreams are answered by the arrival of new neighbours with a pale, interesting young girl, Eli, who only seems to come out at night. Thanks to Momentum
The List Surprise Film
Last year, Glasgow audiences were the first in the country to savour the crowd-pleasing Son Of Rambow. In 2007, we left you bewitched, bothered and bewildered by David Lynch’s mesmerising Inland Empire. A high standard has been set that we feel duty bound to maintain in 2009. All we can promise is that the surprise film will be brand new and will arrive from a far corner of the globe that could be Aberdeen or might be Kazakhstan. There are no clues on this page but there again maybe there are. Just have a little faith and you will not be disappointed.
Los Ladrones Viejos
In Mexico Efrain Alcaraz, alias El Carrizos, was notorious as the King Of The Zorreros. A petty thief with an impeccable sense of honour, he could burgle a house without leaving a trace of his presence. In the 1970s he even burgled the home of Mexico’s President. His greatest enemy was a secret service agent known as Dracula. They worked hand in hand for a time before betraying each other. Everardo González’s riveting documentary combines archive footage, testimony of the two adversaries and some wonderful anecdotes from El Carrizos that leave you pondering whether the crook or the cop was the biggest thief. Thanks to the Mexican Film Institute 51
Viva Mexico! Cineworld Renfrew St Saturday 21 February (20.45) Director Fernando Eimbcke Featuring Diego Cataño Hector Herrera Daniela Valentine Mexico 2008, 1h25m, 12A Spanish with subtitles
Gala GFT Tuesday 17 February (20.15) Wednesday 18 February (15.30) Director Tomas Alfredson Featuring Kare Hedebrant Lina Leandersson Per Ragnar Sweden 2008, 1h54m, 15 Swedish with subtitles
Gala Cineworld Renfrew St Saturday 21 February (20.30)
Viva Mexico! CCA Thursday 19 February (18.30) Director Everardo González Featuring Efrain Alcaraz Mexico 2008, 1h37m, 12A Spanish with subtitles
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Mark Of An Angel (L’Empreinte de l’ange)
European Cinema
Two of French cinema’s finest performers wage a subtle war of nerves in this taut, unsettling psychological thriller. Elsa (Catherine Frot) is in the middle of a messy divorce from a husband who hints he will use her emotional instability in the fight for custody of their son. She subsequently becomes obsessed with a pretty young girl and starts to insinuate herself into the lives of the girl and her mother Claire (Sandrine Bonnaire). Is there a legitimate excuse for her increasingly unreasonable behaviour or is she losing her mind? Thanks to Metrodome
GFT Friday 13 February (15.30)
Marley & Me
Gala
Cineworld Renfrew St Sunday 15 February (18.30) Director Safy Nebbou Featuring Catherine Frot Sandrine Bonnaire France 2008, 1h35m, 15 French with subtitles
The whole planet fell in love with John Grogan’s bestselling memoir about life with the “world’s worst dog”; an adorable, ungovernable labrador called Marley who became an indispensable member of the Grogan family. The screen version is directed by David (The Devil Wears Prada) Frankel and is a heartwarming mixture of broad humour and tear-stained sadness. Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson are the journalists who decide to purchase a puppy as a dry run for the responsibilities of parenthood. The film covers thirteen years of the consternation, frustration and pure joy that Marley brings to their lives. Don’t forget a tissue. Thanks to 20th Century Fox
Cineworld Renfrew St Tuesday 17 February (16.15 & 18.45) Wednesday 18 February (14.30)
Modern Life (La Vie Moderne)
Stranger Than Fiction
Director David Frankel Featuring Jennifer Aniston Owen Wilson Kathleen Turner USA 2008, 1h56m, PG
Winner of the prestigious Prix Louis Delluc for the year’s Best French Film, Modern Life is the concluding film in Raymond Depardon’s sublime trilogy chronicling the daily lives of those making a living from the small farms in the low mountain valleys of Lozere, Ardeche and Haute-Loire. It is a way of life that is fast disappearing in the face of giant farming conglomerates and the kind of social changes that create a younger generation with little interest in the toil and traditions of their elders. Filmed with tender, loving care this is a deeply moving salute to a vanishing world. Thanks to Soda Pictures
GFT Sunday 15 February (16.45)
Mr 73
Gala
Daniel Auteuil is reunited with 36 Quai Des Orfevres director Olivier Marchal for a brutal thriller with all the brooding menace of a French Se7en. Auteuil is compelling as grizzled, booze-sodden detective Louis Schneider. A burnt out wreck of a once great cop, he is investigating a series of vicious killings. Coincidentally, notorious killer Charles Subra is about to be released after serving a life sentence. Twentysomething Justine is the grown up little girl who saw her parents killed by Subra. She turns to Louis for help and the renegade cop is increasingly at odds with the establishment as he follows his own code of honour. A thriller all the more shocking for being based on true events. Thanks To Gaumont BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
Cineworld Renfrew St Monday 16 February (18.30) Director Raymond Depardon Featuring Marcel Privat Robert Maneval France 2008, 1h28m, PG French with subtitles
GFT Monday 16 February (18.00) Cineworld Renfrew St Tuesday 17 February (14.00) Director Olivier Marchal Featuring Daniel Auteuil Olivia Bonamy Catherine Marchal France 2008, 2h1m, 15 French with subtitles
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My Fair Lady
GFT Sunday 22 February (13.00)
My Life Inside (Mi Vida Dentro)
Viva Mexico!
Director George Cukor Featuring Audrey Hepburn Rex Harrison Stanley Holloway USA 1964, 2h51m, U
Winner of several international prizes for Best Documentary, My Life Inside tells the story of Rosa Estela Olvera and her bruising encounters with the American justice system. Rosa was still a teenager when she crossed the Rio Grande to Austin, Texas in 1999. She seemed to find her share of the American Dream until a night in 2003 when she was working as a child minder and a boy in her charge choked to death on paper towels. The documentary follows her trial revealing a system that stacks all the odds against a Spanish-speaking woman of Mexican origin. Thanks to the Mexican Film Institute
CCA Friday 20 February (20.45)
My Mexican Shivah (Morirse esta en Hebreo)
Viva Mexico!
Director Lucía Gajá Featuring Rosa Estela Olvera Mexico 2008, 2h, 15 Spanish with subtitles
GFT Wednesday 18 February (18.15)
Culture shock comedy has rarely been as exotic and surreal as in My Mexican Shivah. Polanco is the Jewish quarter of Mexico City and it is here that we first meet the boisterous Moishe as he dances with joy and then promptly drops dead. The correct observance of a seven day mourning period brings out the worst in his nearest and dearest from his embittered daughter Esther to his divorced son Ricardo and grandson Nicolas who has developed into a self-righteous Hasidim. That’s before the arrival of the mariachi band! Thanks to Emerging Pictures
Director Alejandro Springall Featuring Raquel Pankowsky David Ostrosky Sergio Kleiner
New Town Killers
Great Scots
Could this be the defining thriller of the credit crunch era? The latest feature from Scottish renaissance man Richard Jobson combines the thrills of 1930s classic The Most Dangerous Game with the social agenda of a Ken Loach and the high-octane pace of a video game. Living rough, desperate teenager Sean Kelly is stuck on the bottom rung of the social ladder until businessmen Alistair and Jamie make him an offer he cannot refuse: a lucrative cash reward if he can survive a night on the streets of Edinburgh as the prey in their twisted cat and mouse games. Thanks to High Fliers Films 53
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn may not be everyone’s idea of a Cockney guttersnipe but she is every inch the image of an exquisite lady once the ugly duckling has been transformed into a gorgeous swan. A Best Picture Oscar-winner and a box-office sensation, My Fair Lady remains one of the finest screen musicals as Rex Harrison’s arrogant bully of a Henry Higgins melts in the face of Hepburn’s fair lady, even if the studio brass foolishly refused to let her use her own singing voice. Lerner and Loewe’s masterpiece is an enduring delight, especially on the big screen. Thanks to Hollywood Classics
Mexico 2008, 1h38m, 15 Spanish with subtitles
GFT Monday 16 February (20.30) The Grosvenor Tuesday 17 February (18.15) Director Richard Jobson Featuring Dougray Scott Alastair Mackenzie James Anthony Pearson Scotland 2008, 1h30m, 15
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Nosferatu With live musical accompaniment
Film and Music GFT Friday 13 February (21.00)
Murnau’s horror film based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula is set in Transylvania and Germany, but there’s a good reason for a Scottish voice to lead us through the narrative. Back in 1888 Emily Gerard, a travel writer from Airdrie, was the first person to bring the word ‘nosferatu’ or ‘undead’ into European awareness when she wrote about Transylvanian superstitions in her essay ‘The Land Beyond The Forest’. Using live music, samples, sound effects and ‘the voice’ of Emily Gerard as narrator played by Anne Marie Watson, David Allison’s version of Nosferatu is an entertaining, eerie and original take on one of cinema’s true classics. Thanks to Eureka
Director F. W. Murnau Featuring Max Schreck
Not Quite Hollywood
Gala
Germany 1922, 1h38m, PG
Our view of Australian cinema has been shaped by films like Picnic At Hanging Rock and Newsfront but there was another, less respectable side to the country’s film production in the 1970s that has never received its due respect - until now. Not Quite Hollywood is an irreverent, rip-roaring journey through Ozploitation B-movies that usually served up lashings of sex, gore, full frontal nudity, bad taste, Hollywood has-beens and the odd future star like Mel Gibson. Quentin Tarantino is among those leading the cheers for these neglected Aussie delights in an energetic, star-studded hoot. Thanks To Optimum
Cineworld Renfrew St Friday 13 February (13.15) Saturday 14 February (16.15)
Now We Are Five
Great Scots
Director Mark Hartley Featuring Quentin Tarantino Barry Humphries Rod Taylor Australia 2008, 1h43m, 18
This is a celebration of five years of the Digital Film & Television course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Join us for a programme of nationally acclaimed award-winning short films from Scotland’s most exciting film and television training institution. Working in both short film and television content and pairing the best up and coming talent in the country with well-established household names, the DFTV course has aspired to be independent, challenging and provocative. Come and see for yourself. Thanks to RSAMD
CCA Tuesday 17 February (18.30)
One Day Removals
Great Scots
The hilarious story of two Aberdeen removal men and the increasing number of bodies in the back of their removal van, One Day Removals encapsulates the true spirit of low-budget filmmaking. Created obviously with love and passion, the film truly captures a sense of a place and the people in it as well as keeping the humour extremely dry. Like a Laurel & Hardy film on drugs, One Day Removals deserves to be seen by anyone even with the faintest interest in independent and unique cinema. Thanks to Stirton Productions BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
UK, 1h10m, 15
GFT Friday 20 February (18.30) Director Mark Stirton Featuring Patrick Wight Scott Ironside Scotland 2008, 1h27m, 18
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One-eyed Monster
GFT Saturday 21 February (23.30)
Outlander
FrightFest
Director Adam Fields Featuring Amber Benson Charles Napier Ron Jeremy USA 2008, 1h38m, 18
During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking’s Iron Age weaponry. Outlander is a spectacular big screen hybrid of horror, fantasy, action and science fiction that delivers on every level. Featuring an outstanding cast including James Caviezel (The Passion Of The Christ), John Hurt (Alien), Ron Perlman (Bubba Nosferatu) and Sophia Myles (Underworld). Thanks to Momentum
GFT Friday 20 February (21.15)
Paris 36 (Faubourg 36)
Gala
Director Howard McCain Featuring James Caviezel John Hurt Sophia Myles USA 2008, 1h55m, 15
The Chorus team of director Christophe Barratier and star Gérard Jugnot return for another heartwarming charmer. The setting this time is the Paris of 1936. There is unrest in the air and revolution on the streets but for the performers at the Chansonia theatre the show must go on. Stagehand Jugnot is determined to keep the theatre in business even as local gangsters turn threatening, his wife leaves him and few of the acts display much in the way of star presence. Then the gorgeous Nora Arnezeder arrives with a voice to melt hearts and win a legion of admirers. Thanks to Pathe
GFT Saturday 14 February (20.15)
A Perfect Day (Un Giorno perfetto)
European Cinema
Ferzan Ozpetek is a past master of subtle, involving ensemble dramas from Hamam (1996) to Ignorant Fairies (Le Fate Ignoranti) (2001) and Facing Window (La Finestra di Fronte) (2003). His latest film is a dark, troubling exploration of what happens in the afterglow of love. Antonio works as a bodyguard. Volatile and vulnerable, he refuses to accept that his marriage to Emma is over. Their two children would welcome a reconciliation but Emma knows this can never be. As Antonio grows more desperate he forces himself to cross a line that will transform a father, husband and solid citizen into a menace to society. Thanks to Fandango Portobello
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FrightFest
In February 2007, ten people went to the remote mountains of Northern California to shoot an adult movie. What happened next was something no one expected, but everyone saw coming. Amber Benson (Buffy The Vampire Slayer), Charles Napier (star of many Russ Meyer films) and legendary XXX star Ron Jeremy feature in an homage to Alien, The Thing and porn – in short perfect late night entertainment! Thanks to Metrodome
Director Christophe Barratier Featuring Gérard Jugnot Clovis Cornillac Kad Merad France 2008, 2hr, 12A French with subtitles
GFT Tuesday 17 February (20.30) Cineworld Renfrew St Wednesday 18 February (16.00) Director Ferzan Ozpetek Featuring Valerio Mastandrea Isabella Ferrari Stefania Sandrelli Italy 2008, 1h40m, 15 Italian with subtitles
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Prince Of Broadway
The State of Independents
Winner of the Grand Jury Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival, Prince Of Broadway is one of the most impressive American independent films of the past year. Newcomer Prince Adu stars as Lucky, an illegal immigrant from Ghana who scrapes a living on the streets of Manhattan hustling customers into an Aladdin’s cave of a shop filled with designer label knockoffs. One day, ex-girlfriend Linda turns up, dumps a baby boy in his arms and leaves. Lucky’s fumbling attempts to do the right thing are the start of a gritty drama that is sure to entrance. Thanks To Cre Film
GFT Tuesday 17 February (16.00)
Private Lessons (Élève libre)
European Cinema
CCA Thursday 19 February (20.30) Director Sean Baker Featuring Prince Adu Karren Karaguilian Keyali Mayaga USA 2008, 1h40m, 15
An impressionable teenager is led astray by a manipulative older friend in this highly original, darkly disturbing tale from Joachim Lafosse, the writer/director previously responsible for Private Property starring Isabelle Huppert. Here promising newcomer Jonas Bloquet plays 16 year-old Jonas, an aspiring tennis player and academic failure who is left to the tender mercies of affable, thirtysomething tutor Pierre. Pierre and his friends treat the education of Jonas as a game, filling his head with seductive notions of sexual freedom in an unsettling exploration of immaturity, irresponsiblity and the callous corruption of innocence. Thanks to Films Distribution
Cineworld Renfrew St Friday 13 February (16.15) Saturday 14 February (18.30)
Rabbit Without Ears (Keinohrhasen)
European Cinema
Director Joachim Lafosse Featuring Jonas Bloquet Jonathan Zaccaï Yannick Renier Belgium/France 2008, 1h48m, 15 French with subtitles
This slick romantic comedy is simply irresistible. Actordirector Til Schweiger is one of the brightest stars in German cinema with a box-office record that Hugh Grant might envy. Here, he plays a cocky, muckraking Berlin reporter who finally gets his comeuppance after gatecrashing a celebrity engagement party. His punishment is 300 hours of community service at a childcare centre run by Anna, the girl he used to humiliate at school. Revenge is a dish she serves with relish in a fizzy romp that attracted a staggering 6 million admissions in Germany. Thanks To Bavaria Film International
Cineworld Renfrew St Thursday 19 February (20.45) Friday 20 February (14.45)
Religulous
Stranger Than Fiction
The non-religious have a bright new champion in Bill Maher. Half Catholic, half Jewish and fully agnostic, Maher sets out on a journey to question members of diverse faiths on why they believe what they believe and whether they might just acknowledge the inconsistencies, hypocrisy and injustices that are part of their religion. Directed by Larry (Borat) Charles, this, the most commercially successful documentary of 2008 in the USA, follows Maher from Via Dolorosa to the Qumran Caves, the Vatican and the Holy Land Experience Park in Florida. You will not see a funnier, more irreverent and more thought-provoking film this year. Thanks to Momentum BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
Director Til Schweiger Featuring Til Schweiger Nora Tschirner Matthias Schweighöfer Germany 2008, 1h55m, 12A German with subtitles
GFT Sunday 15 February (18.30) The Grosvenor Monday 16 February (18.15) Director Larry Charles Featuring Bill Maher George W. Bush John McCain USA 2008, 1h41m, 15
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Remembering Mary Gordon
Glasgow-born Mary Gordon was one of the most prolific character actresses during the golden age of the Hollywood studio system. She appeared in more than two hundred films and is best remembered for playing Mrs Hudson, the housekeeper in the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes thrillers. Highly respected Glasgow journalist Alison Kerr is a relative of Mary Gordon and will be in conversation with GFF codirector Allan Hunter to tell the story of Mary’s life, her long association with legendary director John Ford and a remarkable career that includes such classic films as Bonnie Scotland (1935), The Bride Of Frankenstein (1936), Mary Of Scotland (1936), Mr Smith Goes To Washington (1939) and Fort Apache (1948). The afternoon will be illustrated with clips. Thanks to Alison Kerr
GFT Sunday 15 February (13.15)
REZ BOMB
Gala
1h, PG
Set on and around the poorest place in the USA, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Rez Bomb is a love story and tense thriller about a Lakota girl and a white guy who are in love but get into trouble with a brutal loan shark, Jaws. They’re up against the clock to try and bail themselves out and rescue their relationship. To do so they have to confront their pasts and their families who oppose their love. Thanks to Roaring Fire Films
GFT Tuesday 19 February (18.30)
Robin And Marian
Audrey Hepburn
Director Steven Lewis Simpson Featuring Trent Ford Tamara Feldman UK 2008, 1h35m, 15
Returning to the screen after a nine-year absence, a luminous Audrey Hepburn provided audiences with a sublime reminder of her enduring charm and ability to invest a character with a rare depth of feeling. Richard Lester’s moving elegy for a lost world features an equally impressive performance from Sean Connery as an ageing Robin Hood. Back from the Crusades, Robin discovers that much has changed during his twenty year absence and that his beloved Marian has become a nun. Can he recapture the spirit and romance of their long-ago youth as he squares up to the vengeful sheriff of Nottingham? Thanks to Sony Pictures Releasing
GFT Thursday 19 February (13.00)
Roman Holiday
Audrey Hepburn
A star is born as Audrey Hepburn makes her Hollywood debut in one of the most enchanting romantic comedies ever made. Fresh from her Broadway triumph in Gigi, Hepburn is at her most beguiling in an Oscar-winning performance as an incognito Princess who escapes her overprotected life and cautious entourage for a brief, giddy taste of freedom in the company of handsome, hardboiled reporter Gregory Peck. The location filming in a sun-kissed Rome adds an extra shine to an irresistible charmer that received 10 Oscar nominations including one for Best Picture. Thanks to Paramount Pictures 57
Great Scots
CCA Friday 20 February (18.30) Director Richard Lester Featuring Audrey Hepburn Sean Connery Richard Harris UK 1976, 1h46 m, PG
GFT Thursday 12 February (13.00) Friday 13 February (18.15) Director William Wyler Featuring Audrey Hepburn Gregory Peck Eddie Albert USA 1953, 1h59m, U
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Sabrina
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn’s first film for the great Billy (Some Like It Hot) Wilder is an enchanting Cinderella romance that won her a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Hepburn is the chauffeur’s daughter who only has eyes for wealthy wastrel William Holden. Returning from France transformed into the most elegant of ladies, she finds that Holden is now equally attracted to her. Holden’s hard-headed brother Humphrey Bogart is determined to arrange a beneficial marriage to a local heiress so decides that he will have to convince Hepburn that there are other fish in the sea. Perfect for incurable romantics. Thanks to Paramount
Second Sight
GFT Friday 13 February (13.00) Saturday 14 February (18.00) Director Billy Wilder Featuring Audrey Hepburn Humphrey Bogart William Holden USA 1954, 1h52m, U
Great Scots
This cinematic, non-fiction ghost story follows Donald Angus MacLean, one of the last of a generation raised with the Gaelic oral tradition rather than electricity and television. ‘Don Angie’ is an old charmer, a man of the church who has listened with an open and curious mind to a lot of “terribly strange stories” throughout his long life. The camera roves with him through the rugged vermillion landscapes of the Isle of Skye; from gorgeously shot craggy hillsides to the sites of spinetingling stories of spectres, ghost cars, death foretold and the second sight. This portrait of a vanishing era spins an irresistible tale that becomes a moving study of life and mortality. Thanks to Second Sight Pictures Inc
CCA Tuesday 17 February (20.30) Wednesday 18 February (15.00)
Shifty
Gala
Writer/director Eran Creevy’s full-throttle, low-budget debut is set to be one of the most talked about British debuts of the year. Following twenty-four hours in the life of Shifty, a Muslim drug-dealer, it unfolds with wit, insight and a cracking sense of pace. Shifty is only too aware that his days are numbered. The police are breathing down his neck, a double-dealing supplier is plotting his downfall and his family are desperately trying to keep him on the straight and narrow. Then old mate Chris returns to show him a vision of how his life might have been. Thanks to Metrodome BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
Director Alison McAlpine Featuring Donald Angus MacLean Canada/Scotland 2008, 51m, PG English and Gaelic with subtitles
Cineworld Renfrew St Sunday 15 February (16.45) Monday 16 February (20.15) Director Eran Creevy Featuring Riz Ahmed Daniel Mays Jason Flemyng UK 2008, 1h26m, 15
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Song Of Sparrows (Avaze gonjeshk-ha)
The latest film from the Oscar-nominated director of Children of Heaven (1997) and Colour Of Paradise (1999) is an immensely likeable charmer. Reza Naji is Karim, a worker on an ostrich farm whose daily life is full of travails from a teenage daughter who has lost her hearing-aid to an ostrich who refuses to remain fenced in. Driving his moped to Tehran to order a new hearing aid, he finds a lucrative side-line in giving lifts and accumulating junk but his newfound enthusiasm for material wealth comes at a cost. A film bathed in vibrant colours and good humour, this is a very joyful song indeed. Thanks to Fortissimo Films
Still Walking (Aruitemo aruitemo)
It’s A Wonderful World GFT Wednesday 18 February (20.45) Cineworld Renfrew St Thursday 19 February (14.00) Director Majid Majidi Featuring Reza Naji Hossein Aghazi Iran 2008, 1h36m, 12A Farsi with subtitles
It’s A Wonderful World
Chosen by many critics as one of the best films of the past year, Still Walking has earned writer/director Hirokazu Koreeda glowing comparisons with Japanese master Ozu. Deftly exploring the resentments and tensions within a family, the film unfolds over a twentyfour hour period as a middle-aged brother and his sister visit their aging parents on the fifteenth anniversary of their other brother’s death. It becomes clear that their father Kyohei feels that his best child died but that is one of many bitter feelings that are revealed during a day when the simplest event reveals complex truths. Thanks to Celluloid Dreams/New Wave Films
GFT Monday 16 February (15.45) Tuesday 17 February (13.45)
Synecdoche, New York
Gala
The inspired screenwriter of Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind makes his directorial debut with a film of staggering imagination exploring the unbearable fragility of human existence and the sad inevitability of death. It is also profoundly funny. When a theatre director is abandoned by his wife he throws himself into the creation of a careerdefining masterpiece that consumes decades of his life, includes a virtual recreation of Manhattan and captures parallels and alternative versions of his own story. A bravura performance from Hoffman graces this funny and moving tale about being human. Thanks to Revolver Entertainment BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
Director Hirokazu Koreeda Featuring Yoshio Harada Hiroshi Abe Kirin Kiki Japan 2008, 1h54m, 12A Japanese with subtitles
Cineworld Renfrew St Friday 20 February (20.45) Saturday 21 February (15.45) Director Charlie Kaufman Featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman Samantha Morton Emily Watson USA 2008, 2h4m, 15
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Take 2
Glasgow Young Scot or Kidz Card holders and an accompanying adult get in FREE to these shows! All other tickets £3.00. Each child’s ticket admits one adult free of charge. Take 2 screenings are held at both GFT and Cineworld Parkhead. Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied.
Take 2: Robin Hood
The dashing Errol Flynn is the perfect Robin Hood in this action filled classic. See p34 for details. Preceded by a live fencing demonstration at GFT only.
Take 2: Sing-a-long Annie
A young orphan girl’s adventure to find a new family, accompanied by her trusted friend Sandy the dog. Come dressed as your favourite Annie character!
Three Blind Mice
USA 1938, 1h42m, PG
GFT & Cineworld Parkhead Saturday 21 February (11.30) USA 1982, 2h6m, U
It’s A Wonderful World
Three Australian naval officers. Twenty-four hours shore leave before being shipped to Iraq. The bright lights and many temptations of Sydney. Those are the key ingredients that acclaimed new writer/director Matthew Newton weaves into a smart, bittersweet drama that has been winning prizes around the world. Dean plans to see his fiancee and have a good time. Sam just wants to stay out of trouble. The best laid plans unfold and unravel in a tightly structured tale where the bright wit conceals some dark truths. Thanks to Odin’s Eye Entertainment
GFT Monday 16 February (18.45)
Three Miles North Of Molkom
Stranger Than Fiction
Cineworld Renfrew St Tuesday 17 February (16.30) Director Matthew Newton Featuring Ewen Leslie Toby Schmitz Matthew Newton Australia 2008, 1h34m, 15
Every year thousands of new-age therapy fans head three miles north of Molkom to the two week No Mind Festival in Angsbacka, northern Sweden. They can participate in a roster of activities including fire-walking, sweat lodges, tantric sex sessions and tree-hugging. This hilarious, warm-spirited documentary follows one group of devotees that includes an ageing lothario, fragile Finnish grandmother Mervi, happy hippy Lijus and deeply cynical Australian rugby coach Nick. Told with a light touch, this captures the lazy, hazy days of summer and every aspect of their experience from the sublime to the frankly ridiculous. Thanks to Metrodome
The Grosvenor Wednesday 18 February (18.15)
Tokyo!
Gala
Paris Je T’Aime (GFF07) and Chacun Son Cinema (GFF08) revealed the fantastic cinema that results when a group of worldclass filmmakers are let loose on a set subject. Tokyo! invites directors Michel Gondry, Leos Carax and Bong Joon-ho to reveal their take on the city. Gondry’s Interior Design is a hilarious coming-of-age tale as two naive artists move to the big city. Carax’s Merde is a surreal slapstick re-working of Godzilla with Denis Lavant emerging from the sewers to terrorise the populace. Bong Joon-ho evokes the spirit of Murakami with a love story in which a recluse finds his ten years of solitude interrupted by a pretty delivery girl and an earthquake. Only in Tokyo. Thanks to Optimum 61
GFT & Cineworld Parkhead Saturday 14 February (11.30)
CCA Thursday 19 February (15.00) Directors Robert Cannan Corinna Villari-McFarlane UK 2007, 1h52m, 15
GFT Sunday 15 February (15.30) Cineworld Renfrew St Monday 16 February (16.00) Directors Michel Gondry Leos Carax Bong Joon-Ho Japan 2008, 1h52m, 15 English, Japanese and French with subtitles
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Tricks (Sztuczki)
European Cinema
Dedicated to the director’s sister, Tricks is a beguiling portrait of life in smalltown Poland and the unbreakable bond between a young boy and his elder sister. Stefek is six years old and possessed with an insatiable curiosity about the world. He lives with his shopkeeper mother and his eighteen year-old sister Elka. Unfolding over a sun-kissed summer and told with an attractive mix of humour and melancholy, this award-winning film follows the ambitious Elka as she tries for a new job and Stefek as he builds his future on a growing belief in magic and the power of tricks. Thanks to New Wave Films
Cineworld Renfrew St Friday 13 February (20.45) Saturday 14 February (14.30)
Tulpan
It’s A Wonderful World
Director Andrzej Jakimowski Featuring Damian Ul Ewelina Walendziak Rafal Guzniczak Poland 2007, 1h36m, PG Polish with subtitles
The first feature from documentary filmmaker Sergey Dvortsevoy was one of the prize-winning discoveries at Cannes in 2008 and is an utter delight. Asa has returned from military service to the remote steppes of southern Kazakhstan. His dream is to become a shepherd. His first priority is to find a wife and Tulpan is the only candidate. She thinks his ears are too big despite photographic evidence that they are smaller than those of Prince Charles. As Asa proves himself a worthy suitor and an able shepherd, the film’s depiction of landscape, livestock and the unpredictable elements all add to this exuberant, life-affirming comedy. Thanks to New Wave Films
GFT Friday 20 February (14.15)
Two Lovers
Gala
Cineworld Renfrew St Saturday 21 February (16.00) Director Sergey Dvortsevoy Featuring Askhat Kuchinchirekov Samal Yeslyamova Ondas Besikbasov Kazakhstan 2008, 1h40m, PG Kazakh and Russian with subtitles
The heart is a lonely hunter in this touching drama built around a terrific performance from Joaquin Phoenix. His character Leonard is a shy, awkward soul who has returned to the family home in Brooklyn after a broken relationship and a suicide bid. His parents welcome him back and plot his future happiness with the daughter of a business partner. Leonard dreams of something more and that takes the shape of Gwyneth Paltrow as a neighbour who becomes the focus of his wildest hopes for a better future. A beautifully crafted, expertly acted tale of love, longing, impossible dreams and broken hearts. Thanks to Lionsgate
Cineworld Renfrew St Saturday 14 February (21.00) Sunday 15 February (14.15)
Tyson
Stranger Than Fiction
Everyone has an opinion about Mike Tyson. Is he the greatest boxer the world has ever seen or The Baddest Man On The Planet? Director James Toback has known Tyson for twenty years and his sympathetic documentary puts his friend in the psychiatrist’s chair for a ninety-minute session. Tyson recalls the poverty and hardships of his childhood, the influence of his first trainer and the way boxing gave structure and pride to his life. The film also addresses the notoriety of a man with an addictive personality and a conviction for rape. Candid, funny and compelling this is a film that doesn’t pull any punches. Thanks to Revolver Entertainment BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
Director James Gray Featuring Joaquin Phoenix Gwyneth Paltrow Vinessa Shaw USA 2008, 1h40m, 15
GFT Saturday 21 February (20.45) Director James Toback Featuring Mike Tyson USA 2008, 1h28m, 15
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The Unborn
Sometimes the soul of a dead person has been so tainted with evil that it is denied entrance to heaven. It must endlessly wander the borderlands between worlds, desperately searching for a new body to inhabit. And sometimes it succeeds. Writer/director David S.Goyer (Blade:Trinity, Batman Begins) gives a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in this supernatural thriller that follows a young woman played by Odette Yustman (Cloverfield) pulled into a world of nightmares when a demonic spirit haunts her and threatens everyone she loves. Screen legend Gary Oldman (True Romance) top lines as Rabbi Sendak in this latest Hollywood horror. Thanks to Universal
GFT Saturday 21 February (21.30)
The Unforgiven
Audrey Hepburn
Director David S. Goyer Featuring Gary Oldman Odette Yustman Meagan Good USA 2009, 1h40m, 15
Constantly seeking the challenge of more demanding dramatic roles, Audrey Hepburn gives a heartrending performance in this rugged John Huston western exploring bigotry and forbidden love. Rescued from a massacre, Kiowa Indian Hepburn is raised as white by her benefactors. When her true identity is revealed, the news tears at the heart of her adopted family and makes her an object of widespread bigotry that spills over into armed conflict. Lillian Gish is the matriarch at the head of the clan and Burt Lancaster is the stalwart hero willing to sacrifice anything for the sister he loves. Thanks to Park Circus
GFT Sunday 15 February (13.00) Monday 16 February (11.15)
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Stranger Than Fiction
Director John Huston Featuring Audrey Hepburn Burt Lancaster Lillian Gish USA, 1960, 2h5m, PG
Valentino has made the world a more beautiful place. His classic designs and impeccable taste have been a benchmark for elegance over the past fifty years. Jackie Kennedy married Onassis in a Valentino gown whilst Audrey Heburn, Sophia Loren, Gwyneth Paltrow and Elizabeth Taylor are among the screen giants who have all glowed in Valentino. This fascinating documentary follows Valentino in the period between his 70th birthday and his final couture show. It offers a unique insight into the man, his profession and his enduring relationship with business partner and lover Giancarlo Giammetti. Thanks to Celluloid Dreams
GFT Thursday 19 February (18.00)
Versailles
European Cinema
The late Guillaume Depardieu gives one of his best performances in this plaintive drama focusing on the people who struggle for survival on the margins of mainstream society. Homeless Nina showers her son Enzo with affection and is wary that social services will take him into care. After the briefest of encounters, she leaves Enzo with Damien (Depardieu) who lives in a makeshift hut in the grounds of the Chateau of Versailles. The responsibility for Enzo forces Damien to re-engage with his family and conventional society in a compelling, deeply-felt tale rooted in the reality of French life. Thanks to Films du Losange 63
FrightFest
Cineworld Renfrew St Friday 20 February (19.15) Director Matt Tyrnauer Featuring Valentino Giancarlo Giammetti USA 2008, 1h36m, 12A English, Italian and French with subtitles
GFT Friday 20 February (20.45) Saturday 21 February (15.30) Director Pierre Schรถller Featuring Guillaume Depardieu Max Baissette de Malglaive Judith Chemla France 2008, 1h53m, 15 French with subtitles
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Walled In
FrightFest
Mischa Barton plays Sam Walczak, a recent graduate from engineering school, who travels to a remote location to supervise the demolition of a mysterious building. She soon discovers the horrifying secrets of the building and its past inhabitants, many of whom were victims of a vicious murderer who entombed his prey alive within its walls. Now she must turn the tables on the killer before she becomes his latest victim. Deborah Kara Unger (Crash) also features in this stunningly shot film from director Gilles Paquet-Brenner. Thanks to Leomax Entertainment.
GFT Friday 20 February (23.30)
Who Killed Nancy?
Music and Film
Director Gilles Paquet-Brenner Featuring Mischa Barton Deborah Kara Unger Canada 2009, 1h28m, 18
On October 12th 1978 New York Police discovered the body of a 20 year-old woman. The woman was Nancy Spungen, the girlfriend of Sex Pistols’ bassist Sid Vicious. At the request of Sid’s mother, who committed suicide in 1996, rock author and punk expert Alan Parker has devoted himself to discovering what really happened. Parker has re-interviewed 182 people, reexamined NYPD evidence, and gone back to his original interviews with Sid’s mother. Screening with Sam Taylor-Wood’s film Love You More (15m) the tale of two teenagers who are drawn together by the Buzzcocks’ single ‘Love You More’ during the summer of ‘78. Thanks to Soda Pictures/Sam Taylor-Wood
The Arches Saturday 21 February (19.00)
Worlds Apart (To Verdener)
European Cinema
GFT Sunday 22 February (13.15) Director Alan G. Parker UK 2009, 1h40m, 18
What would you sacrifice for the one you love? The question becomes a heartbreaking dilemma for teenager Sara in this provocative drama that is Denmark’s candidate for the Oscar. Sara is a Jehovah’s Witness with a passionate commitment to her faith and her family. When she meets Teis it is love at first sight but Ties is a non-believer and her church elders consider their relationship unacceptable. Based on true events, this takes a fair-minded and thought-provoking approach to explosive issues and features potent performances from the central duo. Thanks to the Danish Film Institute
GFT Tuesday 17 February (15.30)
The Wrecking Crew
Music and Film
You heard them playing on the Beach Boys hits, on the Mamas and the Papas’ recordings, on Frank Sinatra records, on Monkees’ singles and they were Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound. They have performed on more number one singles than the Beatles. Hal Blaine, Carole Kaye, Tommy Tedesco, Glen Campbell, Earl Palmer, these are a few members of the Wrecking Crew. Tedesco’s son, Denny Tedesco, knew it well enough to see that it had to be told to more than a small circle of friends. Just prior to his father’s death, he set out to film his father and other members of the Wrecking Crew to capture their story first hand. Thanks to Denny Tedesco BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
Cineworld Renfrew St Wednesday 18 February (18.30) Director Niels Arden Oplev Featuring Rosalinde Mynster Pilou Asbaek Jens Jorn Spottag Denmark 2008, 1h48m, 12A Danish with subtitles
GFT Sunday 22 February (18.30 & 20.30) Director Denny Tedesco USA 2008, 1h35m, 12A
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Glasgow Film Festival steps outside and reclaims some of Glasgow’s former cinemas across the city centre with a programme of local archive film alongside highlights from the Magic Lantern’s festival programme.
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FILM AND EVENT INDEX 24 City
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Disgrace
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Diversity Films Night 29
Adventures Of Robin Hood, The
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Age of Stupid, The
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Am I Black Enough For You?
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American Teen
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Anvil! The Story of Anvil
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Artists' Animation Programme
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Awaydays
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Ballast
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Bart Got A Room
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Best of Little British 25 Between Us Bigger, Stronger, Faster
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In Conversation with Bill Paterson
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Bitter & Twisted
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Black Audio Film Collective, The 26 Blue Eyelids Breakfast At Tiffany's Bronson
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Burn The Bridges
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Burning Plain, The
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Cape No. 7
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Laila's Birthday
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Rez Bomb
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Return to Mono
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Let The Right One In 51
Robin And Marian
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Roman Holiday
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Divine Lady, The
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Lake Tahoe
Divo, Il
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Last Chance Harvey 14
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Dorothy Drama/Mex
Remembering Mary Gordon 57
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Dungeon Moor Killings, The
List Surprise Film, The
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Los Ladrones Viejos 51
Schools Programme 31
Eldorado
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Elevator
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Lux:The Unbelievable Truth
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Scottish Short Film Showcase
Mark of an Angel
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Marley & Me
Encounters at the End of the World Everlasting Moments
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Every Little Step
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Fermat's Room
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First Light Young Screenwriters Workshop
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Flame and Citron
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Sebastian Buerkner Exhibition 26
Meet The Talent: Shooting People and Screen Academy Scotland
Second Sight
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Shhhh! An Evening of (not so) Silent Movies
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Modern Life
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Shifty
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Mr 73
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Song of Sparrows
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Still Walking
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Music and Movies Quiz
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Flash of Genius
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My Fair Lady
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Four Nights With Anna
My Life Inside
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My Mexican Shivah 53
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Take 2: Sing-a-long Annie
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Take 2: The Adventures of Robin Hood
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Three Blind Mice
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Three Miles North Of Molkom
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Tokyo!
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Tricks
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True Things: The Short Films of Miranda July
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Tulpan
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Two Lovers
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New Media Scotland: Sunday Sundae
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New Town Killers
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Funny Face
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Nosferatu
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Future Shorts & Lights in the Dark
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Not Quite Hollywood
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Now We Are Five
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Numbers Presents‌ Modeselektor 28
Friday the 13th
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Grace
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Charade
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Gran Torino
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Grocer's Son, The
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Optimo: Shorts Film Festival Closing Party 25
Union of Knives
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Impact Arts Twechar Youth Film Premiere 29
Outlander
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Unstuck
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Paris 36
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Perfect Day, A
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Prince of Broadway 56
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Walled In
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Comfort and Joy
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