Glasgow Film Festival 2011 brochure

programme 17 - 27 FEBRUARY 2011

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contents How to Enjoy the Festival

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How to Buy Tickets

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Strands

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Festival Calendar

welcome

Nothing will ever replace the communal thrill of a trip to the cinema. You can download a movie, hunch over a laptop or snigger at your mobile but all these experiences are poor copies of the real thing. A great comedy only comes alive in front of a roaring full house. A scary movie truly gives you the creeps in a pitch black cinema with other people screaming for their lives. A touching melodrama makes a lasting impact when you glance around and everyone else has a lump in their throat and a tear in their eye.

Glasgow Film Festival is all about the joy of movies. Over the past seven years, the Festival has become an indispensable feature of the city’s vast cultural life.

Audiences come from around the corner and around the country. Expectations have grown alongside attendance figures that now exceed 30,000. The Festival aims to satisfy those expectations with a programme that continues to expand and innovate, adding fresh strands and exploring bright new ideas across the city.

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Opening & Closing Galas

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Glasgow Youth Film Festival

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Glasgow Music and Film Festival

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Glasgow Short Film Festival

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Meryl Streep Retrospective

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Beyond Bollywood

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FrightFest

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Superheroes in Glasgow

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Fashion in Film

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Ceol’s Craic: Gaelic Film Festival

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Special Events

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The Stasi are Among Us

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Market Gallery Events

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Film A to Z

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Map and Venues

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Sponsors and Supporters

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Film and Event Index

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The 2011 programme includes all the established favourites from a stunning selection of documentaries in Stranger than Fiction to the bloodcurdling delights of FrightFest, a glittering retrospective dedicated to a major Hollywood star, a fantastic array of short filmmaking plus inspired live events tracing the connections between film and music that are unique to Glasgow.

There is so much more including a brand new strand celebrating Scotland’s preeminence in the world of graphic novels, a focus on the blossoming of independent Indian cinema and a Great Scots focus saluting the work of native talent and local heroes.

We want to give a heartfelt thanks to all the individuals, organisations, sponsors and supporters that make the Festival possible, especially the audiences who are the most loyal, generous, smart and dedicated people we know. This is your Festival. We look forward to seeing you in the cinema as the lights go down, quiet descends and the magic begins.

Allison & Allan Allison Gardner & Allan Hunter Co-directors of GFF11

Glasgow Film Festival is an operating name of Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT). A company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland No. 97369 with its registered office at 12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB. GFT is registered as a charity (No SC005932) with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.

buy tickets online at www.glasgowfilm.org/FESTIVAL

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how to Enjoy the festival and explore Cinema City Cinema City

Did you know that Glasgow was once home to more cinemas per person than any other city outside of America? And that back in the city’s cinemagoing heyday, some seventy years ago, Glaswegians went to the cinema more often than anyone else in the world? During GFF film once again takes over the city with hundreds of special moving image events and screenings happening across Glasgow.

We would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to Cinema City, a new project which celebrates Glasgow’s rich cinema-going heritage, the films which have been made here, the fact that the city is the centre for Scotland’s broadcasting and film production, and the relationship the people of Glasgow have with the moving image. Visit www.glasgowfilm.org/cinema_city for interactive maps and citywide experiences, to read about and contribute your own cinema-going memories and to watch archive footage of Glasgow.

Need somewhere to stay or eat during GFF? Use this online resource to access exclusive deals from our recommended partner hotels and restaurants. www.glasgowfilm.org/cinema_city For a full list of venues and travel advice, please see the Festival map on p24-25.

Selecting a film

The Festival programme has been divided into strands to make it easier for you to identify the films which interest you most. Included in these strands are our ‘Festivals within the Festival’ – Glasgow Youth Film Festival, Glasgow Short Film Festival and Glasgow Music and Film Festival – unique mini Festivals of specialist content, curated by GFF friends from across the city. Please see p4 for full strand descriptions.

Go online and get more! www.glasgowfilm.org/festival

Don’t miss out! Keep up to date with the latest Festival news, special guest announcements, newly confirmed events and exclusive special offers and deals by signing up for our enewsletters and following us on facebook and twitter. Our website also offers trailers, photographs, reviews, blogs and articles.

You can plan your Festival days using our online visual calendar and use the Cinema City map to help you to navigate the city, exploring the Festival and Glasgow’s film-related history.

The CineSkinny

A daily magazine featuring the latest hot gossip and film reviews from Glasgow Film Festival. Produced independently by our friends at The Skinny, The CineSkinny is available at Festival venues across the city and is also downloadable at www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/cineskinny.

Access

For details on the accessibility of each Festival event please visit www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/access.

A large print version of this brochure is available from the Central GFF Box Office at GFT. Our website is fully accessible and can be changed in your browser to suit your requirements.

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box office 0141 332 6535

ticketing

STANDARD ticket prices £7.50 full price/£6 for all adult concessions Adult concessions include full-time students, over-60s, Jobseekers Allowance or Income Support recipients and registered disabled people. Please produce proof of eligibility when purchasing or collecting tickets.

HAVE YOU GOT A CINECARD OR UNLIMITED CARD? To reward the loyalty of GFT CineCard and Cineworld Unlimited Card holders, we’re offering £1 off all standard full price and concession tickets. Tickets must be purchased in advance from the Central GFF Box Office at GFT or at www.glasgowfilm.org/festival.

SPECIAL EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES Please note that some special events, live performances and screenings fall outside the standard ticket cost. See individual listings for details.

FREE EVENTS AND SCREENINGS Tickets for free events will only be issued on the day, from the venue where the event is being held, unless otherwise specifed in the A to Z. First come, first served!

CERTIFICATION

Films not certified by the BBFC are marked N/C and accompanied by an age recommendation i.e. N/C 15 + (suitable for ages 15 and older, no-one under 15 will be admitted).

PLEASE GET HERE ON TIME

Please note that during the Festival all films and events will start at the stated times – no adverts will be screened.

Please see www.glasgowfilm.org for full terms and conditions.

HOW TO BUY TICKETS

ONLINE From Thursday 20 January tickets for all events can be purchased from the website: www.glasgowfilm.org/festival.

Tickets can be purchased online until 9pm on the day before the performance for all participating venues, excluding GFT. Tickets for GFT events can be purchased online up until one hour before the performance.

IN PERSON & OVER THE PHONE From Thursday 20 January you can purchase tickets for most 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 Central GFF 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.

GFF Box Office Glasgow Film Theatre 12 Rose Street Glasgow G3 6RB

Tel: +44 (0)141 332 6535

Opening Hours

Before the festival From Thursday 20 January – Wednesday 16 February, Box Office is open every day from 12pm – 8pm.

During the festival Box Office is open from 10.30am until 30 minutes after the last film has started.

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SPECIAL DEALS

All tickets must be purchased in one transaction, either online at www.glasgowfilm.org/festival or at the Central GFF Box Office at GFT. Full terms and conditions on each deal are available online.

Special deals are not available from other venues.

INTERNET SAVER DEALS

Love Glasgow Film Festival? Planning to come to see lots of films? Take advantage of one of our Internet Saver Deals. And, because it’s nice to share, we allow you to share this offer with another person and get a maximum of two tickets per eligible event, including Shorts and Youth events.

Only available at www.glasgowfilm.org from Thursday 20 January.

Internet Saver 5 Films – £30 Internet Saver 10 Films – £50 Internet Saver 20 Films – £90

FRIGHTFEST PASSES

Love being scared? Buy a FrightFest Pass and spend the weekend with us...

Frightfest Pass – £48 for all 8 events

SHORT FILM FEST DEALS Standard price tickets to GSFF programmes and events are £7.50/£6.

Please note that some special events, talks and workshops are only £4. See individual listings for details.

GSFF 3 Ticket Deal – £15 for 3 programmes GSFF 6 Ticket Deal – £24 for 6 programmes

YOUTH FILM FEST DEALS Under-18s: £4 for all standard price GYFF events for under-18s.

Film Fan Deal: Under 18 and love movies? Come to 3 different standard price GYFF films or events for just £9. All tickets must be purchased in one transaction at the Central GFF Box Office at GFT. Mates Rates: Under 18 and coming to see any standard price GYFF film or event in a group? Buy 4 tickets to the same film and get a 5th free. That’s just £3.20 a ticket! Tickets must be purchased in one transaction at the Central GFF Box Office at GFT. Family Tickets: There are special GYFF deals for families for screenings of Make Believe, Eleanor’s Secret and The Ugly Duckling.

Family 3 Ticket Deal – £15 Family 4 Ticket Deal – £20 Because we know families come in all kinds of shapes, it doesn’t matter how many of the tickets are full price or concession rate.

Please note programme may be subject to change. Check www.glasgowfilm.org/festival for updates.

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strands Best of British

Forget the doom-merchants and savour a selection of finest British fare from an industry that continues to make small miracles on modest budgets. Old masters and new voices rub shoulders in the very best of home-grown cinema.

Beyond Bollywood

A celebration of independent Indian filmmaking past and present.

Beyond Bollywood lies a whole new world of different voices and diverse stories that provide an eye-opening journey into one of the most prolific filmmaking countries on the planet.

Ceol’s Craic: Gaelic Film Festival

The premier club and hub for Gaelic culture in Glasgow extends a warm welcome to everyone for a day of films and special events that celebrate Gaelic and other indigenous cultures from all around the world.

European Cinema

They may regulate our fishing quotas but they’ll never take our cinema! A stunning array of delights from across the continent embracing the finest French cinema, the choicest German dramas, visionary work from Italy and the raw realities of life in Poland.

Fashion in Film

Fabulous fashion films and effortless, off-the-shoulder events salute the tightly woven links between fashion and film, style icons and celluloid trendsetters. A unique Scottish event in partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University.

FrightFest

Films that will make your flesh creep, your stomach heave and your eyes roll heavenwards. Gore, grand guignol, giggles and groans. Pure cinema. Pure terror. From the team that knows what is good for you.

And now the screaming starts...

Gala

Roll out the red carpet, slip on the dark shades and book the stretch limo for the first glimpses of the finest films heading your way throughout 2011. Big names. Big budgets. Surprisingly small ticket prices. Glasgow: cinema-going with style.

Ginger Rogers

A centenary salute to the birth of Hollywood great Ginger Rogers. Five of her finest films, including two sublime musicals with the peerless Mr Astaire, a romantic comedy with James Stewart and an Oscar-winning tear-jerker. Vintage treats.

Glasgow Music and Film Festival

Crank up the volume to eleven and immerse yourself in a unique celebration of the special relationship between music and film.

Amazing documentaries and extraordinary live performances curated in perfect harmony between the film buffs and the music geeks.

Glasgow Youth Film Festival

Showcasing the best contemporary international cinema for and by young people alongside workshops, masterclasses, competitions and special events.

Great scots

A celebration of native talent and local heroes with screenings of the best new productions from Scottish filmmakers and Scottish production companies. Archive gems from all-time greats and personal appearances from your nation’s movers and shakers.

It’s a Wonderful World

Around the world in much less than eighty films with top titles from all across the globe that have stormed the local box-office, charmed the grumpiest critic or earned top festival prizes. A ticket to the world and you won’t even need a passport.

Meryl Streep

Nine must-see modern classics provide all the evidence you could need to argue that Meryl Streep is the greatest screen performer in the history of American cinema. Sixteen Oscar nominations is a pretty convincing argument as well.

Out of the Past

Cinema’s finest achievements rescued from dusty archives, lovingly restored by experts, tenderly remastered and enthusiastically rediscovered. Classic movies in peak condition back on the big screen where they come alive all over again.

The Stasi are Among Us

GFF and the University of Edinburgh present a two-day event exploring the personal experiences of four directors who worked under the watchful gaze of the unpredictable East German censor.

The State of Independents

Welcome to the world of American cinema that lies beyond the razzle dazzle of what Hollywood has to offer. Intensely personal visions, incredibly compelling stories and quirky, funny, cutting-edge, state-ofthe-art joy from hot new talents.

Stranger than Fiction

There is nothing more riveting than real life and nothing more fashionable than the documentary. An exceptional selection of the best examples of the genre that will take you on incredible journeys through the lives of American icons to the broken souls of Norwegian men.

Superheroes IN GLASGOW

This new strand for 2011 has been curated by GFF Ambassador Mark Millar. We will be screening films, classic and new, and presenting events that celebrate the vibrant Scottish comic scene, with the added bonus of a series of ‘access the industry’ events.

Glasgow Short Film Festival

Brevity is the soul of wit. Short films are the life blood of movie-making.

GSFF is an amazing chance to view, network, savour, celebrate and take inspiration from the amazing skill and art of making a short film.

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Moviemaking (8-12yrs) 09.00 - 10.30 F / p46

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Music Video Showcase 13.00 - 14.20 / p46

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Eleanor’s Secret 14.30 - 15.45 / p30

Soul Boy 16.30-5.30 / p55

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Breakdance Masterclass £ Platform, 16.00- 18.00 / p20

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The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya 14.15 - 17.15 / p28

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Animations for... £ 15.30 - 16.45 / p16

BBFC Masterclass 14.45 - 16.15 / p18

Make Believe 14.00 - 15.30 / p44

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Moviemaking (13-17yrs) 11.00 - 12.30 F / p46

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How to Write a Film Script 10.00 - 14.00 / p37

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TV Production Masterclass 10.00 - 14.00 / p59

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Make a Short Film in Two Days 10.00 - 19.00 / p44

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The Ugly Duckling 12.00 - 13.45 / p59

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Neukölln Unlimited £ Platform, 13.00 - 15.00 / p47

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Take 2: Vicky... £ Cineworld Parkhead 11.00 - 13.00 / p57

Thinking Like an Anime Writer 10.00 - 13.30 / p58

Monday 14 February

gft education

GFT 2

GFT 1

Sunday 13 February

other venues

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VJ Video Mix Masterclass 12.00 - 14.00 / p60

Castlemilk yc

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Muvizu Animation Workshop 12.00 - 17.00 / p46

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Yogi Bear 3D £ 14.00 - 15.30 / p63

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The Book of Masters 13.00 - 14.45 / p20

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Take 2: Vicky the Viking 11.00 - 13.00 / p57

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Film Nation: Make a Film in a Day 10.00 - 18.00 / p31

castlemilk yc

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Beastie W/shop F 10.00-11.30 / p19

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BBC Comedy Workshop 10.00 - 14.00 / p18

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Abel 18.15 - 19.45 / p15

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Eureka Seven...

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Days of Harvest 19.00 - 20.15 / p27

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King of Thorn 20.45 - 22.45 / p39

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The Extraordinary...

20.30 - 22.20 / p30

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Boy 20.30 - 22.10 / p20

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Paul 20.30 - 22.30 / p51

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Glasgow Youth Film Festival

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Subzero: Silent Disco 19.00 - 22.00 / p56

The Be All and End All 18.00 - 19.40 / p18

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Heartbeats 20.30 - 22.05 / p36

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Mean Girls £ 23.00 - 00.40 / p45

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Please note: This calendar contains the event running times only. Please check www.glasgowfilm.org/festival for details of guest introductions and Q&A sessions which may precede or follow the screenings.

other venues

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GFT 1

Friday 18 February

other venues

GFT 2

GFT 1

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Of Love and Other...

11.15 - 12.50 / p49

12.00

FilmCamp F CCA Clubroom 11.00 - 17.00 / p31

Eye to Eye 11.00 - 12.30 / p30

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Moviemaking (8-12yrs) 09.00 - 10.30 F / p46

THURSDAY 17 FEBRUARY

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wednesday 16 February

Moviemaking (8-12yrs) 09.00 - 10.30 F / p46

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Far From Home 15.00 - 16.30 / p31 Kawase 1 15.00 - 16.35 / p46

Short Order Chef / p54 13.00 - 14.00

Cell 211 15.45 - 17.45 / p22

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17.00 Boy 16.15 - 17.50 / p20

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Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D £ 18.30 - 20.10 / p22

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Benda Bilili!

Grosvenor 20.30 - 22.00 / p19

Incendies 20.45 - 22.55 / p38

Our Life 20.30 - 22.10 / p50

Miranda Pennell 19.30 - 21.15 / p45

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Viva Riva!

21.15 - 22.50 / p60

Road, Movie 20.15 - 21.50 / p53

Submarine 20.30 - 22.10 / p56

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Opening Gala: Potiche 20.30 - 22.15 / p10

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Wasted on the Young 18.15 - 19.50 / p61

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Rock It! £ 18.00 - 20.00 / p53

Iron Men 19.00 - 20.30 / p38

Waste Land 18.45 - 20.25 / p61

19.00

Dancing Dreams 18.45 - 20.15 / p27

Opening Gala: Potiche 19.30 - 21.15 / p10

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Beastie F 17.30-18.30 / p18

Faust/Alex Smoke 18.30 - 20.00 / p31

When We Leave 18.00 - 20.05 / p62

Kawase 2 17.00 - 18.35 / p47

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Point Blank 18.15 - 19.50 / p51

The Deer Hunter 17.45 - 20.50 / p28

18.00

Glasgow, I Love You Glasgow School of Art 18.00 - 19.30 / p34

18.00

First Light - Script Pitch 16.00 - 18.00 / p32

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Focus Left - Youth Edition 16.00 - 18.00 / p32

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Lonesome Road 17.00 - 18.30 / p42

Norman Mailer: The American 15.30 - 17.20 / p48

Potiche 15.15 - 17.05 / p10

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Make Believe 14.00 - 15.30 / p44

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Nothing’s All Bad 15.00 - 16.35 / p48

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Lord of the Flies £ 12.45 - 14.30 / p43

Talk to Me 13.00 - 14.30 / p57

Cold Fish 13.00 - 15.30 / p23

Apnea 12.45 - 14.40 / p16

Howl 13.30 - 15.05 / p37

Kramer vs Kramer 13.00 - 14.50 / p40

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The Deer Hunter 13.00 - 16.10 / p28

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Moviemaking (13-17yrs) 11.00 - 12.30 F / p46

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Moviemaking (13-17yrs) 11.00 - 12.30 F / p46

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TV Production Masterclass 10.00 - 14.00 / p59

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Camera Training Workshop 10.00 - 14.00 / p22

castlemilk yc

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Make a Short Film in Two Days 10.00 - 14.00 / p44

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How to Write a Film Script 10.00 - 14.00 / p37

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Tuesday 15 February

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GSFF Opening Party CCA Courtyard 22.30 - 03.00 / p34

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Confessions 22.45 - 00.35 / p26

The Tingler 23.00 - 00.45 / p58

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West is West 20.30 - 22.30 / p61

21.00

Son of Babylon 20.30 - 22.10 / p55

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European Cinema Fashion in Film FrightFest

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Kawase 1 13.00 - 14.35 / p46

17.00

Attenberg 15.45 - 17.30 / p17

The Imperialists are Still Alive!

15.15 - 16.50 / p37

Benda Bilili!

15.30 - 17.00 / p19

Tin Drum 17.45 - 20.30 / p58

Glasgow Short Film Festival Glasgow Youth Film Festival Great Scots

Wet Sounds £ North Woodside Leisure Centre 17.00 - 20.00 / p61

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Lighting the Way 17.00 - 18.30 / p40

It’s a Wonderful World Meryl Streep Out of the Past

No Wave 2 19.00 - 20.30 / p47

Stake Land 20.45 - 22.20 / p55

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The Stasi are Among Us The State of Independents Stranger than Fiction

Wounded Knee and Closing Ceremony 21.15 - 22.45 / p63

Kawase 2 21.00 - 22.35 / p47

Cold Fish 20.30 - 23.00 / p23

Sound of Noise 21.15 - 23.00 / p55

Cell 211 21.00 - 23.00 / p22

Ces amours-là 20.15 - 22.20 / p22

Marwencol 21.15 - 22.40 / p45

Fair Game 21.00 - 22.50 / p31

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Superheroes in Glasgow Special ticket price Free event

Optimo GSFF Closing Party Sub Club 23.00 - 03.00 / p49

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Digicult Party CCA 22.00 - 01.00 / p54

No Wave 1 21.00 - 22.30 / p47

Lonesome Road 21.00 - 22.30 / p42

Nothing’s All Bad 20.30 - 22.05 / p48

65daysofstatic £ 19.30 - 22.30 / p15

20.00

The Creature Walks Among Us 19.00 - 20.30 / p26

Poetry 18.00 - 20.25 / p51

Eye to Eye 17.00 - 18.30 / p30

LUX One-to-One (Afternoon Sessions) 15.00 - 18.00 / p43

Panel 2 15.15 - 16.45 / p50

Archipelago 18.15 - 20.15 / p17

The French Lieutenant’s Woman 17.45 - 19.55 / p33

One Hundred Mornings 16.30 - 18.00 / p49

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The Shame and the...

19.00 - 20.30 / p54

22.00

Howl 21.15 - 22.45 / p37

The Imperialists are Still Alive!

20.30 - 22.05 / p37

65daysofstatic £ 19.30 - 22.30 / p15

The Big Uneasy 18.30 - 20.10 / p19

21.00 Detective Dee...

20.45 - 22.55 / p28

Apnea 20.00 - 21.35 / p16

20.00

Far From Home 19.00 - 20.30 / p31

Attenberg 18.15 - 19.55 / p17

Carancho 18.15 - 20.05 / p22

Second Light / p54 17.45-18.00

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19.00

Udaan 18.30 - 20.50 / p59

Kramer vs Kramer 17.45 - 19.35 / p40

A Letter to Elia 17.15 - 18.20 / p40

LUX Workshop £ CCA 16.30 - 18.00 / p43

The African Queen 16.00 - 17.55 / p15

16.00

Against the Tide 15.00 - 16.30 / p16

15.00

18.00 Norwegian Wood 17.45 - 20.05 / p48

Talk to Me 17.00 - 18.30 / p57

17.00

Starting Block 16.00 - 17.30 / p55

The Creature Walks Among Us 15.00 - 16.30 / p26

Waste Land 15.45 - 17.30 / p61

Our Life 15.15 - 16.55 / p50

Gala Ginger Rogers Glasgow Music and Film Festival

Island 13.30 - 15.00 / p39

Iron Men 13.00 - 14.30 / p38

LUX One-to-One (Morning Sessions) 11.00 - 14.00 / p43

Crossing the Line 11.00 - 12.30 / p26

Best of British Beyond Bollywood Ceol’s Craic: Gaelic Film Festival

other venues

cca clubroom

cca 5

cca 4

arches

grosvenor

cineworld 18

Carancho 13.00 - 14.50 / p22

Cineworld 17

16.00 Submarine 15.45 - 17.25 / p56

Point Blank 15.00 - 16.35 / p51

Scotland Directs 14.30 - 15.45 / p54

A River Called Titash 13.30 - 16.15 / p52

Of Love and Other Demons 12.45 - 14.25 / p49

The Thief of Baghdad 11.30 - 13.15 / p58

14.00

Sophie’s Choice 13.00 - 15.35 / p55

13.00

cineworld 16

GFT 2

GFT 1

A Letter to Elia 11.15-12.20 / p40

12.00

Take 2: Eep! £ Cineworld Parkhead 11.00 - 12.50 / p57

other venues

11.00

Panel 1 13.00 - 14.15 / p50

Story Design in the Short Fiction Film £ 11.00 - 12.30 / p56

cca 5

Incendies 13.15 - 15.25 / p38

When We Leave 13.00 - 15.05 / p62

Viva Riva!

12.45 - 14.25 / p60

Confessions of a Dog 13.30 - 16.45 / p26

Crossing the Line 13.00 - 14.30 / p26

sunday 20 February

15.00

The French Lieutenant’s Woman 13.15 - 15.25 / p33

Against the Tide 11.00 - 12.30 / p16

Confessions 11.15 - 13.05 / p26

13.00

cca 4

arches

grosvenor

cineworld 18

Cineworld 17

cineworld 16

GFT 2

GFT 1

12.00

Take 2: Eep! £ 11.00 - 12.50 / p57

11.00

saturday 19 February

12.00

14.00

12.00

Tin Drum 13.15 - 16.00 / p58

Poetry 13.00 - 15.25 / p51

Ces amours-là 12.45 - 14.50 / p22

Nyman with...

16.00 - 17.15 / p49

14.00

17.00

Best of British Beyond Bollywood Ceol’s Craic: Gaelic Film Festival

other venues

grosvenor

cineworld 18

Cineworld 17

cineworld 16

GFT 2

GFT 1

12.00

14.00

European Cinema Fashion in Film FrightFest

Crumb CCA4, 12.00 - 14.00 / p26

16.00 Home for Christmas 15.15 - 16.45 / p36

Mark Millar / p44 CCA5, 14.30 - 16.00

18.00

19.00

Iain Smith 18.30 - 19.45 / p60

Home for Christmas 18.30 - 20.00 / p36

It’s a Wonderful World Meryl Streep Out of the Past

Microphone 20.45 - 22.50 / p46

22.00

The Stasi are Among Us The State of Independents Stranger than Fiction

Nostalgia for the Light 21.00 - 22.30 / p48

Essential Killing 20.30 - 22.00 / p30

A Distant Neighbourhood 21.00 - 22.45 / p30

Patagonia 20.45 - 22.50 / p50

Ultrasuede: In Search...

21.00 - 22.35 / p59

F

23.00

A Marine Story 20.30 - 22.15 / p44

The List Surprise Film 20.45 - TBC / p42

F

£

24.00

24.00

23.00

Superheroes in Glasgow Special ticket price Free event

22.00

A Screaming Man 21.00 - 22.40 / p54

The Christening 20.30 - 22.05 / p23

Gutter Magazine Launch CCA, 19.30 - 21.15 / p34

21.00

23.00

Upside Down 21.00 - 22.45 / p60

21.00

Protector 20.15 - 22.00 / p52

Lucky Dragons £ 19.30 - 22.30 / p43

The Socalled Movie 18.30 - 20.05 / p54

Superman II 18.30 - 20.30 / p56

Steam of Life 18.45 - 20.15 / p56

Zombie Zombie £ Arches, 19.30 - 22.30 / p63

Guy and Madeline 18.30 - 19.55 / p36

Life, Above All 18.15 - 20.05 / p40

19.00

Gary Lucas £ 20.00 - 23.00 / p33 20.00

Road, Movie 20.30 - 22.10 / p53

Island 20.45 - 22.15 / p39

Claiming Space...

20.00 - 22.30 / p23

Heavy Metal 19.00 - 20.35 / p36

Meek’s Cutoff 18.30 - 20.20 / p45

Aelita: Queen of Mars...

20.45 - 22.45 / p15

NYOS Futures £ 20.00 - 21.45 / p49

20.00

22.00

How I Ended the Summer 20.30 - 22.40 / p37

Autograph 18.00 - 20.15 / p17

18.00

21.00 The Man Who Fell to Earth 20.30 - 22.50 / p44

In a Better World 20.00 - 22.00 / p38

20.00

Working Creatively in a Dictator... / p63 CCA5, 17.45 - 19.00

The Ruins 18.15 - 20.15 / p53

Route Irish 18.00 - 19.55 / p53

Glasgow Short Film Festival Glasgow Youth Film Festival Great Scots

Frank Quitely / p33 CCA5, 16.30 - 18.00

Animal Kingdom 15.45 - 17.45 / p16

Beyond 15.15 - 16.55 / p19

17.00

Saturday...

CCA4, 16.4517.35 / p53

Love Like Poison 15.45 - 17.20 / p43

Julia’s Delusion CCA4, 15.00 - 16.40 / p39

Autograph 15.30 - 17.45 / p17

Deconstructing Dad 15.00 - 16.45 / p28

15.00

Living Creatively in a Dictatorship / p42 CCA5, 13.30 - 14.45

Gala Ginger Rogers Glasgow Music and Film Festival

Microphone 13.15 - 15.20 / p46

A Screaming Man 13.00 - 14.40 / p54

The Christening 13.15 - 14.55 / p23

About a Band 13.30-14.35 / p15

A Cry in the Dark 13.00 - 15.00 / p27

13.00

Jadup & Boel CCA4, 10.45 - 13.15 / p39

Fire in Babylon 11.30 - 13.10 / p32

Swing Time 11.00 - 12.45 / p57

11.00

wednesday 23 February

cca

the arches

grosvenor

Stake Land 13.15 - 14.50 / p55

In a Better World 15.15 - 17.15 / p38

The Four Times 13.00 - 14.35 / p33

cineworld 18

17.00

Fire in Babylon 16.15 - 18.00 / p32

Little White Lies 15.45 - 17.45 / p42

16.00

Love Like Poison 18.45 - 20.20 / p43

The Four Times 18.00 - 19.35 / p33

Life Behind Bars 18.00 - 19.40 / p40

Cineworld 17

Little Zizou 14.15 - 16.00 / p42

15.00

19.00

Pink Saris 18.00 - 19.50 / p51 Sophie’s Choice 17.45 - 20.20 / p55

Sound of Noise 16.45 - 18.30 / p55

Steam of Life 15.45 - 17.10 / p56

18.00 Little White Lies 17.45 - 19.45 / p42

Udaan 15.15 - 17.35 / p59

The Man Who Fell to Earth 11.30 - 13.55 / p44

16.00 Fair Game 15.45 - 17.35 / p31

Patagonia 15.00 - 17.05 / p50

15.00

Ironweed 13.00 - 15.25 / p38

13.00

Detective Dee...

13.30 - 15.40 / p28

Top Hat 11.00 - 12.45 / p59

11.00

13.00

Out of Africa 12.45 - 15.30 / p50

How I Ended the Summer 12.45 - 14.55 / p37

Why...

CCA4/ p62 10 - 10.45

10.00

Marwencol 11.30 - 13.00 / p45

42nd Street 11.00 - 12.35 / p15

11.00

cineworld 16

GFT 2

GFT 1

09.00

tuesday 22 february

o2 abc

cca 5

arches

grosvenor

cineworld 18

Cineworld 17

cineworld 16

GFT 2

GFT 1

monday 21 february

24.00

GFT 2

GFT 1

sunday 27 February

other venues

blytheswood

cca 5

cineworld 16

GFT 2

GFT 1

£

12.00

Take 2: Surprise Film Cineworld Parkhead 11.30 - TBC / p57

Agnosia 11.30 - 13.00 / p16

£

15.00

The Flying Scotsman 13.30 - 14.45 / p32

14.00

Tales from the Shipyard 13.15 - 14.45 / p57

16.00 First Night 15.45 - 17.40 / p32

17.00

The Guga.../p34 16.30 - 17.30

Oranges and Sunshine 15.30 - 17.20 / p49

The Bridge on the River Kwai 15.00 - 17.45 / p20

15.00

17.00

Territories 16.00 - 17.50 / p57

16.00

18.00

19.00

Ivory Tower 18.15 - 19.30 / p39

Tiny Furniture 18.00 - 19.40 / p58

18.00

Danger Diabolik Arches 17.30 - 19.15 / p27

19.00

Before Tomorrow 18.15 - 20.00 / p19

The Devil Wears Prada 17.45 - 19.40 / p28

Iona... F / p38 17.30 - 18.30

20.00

Submarino 20.15 - 22.05 / p56

21.00 Closing Gala: The Eagle 20.15 - 22.15 / p10

£

Agnosia 20.45 - 22.15 / p16

22.00

Mother’s Day 21.00 - 22.50 / p46

21.00

22.00

You Instead 21.15 - 22.45 / p63

Griff the Invisible 20.45 - 22.20 / p34

Blank City 19.45 - 21.30 / p20

20.00

22.00 I Saw the Devil 21.00 - 23.30 / p37

21.00

David Scott... Mondo Morricone Arches 19.30 - 22.30 / p27

The Shrine 19.00 - 20.30 / p54

19.00

22.00

Machete Maidens 23.45 - 1.45 / p43

24.00

24.00

23.00

23.00

24.00

Hobo with a Shotgun 23.15 - 00.50 / p36

24.00

Wake Wood 23.00 - 00.30 / p61

23.00

23.00

Ivory Tower 22.30 - 23.50 / p39

Battle Royale 3D £ Cineworld, 21.00 - 23.00 / p18

Oranges and Sunshine 20.30 - 22.15 / p49

£

Guy and Madeline 20.30 - 21.55 / p36

Animal Kingdom 20.30 - 22.30 / p16

Wake Wood 20.45 - 22.15 / p61

Pyuupiru CCA5, 20.15 - 21.50 / p52

Pearls on the Ocean...

19.00 - 20.20 / p51

Goblin £ 19.00 - 22.00 / p34

You Instead 19.00 - 20.30 / p63

Balibo 18.00 - 20.00 / p17

18.00

20.00

William S Burroughs 18.45 - 20.05 / p62

Little Deaths 18.30 - 20.00 / p42

Treacle Jr 20.45 - 22.15 / p59

At the Heart...

21.00-22.00 /p17

21.00

The Piano in a Factory 20.15 - 22.10 / p51

The Memory Band 19.30 - 22.30 / p45

The Bridges of Madison County 17.45 - 20.05 / p20

Pam Hogg F 17.00-18.00 /p50

Profondo Rosso 16.30 - 18.40 / p52

The Piano in a Factory 15.30 - 15.05 / p51

FilmG 14.45 - 16.15 / p31

17.00

Dave Gibbons...

16.00 - 17.30 / p27

16.00

The Wicker Man 17.45 - 19.15 / p62

Balibo 18.15 - 20.10 / p17

Essential Killing 18.00 - 19.30 / p30

20.00

Dewar.. F / p28 19.30 - 20.30

Griff the Invisible 18.30 - 20.10 / p34

A Cry in the Dark 17.45 - 19.50 / p27

F

19.00

Beyond 18.00 - 19.40 / p19

18.00

Inventors of Tradition 17.45 - 19.15 / p38

Portfolio... CLiNT CCA5, 16.30 - 18.00 /p52

Danger Diabolik 16.30 - 18.15 / p27

Life, Above All 15.30 - 17.20 / p40

Harishchandrachi...

15.00 - 16.40 / p36

Rubber 14.00 - 15.35 / p53

14.00

17.00

Harishchandrachi Factory 15.45 - 17.25 / p36

New Low 15.30 - 16.55 / p47

Contemporary Days 15.00 - 16.20 / p26

15.00

16.00 Route Irish 15.45 - 17.40 / p53

Heavy Metal 15.15 - 16.45 / p36

ComicCamp 2 F CCA5, 14.00 - 15.30 /p23

West Side Story 13.00 - 15.35 / p61

13.00

F

Submarino 13.30 - 15.20 / p56

Glasgow on Screen 13.15 - 14.45 / p33

Qimmit 13.00 - 14.10 / p52

13.00

William S Burroughs 11.45 - 13.05 / p62

Take 2: Surprise Film 11.30 - TBC / p57

NY Export: Opus Jazz 11.00 - 12.30 / p48

11.00

11.00

12.00

ComicCamp 1 F CCA5, 11.00 - 13.30 / p23

New Low 11.30 - 13.00 / p47

The Devil Wears Prada 13.00 - 14.55 / p28

13.00

14.00

A Distant Neighbourhood 13.00 - 14.45 / p30

15.00

Metaphrog CCA 5, 14.30-16.00 / p45

Nostalgia for the Light 13.15 - 14.50 / p48

Amruta Patil Interview CCA 5, 12.00-13.30 / p16

12.00

14.00

The Bridges of Madison County 13.00 - 15.20 / p20

13.00

Meek’s Cutoff 12.45 - 14.35 / p45

Ultrasuede: In Search...

11.30 - 13.05 / p59

Kitty Foyle 11.00 - 12.50 / p40

11.00

saturday 26 February

cca 5

cca 4

arches

cineworld

cineworld 16

GFT 2

GFT 1

friday 25 February

other venues

cca 4

arches

grosvenor

cineworld 18

Cineworld 17

cineworld 16

GFT 2

GFT 1

12.00

Vivacious Lady 11.00 - 12.35 / p60

11.00

thursday 24 February

opening gala

closing gala

François Ozon has a remarkable talent that runs the gamut from heart-wrenching dramas like Under the Sand (Sous le sable, 2001) and The Time that Remains (Le temps qui reste, 2005) to delightful divertissements like 8 Women (8 femmes, 2002). The triumphant Potiche is a frothy farce with serious dramatic undertones that develops into an irresistible crowd-pleaser.

Oscar-winning, Glasgow-born director Kevin Macdonald is one of the most successful filmmakers that Scotland has ever produced with an uncanny ability to make intelligent, mainstream movies that delight, entertain and enthrall. The Eagle is one of the most keenly awaited movies of 2011 and it gives us immense pleasure to host the UK premiere as the closing night gala of the Festival.

The wonderful Catherine Deneuve has her best role in years as Suzanne Pujol. In the small town of Sainte-Guenole in 1977, she makes the most of her unvarying life as a domestic goddess and supportive wife to insufferably chauvinistic husband Robert (Fabrice Luchini). She is a trophy wife, or a potiche. When the workers at their umbrella factory go on strike and Robert is sidelined with ill health, Suzanne reluctantly steps up to take charge. It is a transformation worthy of Cinderella as she suddenly finds her voice and reclaims her life from years of dreary servitude with a little help from town mayor Maurice (Gérard Depardieu) who just happens to be an old flame. There is no limit to what Suzanne might achieve but Robert is not a man likely to welcome change or support a wife he no longer recognises. The gloves are off in a sly, witty, fun-filled excursion into the entrenched attitudes of the 1970s and the glorious rise of a woman who represents the future. A disco scene with Deneuve and Depardieu will leave everyone in the mood for dancing. Pure, unadulterated joy – this UK premiere is the perfect start to the 2011 Festival.

Macdonald has long been a fan of Rosemary Sutcliff’s classic novel The Eagle of the Ninth. The film version reunites him with The Last King of Scotland screenwriter Jeremy Brock and is a rip-roaring, action-packed historical adventure with an awesome, all-star cast that includes Donald Sutherland, Tahar Rahim (A Prophet), Mark Strong and Douglas Henshall.

Potiche

Gala GFT Thursday 17 February (19.30 & 20.30), ticket includes access to exclusive after-party Friday 18 February (15.15) Director François Ozon Cast Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard, Jérémie Renier France 2010, 1h43m, N/C 12+, French with subtitles Thanks to Optimum Releasing Supported by Coors, Black Bottle, Urban Outfitters and Inverarity Vaults

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The Eagle

Channing Tatum stars as Marcus Aquila, a young centurion dispatched from Rome to Britain in 140 AD. His personal mission is to discover the fate of the 5,000 strong Ninth Legion of elite Roman soldiers who disappeared in Scotland twenty years earlier. His father led the legion and Marcus is determined to retrieve the lost legion’s golden emblem of the Eagle of the Ninth and restore honour to the family name. Accompanied only by his slave Esca (Jamie Bell), he crosses Hadrian’s Wall into uncharted territory of a land ruled by savage tribes and the prospect of certain death.

Beautifully shot by Anthony Dod Mantle (127 Hours, Antichrist, The Last King of Scotland), The Eagle is a rousing, edge-of-the-seat, oldschool yarn. Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a thrilling ride.

Gala GFT Sunday 27 February (20.15) Director Kevin Macdonald Cast Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, Tahar Rahim, Douglas Henshall USA/UK 2011, 1h54m, 12A: Contains moderate battle violence Thanks to Universal Pictures/Focus Features

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glasgow youth glasgow glasgow film festival music and film short film festival festival Get your film fix at Europe’s most innovative film festival for young audiences. GYFF is selected by a team of programmers aged 15–18 years old. Schools programme at www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/schools.

Abel

15

Animations for Families

16

BBC Comedy Workshop

18

BBFC Film and Games Classification Masterclass

18

The Be All and End All

18

Beastie

18

Beastie – Dance Workshop

19

The Book of Masters

20

Boy

20

Breakdance Masterclass with Hassan Akkouch

20

Camera Training Workshop

22

Dancing Dreams

27

Days of Harvest

27

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

28

Eleanor’s Secret

30

Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight...

30

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

30

Film Nation: Make a Film in a Day

31

First Light – Script Pitch

32

Focus Left – Youth Edition

32

Heartbeats

36

How to Write a Film Script

37

King of Thorn

39

Lord of the Flies

43

Make a Short Film in Two Days

44

Make Believe

44

Mean Girls

45

Moviemaking at the Apple Store

46

Music Video Showcase

46

Muvizu Animation Workshop

46

Neukölln Unlimited

47

Paul

51

Rock It!

53

Son of Babylon

55

Soul Boy

55

Subzero: Silent Disco

56

Take 2: Eep!

57

Take 2: Surprise Film

57

Take 2: Vicky the Viking

57

The Thief of Bagdad

58

Thinking Like an Anime Writer

58

TV Production Masterclass

59

The Ugly Duckling with Scottish Opera

59

VJ Video Mix Masterclass

60

Wasted on the Young

61

West is West

61

Yogi Bear 3D

63

Crank up the volume to eleven and prepare to immerse yourself in a celebration of the special relationship between music and film.

Glasgow Music and Film Festival is lovingly co-curated by film buffs from Glasgow Film Festival and music geeks from The Arches.

Their carefully selected programme of extraordinary live events, documentaries and feature films balances reverent celebration of the past with a keen enthusiasm for future innovations in music, sound and moving image. Their must-see choices range from the effortlessly entertaining to the positively inspirational and the downright weird.

Dullness or indifference are not an option.

Highlights of the 2011 programme include the hugely-anticipated arrival of Italian horror gods Goblin, the return of Zombie Zombie with a soundtrack to Eisenstein’s landmark Battleship Potemkin, and the premiere of a new commission from cult heroes 65daysofstatic.

Glasgow Short Film Festival returns for a feverish fourth year with a hothouse weekender of unique screenings and workshops devoted to short but perfectly proportioned movies. Once again an international jury will present the GSFF Short Film Award to the most outstanding new work in the programme. You will be able to vote for your favourite to win the Audience Award.

Against the Tide

16

Thanks to The Arches.

The Creature Walks Among Us

26

Crossing the Line

26

Eye to Eye

30

Far From Home

31

FilmCamp

31

GSFF Opening Night Party with LuckyMe

34

Iron Men

38

Lighting the Way: Artists’ Short Film from India

40

Lonesome Road

42

Lux One-to-One Sessions

43

Lux Film Collective Workshop

43

Miranda Pennell Retrospective

45

Naomi Kawase 1: Father

46

Naomi Kawase 2: Mother

47

No Wave 1: The Blank Generation

47

No Wave 2: The Para-Punk Underground

47

Optimo Presents GSFF Closing Party at HUNG UP!

49 50

65daysofstatic

15

Aelita: Queen of Mars with Minima

15

Benda Bilili!

19

Blank City

20

Danger Diabolik

27

We look back to a punk film movement that sprang out of the desolation of late 70s New York. We cast our eye over the landscape for aspiring filmmakers in Scotland today, presenting brand new work from GMAC and Diversity Films, alongside a 10th anniversary showcase from the legendary DigiCult. Oh, and LuckyMe and Optimo are back to rock our parties. What more do you need?

Thanks to The Magic Lantern.

David Scott, Duglas T Stewart & Friends: Mondo Morricone

27

Deconstructing Dad

28

Faust/Alex Smoke

31

Gary Lucas

33

Goblin

34

Ivory Tower

39

Lucky Dragons: No Boundaries, No Hierarchies

43

The Memory Band: The Wicker Man

45

Mircophone

46

Nyman with a Movie Camera

49

NYOS Futures: Vanishing Boundaries

49

Panel 1: Is Filmmaking a White Middle-class Career Choice?

Profondo Rosso

52

Panel 2: 1st Person Filmmaking

50

The Socalled Movie

54

Scotland Directs

54

Sound of Noise

55

Second Light Premiere

54

Upside Down: The Story of Creation Records

60

The Shame and the Glory: 10 Years of DigiCult

54

Wet Sounds at North Woodside Leisure Centre

61

Short Order Chef

54

The Wicker Man

62

Starting Block Premiere

55

Zombie Zombie: Battleship Potemkin

63

Story Design in the Short Fiction Film

56

Talk to Me

57

Wounded Knee and GSFF Award Announcement

63

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Meryl Streep Retrospective

BEYOND BOLLYWOOD

Meryl Streep is universally admired as one of the finest screen performers ever to grace a Hollywood sound stage. In a career that stretches over three decades, she has received sixteen Oscar nominations, winning Best Supporting Actress for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Best Actress for Sophie’s Choice (1982). She has costarred with Jack Nicholson, Robert Redford and Clint Eastwood and been directed by such giants as Woody Allen, Robert Altman, Michael Cimino, Mike Nichols and Fred Zinnemann. In her early film career, she seemed born to suffer, investing her roles with a haunting vulnerability. Over the years, she has been allowed to reveal an astonishing versatility that includes a flair for high comedy, an ability to give Sylvester Stallone a run for his money as an action star and a talent for singing, dancing and doing the splits in Mamma Mia! Streep herself tends to dismiss all the fuss, remarking: ‘Let’s face it, we were all once three-year-olds who stood in the middle of the living room and everybody thought we were so adorable. Only some of us grow up and get paid for it.’ Even when she received the ultimate accolade of the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award, she remarked: ‘I don’t want to spit in the eye of good fortune, but it was weird. I felt like I’d butted in line in front of Lucille Ball, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn. Hello? How did this happen? I was only the sixth woman to receive it, but they found twenty-six men to give it to. I thought that was embarrassing.’

Glasgow Film Festival is proud to salute the career of a true American master with a retrospective that features nine of Meryl’s most memorable movies.

The Bridges of Madison County

20

A Cry in the Dark

27

The Deer Hunter

28

The Devil Wears Prada

28

The French Lieutenant's Woman

33

Ironweed

38

Kramer vs Kramer

40

Out of Africa

50

Sophie's Choice

55

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India is experiencing an amazing blossoming of independent filmmaking. Beyond the celebrated traditions of Bollywood, there is a whole generation determined to reflect all the different aspects of Indian life in their stories and films. The success of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi has only increased the friendly ties between India and Scotland as Glasgow assumes the responsibility for hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Glasgow Film Festival wants to reflect and honour that friendship with an exciting programme of new films and landmark classics that will bring Indian cinema to wider audiences in Glasgow and Britain.

Join us for a magical journey into a world of cinema rarely seen on our screens that ranges from the British premiere of Dev Benegal’s charmer Road, Movie to Ritwik Ghatak’s majestic A River Called Titash which is newly restored to pristine perfection by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation.

Some features will be preceded by short films from the screening programme Lighting the Way: Artists’ Short Film from India, part of Glasgow Short Film Festival and selected by Lorraine Wilson.

GFF welcomes Mother India as Major Sponsor of ‘Beyond Bollywood’. Based at Westminster Terrace, Mother India was voted Glasgow’s Best Restaurant at the inaugural ‘Glasgow Restaurant Awards’ (December 2010) for its exemplary use of quality Scottish produce. Mother India’s sponsorship has further secured a New Arts Sponsorship Grant supported by the Scottish Government in conjunction with Arts & Business Scotland.

Supported by The Nehru Centre.

Autograph

17

Harishchandrachi Factory

36

Lighting the Way: Artists’ Short Film from India

40

Little Zizou

42

Pink Saris

51

A River Called Titash

52

Road, Movie

53

The Ruins

53

Udaan

59

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frightfest

Film4 FrightFest returns to its second home in Glasgow with their strongest line-up ever. The UK’s biggest and best horror genre event is delighted to premiere and sneak preview eight superb titles destined to be the most talked about fears of the year.

Expect the totally unexpected in the eclectic programme featuring a trilogy of terror, uncut Korean serial killers, psychotic tyres, Polish demons, maniacal matriarchs, crazed war veterans and a terrific schlock doc.

With guest directors and filmmakers from all over world, surprises on screen and off, and the unique community feeling, FrightFest at GFF has now become the must-attend occasion on the horror fantasy fan’s calendar.

Hobo with a Shotgun

36

I Saw the Devil

37

Little Deaths

42

Machete Maidens Unleashed

43

Mother's Day

46

Rubber

53

The Shrine

54

Territories

57

fasHION in film

Who hasn’t wanted to dress in the style of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s or sport a suit with the casual elegance of Cary Grant in North by Northwest? Film and fashion are so intimately linked that we almost don’t notice their persuasive sway. GFF have teamed up with Glasgow Caledonian University to curate a mini season of fabulous films and trendsetting events that celebrate both fashion in film and document the world of fashion itself.

Thanks to Glasgow Caledonian University.

superheroes IN GLASGOW

The supremacy of Scottish artists in the world of mainstream comics and graphic novels is well known around the world and the outsider nature of comic book art fits well with the do it yourself Scottish mindset. Local hero Mark Millar joins the GFF team to curate this special season of films and events that celebrate the vibrant Scottish scene, filmic adaptations of both new stories and old classics and to present a series of ‘access the industry’ special events.

Amruta Patil Interview with Paul Gravett

16

Battle Royale 3D

18

ComicCamp 11: Comics, Gaming & the Film Industry

23

Crumb

26

Danger Diabolik

27

Dave Gibbons in Conversation

27

A Distant Neighbourhood

30

Frank Quitely Workshop

33

Griff the Invisible

34

Heavy Metal

36

Mark Millar Workshop

44

Metaphrog: Graphic Novels & Adaptations

45

Portfolio Review with CLiNT Magazine

52

Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut

56

Ceol’s Craic: Gaelic Film Festival

Ceol’s Craic is the premier club and hub for Gaelic culture in Glasgow.

Join us for a day of films and special events that celebrate Gaelic and other indigenous cultures from around the world. In 2011 we showcase two fascinating Inuit films as well as the finalists of Gaelic short film competition, FilmG. There is also the opportunity to witness an ancient tradition captured on film with the premiere of new Scottish documentary The Guga Hunters of Ness.

The Devil Wears Prada

28

The Inventors of Tradition

38

Iona Crawford

38

Pam Hogg

50

Before Tomorrow

19

Pyuupiru 2001-2008

52

FilmG

31

Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

59

The Guga Hunters of Ness

39

Qimmit: A Clash of Two Truths

52

Whale Hunt: an Experiment in Storytelling

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SPECIAL EVENTS

GFF prides itself on being an accessible public event. We aim to provide our audiences with as many opportunities as possible to access the industry through meeting directors, producers and screenwriters and hearing actors speak about their experiences on set. Check for updates at www.glasgowfilm.org/festival.

We also programme a whole host of special events, live performances, parties and workshops, see the list below for events confirmed at time of going to press.

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65daysofstatic

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Aelita: Queen of Mars with Minima

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Amruta Patil Interview with Paul Gravett

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At the Heart of Everything a Row of Holes

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BBC Comedy Workshop

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BBFC Film and Games Classification Masterclass

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Beastie – Dance Workshop

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Breakdance Masterclass with Hassan Akkouch

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Camera Training Workshop

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ComicCamp 11: Comics, Gaming and the Film Industry

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Dave Gibbons in Conversation

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David Scott, Duglas T Stewart & Friends: Mondo Morricone

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Deconstructing Dad

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Film Nation: Make a Film in a Day

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FilmCamp

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First Light – Script Pitch

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Focus Left – Youth Edition

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Frank Quitely Workshop

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Gary Lucas

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Glasgow on Screen: Recreating the Past

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Goblin

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GSFF Opening Night Party with LuckyMe

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Gutter Magazine Launch Samizdat Issue

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How to Write a Film Script

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The Inventors of Tradition

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Iona Crawford

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Living Creatively in a Dictatorship: Claus Löser & Thomas Heise

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Lucky Dragons: No Boundaries, No Hierarchies

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Lux One-to-One Sessions

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Lux Film Collective Workshop

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Make a Short Film in Two Days

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Mark Millar Workshop

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The Memory Band: The Wicker Man

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Metaphrog: Graphic Novels & Adaptations

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Miranda Pennell Retrospective

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Moviemaking at the Apple Store

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Muvizu Animation Workshop

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Neukölln Unlimited

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NYOS Futures: Vanishing Boundaries

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Optimo Presents GSFF Closing Party at HUNG UP!

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Pam Hogg

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Panel 1: Is Filmmaking a White Middle-Class Career Choice?

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Panel 2: 1st Person Filmmaking

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Portfolio Review with CLiNT Magazine

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Pyuupiru 2001–2008

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Rock it!

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Scotland Directs

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Short Order Chef

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Story Design in the Short Fiction Film

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Subzero: Silent Disco

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Thinking Like an Anime Writer with Jonathan Clements

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The Tingler

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TV Production Masterclass with Raise the Roof Productions

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The Ugly Duckling with Scottish Opera

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The UWS Scottish Production Archive: Iain Smith

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VJ Video Mix Masterclass

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Wet Sounds at North Woodside Leisure Centre

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Whale Hunt: an Experiment in Storytelling

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Working Creatively in a Dictatorship: Hannes Schönemann & Rainer Simon

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Wounded Knee and GSFF Award Announcement

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Zombie Zombie: Battleship Potemkin

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THE STASI ARE AMONG US A two-day special event exploring the personal experiences of four directors who worked under the watchful gaze of the unpredictable East German censor.

In 1961 construction began on the Berlin Wall. But physically confining the citizens of Eastern Europe was to prove a simpler task than confining their imaginations. A border can be policed relatively easily; the mind cannot. Nonetheless, the Ministry for State Security, the Staatssicherheit (Stasi for short), made every effort to control cultural output. Making films, whether for the underground or for the official production house DEFA, entailed risks, and many films were made and then banned. Some filmmakers went to prison for their activities.

This special event begins to chart the effect of a capricious censor on filmmaking in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR).

Presented by the University of Edinburgh and the DEFA Stiftung.

Special Ticket Deals Mon 20 Feb – standard ticket price or 2 films for £10/£8 Tue 21 Feb – standard ticket price or Day Pass (5 events for £25/£20)

Claiming Space: Staging Independent Exhibitions in the GDR

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Gutter Magazine Launch Samizdat Issue

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Jadup & Boel

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Julia’s Delusion

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Life Behind Bars

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Living Creatively in a Dictatorship: Claus Löser & Thomas Heise

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Saturday, Sunday, Monday Morning

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Why Make a Film About These People?

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Working Creatively in a Dictatorship: Hannes Schönemann & Rainer Simon

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MARKET GALLERY EVENTS Market Gallery is an artist-run contemporary art gallery situated in Dennistoun in the East End of Glasgow. These three projects are programmed to coincide with GFF.

Neighbourhood Cinema is an investigation into the social experience of cinema-going and the energetic activity of filmmaking. A selection will be screened in four outdoor locations in the North, West, South and East of Glasgow on Friday 25 & Saturday 26 February.

Telling Stories is an exhibition of graphic artists and illustrators.

The Market Cinema is a temporary cinema which will host a curated programme of artists’ videos, films and talks.

Please see www.marketgallery.org.uk for more information and exact times.

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A-Z LISTINGS

42nd Street ‘Come and meet those dancing feet, on the avenue I’m taking you to – 42nd Street.’ One of the brightest, toe-tapping backstage musical triumphs from Depression era Hollywood, 42nd Street provided a major stepping stone in the career of twenty-two-year-old Ginger Rogers. Ruby Keeler is the chorus girl who steps in to replace an ailing leading lady and emerges a shiny new Broadway star but Rogers steals all her scenes as wise-cracking, gold-digging chorus girl Anytime Annie. Eye-popping choreography from Busby Berkeley is matched by an unforgettable score that includes ‘Shuffle off to Buffalo’, ‘You’re Getting to be a Habit with Me’ and the glorious title track.

65daysofstatic With their layered, intense barrages of sounds and textures, 65daysofstatic fuse keyboards, drum samples, angry post-rock guitars and gritty synth noise to create headphone-hungry, cinematic soundscapes for the digital age. Whilst fourth album We Were Exploding Anyway delves deeper into the electronic undercurrent of their music, the band have always retained their post-rock core, thriving off a reputation as an unbelievable live act. With their music used as the score for the Radio 4 adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five earlier this year, the band now create an original 90-minute score for Douglas Trumbull’s science fiction classic Silent Running.

Ginger Rogers GFT Monday 21 February (11.00) Director Lloyd Bacon Cast Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers USA 1933, 1h29m, U Thanks to BFI & Warner Brothers

Glasgow Music and Film Festival The Arches Saturday 19 February (19.30) Sunday 20 February (19.30) 3h, 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+)

All tickets £10

Abel Diego Luna, star of Mexican hit Y Tu Mamá También, makes his directorial debut with this magical family drama. Nine-year-old Abel reacts surprisingly to his father’s departure by taking on the role of head of the family. His mother urges his brother and sister to play along with his strange performance, which includes interrogating his sister’s new boyfriend and ordering everyone around the house.

Gradually, Abel gains their respect, until his father shows up at the breakfast table and threatens to ruin his game. Abel balances its foreboding tone with a delightful sense of humour.

About a Band GFF regular Jim Hickey returns with an inspirational documentary on the Columcille Ceilidh Band. The band has a unique combination of musicians including a number of adults with learning difficulties. The joyous sounds of the ceilidh music are interwoven with personal tales and a true sense of just how important the band has been to the lives of its members.

Preceded by short film Caring for Calum (23m), a moving portrait of a man looking after his father in the Scottish highlands, directed by Lou McLoughlan.

Aelita: Queen of Mars with Minima Minima combine orchestral and techno music to create audacious 21st century scores for silent and avant-garde films. In this enchanting live musical event, they play a specially commissioned soundtrack to 1924 silent classic Aelita: Queen of Mars. Made in the early years of the Soviet Union, this film is part political melodrama, part space romp. The crystalline Martian film sets are timeless and influenced future science fiction films such as Metropolis and the Flash Gordon series.

The African Queen One of the cinema’s great adventure classics, The African Queen won Humphrey Bogart his only Best Actor Oscar. Working under the direction of his great friend and frequent collaborator John Huston, Bogart is irresistible as a cynical, ginsodden riverboat captain. Katharine Hepburn is perfectly cast as the missionary spinster he transports through the treacherous rapids of Africa at the height of the First World War. Mutual dislike ultimately melts into a fond appreciation during a thrilling, action-packed yarn shot on location by Technicolor maestro Jack Cardiff and restored to all its sparkling glory for this 60th anniversary cinema re-issue.

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Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Friday 11 February (18.15) Director Diego Luna Cast Christopher Ruiz-Esparza, Karina Gidi, José María Yazpik Mexico/USA 2010, 1h25m, 15, Spanish with subtitles Thanks to Network Releasing

Great Scots GFT Wed 23 February (13.30) Director Jim Hickey Cast Columcille Ceilidh Band, Ian McCalman, Phil Cunningham Scotland 2010, 43m, N/C 8+ Thanks to Freedonia Films/ Cadies Productions

Glasgow Music and Film Festival GFT Monday 21 February (20.45) Director Yakov Protazanov Cast Yuliya Solntseva, Igor Ilyinsky Russia 1924, 1h52m, N/C 8+ Thanks to BFI and Minima

Out of the Past GFT Sunday 20 February (16.00) Director John Huston Cast Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley USA 1951, 1h45m, U Thanks to Park Circus

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Competition 7: Against the Tide Time marches on and the protagonists of our seventh international selection cling to a receding past. Some retreat into fantasy, others seek to reconnect with estranged friends and family. But the only hope is to shed sentimental trappings and step into the unknown. Full details of all the films are provided in the Glasgow Short Film Festival brochure.

Agnosia Fans of Pan’s Labyrinth and The Orphanage will know that Spain has produced some fine fantasy dramas in recent years. Agnosia is a stylish romantic thriller set to continue the trend. Joana is a young woman who has a condition that affects her sensory perception. As the only person who knows the industrial secret left behind by her father she falls prey to a sinister conspiracy. As the plot progresses the two men closest to her also become embroiled: Carles, Joana’s fiancé and her father’s right-hand man and Vicent, a young servant working at the family house.

Amruta Patil Interview with Paul Gravett Tramway, in partnership with Glasgow Film Festival and supported by British Council Scotland, is commissioning a new piece of work from India’s first female graphic novelist Amruta Patil, creator of Kari. Amruta will create a new graphic short story, launched at this event, and will also discuss the current graphic novel and comics scene in India with Paul Gravett (Paul Gravett is a Londonbased writer, curator, lecturer and broadcaster, specialising in international comics, and director of the Comica Festival in London since 2003).

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Saturday 19 February (11.00) Sunday 20 February (15:00) 1h30m, N/C 15+

European Cinema GFT Saturday 26 February (20.45) Sunday 27 February (11.30) Director Eugenio Mira Cast Martina Gedeck, Eduardo Noriega, Félix Gómez Spain 2010, 1h30m, N/C 15+, Spanish with subtitles Thanks to Momentum

Superheroes in Glasgow CCA Thursday 24 February (12.00-13.30) Thanks to Tramway and British Council Scotland

Please see www.glasgowfilm.org/festival for more info and publication details.

Animal Kingdom Take note of David Michôd because it is a name you will want to remember.

Michôd’s thrilling, gut-wrenching debut Animal Kingdom has earned comparisons with early Scorsese and the flintiest Hong Kong thrillers. When his mother overdoses on heroin, teenager Joshua ‘J’ Cody (James Frecheville) moves in with his grandmother Smurf (Jacki Weaver), the fiercesome matriarch in a Melbourne clan of career criminals. The lad is inexorably drawn into their world and the turf war with a ruthless local police force until he comes into contact with world-weary Sergeant Leckie (Guy Pearce). A lean, mean walk on the wild side with an unforgettable performance from Golden Globe nominee Jacki Weaver.

Animations for Families A special programme of animated films for families! Suitable for 8-years-old and upwards, these shorts bring the wonder of a range of animation onto the big screen at GFT. Includes films about a family obsessed with text messages, a journey to Madagascar and the love between a seal, a walrus and a lobster.

Entertaining, thought provoking, colorful and enchanting – without a toy or games advertisement in sight! Marvellous stuff for children and adults alike.

Gala Cineworld Renfrew Street Wed 23 February (15.45) Thursday 24 February (20.30) Director David Michôd Cast Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver, Ben Mendelsohn Australia 2010, 1h53m, 15 Thanks to Optimum Releasing

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Friday 11 February (15.30) Various, 1h15m, N/C 8+, some subtitles Thanks to London International Animation Festival and Project Ability

Preceded by a selection of award-winning animated shorts and comic adventures by young filmmakers taking part in Project Ability’s Create programme.

All tickets £4

Apnea Apnoia

There is a strong echo of the films of Michelangelo Antonioni in Apnea, a dreamily atmospheric, hypnotic first feature from Greek filmmaker and former swimming champion Aris Bafaloukas. Apnea is the breath control technique used by divers and swimmers to stay under water for minutes at a time. It can cause hallucinations. In the case of swimming champion Dimitris (Sotiris Pastras) it brings on guilt-ridden recollections of his relationship with Elsa (Youlika Skafida), a beautiful environmental activist. He had chosen to concentrate on his training rather than accompanying her on a Greenpeacestyle mission. Now she is missing and he waits anxiously for news, re-examining the past.

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European Cinema Cineworld Renfrew Street Friday 18 February (12.45) Saturday 19 February (20.00) Director Aris Bafaloukas Cast Youlika Skafida, Sotiris Pastras, Andrianna Babali Greece 2010, 1h27m, N/C 15+, Greek with subtitles Thanks to Artwave Productions

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Archipelago British director Joanna Hogg follows her critically-acclaimed feature Unrelated (GFF 2008), with another astute observation of English upper middle class life. Archipelago centres on a family holiday to Tresco in the Scilly Isles, a last chance for Edward to spend some time with his mother Patricia and sister Cynthia before he departs for a year in Africa. As the film unfolds tensions begin to rise and Hogg’s skill at capturing the nuances of family politics is revealed.

The realism of Hogg’s filmmaking plus the convincing performances and alltoo-recognisable scenarios make Archipelago a film that sticks in the mind long after the credits have rolled.

Margaret Tait Award: At the Heart of Everything a Row of Holes For the writer William Gaddis it was the 19th and 20th century popularity of the self-playing piano that symbolised the rapid mechanisation in art and society.

For him the mechanism that operates the piano via pre-programmed music on punched paper rolls represented analysis, measurement, prediction, control and the elimination of failure through programmed organisation. Surprisingly, it was the innovative models of Jacques de Vaucanson in 1737, including a life-sized shepherd and a digesting duck automaton, which eventually led to the use of punch cards to operate automatic looms and early computers. Who could have imagined that such toys would pave the way to our modern binary system and all its ‘intelligent’ gadgets?

Best of British GFT Sunday 20 February (18.15) Director Joanna Hogg Cast Kate Fahy, Tom Hiddleston, Lydia Leonard UK 2010, 1h54m, 15 Thanks to Artificial Eye

Event GFT Thursday 24 February (21.00) Director Torsten Lauschmann Scotland 2010, 1h, N/C 8+ The Margaret Tait Award is supported by Creative Scotland Thanks to New Media Scotland and Dundee Rep

GLASGOW MARGARET TAIT AWARD

At the Heart of Everything a Row of Holes is a satirical celebration of this conquest of technology and the clash of homo faber, the making man, with homo ludens, the playing man.

Torsten Lauschmann is the winner of the inaugural 2010 Margaret Tait Award, supported by Creative Scotland and in partnership with LUX. This is the premiere and only screening of this unique site-specific commission.

Attenberg From the producer of Dogtooth (GFF 2010) comes another distinct and stylish film from Greece. Attenberg is about Marina, a young woman living in a small coastal town who is infatuated with synth-pop band Suicide and the documentaries of Richard Attenborough. Despite help from her father and close friend Bella she struggles to understand the rituals of human interactions, attempting to make sense of her relationships with the same detached manner demonstrated by her favourite naturalist. Filled with playful set pieces, deadpan humour and unexpected poignancy Attenberg frequently defies categorisation making it a standout film and a likely future cult classic.

Autograph The fickleness of fame and the way it corrupts the soul provides a provocative backdrop to this sensitive romantic tale from first-time director Srijit Mukherji.

Fans of Satyajit Ray films will recognise elements of his classic Nayak in the story of jaded film star Arun (Prasenjit Chatterjee). Eager novice Shubho (Indraneil Sengupta) is the director of his latest project. Shubho is the one who convinces his beautiful girlfriend Srinandita (Nandana Sen) to co-star in the film.

It is the beginning of an affectionate friendship that forces Arun to contemplate the price of his celebrity and what he has sacrificed along the way. Expertly acted, this features a bestselling soundtrack from Debojyoti Mishra.

Balibo Robert Connolly’s tense, disturbing thriller Balibo dramatises the true story of the ‘Balibo Five’. In October 1975, Indonesia prepared to invade East Timor and the world decided to turn a blind eye. Five idealistic journalists, including Scottish-born Malcolm Rennie, set out to report on events and raise international awareness. They were never heard from again. Four weeks later, Australian reporter Roger East (Anthony La Paglia) travelled to East Timor to find out what had happened, discovering that the atrocities and death toll in the country were much worse than anyone had imagined. Balibo deftly interweaves the story of the journalists, East and a contemporary coda seeking truth and reconciliation into an urgent, authentic quest for the truth.

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European Cinema Cineworld Renfrew Street Saturday 19 February (18.15) Sunday 20 February (15.45) Director Athina Rachel Tsangari Cast Ariane Labed, Giorgos Lanthimos, Vangelis Mourikis Greece 2010, 1h35m, N/C 15+, Greek with subtitles Thanks to Artificial Eye

Beyond Bollywood Cineworld Renfrew Street Tuesday 22 February (18.00) Wed 23 February (15.30) Director Srijit Mukherji Cast Prasenjit Chatterjee, Nandana Sen, Indraneil Sengupta India 2010, 2h12m, N/C 12+, Bengali with subtitles Thanks to Shree Venkatesh Films

It's a Wonderful World Grosvenor Thursday 24 February (18.15) GFT Saturday 26 February (18.00) Director Robert Connolly Cast Anthony La Paglia, Oscar Isaac, Damon Gameau Australia 2009, 1h51m, 15 Thanks to High Fliers

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Battle Royale 3D Batoru Rowaiaru

Just when you thought a ‘solid gold cult classic’ couldn’t get any better along comes the 3D version. Never theatrically released in America, Kinji Fukasaku’s edge-of-the-seat chiller celebrates its tenth anniversary with a 3D conversion in preparation for a fresh assault on delicate American sensibilities. The story remains the same but the impact is more intense. In response to a wave of juvenile delinquency, a class of school pupils is kidnapped and transported to a remote island where they must wage war against each other until one person is left standing. If they choose not to fight the explosive collars they wear will be detonated. Clever, controversial and now bursting from the screen.

Superheroes in Glasgow Cineworld Renfrew Street Thursday 24 February (21.00) Director Kinji Fukasaku Cast 'Beat' Takeshi, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda Japan 2000/2010, 1h54m, 18, Japanese with subtitles Thanks to Arrow Releasing

All tickets £7.50/£6.00. No further discounts apply. 3D glasses 80p at venue.

BBC Comedy Workshop: Developing Comedy Ideas For TV An interactive workshop taking you through the BBC comedy development process: from sending in your first idea, developing your script to finally seeing it on the screen. Run by the BBC Scotland Comedy Department, this special workshop will teach any budding sitcom writers how to make it big on TV.

Glasgow Youth Film Festival Glasgow Media Access Centre Friday 11 February (10.00-14.00) Thanks to BBC Scotland, James Farrell and GMAC

Open to 15–18-year-olds. Entry is free but ticketed. Places are limited and must be booked in advance. To request a place, please visit www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/gyff and complete a booking form.

BBFC Film and Games Classification Masterclass Ever wondered why The Dark Knight and Casino Royale are rated 12A but a feel-good comedy like Made in Dagenham has a 15 certificate? What level of violence is acceptable in video games like Grand Theft Auto 4 or Call of Duty: Black Ops? Join Emily Fussell, Head of Education at the BBFC, for a lively and frank presentation about the British Board of Film Classification’s often controversial history. Emily will be taking questions afterwards so if you’ve always wanted to know why a particular film or game received its certificate rating, was cut or, worse, banned, now’s your chance to find out.

The Be All and End All What do you do when you’re fifteen and gagging for it? Robbie and Ziggy think they’ll be best mates forever but when Robbie collapses on holiday and is diagnosed with a fatal heart condition, forever suddenly isn’t such a long time.

Lying in hospital, Robbie has only one thing on his mind: he doesn’t want to die a virgin. Ziggy’s flawed attempts to help get him into all sorts of trouble with the girls in his class and even the vice squad.

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Saturday 12 February (14.45) 1h30m, N/C 15+ Thanks to British Board of Film Classification

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Saturday 12 February (18.00) Director Bruce Webb Cast Eugene Byrne, Josh Bolt, Neve McIntosh, Liza Tarbuck UK 2009, 1h40m, 15 Thanks to Verve Pictures

Winner of the prestigious Variety Critics’ Choice at Karlovy Vary Festival, Sight & Sound praised the film as ‘laugh out loud funny with a climax that is deeply moving’.

Director Bruce Webb and members of the cast will join us for a Q&A after the screening.

Beastie Beastie is a dynamic short film inspired by the themes and imagery from William Golding’s classic novel Lord of the Flies. Created by Theatre Royal Glasgow and dance company New Adventures, the film forms part of a thrilling new dance adaptation by award-winning dance director Matthew Bourne. With a cast of local boys and young men, Beastie is a raw, filmic interpretation of Golding’s key themes of order and chaos, tribal identity and survival. Using movement and motion to scratch the surface of their own experiences and culture, the boys reveal the ‘beast’ that lurks within.

Entry is free but ticketed.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the creative team behind the film.

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Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Tuesday 15 February (17.30) Director Alan Stockdale UK 2011, 1h, N/C 12+ Thanks to Glasgow Theatres Ltd, New Adventures, Re:Bourne, Foundlight Productions and West Dumbartonshire Council Beastie is part of an Inspiring Communities project supported through Creative Scotland by National Lottery funds

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Beastie – Dance Workshop This fun and physically challenging dance workshop for 12–18-year-olds uses ideas from Beastie, a short film inspired by William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, made as part of an exciting new adaptation by acclaimed dance director Matthew Bourne. Led by the Theatre Royal’s resident dance artist, the workshop uses playful physical games and creative tasks to explore and devise movement. Lively and energetic, this session is guaranteed to get you moving and thinking creatively.

Entry is free but ticketed. Places are limited and must be booked in advance. To request a place, please visit www.glasgowfilm.org/festival or email youth@glasgowfilm.org for more details.

Before Tomorrow

Le jour avant le lendemain A profound, elemental and hauntingly beautiful Inuit drama set in Northern Quebec. Two isolated families meet after many years.

It is summer; a happy time to celebrate their reunion. Elders tell stories, young people get married and plans are made for the future. Despite the joyful mood, Ninioq, an old woman of strength and wisdom, cannot stop worrying. Is it the illness of her best friend, Kuutujuk, who is preparing to die? Is her own sense of mortality haunting her? Or is it the strange foreign object that Maniq, her favourite grandson, found on the beach? Reluctant to partake in this timeless happiness, Ninioq feels the need to reflect on her own uncertain life.

Glasgow Youth Film Festival Platform Friday 11 February (10.00-11.30) Thanks to Glasgow Theatres Ltd, New Adventures, Re:Bourne, West Dumbartonshire Council and Platform

Ceol's Craic: Gaelic Film Festival CCA Saturday 26 February (18.15) Directors Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu Cast Madeline Ivalu , PaulDylan Ivalu , Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq Canada 2008, 1h33m, N/C 12+, Inuktitut, North American Indian with subtitles Thanks to Isuma TV

Preceded by short film An Seoladh (The Crossing, 10m), written and directed by Seonaid Macdonald, the winner of FilmG in its inaugural year.

Benda Bilili!

Leon Libaku is a man with an impossible dream. On the streets of Kinshasa, he managed to unite a group of homeless, disabled Congolese musicians who played both conventional and improvised instruments. As guitarist Coco Yakula observed, he made them believe that ‘one day we will be the most famous disabled men in Africa’. Leon was right and Benda Bililili! charts the long and winding road to securing a recording contract and finding global success.

Filmed over five years, this is an infectious feel-good film that pays tribute to the remarkable tenacity of the band members and their incredible journey from the slums of Kinshasa to the concert halls of Europe.

Beyond

Svinalängorna Fanny and Alexander actress Pernilla August makes an unforgettable directorial debut with the award-winning Beyond. It features a blistering performance from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’s Noomi Rapace as Leena, a thirty-something woman with a loving husband and two affectionate daughters. One day, Leena receives a phone call saying that her dying mother Aili (Outi Mäenpää) would like to see her. The two girls don’t even know that such a mother exists. As Leena reluctantly does her duty, the film explores the ghosts of her past and a childhood marked by alcoholism, violence and a desperate struggle to maintain the pretence of normality.

The Big Uneasy Comic genius Harry Shearer is universally recognised as Derek Smalls from Spinal Tap and as the voices of Ned Flanders, Mr Burns and countless others in The Simpsons. In The Big Uneasy he brings a dry wit and a keen journalist’s instinct to a post-mortem on why New Orleans was so ill-prepared for Hurricane Katrina and why the storm left such a stain of shame on the country. The scale of the flood is shown in jaw-dropping detail before Shearer investigates why the devastation was so widespread and why the Corps of Engineers proved so incompetent for the challenge they faced. A smart, well-argued critique of one of the most shameful moments in recent American history.

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Glasgow Music and Film Festival Grosvenor Friday 18 February (20.30) Cineworld Renfrew Street Sunday 20 February (15.30) Directors Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye Democratic Republic of Congo/ France 2010, 1h25m, N/C 12+, Lingala/French with English subtitles Thanks to Trinity Film Entertainment

European Cinema Cineworld Renfrew Street Wed 23 February (15.15) GFT Thursday 24 February (18.00) Director Pernilla August Cast Noomi Rapace, Outi Mäenpää, Ville Virtzanen Sweden 2010, 1h34m, N/C 15+, Swedish/Finnish with subtitles Thanks to the Swedish Film Institute

Stranger than Fiction GFT Sunday 20 February (18.30) Director Harry Shearer USA 2010, 1h38m, N/C 12+ Thanks to Harry Shearer

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Blank City In the 1970s Manhattan was a crime and drug-addled mess: a place for America to dump its waste of immigrants, drunks and artists. This hotbed of the disenfranchised masses became the home of one of the most radical, libertine and raw DIY cinema movements ever produced. Blank City charts the highs and lows of punk music, no wave and the cinema of transgression. Featuring Debbie Harry, Jim Jarmusch and Amos Poe.

Glasgow Music and Film Festival GFT Sunday 27 February (19.45) Director Celine Danhier USA 2010, 1h34m, N/C 15+ Thanks to Pure Fragment Films

Screening will be introduced by a member of Monorail Film Club.

The Book of Masters Heralding Walt Disney Pictures’ first ever production in Russia, The Book of Masters comes complete with a beautiful princess, a magical stone and a mythical hero. Young Ivan is a lowly mason captured by the evil Stone Queen to carve a figure out of a magic stone that will allow her to control the world. To defeat her Ivan will have to travel through dark and dangerous lands and escape her bumbling minions. A quirky take on Russian fairy tales and legends, this high-budget adventure is reminiscent of family favourites like The Princess Bride and Stardust.

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Friday 11 February (13.00) Director Vadim Sokolovsky Cast Mariya Andreeva, Maksim Loktionov, Liya Akhedzhhakova Russia 2009, 1h42m, N/C 8+, Russian with English subtitles Thanks to The Walt Disney Company Russia

All tickets £4

Boy The highest grossing New Zealand film of all time, Boy has been charming audiences and winning awards at film festivals all over the world. The year is 1984 and Michael Jackson is taking a small town in New Zealand by storm; no one loves him more than young Boy. When his long absent father returns on the scene, Boy is forced to confront the incompetent man he thought he remembered. Directed by the creator of indie hit Eagle vs Shark and collaborator on Flight of the Conchords, Boy is a heartfelt comedy of moonwalking, magical powers and a pet goat.

Breakdance Masterclass with Hassan Akkouch In this exclusive workshop for 12–18-year-olds, participants will learn how to breakdance, bust a move and hone their dance skills with Hassan Akkouch, the star of Neukölln Unlimited. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to learn from a dance master visiting from Berlin!

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Friday 11 February (20.30) Wed 16 February (16.15) Director Taika Waititi Cast James Rolleston, Te Aho Eketone-Whitu, Taika Waititi New Zealand 2010, 1h37m, N/C 15+ Thanks to the New Zealand Film Commission Glasgow Youth Film Festival Platform Saturday 12 February (16.00-18.00) Thanks to Marlies Pfeifer at the Goethe Institut Glasgow, Hassan Akkouch and Platform

Tickets are £8 (this includes a ticket to screening of Neukölln Unlimited (13.00) – see page 47). Places are limited and must be booked in advance. To request a place, please visit www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/gyff and complete a booking form.

The Bridge on the River Kwai One of the great glories of David Lean’s career, The Bridge on the River Kwai won seven Oscars, including Best Picture. It features a towering performance from Best Actor Oscar-winner Alec Guinness as the senior officer in a battalion of British prisoners of war in the Siam of 1943.

Colonel Nicholson’s misguided sense of duty finds him leading his men in the construction of a vital bridge that will stand as a monument to their labours, ingenuity and courage under duress. The Allies meanwhile dispatch an elite team through the jungles to ensure its destruction. An unforgettable portrait of blinkered obsession and flawed humanity now restored to pristine condition for a cinema re-release.

The Bridges of Madison County Clint Eastwood wears his heart firmly on his sleeve in this superb adaptation of the Robert James Waller bestseller. Eastwood is Robert Kincaid, a photographer who arrives in Iowa on an assignment to take pictures of Madison County’s covered bridges. He meets rancher’s wife Francesca (Streep) and it is the beginnning of an intense affair that threatens to overwhelm both of them. Kincaid offers devoted wife and mother Francesca the promise of a life she has never known, but is it a promise she feels able to accept? Told without a false note of sentiment or melodrama, this deserves a position beside Brief Encounter in the pantheon of great romantic classics. Bring a handkerchief.

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Out of the Past GFT Sunday 27 February (15.00) Director David Lean Cast Alec Guinness, William Holden, Sessue Hayakawa USA 1957, 2h41m, PG Thanks to Park Circus/Sony

Meryl Streep GFT Thursday 24 February (13.00) Cineworld Renfrew Street Friday 25 February (17.45) Director Clint Eastwood Cast Meryl Streep, Clint Eastwood, Annie Corley USA 1995, 2h9m, 12 Thanks to Warner Brothers

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Camera Training Workshop Learn how to frame and track shots and light scenes correctly with guidance from experienced camera operators and cinematographers. An illuminating experience which will show you how to make your film look stunning in High Definition!

Glasgow Youth Film Festival Castlemilk Youth Complex Tuesday 15 February (10.00-14.00) Thanks to Media Trust, BAFTA in Scotland and Castlemilk Youth Complex

Open to 15–18-year-olds. Entry is free but ticketed. Places are limited and must be booked in advance. To request a place, please visit www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/gyff and complete a booking form.

Carancho A corrupt society eventually infects even its best citizens in Carancho, an expertly crafted thriller from Argentinian director Pablo Trapero. Steeped in the social injustices of Buenos Aires, it combines crisp storytelling with appealingly flawed characters and moments of startling violence. Ricardo ‘The Secret in their Eyes’ Darín stars as Sosa, an ambulance-chasing lawyer desperate to regain his licence and return to the legitimate side of the law. Lujan (Martina Gusman) is a hard-working young doctor. A tentative romance between them is tested to the limit by the consequences of his well-intentioned actions in a film with the style and atmosphere of classic film noir.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D Werner Herzog is a director who continues to surprise (and delight) his audiences. After last year’s hilarious Bad Lieutenant (GFF 2010) and the typically oddball My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?, the eccentric filmmaker makes a welcome return to documentary making. For Cave of Forgotten Dreams Herzog has gained exclusive access to the Chauvet caves in South France which house the oldest known pictorial representations of humankind. And what’s more, Herzog has chosen to shoot this amazing scenery in 3D. Expect idiosyncratic insights into this fascinating subject matter coupled with stunning cinematography of the natural landscape. An unforgettable experience from one of cinema’s greatest filmmakers.

It's a Wonderful World Cineworld Renfrew Street Saturday 19 February (18.15) Sunday 20 February (13.00) Director Pablo Trapero Cast Ricardo Darín, Martina Gusman, Carlos Weber Argentina 2010, 1h47m, N/C 15+, Spanish with subtitles Thanks to Fine Cut

Stranger than Fiction Cineworld Renfrew Street Friday 18 February (18.30) Director Werner Herzog USA 2010, 1h35m, N/C 8+ Thanks to Picturehouse Entertainment

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Cell 211 Celda 211

Winner of eight Goyas, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor, Cell 211 is one of the best Spanish films in recent years, piling sweaty suspense on top of heart-stopping drama as it charts the violent consequences of a prison riot. Spanish regular Luis Tosar is on blistering form as Malamadre, the ruthless ringleader of the riot. Alberto Ammann matches his intensity with a sensitive performance as Juan, a young prison guard. Newcomer Juan is being shown around the high-security facility when the riot erupts. His only hope of survival is to trade on the fact that none of the inmates have previously seen him and so he pretends to be one of the cons. What ensues is an intense, claustrophobic cat-and-mouse thriller.

Ces amours-là Veteran French director and incurable romantic Claude Lelouch celebrates fifty years of filmmaking with a sweeping saga of life, love and the magic of the movies. Ilva (Audrey Dana) is a woman who loves with all her heart but with scant regard for the consequences. During the German occupation of Paris, she falls for a charismatic Nazi officer.

In the dying days of the war she is torn between two American G.I.s – one white, one black. Her inability to decide between them leads to heartbreak, murder, courtroom drama and a flurry of flashbacks. A film that seems to encompass a fair chunk of 20th century history in the life of one woman, Ces amours-là is told with a typical Lelouch passion for love stories and sentimental songs.

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European Cinema Cineworld Renfrew Street Friday 18 February (15.45) Sunday 20 February (21.00) Director Daniel Monzón Cast Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines Spain 2009, 1h52m, 18, Spanish with subtitles Thanks to Optimum Releasing

European Cinema Cineworld Renfrew Street Sunday 20 February (20.15) Monday 21 February (12.45) Director Claude Lelouch Cast Audrey Dana, Dominique Pinon, Anouk Aimée France 2010, 2h, N/C 15+, French/Italian/German with subtitles Thanks to Revolver Entertainment

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The Christening

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Marcin Wrona’s blistering and brutal thriller grabs you by the throat and never lets go as it unfolds with all the tension of a ticking time bomb. Thirty-something Michal (Wojciech Zielinski) has everything he ever wanted, from a beautiful wife to a smart car and a healthy new baby. When his old friend Janek (Tomasz Schuchardt) arrives he is only too happy to celebrate his good fortune. He asks Janek to be his baby’s godfather. It is all too good to be true and we gradually learn how Michal has secured his good fortune and why he might not be around much longer to enjoy it. A tautly-handled tale of friendship and betrayal, The Christening marks the arrival of a thrilling new talent in Polish cinema.

Claiming Space: Staging Independent Exhibitions in the GDR From the late 1970s onwards, a number of GDR artists sought to develop space for cultural experimentation outside the official apparatus. Claiming Space tells the story of this secretive subculture. Through a combination of contemporary reflection and documentary footage, the film examines what it was like to rebel through art against the GDR.

Cineworld Renfrew Street Tuesday 22 February (20.30) Wed 23 February (13.15) Director Marcin Wrona Poland 2010, 1h26m, N/C 18+, Polish with subtitles Thanks to m-appeal world sales

The Stasi are Among Us CCA Monday 21 February (20.00) Directors Claus Löser, Jakobine Motz Germany 2009, 2h22m, N/C 15+, German with subtitles

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Cold Fish

Tsumetai Nettaigyo The latest film from the director of Suicide Club and Love Exposure is not for the faint-hearted. Inspired by true events, it transforms a goredrenched serial killer saga into an unflinching exploration of morality and masculinity in modern Japan. Shamoto owns a modest business that sells tropical fish. His life is mundane with any problems arising from the resentment daughter Mitsuko feels for his second wife. When Mitsuko is caught shoplifting, businessman Mr Muratu comes to the rescue and quickly befriends the family. Muratu is confident, charismatic and also a relentless cold-hearted killer who soon forces the mild-mannered Shamoto into the role of reluctant accomplice.

ComicCamp 11: Comics, Gaming and the Film Industry GFF11 brings you ComicCamp, a two-part event exploring comics, animation, gaming and film, and the increasing blurring of the boundaries between these practices. The first session (11.00–13.30) focuses on emerging innovation, giving the floor to those working within these fields to present current projects or exciting new aspects of their work. The afternoon session (14.00–15.30) is a round table discussion featuring big hitters from comics, gaming and film speaking about crossovers between the three mediums and tackling the questions: What works and what doesn’t? Is this a golden age for film adaptations of comics and games?

Can increased collaboration create new opportunities and ideas?

It's a Wonderful World Cineworld Renfrew Street Friday 18 February (13.00) Grosvenor Sunday 20 February (20.30) Director Shion Sono Cast Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Denden, Tetsu Watanabe Japan 2010, 2h24m, N/C 18+, Japanese with subtitles Thanks to Third Window Films

Superheroes in Glasgow CCA Friday 25 February (11.00-15.30)

Aimed at freelancers, creatives and those working (or studying) in the wider gaming, publishing and moving image industries, ComicCamp is an event inspired by the spirit of BarCamp (www.barcamp.org) – a free, ‘un-conference’ designed to facilitate the sharing of ideas in an open environment. The event will end with an opportunity for networking and refreshments.

Free but ticketed. See www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/comiccamp for programme details and to register for a place.

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Confessions Kokuhaku

A massive box-office hit in Japan, the disturbing, visually stunning Confessions cuts straight to the heart of the violence and despair that infect the country’s younger generation. In a classroom, a teacher faces a typical day of apathetic, unruly pupils who would rather do anything than pay attention to her. She seems oblivious to their indifference, slowly compelling attention by the quiet intensity of her words. She announces that she is leaving school at the end of the month.

Overwhelmed by the death of her daughter, she knows that her child was killed by two of her own students. They are too young to be tried for their crimes but the teacher has her own concept of the perfect revenge.

Confessions of a Dog Pochi No Kokuhaku

Gen Takahashi’s Confessions of a Dog is a truly epic tale of crime and conscience to rank alongside the films of Martin Scorsese and Sidney Lumet. Inspired by true events, it dares to confront the corruption at the heart of Japanese law enforcement. Takeda (Shun Sagata) enters the police force as an idealistic recruit determined to make the world a safer place. He is quickly promoted to detective.

Investigator Kusama (Jun’ichi Kawamoto) risks his life to gather evidence of illegal pay-offs, intimidation, violence and the drug deals that are part of everyday police life. Each man becomes torn between self-preservation and doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.

It's a Wonderful World GFT Friday 18 February (22.45) Saturday 19 February (11.15) Director Tetsuya Nakashima Cast Takako Matsu, Yoshino Kimura, Masaki Okada Japan 2010, 1h46m, N/C 18+, Japanese with subtitles Thanks to Third Window Films

It's a Wonderful World GFT Saturday 19 February (13.30) Director Gen Takahashi Cast Shun Sugata, Jun’ichi Kawamoto, Harumi Inoue Japan 2006, 3h15m, N/C 18+, Japanese with subtitles Thanks to Third Window Films

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Contemporary Days Robin and Lucienne Day transformed British design after the Second World War with striking furniture and textiles that signalled a new era of modernist sensibilities for everyday living. Robin’s revolutionary furniture designs introduced materials such as plastic, steel and plywood to homes, offices and schools. His stacking polypropylene chair endures as an icon and now graces a Royal Mail postage stamp. Lucienne’s abstract textile designs brought accessible elegance into the homes of post-war British consumers. This fascinating film traces the Days’ personal and professional progression over the course of their careers, spanning more than seventy years – from their days at the Royal College of the Arts in the 1930s, through their long heyday at the forefront of British design, to their recent rediscovery by new generations of design aficionados. In memory of Robin Day who passed away in November 2010.

Competition 4: The Creature Walks Among Us Normality is turned on its head by the intrusion of animals big and small in our fourth international selection. Who could imagine the transformative power of mice, pigs, sparrows, goats and even chameleons? No sign of man’s best friend though. Full details of all the films are provided in the Glasgow Short Film Festival brochure.

Competition 3: Crossing the Line Featuring films from Scandinavia to New Zealand, our third international selection considers borders, barriers and the world beyond our comfort zone. The barbarians are at the gates – should we batten down the hatches or throw the doors wide open? Full details of all the films are provided in the Glasgow Short Film Festival brochure.

Crumb An acclaimed documentary from Terry Zwigoff (Ghost World, Bad Santa) about cult underground comic book artist Robert Crumb. A prominent member of the underground comic movement of the 60s, Crumb is known for his critical and subversive view on mainstream American culture. Zwigoff’s much-loved portrait of the man captures his unique outlook on life, charts the rise of his career and also takes a look at his troubled family and personal relationships. It’s a fascinating insight into a remarkable artist as well as a snapshot of a vibrant slice of American counter-culture.

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Great Scots GFT Friday 25 February (15.00) Director Murray Grigor UK 2009, 1h17m, N/C 8+ Thanks to Design Onscreen

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Saturday 19 February (15:00) Sunday 20 February (19:00) 1h30m, N/C 15+

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Saturday 19 February (13.00) Sunday 20 February (11:00) 1h30m, N/C 15+

Superheroes in Glasgow CCA Wednesday 23 February (12.00) Director Terry Zwigoff USA 1994, 1h59m, 18

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A Cry in the Dark In 1980 the world was spellbound by the story of Lindy Chamberlain, the Australian woman who claimed that her baby was killed by a dingo during a camping trip to Ayers Rock. There was widespread cynicism about the truth of her claims, fanned by a media determined to vilify her and put her on trial for murder. A Cry in the Dark dramatises a shocking true story and features one of Meryl Streep’s best performances. Sporting an impeccable Australian accent, she refuses to soften the formidable Lindy, a dour woman who despised the intrusive media and the demands to make her private grief a matter of public property. Sam Neill is equally impressive as her preacher husband Michael.

Dancing Dreams In 2007, leading choreographer Pina Bausch decided to revisit her classic 1978 dance theatre piece Kontakthof, an intense study of love, intimacy and human relations, and re-stage it with teenagers. Dancing Dreams follows a year of rehearsals with forty young performers from Wuppertal, an industrial town in Germany’s Ruhr area, where Pina Bausch and her company reside.

Pina Bausch’s sudden death in 2009 was significant for the modern dance world. This film shows her genius, tenacity and passion for choreography and the impact that her work has had on emerging dancers, past and present.

Danger Diabolik An outlandish, tongue-in-cheek action movie from 1968 inspired by the Italian comic book character Diabolik. Directed by horror maestro Mario Bava and produced by Dino De Laurentiis (of Barbarella fame) Danger Diabolik is the story of an audacious thief – living in a lavish hideout with his lover Eva – who is intent on embarking on ever more challenging heists. But will the daring Diabolik continue to elude the authorities? This often hilarious, fun-filled and action-packed flick has been cited as an influence on, among others, Austin Powers and will especially appeal to fans of the B-movie genre.

Dave Gibbons in Conversation Dave Gibbons discusses his extensive career in this lively illustrated event. An English comic book artist, writer and sometime letterer, Dave Gibbons is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore which include the miniseries Watchmen and the Superman story For the Man Who Has Everything. He was also an artist for the UK anthology 2000 AD, for which he contributed a large body of work from its first issue in 1977. Works other than comics include providing the background art for the 1994 computer game Beneath a Steel Sky and the cover to K, the 1996 debut album by psychedelic rock band Kula Shaker. In 2007, he served as a consultant along with John Higgins for the film Watchmen adapted from the book, released in March 2009.

David Scott, Duglas T Stewart & Friends: Mondo Morricone Probably the most celebrated living composer of film soundtracks, Ennio Morricone has scored more than 450 films including Italian giallo movies of the 60s and 70s, huge Hollywood hits such as The Mission and The Untouchables, classics of European cinema Cinema Paradiso and La Cage Aux Folles and, most famously, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Meryl Streep GFT Wed 23 February (13.00) Cineworld Renfrew Street Thursday 24 February (17.45) Director Fred Schepisi Cast Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Charles Tingwell Australia/USA 1988, 1h56m, 15 Thanks to Park Circus

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Tuesday 15 February (18.45) Directors Rainer Hoffmann, Anne Linsel Cast Pina Bausch, Bénédicte Billet, Josephine Ann Endicott Germany 2010, 1h32m, N/C 12+, German with subtitles Thanks to Soda Pictures

Superheroes in Glasgow CCA Thursday 24 February (16.30) The Arches Saturday 26 February (17.30) Director Mario Bava Cast John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli Italy/France 1968, 1h45m, 12 Thanks to Filmbank

Superheroes in Glasgow GFT Friday 25 February (16.00) 1h30m

Glasgow Music and Film Festival The Arches Saturday 26 February (19.30) 3h, 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+) Supported by The Hugh Fraser Foundation

Originally conceived in 2000, Davie Scott (The Pearlfishers) and Duglas T Stewart (BMX Bandits)’s Mondo Morricone features a range of guests from the worlds of indie, pop and jazz paying tribute to some of the most extraordinary, idiosyncractic music ever written in this live event.

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Days of Harvest The perfect Valentine’s alternative: a bittersweet film about blossoming romance amidst the heat of Italian vineyards and the frustrations of rural teenage life. Elia spends the summers picking grapes on his parents’ farm, observing the contrasts and similarities between his father’s Marxist leanings and his mother’s Catholicism. His routine is interrupted by the entrance of Emilia, a beautiful and lackadaisical young woman who arrives to help with the harvest. Featuring subtle performances and luscious cinematography, this is a treat for fans of Italian cinema.

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Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Monday 14 February (19.00) Director Marco Righi Cast Marco D'Agostin, Lavinia Longhi, Gian Marco Tavani Italy 2010, 1h15m, N/C 15+, Italian with subtitles Thanks to Simona Malagoli

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Deconstructing Dad A touching documentary about the life of musician, inventor and electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott, seen through the eyes of his son Stan Warnow. Scott’s career spanned 1930s swing to 1970s electro jazz and included a stint composing soundtracks for Warner Brothers cartoons. A hugely influential figure, his admirers include Frank Zappa, John Williams and Andy Partridge. Warnow probes deeply into the professional and private life of his father to construct a defining portrait of an under-recognised American icon.

Glasgow Music and Film Festival GFT Wed 23 February (15.00) Director Stan Warnow Cast John Williams, Mark Mothersbaugh, Edward R Murrow USA 2010, 1h38m, N/C 15+ Thanks to Waterfall Films Ltd

The screening will open with a short live performance of Raymond Scott’s 1930s music by the Stu Brown Sextet.

The Deer Hunter Winner of five Oscars, including Best Picture, The Deer Hunter represents a groundbreaking moment in American cinema as filmmakers finally started to address the emotional and psychological legacy of the war in Vietnam. Michael Cimino was charged with racism and a gross disregard for the truth but his epic cuts to the heart of the matter as its follows the harrowing, heartbreaking story of three ordinary steel workers who leave behind the strong bonds of their community to fight in a desperate foreign war. A powerhouse cast is led by Robert De Niro, an Oscar-winning Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep in one of her earliest roles as Linda, the woman loved by both men.

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame Di Ren Jie Zhi Tong Tian Di Guo

Imagine the brilliant deductive powers of Sherlock Holmes allied to the daredevil martial arts prowess of Bruce Lee and you have the measure of Detective Dee, a legendary sleuth from the Tang Dynasty era. Tsui Hark’s sumptuous period adventure offers a work out for the little grey cells and superb action choreography from Sammo Hung. When a succession of court dignitaries die from spontaneous combustion, Empress Wu Zeitan (Carina Lau) calls on Detective Dee (Andy Lau) to solve the mystery and save the day.

The result is a triumphant introduction to an iconic Chinese character and one of the most original, eye-catching action movies of the year.

The Devil Wears Prada Meryl Streep has a ball as imperious fashion magazine editor Miranda in this fabulous Cinderella story. Anne Hathaway’s Andy is as awkward as Bridget Jones and as guileless as Alice in Wonderland when she secures a coveted position as second assistant to the legendary editor of Runway. It is the start of the most frightening and inspiring period of her young life as Miranda can send you into therapy or shrivel your confidence with one callous remark. Streep manages to balance her icy grandeur with a sense of vulnerability to ensure that Miranda is more than a one-dimensional dragon lady. Fur-lined escapism with all the wit and glamour of vintage Hollywood.

Dewar Awards: The Ten Year Cut Ten years ago the Scottish Government set up the Dewar Awards in honour of Scotland’s first First Minister. They’ve funded young talented people across all art forms, including some wonderful cinematographers, screenwriters, animators and designers.

To celebrate this special anniversary, a showreel has been produced featuring fascinating excerpts of their work in every discipline. The Dewar Trustees are proud to introduce sparkling evidence of the extraordinary breadth of cinematic talent Scotland continues to produce.

Meryl Streep GFT Thursday 17 February (13.00) Cineworld Renfrew Street Friday 18 February (17.45) Director Michael Cimino Cast Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep USA 1978, 3h2m, 18 Thanks to Optimum Releasing It's a Wonderful World GFT Saturday 19 February (20.45) Monday 21 February (13.30) Director Tsui Hark Cast Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai China/Hong Kong 2010, 2h2m, N/C 15+, Mandarin with subtitles Thanks to Huayi Brothers Media Corp

Meryl Streep GFT Friday 25 February (13.00) Cineworld Renfrew Street Saturday 26 February (17.45) Director David Frankel Cast Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt USA 2006, 1h49m, PG Thanks to Twentieth Century Fox Great Scots GFT Thursday 24 February (19.30) Producer Andy Dougan Editor Michael Maxwell Director David Liddell Narrator Bill Paterson 1h Thanks to the RSAMD and Celia Stevenson

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The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Ten days before Christmas, Haruhi comes up with another one of her crazy ideas to hold a Christmas party in the school clubroom. The next day, however, Kyon wakes up to a world in which Haruhi doesn’t exist and no one besides him has any memory of her. How can someone like Haruhi Suzumiya, who’s supposed to be the centre of the universe, just vanish? Kyon must travel through time to the night she disappeared to unravel the mystery. An epic and surreal anime adventure.

Introduced by Jonathan Clements, anime expert and author of Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade.

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Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Sunday 13 February (14.15) Directors Tatsuya Ishihara, Yasuhiro Takemoto Cast Tomokazu Sugita, Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara Japan 2010, 2h43m, N/C 15+, Japanese with subtitles Thanks to Manga UK and Scotland Loves Animation

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Who wouldn’t want to relive the past with the benefit of hindsight? That’s the appealing notion at the centre of this time-travelling tale inspired by a manga from Japanese graphic artist Jiro Taniguchi. Pascal Greggory is Thomas, a fifty-something graphic artist suffering from a creative block. He takes the wrong train to a book signing session and soon finds himself back in the town where he grew up. He faints and then wakes up to discover it is the summer of 1967, he is fifteen all over again (Leo Legrand now takes the role) and it is just a few days before an event that would change his life forever. His newfound dilemmas prove to be clever, believable and surprisingly touching.

Eleanor’s Secret Nathaniel can’t read so when he inherits his Aunt Eleanor’s collection of books he doesn’t know what to do with them. He soon discovers that hiding among the bookshelves are famous characters from children’s literature like Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan and Little Red Riding Hood. But if they leave the library, they will disappear along with their stories forever. When his parents start selling off Eleanor’s magical novels, Nathaniel must battle an evil witch and a greedy bookseller to save his new friends. A beautiful hand-drawn animation that will appeal to lovers of Coraline and classic Walt Disney.

Superheroes in Glasgow Cineworld Renfrew Street Wed 23 February (21.00) Thursday 24 February (13.00) Director Sam Garbarski Cast Pascal Greggory, Jonathan Zaccai, Alexandra Maria Lara Belgium/France/Luxembourg/ Germany 2010, 1h39m, N/C 15+, French with subtitles Thanks to Wild Bunch

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Sunday 13 February (14.30) Director Dominique Monfery France/Italy 2009, 1h13m, N/C 8+ Thanks to Soda Pictures

Please note that this film contains some strobe effects.

Essential Killing Polish artist, poet and filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski follows Four Nights with Anna (GFF 2009) with his stunning new film Essential Killing. Vincent Gallo stars as Mohammed who is captured in Afghanistan by American soldiers and transported to an unidentified Eastern European location. He subsequently escapes and attempts to survive in sub-zero temperatures with the military close on his heels. Politics are put aside in favour of exploring one man’s relentless pursuit of freedom. Breathtaking cinematography captures the beautiful yet hostile landscape whilst Gallo’s wordless performance is remarkable, and won him the Best Actor award at this year’s Venice Film Festival.

Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers Renton and Eureka are raised together as children and become inseparable.

When Eureka is suddenly kidnapped, Renton vows to rescue her. He enters the mobile military and becomes the exceptional pilot of a Nirvash, an advanced bio-mechanical armour control system. But unbeknown to him, there’s a plot to extinguish an alien race which has invaded the planet, and somehow Eureka is involved. Adapted from the hugely popular Eureka Seven television series.

European Cinema Cineworld Renfrew Street Wed 23 February (20.30) Thursday 24 February (18.00) Director Jerzy Skolimowski Cast Vincent Gallo, Emmanuelle Seigner Poland/Norway/Ireland/Hungary 2010, 1h23m, N/C 15+, Polish/ Arabic with subtitles Thanks to Artificial Eye

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Sunday 13 February (18.00) Director Tomoki Kyôda Cast Kaori Nazuka, Yûko Sanpei, Ami Koshimizu Japan 2009, 1h55m, N/C 15+, Japanese with subtitles Thanks to Manga UK and Scotland Loves Animation

Followed by a special discussion with anime experts Andrew Partridge and Jonathan Clements.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec Acclaimed French director Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, Leon) returns to the big screen with his smash hit adaptation of the cult graphic novels by Jacques Tardi. Set in the bohemian early 20th century, the beautiful and intrepid Adèle Blanc-Sec is an aspiring journalist who fears nothing and no one. When a pterodactyl from the Jurassic era mysteriously appears in the skies to attack the citizens of Paris, she must use her wit and charm to stop it. An exciting Gallic take on blockbusters like Indiana Jones and The Mummy, this is perfect Saturday night entertainment for genre enthusiasts.

Competition 8: Eye to Eye ‘Only connect,’ declared EM Forster. Easy for him to say. Friendship comes from unlikely quarters, whilst those who need us the most are often no good for us. A bittersweet selection about loneliness, comradeship and turning your life around.

Full details of all the films are provided in the Glasgow Short Film Festival brochure.

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Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Saturday 12 February (20.30) Director Luc Besson Cast Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche France 2010, 1h47m, N/C 12+, French with subtitles Thanks to Optimum Releasing

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Friday 18 February (11.00) Sunday 20 February (17:00) 1h30m, N/C 15+

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Fair Game The director of The Bourne Identity turns his proven talents to a gripping real-life thriller in Fair Game. Naomi Watts stars as Valerie Plame, a highly respected covert officer in the CIA’s Counter-Proliferation section. Her husband Joe Wilson (Sean Penn) is a former ambassador to Africa who is asked to investigate rumours of sales of enriched uranium. When his findings prove inconvenient for the Bush administration, he goes public with a blistering editorial in The New York Times. The government respond with a campaign to discredit him and deliberately compromise Valerie’s status. It is the beginning of an enthralling David and Goliath struggle depicted with righteous indignation and a barnstorming performance from Sean Penn.

Competition 1: Far From Home Our first international selection features protagonists, both real and imagined, forced to make temporary homes in strange lands, or desperately struggling to preserve a sense of home against the odds. Featuring stories of love, tragedy and defiance from Hungary, Norway and Georgia. Full details of all the films are provided in the Glasgow Short Film Festival brochure.

Gala GFT Sunday 20 February (21.00) Monday 21 February (15.45) Director Doug Liman Cast Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sam Shepard USA 2010, 1h48m, 12A: Contains two uses of strong language Thanks to E1

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Friday 18 February (15.00) Saturday 19 February (19:00) 1h30m, N/C 15+

Faust/Alex Smoke

Glasgow Music and Film Festival

In this epic tale of a wager between God and Satan, Satan sends Mephisto to tempt Faust, a learned alchemist with the cure for a terrible plague ravaging his country. Faust yields as Mephisto offers more and more. By the end, Faust is willing to give Mephisto anything, even his soul.

GFT Friday 18 February (18.30) Director F W Murnau Cast Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn

This is the premiere of F W Murnau’s incredible film Faust with a new semiclassical score for string quintet and electronics by Alex Smoke. It features the Scottish Ensemble performing the classical elements of the score and a multitude of electronic elements, employing cutting edge techniques to weave in hidden references and meaning.

Germany 1926, 1h16m, silent with pre-recorded score, N/C 12+ Thanks to Alex Smoke and Eureka Entertainment

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Ceol's Craic: Gaelic Film Festival

Now in its third year, FilmG is going from strength to strength with an increasing number and standard of films being submitted to this Gaelic short film competition. Hot on the heels of its annual star-studded awards ceremony at The Fruitmarket in Glasgow, this is the first opportunity to see the best of the winning films on the silver screen.

CCA Saturday 26 February (14.45) 1h30m, N/C 12+, Gaelic with subtitles

Some of the filmmakers will be present to talk about their experience making everything from action movies to animation.

FilmG is supported by MG Alba, Creative Highland and ScreenHI

Film Nation: Make a Film in a Day Working with industry professionals through First Light, learn how to make a short film in a day, themed around the Olympic and Paralympic Games. This workshop for young people aged 14–16 covers all aspects of short filmmaking from story, camera, sound and editing, to directing and producing. The resulting films will be screened at The Arches’ Focus Left – Youth Edition on Tuesday 15 February (16.00), see page 32 for details.

Glasgow Youth Film Festival Castlemilk Youth Complex Friday 11 February (10.00–18.00) Thanks to Film Nation: Shorts, Panasonic and Castlemilk Youth Complex

Run in partnership with Panasonic and Film Nation: Shorts. Films made will be entered into a competition where winning films will be screened during the Olympic and Paralympic Games London in 2012. www.filmnation.org.uk Entry is free but ticketed. Places are limited and must be booked in advance. To request a place, please visit www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/gyff and complete a booking form.

FilmCamp In September 2010, GFT and New Media Corp launched the first FilmCamp, a free, ‘un-conference’ devoted to sharing ideas about digital innovation and the moving image in an open environment. Glasgow Short Film Festival takes up the baton with a day of workshops focusing on filmmaking and cross-media practice, led by experts in the field. Topics as diverse as 360 degree camerawork and crowd-funding will be explored, alongside presentations from filmmakers, artists and practitioners. GSFF FilmCamp promises to be a lively day of fresh thinking, not to be missed by filmmakers and moving image artists.

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Friday 18 February (11.00–17.00)

Free but ticketed. See www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/filmcamp for programme details and to register.

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Fire in Babylon In the glory days of the 1970s and 1980s, the West Indies cricket team was the one thing that united fifteen very different Caribbean countries. Stevan Riley’s brilliantly compelling documentary celebrates the players who overcame the brutal racism of their opponents and the patronising disdain of their former colonial masters to establish the West Indies as a formidable force in world sport. It is a remarkable tale of the triumph of the underdog in which the former ‘calypso cricketers’ shattered their easygoing media image and inflicted stunning defeats on Australia and England. Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards and Colin Croft are among the proud survivors recounting this rousing tale of sport as a battleground in the fight for self identity.

Stranger than Fiction GFT Tuesday 22 February (16.15) Wed 23 February (11.30) Director Stevan Riley Cast Viv Richards, Clive Lloyd UK 2010, 1h23m, N/C 12+ Thanks to Mia Films

Preceded by short film Unearthing the Pen (8m), winner of the 2010 Aesthetica Short Film Competition.

First Light – Script Pitch Join the First Light writers for a lively script pitch session where you’ll get to watch their script ideas acted out with young actors from Deaf Youth Theatre and Junction 25. Learn how film scripts are developed into short films and witness the exciting transition from the words on a page to live action. Audience members will be encouraged to give honest feedback and the best suggestion will win a prize!

Glasgow Youth Film Festival Glasgow Media Access Centre Wednesday 16 February (16.00 –18.00) Supported by the Lottery through the UK Film Council's First Light initiative

Suitable for age 12+. Entry is free but ticketed.

This event will be interpreted in sign language.

First Night Life imitates art in this frisky romantic charmer which was shot amidst the awe-inspiring beauty of Manderston House in Duns. Wealthy industrialist Adam (Richard E Grant) has always dreamt of playing Don Alfonso in a production of Mozart’s comic opera Cosi Fan Tutte. He makes the dream a reality by inviting a cast of talented amateurs to stage a production at his stately abode under the direction of the long-suffering Celia (Sarah Brightman). The opera’s themes of love, jealousy and mistaken identity are repeated in real life as love is in the air and relationships are forged and tested to the limit. An effortlessly entertaining romp with some stunning singing from Scottish National Opera.

The Flying Scotsman A must for railway enthusiasts and fans of vintage British thrillers, The Flying Scotsman was made in the moment between the end of the silent era and the coming of sound. Melodrama, romance and daredevil stunts provide the thrills and spills on the journey from London to Edinburgh. Driver Bob White (Moore Marriott) is about to retire but not before disgraced colleague Crow (Alec Hurley) attempts to exact his dastardly revenge during his last run.

Fortunately young fireman Jim (future Oscar-winner Ray Milland) is on hand to save the day and woo Bob’s daughter. Rooftop action on the speeding train appears to have been done without any thought to health and safety in a production newly restored to pristine condition.

Best of British GFT Sunday 27 February (15.45) Director Christopher Menaul Cast Richard E Grant, Sarah Brightman, Mia Maestro UK 2010, 1h52m, N/C 15+ Thanks to SC Films International

Out of the Past GFT Saturday 26 February (13.30) Director Castleton Knight Cast Moore Marriott, Ray Milland, Pauline Johnson UK 1929, 50m, PG Thanks to Optimum Releasing

This screening is preceded by shorts (20m) from the Scottish Screen Archive.

Focus Left – Youth Edition As part of GYFF 2011, The Arches will be showcasing short films made by up-and-coming young filmmakers at its in-house film event. Come and see the work of young Scottish filmmakers, share ideas and network with like-minded young people. We’ll also be announcing the winners of our One Minute Movie Competition – see www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/oneminute for details on how to enter!

Glasgow Youth Film Festival The Arches Tuesday 15 February (16.00) 2h, N/C 14+ Thanks to The Arches

We’re looking for short pieces at any stage of development to preview at this event. Selected filmmakers will be invited on stage to discuss their film in front of an audience. If you’re aged 14–21 and would like to submit your film, please email youth@glasgowfilm.org.

Tickets cost £4 and are only available at The Arches Box Office.

Includes free entry to Rock it! at 18.00.

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The Four Times Le Quattro Volte

Hailed as a ‘genre defying work of cinematic transcendence’, The Four Times was one of the great discoveries of the last Cannes Film Festival. The eagerly awaited second feature from Michelangelo Frammartino is a spellbinding fusion of languidly beautiful imagery and bracing philosophical rumination. The circle of life lies at the heart of a film shot in the countryside of Calabria and focusing on an elderly shepherd who will eventually become a baby goat, a giant tree and a lump of coal as his soul undergoes a journey from human to animal, vegetable and mineral. A work of great originality and poise, The Four Times is also playful, tender and surprisingly poignant.

Frank Quitely Workshop Internationally renowned Glaswegian graphic novelist Frank Quitely, aka Vincent Deighan, will examine his approach to visual storytelling in this involving workshop. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with Grant Morrison on titles such as New X-Men, WE3, All Star Superman, and Batman and Robin, as well as his work with Mark Millar on The Authority.

The French Lieutenant’s Woman John Fowles complex, multi-layered gothic novel is brought to the screen by a dream team of talented collaborators that includes screenwriter Harold Pinter, director Karel Reisz and the perfectly matched duo of Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons. In Victorian England, the gentlemanly Charles Smithson is inexorably drawn to the porcelain beauty and melancholy manner of governess Sarah, a pariah known as ‘the scarlet woman of Lyme’. In contemporary Britain, actors Anna and Mike are playing the couple in a film and experience similar feelings of infatuation. The result is a haunting, impeccably crafted exploration of forbidden love and social hypocrisy.

Gary Lucas Unknown to most film-goers – even die-hard horror and fantasy cinema buffs – an alternate version of Dracula (1931, directors Enrique Tovar Alvalos and George Melford) was being filmed at night on the same sets and sound stages as the famous Tod Browning/Bela Lugosi Dracula, only with a Spanish-speaking cast, in a Spanish-language production aimed at the burgeoning Latin market.

European Cinema Cineworld Renfrew Street Monday 21 February (18.00) Tuesday 22 February (13.00) Director Michelangelo Frammartino Cast Giuseppe Fuda, Bruno Timpano, Nazareno Timpano Italy 2010, 1h28m, N/C 12+, Italian with subtitles Thanks to New Wave Films

Superheroes in Glasgow CCA Wed 23 February (16.30) 1h30m Thanks to Frank Quitely

Meryl Streep GFT Saturday 19 February (13.15) Cineworld Renfrew Street Sunday 20 February (17.45) Director Karel Reisz Cast Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Leo McKern UK 1981, 2h3m, 12 Thanks to Park Circus/ United Artists

Glasgow Music and Film Festival O2 ABC Glasgow Monday 21 February (20.00) 3h, 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+)

In autumn 2009, following the success of his live solo guitar score for Tod Browning’s silent thriller The Unholy Three, Gary Lucas turned his creative energies towards composing a new solo guitar score for the infamous Spanish-language Dracula. The film contains virtually no music beyond the opening and closing titles – Gary’s music flows throughout, underscoring the spoken Spanish dialogue sequences as well as the long expressive shots that contain only sound effects.

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Glasgow on Screen: Recreating the Past In an era of advancing technology, the desire to re-create the past on screen appears to be a growing trend. In the past few years, Glasgow has played host to various period dramas from the early 1900s in Terence Davies’s House of Mirth, the post-war 1950s in Charles Martin Smith’s Stone of Destiny and, most recently, a highly personal reflection of the glam rock 1970s in Peter Mullan’s Neds. The logistics needed to recreate these eras are carefully planned and often very demanding. Glasgow Film Office supports all projects filmed in the city and to ensure the overall concept and vision of period dramas, productions rely on assistance from Glasgow City Council and much-appreciated co-operation from the residents of Glasgow.

Great Scots GFT Friday 25 February (13.15) 1h30m Thanks to Glasgow Film Office

If you would like to find out more about the location and design implications resulting from period drama and the challenges which productions face in making them work on screen, then please join us at this free event.

Entry is free but ticketed.

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Glasgow, I Love You This programme of short films made by students from Glasgow universities and colleges features Glasgow as a location and a source of inspiration. The films range from abstract and experimental to narrative-based, and are testament to the fact that innovation can be more important to the success of a film than a large budget. A celebration of students’ valuable contribution to the city’s already diverse arts and culture life.

Great Scots Glasgow School of Art Thursday 17 February (18.00) 1h30m, N/C 15+ Thanks to Cut! Filmmaking Network

Entry is free but ticketed.

Goblin As well as being one of the most important Italian rock bands, Goblin are the creators of some of the finest horror film soundtracks ever made. Despite having soundtracked over twenty films throughout their career, it is their rescoring of Profondo Rosso (see page 52), Suspiria and Dawn of the Dead that really forms the basis of their legendary reputation. These scores weave together electronica, tribal rhythms and experimental orchestration, with the notorious distorted vocals and terrifying experimental sounds, to perfectly enhance the on-screen action.

This live gig sees them performing classic tracks from Profondo Rosso, Suspiria and Dawn of the Dead and more.

Glasgow Music and Film Festival The Arches Friday 25 February (19.00) 3h, 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+)

All tickets £21

Griff the Invisible The gap between mundane reality and the daredevil antics of a costumed superhero has rarely seemed so wide or so poignant as it does in Leon Ford’s zestful feature debut Griff the Invisible. By day Griff (True Blood’s Ryan Kwanten) is a bumbling office worker who serves as an easy target for a bullying colleague. By night he takes to the mean streets of Melbourne to fight crime and save lives. The more exciting and fulfilling his time as a superhero, the more real life disappoints. Then, he meets beautiful, gauche scientist Melody (Maeve Dermody). Can these two lost souls find true love in a world that fails to understand them? A smart, heart-warming, fun-filled delight.

GSFF Opening Night Party with LuckyMe This young record label and collective born out of Glasgow School of Art has grown to become one of the country’s primary independents and after last year’s incredible launch we insisted they come back for a special visual show. This year sees the return of the Miami laser rock band American Men who play alongside The Blessings, Eclair Fifi and a special secret guest who’s passing through Glasgow. LuckyMe have promised us an essential show, and boy do we believe them.

Superheroes in Glasgow Cineworld Renfrew Street Thursday 24 February (18.30) Friday 25 February (20.45) Director Leon Ford Cast Ryan Kwanten, Maeve Dermody, Patrick Brammall Australia 2010, 1h33m, N/C 15+ Thanks to Fortissimo Films

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Friday 18 February (22.30 until late) 18+

All tickets £4

The Guga Hunters of Ness Ness on the Isle of Lewis is the last place in the UK where young gannets, known in Gaelic as Guga, are hunted for their meat. Every August ten men from Ness set sail for Sula Sgeir, a desolate island far out in the Atlantic. For two exhausting weeks, the men work ceaselessly, catching, killing and processing 2,000 birds using traditional methods before returning home with this rare meat so cherished by the people of Ness.

Ceol's Craic: Gaelic Film Festival CCA Saturday 26 February (16.30) Director Mike Day Scotland 2010, 59m, N/C 12+ Thanks to Intrepid Cinema

For fifty years the hunters kept their activities out of the public eye, refusing countless approaches from filmmakers. Mike Day managed to win their trust and has produced a unique and fascinating glimpse into this long-hidden tradition.

Gutter Magazine Launch Samizdat Issue To coincide with GFF, the February 2011 issue of Gutter will include a special section on the GDR. It will reproduce extracts from ‘Samizdat’ – underground publications made and distributed by writers – alongside short fiction set in the GDR written by contemporary Scottish writers and English translations of ‘Samizdat’ texts.

The Stasi are Among Us CCA Courtyard Tuesday 22 February (19.30)

Join us for drinks and readings by ‘Samizdat’ writers Johannes Jansen, Gabriele Stötzer and Scottish writer Fiona Rintoul.

This is a free event open to those over 18.

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Image: A Manchu Bride, Beijing (1871-1872), Wellcome Library, London

The Burrell Collection

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China 1868–1872

through the Lens of John Thomson The Burrell Collection 4 February – 12 June 2011 FREE entry THu 17 FEbRuARy – SAT 12 mARCH 2011 0141 429 0022 | citz.co.uk

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Make the most of your festival experience by exploring Glasgow's cinema heritage at www.glasgowfilm.org/cinema_city Find exciting content, archive and contemporary film clips, maps and walking tours to help you discover and rediscover Glasgow's film history, many cinemas and famous movie locations. You can also share your special cinema memories and read others’ stories.

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Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench Hailed by Variety as ‘a magical amalgam of Godard, Miles Davis, Morris Engel and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg’, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench is the most thrilling, romantic, imaginative, toe-tapping American independent production of recent years. Shot on black-and-white 16mm, it is a sublime re-imagining of an MGM musical for the modern age. Guy (Jason Palmer) is a Boston jazz musician who drifts from affair to affair until he meets aimless introvert Madeline (Desiree Garcia). Music nurtures their love and when the relationship is cut short by Guy’s philandering ways it is music that helps to bring them back into each other’s lives.

A film of joy with a beautiful original soundtrack by Justin Hurwitz.

Harishchandrachi Factory Harishchandrachi Factory was India’s Oscar submission in 2010 and is a real charmer. The story of the man considered the father of Indian cinema offers a warm-hearted salute to all the pioneers and starry-eyed dreamers who advanced the art form in the first decades of the 20th century. The film begins in 1911 when Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (Nandu Madhav) sees his first motion pictures: a bullfighting documentary and a life of Jesus Christ. He starts to pursue a cherished dream of making an Indian film for an Indian audience. His decision to sell his stake in a printing company and learn about the industry in Britain is the start of an adventure that leads to the creation of India’s first full-length silent feature Raja Harishchandra.

Heartbeats Precociously talented and critically adored, twenty-one-year-old director Xavier Dolan follows up his acclaimed I Killed My Mother (GFF 2010) with a stylish depiction of youthful obsession and bad romance. Best friends Marie and Francis are inseparable until they both fall for gorgeous new boy Nicolas. While they comically compete for his attention, sly Nico refuses to divulge where his sexual preferences lie. Another hit for Dolan at Cannes, Heartbeats is an amusing and tender portrayal of young people adapting to the constantly shifting rules of modern love.

Heavy Metal Heavy Metal was originally released in 1981 and whilst not an instant commercial success it soon became a cult favourite, regularly showing at midnight screenings.

This Canadian animation is made up of a collection of science fiction and fantasy stories adapted from Heavy Metal, an adult illustrated magazine famed for its blend of fantasy and erotica. This tale of a glowing green orb from outer space that spreads destruction throughout the galaxy also has a memorable soundtrack featuring Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Devo and Journey.

Hobo with a Shotgun You don’t want to trifle with a tramp and his rifle! Get ready to be blown away by pistol-packing Rutger Hauer as the hobo determined to clean the mean streets of trash. Filmmaker Jason Eisener won SXSW’s Grindhouse competition with his original Hobo fake trailer. Now the director has gone the Machete route and turned it into a roaring rampage of riotous revenge as vigilante homeless man Hauer pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in a mire of criminal chaos. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt cops, arrogant pimps, abused prostitutes and much worse, Hauer metes out justice the best way he knows how – with a 20-gauge shotgun – and makes the underworld his bloody cannon fodder.

Home For Christmas Hjem Til Jul

The latest treat from O’Horten director Bent Hamer is a bittersweet but tenderhearted seasonal ensemble that delicately interweaves tales of love and longing, new life, fresh hope and sad farewells. Set in a small Norwegian town on Christmas Eve, it offers a vision of a community wrapped up in the bleak midwinter. A doctor ventures out to deliver a baby. A husband vows to visit his children. A schoolboy lies so he can spend time with his Muslim schoolmate. A woman prepares for a night of passion with her married lover. Events grow more engrossing as connections are made, pieces of the bigger picture slot into place and we gradually realise the way these individual lives are connected.

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The State of Independents Grosvenor Wed 23 February (18.30) Thursday 24 February (20.30) Director Damien Chazelle Cast Jason Palmer, Desiree Garcia, Sandha Khin USA 2009, 1h22m, N/C 12+ Thanks to Damien Chazelle

Beyond Bollywood Cineworld Renfrew Street Thursday 24 February (15.45) Saturday 26 February (15.00) Director Paresh Mokashi Cast Nandu Madhav, Vibhawari Deshpande, Atharva Karve India 2009, 1h36m, N/C 12+, Marathi with English subtitles Thanks to UTV Motion Pictures

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Monday 14 February (20.30) Director Xavier Dolan Cast Monia Chokri, Niels Schneider, Xavier Dolan Canada/France 2010, 1h35m, N/C 15+, French with subtitles Thanks to Network Releasing

Superheroes in Glasgow Cineworld Renfrew Street Wed 23 February (19.00) Thursday 24 February (15.15) Director Gerald Potterton Cast Richard Romanus, John Candy, Joe Flaherty Canada 1981, 1h30m, 15 Thanks to Sony Pictures

FrightFest GFT Saturday 26 February (23.15) Director Jason Eisener Cast Rutger Hauer, Gregory Smith, Brian Downey Canada/USA 2011, 1h30m, N/C18+

Gala GFT Tuesday 22 February (18.30) Wed 23 February (15.15) Director Bent Hamer Cast Trond Fausa Aurvaag, Fridtjof Saheim, Nina Andresen Borud Norway 2010, 1h25m, N/C 15+, Norwegian with subtitles Thanks to Norwegian Film Institute/The Match Factory

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How I Ended the Summer Kak Ya Provyol Etim Letom

One of the exciting new names in the resurgence of Russian cinema, Alexsei Popogrebsky has created a truly compelling tale set in some of the most inhospitable landscapes on the planet. You can almost feel an icy chill sting your face as he transports us to an isolated meteorological station in the Arctic Circle. The station is run by grizzled veteran Gulybin (Sergei Puskepalis), assisted by the callow Danilov (Grigoriy Dobrygin). When bad news is transmitted from the mainland, it sparks an extraordinary adventure. The film tightens its grip and grows as nail-biting as anything in 127 Hours or Touching the Void as Gulybin is pushed to the edge of madness and Danilov makes heroic efforts to redeem himself.

How to Write a Film Script Do you have an unfinished script that you don’t know what to do with?

Experienced scriptwriter Jerry Brannigan will show you how to develop your ideas by teaching the golden rules of character, plot and genre.

Participants are welcome to bring work-in-progress scripts or any ideas they have already written.

Open to 15–18-year-olds. Entry is free but ticketed. Places are limited and must be booked in advance. To request a place, please visit www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/gyff and complete a booking form.

Howl In 1955 Allen Ginsberg found his voice with the groundbreaking streamof-consciousness poem ‘Howl’ and America discovered a standard bearer for the counter-culture values of the Beat generation. In 1957, Ginsberg’s publishers were put on trial for obscenity and the battle lines were drawn in the fight between artistic freedom and the crushing conservatism of the period. Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s boldly unconventional, impressionistic biopic features an immensely sympathetic central performance from James Franco in a gripping film that interweaves courtroom drama with intimate moments from Ginsberg’s private life and nightmarish animated sequences that illustrate the poem’s text.

I Saw the Devil Dark, disturbing and graphic, Kim Ji-woon’s hypnotic serial-killer thriller is one of the best since The Silence of the Lambs and Se7en. A vicious psychopath savagely murders the fiancée of a secret service agent.

But once the agent has tracked the killer down, he’s not content with exacting a simple revenge. Instead he toys with him in increasingly brutal ways, forcing him to endure a fraction of the gruesome suffering he’s inflicted on others. This is a battle between inexpressible evil and tragically dwindling good, focusing on a ‘hero’ infected by the shocking malevolence he’s trying to destroy. FrightFest will be showing the uncut version of Ji-woon’s epic and ambiguous masterpiece.

The Imperialists are Still Alive!

Zeina Durra’s Sundance discovery casts a wry gaze over the bohemian radicals of multi-cultural Manhattan. Asya (Élodie Bouchez) is a Frenchborn artist with an Arabic background. She is struggling to find her voice and make a statement that goes beyond the banal in expressing her perspective on feminism, politics and the sorry state of an unjust world order. A friend has been abducted in what may be a government rendition and she finds herself drawn into a relationship with Mexican ex-pat Javier (José María de Tavira). What follows is a thoughtful, strongly observed portrait of a blithe spirit and the foibles of a privileged elite, proving that Zeina Durra is a talent to watch.

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It's a Wonderful World Cineworld Renfrew Street Monday 21 February (20.30) Tuesday 22 February (12.45) Director Alexsei Popogrebsky Cast Grigoriy Dobrygin, Sergei Puskepalis Russia 2010, 2h4m, N/C 15+ Thanks to New Wave Films

Glasgow Youth Film Festival Platform Monday 14 February (10.00 – 14.00) GFT Tuesday 15 February (10.00 – 14.00) Thanks to Media Trust, BAFTA in Scotland, Jerry Brannigan and John McShane

The State of Independents GFT Friday 18 February (13.30) Saturday 19 February (21.15) Directors Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman Cast James Franco, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker USA 2010, 1h25m, 15 Thanks to Soda Pictures

FrightFest GFT Friday 25 February (21.00) Director Kim Ji-woon Cast Lee Byung-Hyun, Choi Min-sik South Korea 2010, 2h24m, N/C 18+, Korean with subtitles Thanks to Optimum Releasing

The State of Independents Cineworld Renfrew Street Saturday 19 February (20.30) Sunday 20 February (15.15) Director Zeina Durra Cast Élodie Bouchez, José María de Tavira, Karim Saleh USA 2010, 1h30m, N/C 15+ Thanks to Zeina Durra/IFC Films

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In a Better World Hævnen

The choice between violence or pacificism becomes a personal dilemma with a universal resonance in the latest gripping collaboration between director Susanne Bier and screenwriter Anders Thomas Jensen. Anton (Mikael Persbrandt) is a caring doctor who works tirelessly in an African refugee camp. He returns home to a marriage in crisis and a son Elias (Markus Rygaard) who is being relentlessly bullied. Elias’s new schoolfriend Christian (William Johnk Juels Nielsen) believes in fighting fire with fire. When Anton is hit by boorish mechanic Lars (Kim Bodnia), he refuses to fight back but the boys decide to exact their own revenge with horrifying consequences. An intense human drama that has become Denmark’s Oscar submission.

Incendies Denis Villeneuve’s majestic, moving adaptation of Wajdi Mouawad’s play Scorched has featured in many lists of the ten best films of 2010. It is a powerful tale of family ties, duty and the inescapable links between past and present. Following the death of their mother, twins Jeanne (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin) and Simon (Maxim Gaudette) are shocked to discover that they have a brother and that the father they believed to be dead is still alive. Their mother’s final wish is that they should deliver sealed letters to the two men. Jeanne feels compelled to honour this request and thus begins an incredible journey to her mother’s homeland in Lebanon and an equally enthralling voyage into the family’s extraordinary history.

The Inventors of Tradition A mix of professional and amateur documentary shorts combine to create this special programme that explores the recent history of the Scottish textiles industry through its manufacturing processes, promotional activity, factory workers and fashions.

The Inventors of Tradition is an exhibition, film screening and publication conceived

by Beca Lipscombe and Lucy McKenzie (Atelier), and Catriona Duffy and Lucy McEachan (Panel). Films edited by Rob Kennedy, soundtrack created by Lucy McKenzie.

European Cinema Cineworld Renfrew Street Monday 21 February (20.00) Tuesday 22 February (15.15) Director Susanne Bier Cast Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen Denmark/Sweden 2010, 1h53m, N/C 15+, Danish with subtitles Thanks to Danish Film Institute/Trust Nordisk

It's a Wonderful World Cineworld Renfrew Street Friday 18 February (20.45) Saturday 19 February (13.15) Director Denis Villeneuve Cast Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette Canada 2010, 2h10m, N/C 15+, French/Arabic with subtitles Thanks to Trinity Filmed Entertainment Fashion in Film GFT Thursday 24 February (17:45) 1h30, N/C 8+ Thanks to the Scottish Screen Archive

The film screening will be followed by a short discussion.

Entry is free but ticketed.

Iona Crawford Iona Crawford launches her new fashion film and previews her new Autumn/Winter 2011/12 collection, with live music from Kitty the Lion.

Fashion in Film Blythswood Hotel Saturday 26 February (17.30) 1h

Already the toast of London fashion circles, Stirling-based Iona has been featured in Vogue, exhibited at the ICA and represented Scotland across the world. She is renowned for innovative and intricate garment structure fused with trademark tailoring which is inspired by her surroundings and the Scottish landscape.

Tickets are free but limited, to register your interest in attending please email info@glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk.

Competition 6: Iron Men Real men. In control. Taking care of business. But the mask is slipping and the cracks are showing in our sixth international selection, in which a series of alpha males lose their grasp on the world around them. Hilarious and tragic in equal measure. Full details of all the films are provided in the Glasgow Short Film Festival brochure.

Ironweed Heartbreaking performances from Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep lie at the core of this deeply moving adaptation of William Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Set during an autumn weekend in the Great Depression, Ironweed tells the story of Francis Phelan (Nicholson), a former baseball player turned booze-sodden skid row bum haunted by the mistakes that have defined his fall from grace. Helen (Streep) is a bag lady, lost in dreams of former glory and clinging to the wreckage of her life with steely gentility. Director Hector Babenco reveals their plight and search for redemption in an underrated classic which is all the more impressive for its refusal to wallow in easy sentimentality.

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Meryl Streep GFT Tuesday 22 February (13.00) Director Hector Babenco Cast Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Tom Waits USA 1987, 2h16m, 15 Thanks to Filmbank

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Island Jane Rogers’s acclaimed novel Island offers a haunting tale of retribution and redemption. Now it has been sensitively adapted for the screen in a beautifully crafted production shot on stunning locations on Mull and in Argyll and Bute. Natalie Press gives one of her best performances as Nikki Black, a young woman scarred by a lifetime in care. Now in her twenties, she decides to confront and possibly kill the mother who abandoned her as a baby. She traces the woman to a remote Scottish island and embarks on a journey of revenge. What she discovers is very different from her expectations as Phyllis (Janet McTeer) now lives as a recluse with her lonely, needy son Calum, expertly played by Merlin’s Colin Morgan.

Great Scots Cineworld Renfrew Street Sunday 20 February (13.30) Monday 21 February (20.45) Directors Brek Taylor, Elizabeth Mitchell Cast Natalie Press, Janet McTeer, Colin Morgan UK 2011, 1h30m, NC 15+ Thanks to Soda Pictures

Ivory Tower

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Ivory Tower is the dramatic tale of two brothers and their all-consuming rivalry over both the chessboard and a lady. Hershell Graves (Chilly Gonzales) is the nomadic chess ‘purist’ who decides to pursue his Jazz Chess ideology, while his brother Thadeus (Turbo Recordings founder Tiga) is a fierce competitor, earning chess celebrity status back in their hometown in Canada. Upon Hershell’s return after years of travelling, the brothers become locked into a fierce battle for chess supremacy and the affections of love interest Marsha (none other than Peaches).

Directors Chilly Gonzales, Adam Traynor Cast Leslie Feist, Chilly Gonzales, Peaches

Sound-tracked by Gonzales’s epic album of the same name, this ‘Rockyinspired sports parody’ is insanely clever, completely silly and quite unlike anything you’ve seen before.

GFT Saturday 26 February (22.30) Sunday 27 February (18.15)

Canada/France, 2010, 1h15m, N/C 15+ Thanks to www.schmooze.fr

Chilly Gonzales will be performing in Glasgow at the 02 ABC on Tuesday 8 February, visit www.o2abcglasgow.co.uk for tickets.

Jadup & Boel Jadup & Boel presents a portrait of a stagnant society in a small German town unable to forget or deal with an incident that happened shortly after the Second World War. It was banned in the GDR until the summer of 1988, when it was shown surreptitiously in just a few niche cinemas. Full of challenging subject matter, it offers a deep look into the structure of gender and hierarchy.

We are delighted that director Rainer Simon will introduce the screening.

Julia’s Delusion Julia’s Delusion is a highly personal documentary film. Hannes Schönemann reconstructs a love story from his past, which began in summer 1969 and involved the young Danish Communist, Julia Szabad.

The relationship is overshadowed by the activities of the secret police and by social unrest. The director presents his own personal history, while using interviews and historical footage – some of which was produced illegally – to reflect on the GDR and its mechanisms of power.

The Stasi are Among Us CCA Tuesday 22 February (10.45) Director Rainer Simon Cast Kurt Böwe, Katrin Knappe, Gudrun Ritter Germany 1980, 2h20m, N/C 12+, German with subtitles Thanks to ProgressFilmverleih

The Stasi are Among Us CCA Tuesday 22 February (15.00) Director Hannes Schönemann Germany 1998, 1h30m, N/C 12+, German with subtitles Thanks to Deckert Distribution

We are delighted that director Hannes Schönemann will introduce the screening.

King of Thorn In the near future, mankind is being wiped out by the mysterious Medusa virus, which has the rather nasty effect of turning people to stone.

Japanese student Kasumi joins a group of 160 people, recruited from all over the world, to take part in a shadowy scientific project that promises to stop the outbreak. But there’s a catch – they’ll be locked away in an ancient Scottish castle and put to cryogenic sleep for 100 years in order to outlive the virus. Kasumi and the others awaken to discover that plantlike monsters have engulfed the facility, and perhaps the entire planet.

This feature anime is a sensational cross between 28 Days Later and Aliens, full of gory scares and surprise twists.

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Sunday 13 February (20.45) Director Kazuyoshi Katayama Cast Kana Hanazawa, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Eri Sendai Japan 2009, 1h50m, N/C 15+, Japanese with subtitles Thanks to Bandai Visual and Scotland Loves Animation

The screening is introduced by anime expert Jonathan Clements.

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Kitty Foyle Facing formidable competition from Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn and Joan Fontaine, Ginger Rogers won the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Kitty Foyle in this classic three-handkerchief romance. Torn between two lovers, Kitty reflects on the events that have led to her current dilemma. A working-class girl from the wrong side of the Philadelphia tracks, Kitty weds New York blueblood Dennis Morgan. Their happy ever after is soured by the opposition of Morgan’s snooty family, the first of many tragedies and sorrows that help to make Kitty the independent woman she becomes. A perfectly cast Rogers is irresistible in this plush, old-style Hollywood tear-jerker. Bring a box of soft centres.

Kramer vs Kramer Kramer vs Kramer remains one of the great modern weepies because it addresses the timeless issues of a parent’s love and responsibilities. Dustin Hoffman was recovering from a painful divorce when he agreed to play the role of career-driven Ted Kramer. Unable to handle his neglect and self-absorption, wife Joanna (Streep) walks out leaving him to look after their young son Billy (Justin Henry). Father and son bond for the first time and then Joanna walks back in demanding custody and the legal tug of love begins. Refusing to take sides, this is a classy, supremely well-acted melodrama that won five Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress for Meryl Streep.

A Letter to Elia Director Elia Kazan was responsible for some of the landmark works of post-war American cinema from A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) to On the Waterfront (1954) and East of Eden (1955). His reputation was forever tainted when he turned informer and testified before the notorious House Committee on Un-American Activities. It is a decision that many people could never forgive. Martin Scorsese is a passionate admirer of Kazan’s work and A Letter to Elia is a deeply personal reflection on Kazan’s career, the influence on Scorsese and the connections he feels to the New York of On the Waterfront and the family traumas of East of Eden. As Scorsese comments: ‘maybe you learn more from the work than the man’.

Life, Above All Newcomer Khomotso Manyaka lights up Life, Above All, a moving adaptation of Allan Stratton’s bestselling novel Chanda’s Secrets. A classic coming-of-age story is given added dramatic heft by placing it in a South Africa where so many children have been orphaned by the AIDS pandemic. Twelve-year-old Chanda (Manyaka) lives in the small township of Elandsdoorn near Johannesburg.

It is a place where maintaining the appearance of happy normality is more important than acknowledging the reality of a disease that is rife in the country.

Chanda’s fearless hunger for the truth makes her a dangerous force in a community comforted by lies and evasions.

Life Behind Bars After the collapse of the GDR in 1990, the filmmaker Sibylle Schönemann made this documentary about her imprisonment by the East German secret police (Stasi) and eventual expatriation from the GDR. In a series of fascinating encounters, she tracks down and interviews the people who put and kept her behind bars, from her Stasi interrogator to the prison warders.

Lighting the Way: Artists’ Short Film from India The contemporary art scene in India is relatively small – but vibrant, diverse and with all the potential that a truly emerging art scene can have. Just as India’s own industrial and economic transformation is fundamentally affecting its relationship with the rest of the world, artists like Kiran Subbaiah, Chitra Ganesh, Ayisha Abraham and Tejal Shah are using a variety of techniques including film, video, graphic art and animation to explore how these changes affect their sense of self, national identity, cultural history and hopes for the future. This programme screens as part of GFF’s Beyond Bollywood strand.

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Ginger Rogers GFT Friday 25 February (11.00) Director Sam Wood Cast Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig USA 1940, 1h45m, U Thanks to BFI

Meryl Streep GFT Friday 18 February (13.00) Cineworld Renfrew Street Saturday 19 February (17.45) Director Robert Benton Cast Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander USA 1979, 1h45m, PG Thanks to Park Circus/ Columbia Pictures

Stranger than Fiction GFT Saturday 19 February (17.15) Sunday 20 February (11.15) Directors Kent Jones, Martin Scorsese USA 2010, 1h, N/C 8+ Thanks to Sikelia Productions

It's a Wonderful World Cineworld Renfrew Street Wed 23 February (18.15) Thursday 24 February (15.30) Director Oliver Schmitz Cast Khomotso Manyaka, Lerato Mvelase, Harriet Manamela South Africa/Germany 2010, 1h45m, N/C 12+ Thanks to Peccadillo Pictures

The Stasi are Among Us CCA Monday 21 February (18:00) Director Sibylle Schönemann Germany 1991, 1h34m, N/C 15+, German with subtitles Thanks to Defa-Spektrum Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Sunday 20 February (17.00) 1h30m, N/C 15+

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The List Surprise Film

GFT Wed 23 February (20.45)

Something brand new? Something vintage? A thrilling Hollywood blockbuster? An East European silent era classic in the original director’s cut of four hours? The List Surprise Film is always the best kept secret in the Festival.

Not even Julian Assange will be able to leak this little piece of hush hush information in advance. Past delights have included Inland Empire, Son of Rambow, O’Horten and last year’s first ever UK screening of Ben Stiller in Greenberg. What could those fiendish GFF programmers have in store for us this year? We can tell you now that it is not Tin Tin just to quash that little rumour. The only way to find out is to buy a ticket. Sorry Julian.

Little Deaths

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One killer anthology from the UK’s most promising horror filmmakers, composed of three disturbingly sensual and terrifying tales unified by the twin themes of sex and death. In Sean Hogan’s House and Home a couple pose as concerned religious do-gooders to lure homeless girls back to their home for perverted sex games. But then they choose the wrong victim…

In Simon Rumley’s Bitch, Claire and Pete derive strange sexual pleasure from an unspoken sadomasochistic role-playing game. But then Claire goes one step too far… In Andrew Parkinson’s Mutant Tool, a former prostitute and recovering drug addict undergoes therapy. But her shady therapist is involved with a bizarre black market narcotics trade...

Little White Lies Les Petits Mouchoirs

Actor-turned-director Guillaume Canet follows the hugely successful thriller Tell No One /Ne le dis a personne with a smartly cast, acutely observed ensemble piece about the ties that bind a group of old friends and the tensions that might just tear them apart. Each year, the group escape for a cherished summer holiday at a beautiful beach house on the southeast coast of France. This year everything changes. One of them is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident. The others reluctantly head to the beach where loyalties are tested to the limit, trust is betrayed, old loves are rekindled and surprising new liaisons are tinged with danger. A Gallic Big Chill with a stellar cast and a blinding soundtrack.

Little Zizou Salaam Bombay and Mississippi Masala screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala makes an impressive feature debut with this charming, colourful feel-good tale set among the Parsi community of Mumbai. Zizou (Janhan Bativala) is a young boy whose greatest wish is that his football hero Zinedine Zidane will visit Mumbai. We see events through his eyes as his brother, talented comic artist Art (Imad Shah), falls in love with Zenobia (Dishad Patel). The path of true love is strewn with obstacles, including her stern father Boman (Boman Irani) and the fact that she is already in love with Arjun (John Abraham).

There are strong echoes of Romeo and Juliet in a tale of impossible love, feuding families, religious fanaticism and false prophets.

FrightFest GFT Friday 25 February (18.30) Directors Sean Hogan, Simon Rumley, Andrew Parkinson Cast Amy Joyce Hastings, Luke de Lacey, Kate Braithwaite UK 2011, 1h30m, N/C 18+

Gala GFT Monday 21 February (17.45) Tuesday 22 February (15.45) Director Guillaume Canet Cast Francois Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoit Magimel France 2010, 2h, N/C 15+, French with subtitles Thanks to Lionsgate

Beyond Bollywood GFT Tuesday 22 February (14.15) Director Sooni Taraporevala Cast Janhan Bativala, John Abraham, Imad Shah India 2008, 1h41m, N/C 8+ Thanks to Sooni Taraporevala

Preceded by short film Bengali Tourist (4m).

Living Creatively in a Dictatorship: Claus Löser & Thomas Heise Claus Löser, filmmaker, programmer and curator, risked arrest and persecution by the secret police to screen underground films in the GDR in the 1980s, and has been instrumental in bringing underground and banned East German films to a contemporary audience.

The Stasi are Among Us CCA Tuesday 22 February (13.30) 1h15m

All of Thomas Heise’s early documentaries were banned from public screenings, yet he continued working. After the fall of the Wall, Heise did not shy away from contemporary history. He has achieved wide success with his observational studies of controversial subject matter.

Panel discussion chaired by journalist and writer Fiona Rintoul (in English and German).

Competition 2: Lonesome Road Bewildered travellers set off into the unknown, whilst others watch the world pass them by. Exile has its demons but also a chance at redemption. Take a trip from Thailand to Madagascar, by way of a terrifying post-apocalyptic landscape. Full details of all the films are provided in the Glasgow Short Film Festival brochure.

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Lord of the Flies Theatre master Peter Brook’s classic adaptation of the popular William Golding novel, back on the big screen 100 years after the author’s birth. A British plane, evacuating children from an unspecified war, crashes on a tropical island. At first the boys who survive are delighted with their newfound freedom in paradise but, as fears mount and a self-imposed oppression grows, the boys are transformed with terrifying consequences.

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Tuesday 15 February (12.45) Director Peter Brook Cast James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Roger Elwin UK 1963, 1h32m, PG Thanks to BFI

This screening will be introduced by a member of the creative team behind Beastie (which screens the same day at 17.30) who will explain how the novel and film inspired Matthew Bourne’s new dance production of Lord of the Flies for Theatre Royal.

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Love Like Poison Un Poison Violent

Family, sex and religion are explored in this coming-of-age story by young French director Katell Quillévéré. Fourteen-year-old Anna returns home from boarding school for the holidays to find emotions running high. At home her mother and father have separated. Her mother seeks solace by forming an uneasy relationship with the village priest whilst Anna spends time with her bed-ridden grandfather.

She struggles to understand her feelings on Catholicism in the face of her upcoming communion and attentions from an eager choir boy. A rich drama made especially memorable by a standout performance from the young Clara Augarde.

Lucky Dragons: No Boundaries, No Hierarchies Hailed for their original brand of world-infused glitchy electronica, Lucky Dragons are an experimental music act from Los Angeles intent on breaking down boundaries. Promoting a democratic relationship between the audience and the band, their live shows see them encouraging audience members to participate by handing out touch sensitive wires and instruments. For this special commission

by Glasgow promoters Cry Parrot, Lucky Dragons will break down boundaries even further, screening silent shorts submitted by the audience but with one main difference: you control the music, and you control the films. For info on how to get involved go to www.thearches.co.uk/Lucky-Dragons-2011.

European Cinema Cineworld Renfrew Street Monday 21 February (18.45) Tuesday 22 February (15.45) Director Katell Quillévéré Cast Clara Augarde, Lio, Stefano Cassetti, Michel Galabru France 2010, 1h32m, N/C 15+, French with subtitles Thanks to Artificial Eye

Glasgow Music and Film Festival The Arches Tuesday 22 February (19.30) 3h, 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+)

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LUX One-to-One Sessions LUX, a London-based international arts agency, exists to provide access to, and develop audiences for, artists’ moving image work; to provide professional development support for artists working with the moving image; and to contribute to and develop discourse around practice. Mike Sperlinger and Benjamin Cook from LUX will be conducting short one-to-one sessions with local artists.

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Sunday 20 February Individual sessions available from 10.00–17.00

All tickets £4. To book please contact shorts@glasgowfilm.org.

LUX Film Collective Workshop Mike Sperlinger and Benjamin Cook, the directors of LUX, will lead a workshop considering the history and potential future of collectives and other collaborative networks for artists’ moving image. This workshop is organised as a part of an ongoing collaboration between LUX and CCA Glasgow to establish a new support structure for artists’ moving image in Scotland.

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Saturday 19 February (16.30) 1h30m

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Machete Maidens Unleashed!

Karate-kicking midgets! Papier-mâché monsters! Busty babes with blades! Filipino genre films of the 1970s and 80s had it all. Boasting cheap labour, exotic scenery and non-existent health and safety regulations, the Philippines were a dreamland for exploitation filmmakers whose renegade productions engulfed global grindhouses like a tidal schlock-wave! Now that overlooked world gets the terrific Mark (Not Quite Hollywood) Hartley treatment in the ultimate insiders’ account of drive-in filler from Manila. All the key players are interviewed from producer Roger Corman, directors Eddie Romero, Steve Carver and Jack Hill and stars Pam Grier, Celeste Yarnall, Colleen Camp and Dick Miller.

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FrightFest GFT Friday 25 February (23.45) Director Mark Hartley Cast Roger Corman, Joe Dante, John Landis, Pam Grier, Eddie Romero Australia 2010, 1h30m, N/C 18+

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Make a Short Film in Two Days Want to make a short film but don’t know how to get started? In this special workshop experienced TV director and film producer Karen O’Hare from Screen Academy Scotland will pass on her valuable knowledge about the film industry and what your short will need to stand out from the rest. Over the course of two days participants will script, shoot and edit a short film to be screened at The Arches’ Focus Left – Youth Edition on Tuesday 15 February at 16.00 (see page 32 for details).

Open to 15–18-year-olds. Entry is free but ticketed. Places are limited and must be booked in advance.

To request a place, please visit www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/gyff and complete a booking form.

Make Believe What do you do when you find it hard to look other people in the eye? The six young magicians in Make Believe think they’ve found the answer: entertain people. This sensitively drawn, crowd-pleasing documentary follows the fortunes and failures of the world’s best young magicians as they attempt to gain the title of Teen World Champion at the World Magic Seminar in Los Angeles. The magicians are dedicated, independent showpeople but offstage they face the same uncertainties and challenges of adolescence.

The Man Who Fell to Earth David Bowie gives the performance of his film career in Nic Roeg’s dazzlingly ambitious fusion of science fiction, social commentary, romance and poignant reflection of the unbearable inadequacies of the human race. Adapted from the Walter Trevis novel by Paul Mayersberg, The Man Who Fell to Earth stars Bowie as Newton, a humanoid alien who arrives on earth seeking the salvation of his planet.

His understanding of the world comes from monitoring TV stations and as he builds a corporate empire and embarks on a romance, he grows increasingly frustrated and disappointed by human emotion. A technical tour-de-force and a multi-layered classic screening in a restored version.

A Marine Story Winner of the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at Outfest in Los Angeles, A Marine Story puts a human face to the American military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy. Alexandra Everett (Dreya Weber) is an outstanding marine and uncritical patriot with a long family history of military service. An Iraq veteran who could match any man punch for punch and drink for drink, she returns to her home town with an honourable discharge. The military have discovered that she is a lesbian.

Contemplating her future, she is asked to whip local delinquent Saffron into shape as she prepares to join up. What follows is a touching, lifeaffirming independent feature with an award-winning performance from Dreya Weber.

Mark Millar Workshop Mark Millar, the Coatbridge-born comic-book writer and filmmaker will lead this workshop which will examine the art of writing for graphic novels.

Glasgow Youth Film Festival The Arches Two-day workshop: Monday 14 February (10.00 – 19.00) Tuesday 15 February (10.00 – 14.00) Thanks to Media Trust, Bafta in Scotland, Karen O’Hare and The Arches

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Saturday 12 February (14.00) Wed 16 February (14.00) Director J Clay Tweel USA/Japan/South Africa 2010, 1h28m, N/C 8+ Thanks to Firefly Theatre and Films

Out of the Past GFT Monday 21 February (20.30) Tuesday 22 February (11.30) Director Nicolas Roeg Cast David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark USA/UK 1976, 2h19m, 18 Thanks to Optimum Releasing

The State of Independents Grosvenor Tuesday 22 February (20.30) Director Ned Farr Cast Dreya Weber, Paris P Pickard, Christine Mourad USA 2010, 1h31m, N/C 15+ Thanks to Peccadillo Pictures

Superheroes in Glasgow CCA Wed 23 February (14.30) 1h30m Thanks to Mark Millar

Cutting his teeth writing for 2000 AD and DC Comics, Mark Millar graduated to Marvel Entertainment ten years ago and in that time has written some of the most successful comic books in the English language. His Civil War event is the industry’s highest-selling comicbook series since the millennium, his Ultimates book provided the template for the current crop of Marvel movies and he was named by Time Magazine last year as global comic-book writer of the decade. After writing everything from the X-Men and Spider-Man to Superman and Batman, he started the Millarworld company to create and own his own material (in tandem with his artists). The first two of these books, Wanted and Kick-Ass, have been blockbuster movies as well as outselling even established characters like Spider-Man. Millar is currently hard at work on a sequel to Kick-Ass, the Superior movie and directing Miracle Park, his first full-length feature film.

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Marwencol If ever a single documentary perfectly illustrated the view that life is stranger than fiction it is Marwencol. Jeff Malmberg’s film is a spellbinding account of one man’s true story. Mark Hogancamp was attacked and badly beaten outside a bar and left with head injuries that required him to learn to talk, walk and write all over again. His response was to build a 1/6th scale model of a town from the Second World War era that he named Marwencol. Dolls were used to represent his family and friends and soon he was creating life-like photographs that told the story of events in the town. Then a New York gallery started to take an interest in his ‘art’ and Mark was faced with the dilemma of whether he could abandon this therapeutic fantasy and reconnect with the real world. A fascinating, unforgettable film.

Mean Girls The endlessly quotable Mean Girls remains one of the sharpest and funniest portrayals of teenage life. Lindsay Lohan is perfectly cast as Cady, a home school student struggling to fit into high school. When she’s accepted into the most exclusive clique of all, The Plastics, Cady discovers that being a girl is even harder when your supposed friends are out to destroy you. Written by comedy genius Tina Fey, Mean Girls is the spiritual sister of the twisted Heathers and the iconic Clueless.

Stranger than Fiction GFT Sunday 20 February (21.15) Monday 21 February (11.30) Director Jeff Malmberg Cast Mark Hogancamp USA 2010, 1h23m, N/C 12+ Thanks to Jeff Malmberg

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Friday 11 February (23.00) Director Mark Waters Cast Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried USA 2004, 1h37m, 12 Thanks to Paramount Pictures

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Meek’s Cutoff American independent director Kelly Reichardt continues her exploration of minimalist storytelling in her latest film Meek’s Cutoff. This subtle and moving drama tells the story of a group of 19th century settlers who find themselves stranded in the harsh conditions of the Oregon desert. They are faced with the dilemma as to whether they should follow the advice of their cavalier navigator Stephen Meek or to return along the path they came. Michelle Williams teams up with the director for a second time (after Wendy and Lucy, 2009) alongside Scotland’s own Shirley Henderson, and all against a stunning desert backdrop.

The State of Independents Cineworld Renfrew Street Wed 23 February (18.30) Thursday 24 February (12.45) Director Kelly Reichardt Cast Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson USA 2010, 1h44m, N/C 8+ Thanks to Soda Pictures

The Memory Band: The Wicker Man

Glasgow Film and Music Film Festival

As a tribute to the magical work of Paul Giovanni and friends, The Memory Band will be performing songs such as Gently Jonny, Willow’s Song, Corn Rigs and many more from the soundtrack to the classic 1973 film The Wicker Man. Led by producer Stephen Cracknell, the musical line-up will be the usual Memory Band alignment of talents, both known and emerging, along with special guest Johnny Lynch (Pictish Trail).

3h, 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+)

The Arches Thursday 24 February (19.30)

All tickets £6

Metaphrog: Graphic Novels & Adaptations Acclaimed Glasgow-based duo Metaphrog will discuss graphic novels and adaptations involving different media in a lively and interactive illustrated session. Metaphrog are the authors of the Louis graphic novel series, which has been nominated for multiple awards, and have recently adapted Edwin Morgan’s poem The First Men on Mercury into comic form.

Miranda Pennell Retrospective Miranda Pennell’s films explore the choreography of everyday life. She studied contemporary dance in New York and Amsterdam before turning her hand to filmmaking. Over the last twenty years her short films have explored the nature of performance, blurring the lines between traditional dance film, documentary and fiction. Experimenting with the relationship between sound and image, Pennell presents a unique, warm and often funny insight into subject matter as diverse as marching soldiers, aspiring musicians and stage-fighting pub patrons.

This retrospective selection will include the Scottish premiere of Pennell’s most recent work, Why Colonel Bunny was Killed.

Superheroes in Glasgow CCA Thursday 24 February (14.30) 1h30m Thanks to Metaphrog

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Friday 18 February (19.30) Director Miranda Pennell UK 2001–2010, 1h30m, N/C 15+ Thanks to Miranda Pennell

We are delighted to welcome Miranda Pennell to introduce the screening and discuss her work.

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Microphone Microphone is a fictional story centred around the very real and vibrant artistic underground that flourishes in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. Director Ahmad Abdalla captures the sounds and sights of a city that appears to be alive with graffiti artists, hip-hop bands, filmmakers and dangerous minds. Khaled returns from America for the funeral of his mother. The people he knew and the places he cherished have changed beyond recognition leaving him lonely and dejected until he starts to make contact with a new generation voicing their defiance through a fantastic outpouring of artistic endeavour. The result is a magnetic depiction of the city’s hidden dynamism.

Mother’s Day Hot on the heels of the I Spit on Your Grave remake comes the next timely and terrifying reimagining of a classic grindhouse title. Fleeing a botched bank robbery three distressed and injured brothers head for home. Except they’ve forgotten that their mother’s house was recently snapped up in a foreclosure by a yuppie couple who are now celebrating their house-warming. Taking the party-goers hostage in the basement, the brothers casually humiliate and torture them until mama arrives. Only then do the guests realise... she’s the family’s most dangerous member! Rebecca De Mornay gives a delicious performance of wicked bloodlust and wanton cruelty as mother dearest in this fast-paced and enjoyably intense film.

Moviemaking at the Apple Store If you’re aged 8 to 17, join the Glasgow Youth Film Festival at the Apple Store in Buchanan Street for a chance to take your first steps in filmmaking with iMovie.

You’ll discover how to create storyboards, get tips on shooting footage and learn the essentials of editing. Join us for three unique workshops leading up to GYFF where young filmmakers can debut their masterpieces. Space is limited, so sign up now for a real creative adventure.

Glasgow Music and Film Festival Cineworld Renfrew Street Tuesday 22 February (20.45) Wed 23 February (13.15) Director Ahmad Abdalla Cast Khaled Abol Naga, Menna Shalabi, Hany Adel Egypt 2010, 1h52m, N/C 15+, Arabic with subtitles Thanks to Ahmad Abdalla

FrightFest GFT Saturday 26 February (21.00) Director Darren Lynn Bousman Cast Rebecca De Mornay, Jaime King, Shawn Ashmore USA 2010, 1h46m, N/C 18+

Glasgow Youth Film Festival Apple Store, Buchanan Street Three day workshop: Monday 14, Tuesday 15 & Wednesday 16 February 09.00–10.30 (8–12-year-olds) 11.00–12.30 (13–17-year-olds) Thanks to Apple Store, Buchanan Street

Open to 8–12-year-olds and 13–17-year-olds. Entry is free but ticketed.

Places are limited and must be booked in advance. To request a place, please visit www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/gyff and complete a booking form.

Music Video Showcase Music videos, once an exciting part of the TV schedules, are now mostly relegated to the online domain of YouTube and Vimeo. This special musical showcase highlights some of the world’s best and most innovative animated videos from the past twelve months. The line-up includes striking and beautiful animations to tracks by Grizzly Bear, Gorillaz, Massive Attack and Fleet Foxes, made by acclaimed directors like Shynola and Sean Pecknold. A rare chance to catch an uninterrupted medley of music videos on the big screen.

Muvizu Animation Workshop Muvizu, the sponsors of GYFF, will be at The Arches to help transform you into 3D animation filmmakers! Participants will be shown how to use Muvizu software – it’s free, intuitive and it rocks – and let loose to make their own 90-second shorts on any subject they fancy and in HD broadcast quality. The results of participants’ hard work will be screened at The Arches’ Focus Left – Youth Edition on Tuesday 15 February at 16.00 (see page 32 for details).

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Monday 14 February (13.00) Various, 1h20m, N/C 12+ Thanks to London International Animation Festival

Glasgow Youth Film Festival The Arches Saturday 12 February (12.00 – 17.00) Thanks to Muvizu and The Arches

Open to 14–18-year-olds. Entry is free but ticketed. Places are limited and must be booked in advance. To request a place, please visit www. glasgowfilm.org/festival/gyff and complete a booking form.

Naomi Kawase 1: Father The first of two programmes devoted to the Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase, who at twenty-seven became the youngest ever winner of the Caméra d’Or at Cannes. Her early short films are like fragile 8mm sketch books, capturing her immediate world with a disarming openness that is both beautiful and at times devastating. Featuring Embracing (1992), about Kawase’s search for the father she never knew, and the extraordinary documentary/fiction hybrid Kya Ka Ra Ba A (2001), in which she attempts to find a connection with him after his death.

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Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Friday 18 February (15.00) Sunday 20 February (13.00) 1h35m, N/C 15+ Thanks to the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, and to Noriko Nakahama Davidson for translation.

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Naomi Kawase 2: Mother The second programme in our Naomi Kawase focus features a loose trilogy of films, not about her birth mother, but about the great-aunt who raised her – Katatsumori (1994), See Heaven (1995) and Hi wa katabuki (1996). Kawase’s warmth towards this twinkling eyed, green-fingered old woman (who tolerates the camera regularly poked in her face with goodnatured grumbling) is tempered by the inescapable sense of loneliness at having been abandoned by her parents. Don’t miss a rare opportunity to see this collection of achingly beautiful films.

Neukölln Unlimited Three refugee siblings rely on their breakdancing and music skills to survive as they struggle with the daily threat of deportation. Hassan, Maradonna and their sister Lial devise a plan: they’ll use their artistic talents to financially support their family and show the authorities that they deserve to stay. All their problems seem to be solved when dance prodigy Maradonna is invited to perform on a popular TV show to win a big cash prize... An inspiring documentary about following your dreams.

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Friday 18 February (17.00) Sunday 20 February (21.00) 1h35m, N/C 15+ Thanks to the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, and to Noriko Nakahama Davidson for translation

Glasgow Youth Film Festival Platform Saturday 12 February (13.00) Directors Agostino Imondi, Dietmar Ratsch Germany 2010, 1h36m, N/C 12+, German with subtitles Thanks to Goethe Institut Glasgow, YDance, Hassan Akkouch and Lial Akkouch

The screening will be introduced by the film’s stars Hassan and Lial Akkouch and will be followed by a special breakdance performance by young dancers from YDance.

Tickets cost £4 and are only available from Platform Box Office.

See this film for free when you book a place on the Breakdance Masterclass with Hassan Akkouch (see page 20).

New Low Hailed as the best ‘no budget indie romance since In Search of a Midnight Kiss’, Sundance discovery New Low has won an army of admirers for twenty-five-year-old writer/director/star Adam Bowers who makes a powerful claim to be a 21st century Woody Allen with his witty script and sharp-eyed exploration of romantic neuroses. Bowers plays lanky, balding twenty-something Wendell who has just started dating Vicky, a booze-loving slacker with a healthy disregard for personal hygiene. She sounds like his dream girl but then he also finds himself attracted to selfless social worker Joanna. His crippling indecision becomes the basis of an inspired deadpan comedy. Remember – one man’s trash is another man’s girlfriend.

No Wave 1: The Blank Generation The first of two programmes devoted to the New York No Wave movement of 1976 to 1982, when a radically divergent group of filmmakers took up cameras in a DIY ethos borrowed from punk. This programme includes L.E.S., which presents the Lower East Side as a post-apocalyptic landscape, alongside a series of portraits of heroin casualties and a rare documentary on the legendary CBGBs, with early performances and interviews with The Ramones, The Dead Boys and Richard Hell & The Voidoids. Also featuring punk psychodrama She Had Her Gun All Ready, climaxing in a showdown on a Coney Island rollercoaster.

No Wave 2: The Para-Punk Underground This second programme in our New York No Wave focus exemplifies the ‘content-rich, performance-oriented narrative films’ (J Hoberman) for which the movement is celebrated. No Wave films, though radically different, are united by their rejection of tradition and their use of cast drawn from the underground music scene. Works range from James Nare’s junkie portrait Waiting for the Wind to Tessa Hughes Freeland’s exploration of Go-Go dancers and Beth. B and Scott. B’s aggressive direct address to the audience. 11 thru 12 is an irreverent performance to camera, whilst Bette Gordon’s acclaimed Empty Suitcases explores alienation and terrorism in 1980s New York.

The State of Independents GFT Thursday 24 February (15.30) Friday 25 February (11.30) Director Adam Bowers Cast Adam Bowers, Jayme Ratzer, Valerie Jones USA 2010, 1h22m, N/C 15+ Thanks to Adam Bowers

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Saturday 19 February (21.00) 1h30m, N/C 18+

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Sunday 20 February (19.00) 1h30m, N/C 18+

We hope that filmmaker Andrea Callard will attend the screening.

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Norman Mailer: The American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Norman Mailer was one of the giants of 20th century American letters. His life was as epic as one of his novels and encompassed six marriages, nine children and a legacy that includes such literary landmarks as The Naked and the Dead and The Executioner’s Song. He was a writer, a thinker, a boxer, a filmmaker, a feisty sparring partner for the feminist movement and a complex man with a reputation for a quick temper and a curmudgeonly personality. Joseph Mantegna’s documentary is woven around archive footage (including Mailer’s legendary fight with Rip Torn) and interviews with wives and lovers, enemies and admirers who paint a revealing picture of a different figure from the crusty public persona that Mailer fostered.

Norwegian Wood Noruwei No Mori

Tran Ann Hung’s breathtaking adaptation of the bestselling Haruki Murakami novel Norwegian Wood is likely to stand as one of the most elegant and moving love stories of the year. Told with the most delicate of touches it will not disappoint the countless devotees of the book or incurable romantics alike. The tale unfolds in late 1960s Tokyo where rebellion is in the air and student Watanabe (Ken’ichi Matsuyama) is drawn to Naoko (Rinko Kikuchi). The intimacy between them is tinged by a profound sadness over a shared tragedy in their past and is threatened when Watanabe meets the beguiling, flirtatious Midori (Kiko Mizuhara). Torn between two women, he is caught between the ties of the past and the promise of the future.

Nostalgia for the Light Nostalgia de la luz

One of the most distinctive documentaries in recent years, Nostalgia for the Light is a thoughtprovoking look at two groups of people at work in Chile’s Atacama Desert. Astronomers scour the sky for clues as to the origins of humankind whilst on the ground relatives of political prisoners, killed in Pinochet’s concentration camps, search for their remains which are believed to be dumped there. The film juxtaposes personal stories and a political backdrop with the wonderment and mystery of outer space to form a fascinating and intelligent mediation on the passing of time and humanity’s relationship to its environment and itself.

Nothing’s All Bad Smukke Mennesker

If Todd Solondz ever made a film in Denmark it might look a little like Nothing’s All Bad. Mikkel Munch-Fals’s assured debut feature is a cleverly plotted, deliciously dark ensemble piece exploring the universal longing for a little tenderness and a human touch. Acutely observed scenes of toe-curling embarrassment blend with the bleakest of black comedy as we meet the lonely Ingeborg who is retired and widowed on the same day, schoolteacher Anna who has had a mastectomy, impossibly handsome Jonas who sells sex to anyone willing to pay and his father Anders who seems ruled by unhealthy sexual urges. Their lives will cross in the most unexpected and poignant of ways.

NY Export: Opus Jazz One year after West Side Story triumphed on Broadway, legendary choreographer Jerome Robbins premiered Opus Jazz, a ‘ballet in sneakers’ that captured the joy of being young and alive in the Big Apple. Filmed in gorgeous 35mm widescreen, NY Export: Opus Jazz features dancers from the New York City Ballet in a pulsating performance of the piece shot in unfamiliar outdoor locations around the city. A wonderful companion piece to the GFF screening of West Side Story (see page 61) and a must for dance lovers.

Preceded by

One Thousand Pictures

Stranger than Fiction GFT Friday 18 February (15.30) Director Joseph Mantegna Cast Norman Mailer USA 2010, 1h46m, N/C 12+ Thanks to Joseph Mantegna

Gala GFT Saturday 19 February (17.45) Director Tran Anh Hung Cast Ken’ichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara Japan 2010, 2h13m, N/C 15+, Japanese with subtitles Thanks to Soda Pictures

Stranger than Fiction Grosvenor Wed 23 February (21.00) GFT Thursday 24 February (13.15) Director Patricio Guzmán France/Germany/Chile 2010, 1h30m, N/C 12+, Spanish with subtitles Thanks to Pyramide International European Cinema Cineworld Renfrew Street Friday 18 February (15.00) Grosvenor Saturday 19 February (20.30) Director Mikkel Munch-Fals Cast Sebastian Jessen, Bodil Jorgensen, Mille Lehfeldt Denmark 2010, 1h30m, N/C 18+, Danish with subtitles Thanks to Danish Film Institute

Stranger than Fiction GFT Sunday 27 February (11.00) Directors (NY Export: Opus Jazz) Jody Lee Lipes, Henry Joost (One Thousand Pictures) A Jennifer Stoddart film USA 2010, 46m UK 2010, 39m, N/C 8+ Thanks to Bar/Suozzi Productions Thanks to Lichen Films

Robert F Kennedy’s assassination in June 1968 felt like a fatal blow to the dreams of countless Americans. Thousands lined the rail tracks to pay their respects when his body was transported from New York to Washington. Magnum photographer Paul Fusco captured indelible images of the grief and desolation on their faces. One Thousand Pictures combines stunning archive footage and fresh interviews with some of the faces in the crowd to create a powerful, deeply moving account of a divided America and the death of hope.

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Nyman with a Movie Camera Michael Nyman has composed unforgettable scores for films like The Piano, Gattaca and Wonderland. In 2002 he wrote a thrilling score to accompany screenings of Dziga Vertov’s 1929 Soviet classic Man with a Movie Camera. Nyman has such a high regard for the film that he has now constructed his own tribute to Vertov with a shot-for-shot reconstruction of the film using music and images from his own archives that he has collated over the past two decades. Nyman’s aim is to recreate Vertov’s guiding principle of capturing the little moments of everyday life that we never normally see in a cinema. The result is a unique, giddy love letter from one artist to another that allows us to see a classic film and the wider world through fresh eyes.

NYOS Futures: Vanishing Boundaries For this innovative cross art-form project The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland’s contemporary chamber ensemble, NYOS Futures, collaborates with artists working in a variety of media to produce a truly unique, live audiovisual experience. NYOS Futures will perform stunning new works composed in response to a collection of immersive visual arts projects, combining elements of film, photography, animation, electronic surround sound design, storytelling and live performance. This vibrant performance event explores notions of vanishing boundaries – either real or imagined, past or present, local or global.

Glasgow Music and Film Festival GFT Monday 21 February (16.00) Director Michael Nyman UK 2010, 1h1m, N/C 12+ Thanks to Michael Nyman Ltd

Glasgow Music and Film Festival The Arches Monday 21 February (20.00) 1h45m, 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+) Supported by The Hugh Fraser Foundation

Tickets £9/£6

Of Love and Other Demons Del amor y otros demonios

This wonderfully lush and atmospheric adaptation of the Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel, Of Love and Other Demons unfolds in a gorgeous vision of 18th century Cartagena. Stunning newcomer Eliza Triana plays Sierva, the innocent, thirteen-year-old daughter of a wealthy and influential family. When she is bitten on the leg by a rabid dog, a bishop confines her to a local convent and orders priest Cayetano (Pablo Derqui) to exorcise the demon within her.

It is the beginning of an impossible love in which both Cayetano and Eliza will pay dearly for an infatuation that becomes all-consuming. The result is a sensual melodrama elegantly directed by feature novice Hilda Hidalgo.

One Hundred Mornings The end of the world comes, not with a bang, but with a gentle country breeze in this chilling Irish drama. There are no plagues, no zombies, just an unexplained apocalypse that has left two couples in a cabin in the woods, three days walk from Dublin, with no power or fuel and a dwindling food supply, one that the few remaining villagers also have their eyes on. As they’re forced into making major decisions that test their humanity to the limit, the resulting masterclass in escalating tension and moral ambiguity is far more terrifying than anything mere monsters could provide.

Optimo Presents GSFF Closing Party at HUNG UP! With a musical heart fuelled by the seedy and fertile music of the NY downtown disco and no wave scenes, Optimo’s HUNG UP! party is the ideal rhythmic and sensory conclusion to a programme which gives a rare glimpse into the shadowy underbelly of the sleazy musical world of 1980s New York. Hang out... and get HUNG UP!

It's a Wonderful World GFT Friday 18 February (11.15) Cineworld Renfrew Street Sunday 20 February (12.45) Director Hilda Hidalgo Cast Eliza Triana, Pablo Derqui, Jordi Dauder Costa Rica/Colombia 2009, 1h37m, N/C 15+, Spanish with subtitles Thanks to Latino Fusion

European Cinema GFT Sunday 20 February (16.30) Director Conor Horgan Cast Ciaran McMenamin, Alex Reid, Rory Keenan Ireland 2009, 1h23m, N/C 15+ Thanks to Blinder Films

Glasgow Short Film Festival Subclub Sunday 20 February (23.00 until late) 18+

Ticket price TBC, available only on the door (discounted entry for GSFF ticket holders).

Oranges and Sunshine Talent is clearly woven into the fabric of the Loach family DNA as Jim Loach (son of Ken) makes an immensely impressive, emotionally devastating feature debut with Oranges and Sunshine. Scots screenwriter Rona Munro has skillfully adapted Margaret Humphreys’s 1994 book Empty Cradles and Loach secures a powerhouse performance from Emily Watson in the lead role. In 1986, Humphreys became aware of a government programme that ran from the Victorian era until 1970 and relocated thousands of British children throughout the Commonwealth. It was the beginning of a tireless campaign to expose the truth, investigate the past and reunite dozens of broken families.

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Best of British GFT Friday 25 February (20.30) Saturday 26 February (15.30) Director Jim Loach Cast Emily Watson, David Wenham, Hugo Weaving UK/Australia 2010, 1h45m, 15 Thanks to Icon Film Distribution

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Our Life

La vita nostra Elio Germano won a Cannes Best Actor Prize for his gutsy, heartfelt performance in this family drama that reunites him with Daniele Luchetti, director of My Brother is an Only Child. Germano is utterly compelling as a man whose strongest failing is his desire to do the best for the people he loves the most. Cocky building site foreman Claudio (Germano) is devoted to his wife Elena and their two young sons. When she dies in childbirth, the world comes crashing down around him. Determined to provide for his boys, he embarks on a career as a building contractor where the best of intentions soon lead to impossible dilemmas. An emotional tale worthy of comparison with the films of Ken Loach.

Out of Africa Winner of seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Out of Africa is a sumptuous romantic epic that demands to be seen on a cinema screen. Meryl Streep stars as Karen Blixen, the Danish writer whose farm in Africa gave her a special connection to the breathtaking beauty of the continent. There was little love in her marriage to boorish Baron Blixen (Klaus Maria Brandauer) which partly explains her infatuation with dashing, golden-haired adventurer Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford) and the doomed love affair that followed. Impeccably crafted by director Sydney Pollack, Out of Africa also features a memorable musical score by the great John Barry.

Pam Hogg We are delighted to welcome Glaswegian creative force Pam Hogg to the GFT for a special event as part of our Fashion in Film strand. Following a screening of her moving image work, Pam will discuss using film as a medium to support her fashion collections.

European Cinema Cineworld Renfrew Street Friday 18 February (20.30) Saturday 19 February (15.15) Director Daniele Luchetti Cast Elio Germano, Raoul Bova, Isabella Ragonese Italy/France 2010, 1h37m, N/C 15+, Italian with subtitles Thanks to Celluloid Dreams

Meryl Streep GFT Monday 21 February (12.45) Director Sydney Pollack Cast Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer USA 1985, 2h40m, PG Thanks to Universal

Fashion in Film GFT Friday 25 February (17.00) 1hr, N/C 15+

Pam is a musician and designer and has dressed the queens of rock and pop as often as she has appeared among them. Once a support act for The Pogues and Debbie Harry, she has fronted bands performing a wide range of music, from rockabilly to punk. Her celebrity following is varied and notable with stars including Rhianna, Kylie, Lady Gaga, Alison Mosshart and Siouxsie Sioux donning a burst of colourful Hogg lycra on stage.

Entry is free but ticketed.

Panel 1: Is Filmmaking a White Middle-Class Career Choice?

Does the British film industry reflect real diversity in 2011 or is filmmaking still a predominantly white middle-class career choice? How do you get a foothold in the industry when you can’t find a way in? Work for free? Does the climate of squeezed budgets create an industry that cannot embrace or reflect the diversity of our society?

GMAC and Diversity Films host a debate looking at ways of ensuring diversity is as much a part of filmmaking as the film itself.

Panel 2: 1st Person Filmmaking To accompany our focus on Naomi Kawase, Scottish Documentary Institute presents a panel discussion on 1st Person filmmaking. Kawase visualises personal experience by incorporating into her work 8mm footage alongside photographs, fictionalised scenes, abstract imagery and even cannibalised sequences from her previous films.

Her collage-like short films are reminiscent of those made by Orcadian filmmaker Margaret Tait, who similarly explored the world immediately around her. A panel of filmmakers and curators will discuss techniques and challenges of 1st Person filmmaking, with illustrations from their own work and others.

Patagonia In Victorian Wales, families left their homeland and eventually set sail for Argentina where they established a Welsh-speaking community in Patagonia. Marc Evans’s gorgeous, dreamily romantic road movie follows two parallel stories that examine what was lost and what was gained in the exodus. Elderly Patagonian Cerys (Marta Lubos) arrives in Wales seeking the family farmhouse she has never seen. Cardiff photographer Rhys (Matthew Gravelle) is joined by girlfriend Gwen (Nia Roberts) on a work trip to Patagonia. Each journey is a chance to see a particular world through fresh eyes. An expert cast includes Duffy as Welsh femme fatale Sissy.

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Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Saturday 19 February (13.00) 1h15m, N/C 15+

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Sunday 20 February (15.15) 1h30m, N/C 15+

Best of British Cineworld Renfrew Street Monday 21 February (15.00) Wed 23 February (20.45) Director Marc Evans Cast Matthew Rhys, Marta Lubos, Nia Roberts UK 2010, 1h58m, 15, Welsh/ Spanish with subtitles Thanks to Verve

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Paul Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) reunite as two comic book obsessives travelling across America on a sci-fi pilgrimage. On their travels, they pick up a hitchhiking alien called Paul (voiced by Knocked Up’s Seth Rogen) who’s escaped from the infamous Area 51. Chased by federal agents and religious fanatics across the country, the two nerds must help Paul return to his mother ship.

Featuring cameos by Glee’s Jane Lynch and Sigourney Weaver, Paul is a hilarious tribute to sci-fi geeks across the galaxy.

Pearls on the Ocean Floor Pearls on the Ocean Floor is a thought-provoking documentary examining the lives of Iranian female artists living and working in and outside the Islamic Republic. This incisive study, featuring interviews with artists Shadi Ghadirian, Shirin Neshat and Parastou Forouhar, captures the uncertainty of this momentous time in Iran’s history.

Speaking with grace and honesty, these women express what is seldom seen in the western media: unique individual perspectives regarding issues of identity, gender and the role that art plays in challenging the traditional stereotypes often associated with women in Iran.

The Piano in a Factory The title might not inspire great expectations but The Piano in a Factory is the kind of breezy delight that is guaranteed to lift your spirits and bring a smile to your face.

There’s a hint of The Full Monty and a flavour of Charlie Chaplin to the story of Chen (Wang Qian-yuan), a steelworker who is devoted to his young daughter. His estranged wife enters the picture demanding a divorce and seeking custody of the girl. The girl seems happy to go with whichever parent can provide her with a piano so Chen gathers his buddies and vows to use the facilities at their old factory to build the piano of her dreams. A hugely enjoyable tale with a light comic touch and even the odd dance sequence.

Pink Saris Sampat Pal Devi is one of the most remarkable figures in modern India. From her base in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, she has run a brave crusade to assert the rights of women from the lowest caste in Indian society; the ‘dalits’ or ‘untouchables’. Sampat Pal Devi is the leader of the female Gulabi Gang (also known as the Pink Gang), a group who proudly declare themselves by the wearing of bright pink saris. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Kim Longinotto (Sisters in Law, Rough Aunties) celebrates the Pink Gang as she tracks their efforts to fight child marriages and the many abuses inflicted on wives by husbands, in-laws and entrenched attitudes that lie deep in India’s past.

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Thursday 10 February (20.30) Director Greg Mottola Cast Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen UK/France 2011, 1h30m tbc, N/C 15+ Thanks to Universal Pictures

Stranger than Fiction CCA Friday 25 February (19.00) Director Robert Adanto USA 2010, 1h17m, N/C 15+, English/Farsi/German with subtitles Thanks to Robert Adanto

It's a Wonderful World Cineworld Renfrew Street Thursday 24 February (20.15) Friday 25 February (15.30) Director Zhang Meng Cast Wang Qian-yuan, Qin Hai-lu, Jang Shin-yeong China 2010, 1h46m, N/C 12+, Chinese with subtitles Thanks to Etoile Pictures

Beyond Bollywood GFT Monday 21 February (18.00) Director Kim Longinotto Cast Sampat Pal Devi, Renu Devi, Niranjan Pal UK 2010, 1h36m, N/C 12+, Hindi with subtitles Thanks to Kim Longinotto

Preceded by short film I Love My India (10m).

Poetry A terrific performance from veteran actress Yun Junghee is the shining heart of an intelligent, satisfying melodrama from Secret Sunshine director Lee Changdong. Yun Junghee plays Yang Mija, an elegant, sixty-something woman who looks after her sullen, bone idle grandson. She has enrolled at a local arts centre and committed herself to writing a poem. A trip to the doctor confirms the early signs of dementia.

A call to the school reveals that her grandson was part of a gang who raped a girl.

The other parents want to pay hush money to the girl’s family. As Yang Mija struggles to survive the harshness of the modern world, her simple quest to write a poem becomes heroic in this sensitive, deeply moving tale.

Point Blank À bout portant

The latest film from For Her (Pour Elle) director Fred Cavayé is a full throttle thriller that takes a heart-stopping situation and exploits it for every last drop of breathless, white knuckle tension. Gilles Lellouche is Samuel, an auxiliary nurse devoted to his wife Nadia (Elena Anaya) who is expecting their first child. When Nadia is kidnapped the only chance of seeing her alive again is to help injured gangster Hugo Sartet (Roschdy Zem) to escape from the hospital where Samuel works. An ordinary man is forced to discover extraordinary reserves of cunning and courage when he is given just three hours to save the woman he loves. An edgy, action-packed tale from a new master of suspense.

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It's a Wonderful World Cineworld Renfrew Street Sunday 20 February (18.00) Monday 21 February (13.00) Director Lee Changdong Cast Yun Junghee, Lee David, Kim Hira South Korea 2010, 2h19m, N/C 15+, Korean with subtitles Thanks to Arrow Films

Gala GFT Friday 18 February (18.15) Cineworld Renfrew Street Saturday 19 February (15.00) Director Fred Cavayé Cast Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Gérard Lanvin France 2010, 1h30m, N/C 15+, French with subtitles Thanks to Vertigo Films

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Portfolio Review with CLiNT Magazine Join the team behind CLiNT magazine and get a unique opportunity to present your own portfolio for feedback and get expert advice on how to break into the comic-book industry.

The 50s had The Eagle, the 70s had 2000AD and now we have CLiNT. Edited and co-published by Mark Millar, CLiNT is the first mainstream news-stand comic-book launched in a generation. Synthesising the best of comics, movies and television, this is the one monthly magazine where you will see Jonathan Ross, Frankie Boyle, Kick-Ass, Jimmy Carr, Samuel L Jackson and Quentin Tarantino all under the same cover. The comic also acts as a recruitment drive for new creators, not just established names from the world of movies and television, but newcomers working from home and looking for an opportunity to shine.

Profondo Rosso In homage to Italian rock band Goblin, who are playing at The Arches as part of Glasgow Music and Film Festival (see page 34), we will be screening Dario Argento’s renowned feature Profondo Rosso, which was famously scored by the group. Made in 1975, Profondo Rosso is the story of music teacher Marcus Daly who witnesses the gruesome murder of a famous psychic. When he attempts to find out the identity of the killer he soon becomes the murderer’s next target. Don’t miss this brilliant and critically acclaimed example of the giallo horror genre, defined by its stylish and imaginative visuals.

Protector Actress Hana has just become a film star and her radio journalist husband Emil watches her jealously. The war changes everything. For Hana, who is Jewish, it means the end of a glittering career and normal life. For Emil it is an opportunity to become ‘the voice’ of German propaganda on Nazi-controlled radio. Events catch up with them when Emil steals a bike and the assassination of the Nazi governor Reinhard Heydrich takes place. The exciting ‘retro’ style of the film evokes 1930s cinema and the unusual focus on the role of the media provides a fresh approach to a story of fateful relationships set against the backdrop of war.

Winner of six Czech Lions (including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay).

Pyuupiru 2001– 2008 Pyuupiru is one of the brightest stars of the Japanese art scene, renowned for eye-popping handmade costumes and being a work of art in her own right. Director Daishi Matsunaga is an old friend who has captured every moment of Pyuupiru’s rise to fame from first highheeled strut in the coolest clubs in Japan to cult status. The trust of friendship is behind an extraordinary documentary that provides a fascinating insight into the private life of Pyuupiru.

Born a boy, she decided that that her true gender was female. The emotional and physical upheavals of becoming herself, finding love and seeking acceptance are all revealed in a fascinating portrait of an artist as both creator and creation.

Superheroes in Glasgow CCA Thursday 24 February (16.30) 1h30m Thanks to Mark Millar

Glasgow Music and Film Festival The Arches Friday 25 February (16.30) Director Dario Argento Cast David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia Italy 1975, 2h6m, 18, Italian/ English with subtitles Thanks to Arrow Films European Cinema GFT Tuesday 22 February (20.15) Director Marek Najbrt Cast Marek Daniel, Jana Plodková, Tomáš Měcháček Czech Republic 2009, 1h40m, N/C 15+, Czech with subtitles Part of Made in Prague; The New Czech Cinema UK Tour, February - March 2011

Fashion in Film CCA Friday 25 February (20.15) Director Daishi Matsunaga Japan 2008, 1h33m, N/C 15+, Japanese with subtitles

This special screening will be introduced by Glasgow’s own Lady Munter and is followed by a fashion show featuring the best up-and-coming local designers including Rebecca Torres, Obscure Couture and House of Black staged by ITCOW and after party with Glasgow’s own Pam Hogg on decks.

Qimmit: A Clash of Two Truths For the Inuit, the sled dog symbolized a way of life as well as a deep connection to the land.

But from the 1950s to the 1970s, the Inuit’s semi-nomadic way of life all but vanished. The sled dog population dropped from an estimated 20,000 to just a few hundred dogs. Many Inuit believe the dogs were deliberately killed by the mounted police as part of a government policy to force them off the land and into ‘civilization’. The police denies that there was any conscious policy on their part. Qimmit: A Clash of Two Truths explores the mystery of how and why the sled dogs disappeared, a mystery that has left deep wounds across Canada’s Arctic.

A River Called Titash Titash ekti nadir naam

Beautifully restored by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation and the Cineteca Bologna, Ritwik Ghatak’s monumental A River Called Titash is one of the great glories of Indian cinema. Based on the acclaimed novel by Advaita Malla Barman and shot in the director’s childhood home of East Bengal, the film’s essence lies in the deceptively tranquil ebb and flow of the Titash River and the way it reflects and shapes the lives of local villagers who rely on it for survival. Stories of changing seasons, tribal disputes, star-crossed lovers, romance and death combine to create a bittersweet elegy to a way of life swept away by natural catastrophes and political upheaval.

Ceol's Craic: Gaelic Film Festival CCA Saturday 26 February (13.00) Director Ole Gjerstad Canada 2010, 1h8m, N/C 15+, English/Innu with subtitles Thanks to National Film Board of Canada Beyond Bollywood GFT Sunday 20 February (13.30) Director Ritwik Ghatak Cast Rosy Samad, Fakrul Hasan Bairagi, Narain Chakraborty India 1973, 2h39m, N/C 12+, Bengali with subtitles Thanks to World Cinema Foundation

Preceded by short film World Famous Painting (1m).

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Road, Movie Earning comparisons with Cinema Paradiso, Dev Benegal’s warm-hearted Road, Movie is an immensely likeable charmer set in the barren desert landscapes of an unfamiliar India. Happy to escape a future working in his father’s business, Vishnu grabs the chance to drive his uncle’s 1940s Chevy truck across country to a desert museum. He soon discovers the truck was once a travelling cinema and it still contains projection equipment and a treasure trove of films. Gathering friends and sidekicks along the way, Vishnu’s journey becomes a joyous road trip of self-discovery given added flavour by generous dashes of adventure, romance and the comedies of Buster Keaton.

Rock it!

Come along to The Arches to hear new bands rock some tunes as part of GYFF 2011. Be in the crowd to witness the next big things in Glasgow take to the stage! Visuals provided by young filmmakers. If you’re aged 14–25, in a band and would like to be part of the lineup, please contact lucy@thearches.co.uk.

Beyond Bollywood GFT Friday 18 February (20.15) Grosvenor Monday 21 February (20.30) Director Dev Benegal Cast Abhay Deol, Satish Kaushik, Tannishtha Chatterjee India 2009, 1h35m, N/C 15+, Hindi/English with subtitles Thanks to Fortissimo Films Glasgow Youth Film Festival The Arches Tuesday 15 February (18.00) 2h, N/C 14+ Thanks to The Arches

Tickets cost £4, are available through The Arches Box Office and include free access to the Focus Left – Youth Edition event at 16.00 (see page 32).

Route Irish Ken Loach and Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty have built one of the most productive partnerships in British cinema over the past fifteen years. Their latest collaboration invests the trappings of a typical Hollywood thriller with the grit and moral complexity we have come to expect from the duo. Fergus (Mark Womack) is an embittered veteran of the war in Iraq. A member of the SAS turned private security operator, he can make £10,000 a month, tax free. The film begins in Liverpool in 2007 where he attends the funeral of Frankie (John Bishop), a close friend whose vehicle was attacked on Route Irish, the road from the Green Zone to Baghdad Airport. Discovering the truth about what really happened to Frankie forces Fergus to confront the painful realities of a brutal world and his part in it.

Rubber Are you ready for latex-ploitation? Move over Jason, Freddy and Michael Myers, there’s a new killer on the block – Robert the psychic tyre! Born from the desert sand, this rubber circle of pent up fury begins life modestly, attempting to stay upright and roll in his desired direction. His path blocked by an alien object, he discovers he can easily roll over it. But when Robert’s attempts to squash a beer bottle repeatedly fail, his frustration leads him to telekinetically destroy it with his mind. From then on nothing can stand in Robert’s way – when he witnesses piles of his brethren being burned in scrap yards, he aims his explosive powers at humans. It’s wacky, wild, funny, bloody, absurd and weird, welcome to THE cult fantasy of 2011.

The Ruins Khandahar

One of the finest achievements of Indian master Mrinal Sen, The Ruins is a compelling tale of duty, devotion and desolation that has been digitally restored by Reliance MediaWorks. Jamini (Shabana Azmi) has dedicated her life to caring for her blind, invalid mother in the ancient ruins of a landowner’s former estate. On a Christmas holiday weekend, Jamini’s cousin arrives with his friends for a visit. The mother becomes convinced that he has brought a suitor to complete arrangements for her daughter’s long-awaited marriage. The delicate balance between betrayal and fidelity, the possibility of escape and the call of compassion are perfectly conveyed in this intelligent, sensual drama.

Best of British GFT Wed 23 February (18.00) Thursday 24 February (15.45) Director Ken Loach Cast Mark Womack, Andrea Lowe, John Bishop UK 2010, 1h49m, N/C 15+ Thanks to Artificial Eye

FrightFest GFT Saturday 26 February (14.00) Director Quentin Dupieux Cast Thomas F Duffy, Roxane Mesquida, Stephen Spinella France 2010, 1h29m, N/C 18+

Beyond Bollywood GFT Wed 23 February (18.15) Director Mrinal Sen Cast Shabana Azmi, Nasseerudhin Shah, Gita Sen India 1984, 1h42m, 12+, Hindi with subtitles Thanks to National Film Archive, India

Preceded by short film What Remains (10m).

Saturday, Sunday, Monday Morning This documentary observes eight young people in a village in Brandenburg over the course of one weekend. Although the film was very well received at its premiere in 1979 at a documentary film festival in Neubrandenburg, the university authorities banned its student director from submitting it as part of his final year assessment. Today, it provides a rare authentic document of youth culture in the GDR provinces.

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The Stasi are Among Us CCA Tuesday 22 February (16.45) Director Hannes Schönemann Germany 1979, 42m, N/C 12+, German with subtitles Thanks to Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen

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Scotland Directs

Glasgow Short Film Festival

Following the success of its new writers’ initiative Scotland Writes, BBC Scotland is delighted to announce Scotland Directs, a year-long scheme to encourage and celebrate new directing talent in Scotland. Join BBC Scotland and a panel of top directors for a discussion about directing for television and the transition from short filmmaking. Learn how you could move your career forward as we announce a competition to find the best new directors in Scotland.

A Screaming Man Set in present day Chad, A Screaming Man is the story of Adam, a former swimming champion who works as a pool attendant at a smart hotel. When the premises are taken over by new owners he is forced to give up his job to his son, an act which has a profound effect on Adam, leading to unforeseeable consequences. The relationship between father and son is tenderly explored against a backdrop of violent civil war. This is accomplished filmmaking that depicts a part of the world that rarely reaches cinema screens. A well deserved winner of the Jury Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Second Light Premiere Glasgow Media Access Centre presents the premiere of two short films by new Scottish talent from the Second Light filmmaking apprenticeships. In Last Order, an offbeat love story, it’s Sam’s last day but will Laila reveal her true feelings? Inspired by the Edwin Morgan poem, In the Snack Bar is a tale of the unlikely connection between two outsiders. Will meeting Walter change Stephen’s life? Second Light is funded by the National Lottery through the UK Film Council’s First Light initiative and Skillset.

The Shame and the Glory: Ten Years of DigiCult Short film scheme? Collective? Mystical techno-sect? Find out what DigiCult is all about as it celebrates a decade of adventurous commissioning with a screening of awardwinning and lesser-known work from the project’s back catalogue of shorts. A strategic partner of UK Film Council, Scottish Screen and Creative Scotland, DigiCult is widely acclaimed for its commitment to the development of filmmaking talent in Scotland and elsewhere. The programme will be introduced by producer Paul Welsh.

CCA Saturday 19 February (14.30) 1h15m, 15

It’s a Wonderful World Cineworld Renfrew Street Tuesday 22 February (21.00) Wed 23 February (13.00) Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun France/Belgium/Chad, 1h32m, N/C 15+, French/Arabic with subtitles Thanks to Soda Pictures Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Saturday 19 February (17.45) 45m, 15

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Saturday 19 February (19.00) 1h30m, 15 Thanks to GMAC

DigiCult will be hosting a party from 22.00 in the CCA Courtyard Café, all welcome.

Short Order Chef Come in out of the cold and enjoy a Friday lunchtime treat – a soup, a sandwich and a programme of shorts. We present forty minutes of highlights chosen from our eight competition programmes of international shorts. The selection will remain a secret until the curtains open, but we guarantee laughs, tears, drama and excitement – a whistlestop world tour in your lunch hour!

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Friday 18 February (13.00) 1h, 15

Lunch orders taken in the CCA Courtyard Café from 13.00, screening begins upstairs at 13.20.

The Shrine From the creative team behind the 2008 FrightFest favourite Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer comes one of the most unusual and scary horrors of the year. After an American backpacker goes missing in Europe, a trio of journalists trace his disappearance to Alvaina, a remote village in Poland. On arrival they discover an ancient cult who indulge in ritualistic sacrifice. Chock-full of supernatural twists and horrifying turns, this knowing homage to such classic underground gems as Let’s Scare Jessica to Death and Messiah of Evil is truly terrifying.

The Socalled Movie Musical wizard Josh Dolgin – aka Socalled – blends the unlikeliest musical genres the way other people create mouthwatering recipes from the oddest ingredients. Things that should never fit together in a million years prove the best of friends. Who knew that hip hop and klezmer music would be the finest companions or that a hybrid of Harlem soul, choir rhapsody and hip hop beats could sound so seamless? His curiosity and creations are things of pure joy as we discover in a documentary that captures the many facets of the self-proclaimed uncool Jewish cowboy. You’ll never hear music in the same way again after some quality time in the company of this inspirational maverick.

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FrightFest GFT Saturday 26 February (19.00) Director Jon Knautz Cast Aaron Ashmore, Cindy Sampson, Meghan Heffern Canada 2010, 1h25m, N/C 18+

Glasgow Music and Film Festival Grosvenor Tuesday 22 February (18.30) Director Garry Beitel Canada 2010, 1h28m, N/C 12+ Thanks to the National Filmboard of Canada

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Son of Babylon Twelve-year-old Kurdish boy Ahmed has not seen his father for over a decade.

He and his grandmother set out across Iraq to find him, just weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s rule. The road is hard and the pair find themselves pulled between hope and despair as they gradually learn more about Iraq’s missing people. This is a powerful and significant film, both emotionally poignant and artistically accomplished.

Winner of the Amnesty International Film Award and the Peace Film Award (Berlin, 2010).

Sophie’s Choice Meryl Streep has received more Academy Award nominations than any other performer in movie history but Sophie’s Choice is the only film for which she has won the Best Actress Oscar. It is an unforgettable performance, combining physical fragility and emotional vulnerability as she really inhabits the life of the title character.

Set in Brooklyn in 1947, the film unfolds through the eyes of aspiring writer Stingo (MacNicol) as he befriends his neighbours Nathan (Kline) and the mesmerising Sophie, a beautiful Polish refugee haunted by events in her past. Gorgeous cinematography by Nestor Almendros richly enhances this devastating adaptation of the William Styron novel.

Soul Boy Setting supernatural African myths against the harsh backdrop of slums in Nairobi, Soul Boy features a teenage boy who must perform seven tasks to save the soul of his delirious father who’s been cursed by an evil witch. The film originated from workshops led by German director Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run, Perfume), resulting in a refreshing African adventure that subtly handles contemporary topics with intelligent and rewarding performances by its young cast.

After the film, David Hayman and Spirit Aid will host a special discussion about the issues raised in the film and how you can get involved with their charity work in Africa.

Sound of Noise Six guerrilla percussionists terrorise a city with their anarchic public performances in this inspired comic gem from Swedish directors Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson. Sound of Noise offers a wonderful extension of the cult short Music For One Apartment and Six Drummers as the everyday sounds and paraphenalia of city life are employed to create symphonies of chaos. There are elements of the Marx Brothers and the world of Jean-Pierre Jeunet in the story of a tone-deaf police officer on a mission to silence the six drummers using everything from a hospital operating room to heavy machinery and power lines to create their unforgettable sound. Silly, hilarious and utterly sublime, Sound of Noise has cult potential in every note.

Stake Land Juggling elements of George Romero and Richard Matheson, Mulberry Street director Jim Mickle has created an inventive, original post-apocalyptic shocker.

America is overrun by vicious vampires and the surviving humans can only run in fear of nightfall. Teenager Martin (Gossip Girl’s Connor Paolo) has been orphaned by the killer creatures but finds a surrogate father in a gruff vampire hunter known only as Mister (Nick Damici). Their journey through the American heartland becomes a search for sanctuary, attracting new recruits like nun Sister (Top Gun’s Kelly McGillis), avoiding a fundamentalist militia called The Brethern and doing battle with vampires who are hungry for fresh meat.

Starting Block Premiere Starting Block is a new scheme open to filmmakers across Scotland, aged sixteen and over. From a long list of spellbinding and fresh short film ideas, six were selected for production and receive their premiere at GSFF. These films showcase a variety of inspiring emerging talent and present intriguing snapshots of Scotland today. Starting Block is an initiative of Diversity Films, set up in 2007 to find, nurture and mentor new filmmakers. In three years Diversity Films have worked with over 300 individuals, aged nine to eighty, to produce more than forty films.

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Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Tuesday 15 February (20.30) Director Mohamed Al-Daradji Cast Shazada Hussein, Yasser Talib Iraq/UK/France 2009, 1h40m, N/C 15+, Kurdish/Arabic with subtitles Thanks to Dogwoof

Meryl Streep GFT Sunday 20 February (13.00) Cineworld Renfrew Street Monday 21 February (17.45) Director Alan J Pakula Cast Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol USA 1982, 2h30m, 15 Thanks to Universal

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Saturday 12 February (16.30) Director Hawa Essuman Cast Samson Odhiambo, Leila Dayan Opou, Krysteen Savane Kenya/Germany 2010, 1h, N/C 12+, Swahili with subtitles Thanks to Goethe Institute and Spirit Aid

Glasgow Music and Film Festival Cineworld Renfrew Street Sunday 20 February (21.15) Monday 21 February (16.45) Directors Ola Simonsson, Johannes Stjärne Nilsson Cast Bengt Nillson, Sanna Persson, Magnus Borjeson Sweden/France, 2010, 1h42m, N/C 15+, Swedish with subtitles Thanks to Wildbunch

The State of Independents Cineworld Renfrew Street Saturday 19 February (20.45) Tuesday 22 February (13.15) Director Jim Mickle Cast Nick Damici, Connor Paolo, Kelly McGillis USA 2010, 1h36m, N/C 18+ Thanks to Metrodome

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Steam of Life Miesten Vuoro

In Finland, the sauna is the equivalent of a confessional. It has become the one place where men can share their feelings with each other, expressing the joys and sorrows they have experienced in their lives. Steam of Life is a surprising and heartbreaking compendium of tales from an astonishingly diverse collection of saunas where men bare their souls as well as their bodies. We hear stories of violence and regret, loss and suffering, broken relationships and loyal friendships in venues that range from a poolside sauna to a converted telephone booth at the end of a country lane. One of the most original and acclaimed documentaries of the past year.

Story Design in the Short Fiction Film Richard Raskin, filmmaker, screenwriting professor and editor of the journal Short Film Studies, proposes a fresh, nonformulaic model for short fiction script development. Unlike sequential models which focus on a series of steps a story is presumed to pass through as it unfolds, Raskin’s approach is based on the view that short film storytelling can best be described in terms of opposing properties that balance one another in a dynamic interplay. Raskin will illustrate his lecture with short film examples. A must for filmmakers, writers and anyone wishing to gain a deeper appreciation of short film.

Stranger than Fiction Cineworld Renfrew Street Monday 21 February (15.45) Tuesday 22 February (18.45) Directors Joonas Berghall, Mika Hotakainen Cast Timo Aalto, Martti Ahman, Pekka Ahonen Finland 2010, 1h21m, N/C 15+, Finnish with subtitles Thanks to Oktober Films

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Saturday 19 February (11.00) 1h30m, N/C 15+

All tickets £4.

Submarine The first feature from comic genius Richard ‘The IT Crowd’ Ayoade is one of the most entertaining and refreshing British debuts of the year. Ayoade captures the growing pains of a neurotic adolescent with verve, cinematic sleight of hand and some splendid comic performances. He retains the literary flavour of Joe Dunthorne’s novel as we enter the mind of cowardly, misunderstood misfit teenager Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) who views the world through the delusional eyes of a latterday Billy Liar. The heart of the film is his burgeoning relationship with Jordana (Yasmin Paige), an aggressively unromantic pyromaniac, and his heroic efforts to save the floundering marriage of his parents.

Submarino Director Thomas Vinterberg has created one of the finest films of the year. Submarino is a wintry, hard-hitting account of two brothers haunted by tragic events in their childhood and seemingly doomed to continue a cycle of violence and abuse. It may sound heavygoing but the reality is a deeply involving almost spiritual tale of their anguished struggles. Older brother Nick (Jakob Cedergen) is an angry young man living in a shelter.

The younger brother (Peter Plaugborg) is a widower, striving to prove to himself and the world that he is a good father to his son Martin (Fischer Kjaerulff) even as he fails to conquer his heroin addiction. Powerful performances, humour, compassion and a deeply felt, deeply human story make Submarino unmissable.

Subzero: Silent Disco The latest craze at music festivals around the world, the silent disco comes to GYFF for one night only! Dance with your friends in complete silence as different types of tunes are provided through wireless headphones. Various DJs will play simultaneously and you’ll get to select what music you want to hear via your headset. With visuals provided by Ten O Nine Media and the participants from the VJ Video Mix Masterclass (see page 60) this promises to be an amazing night out!

Best of British GFT Friday 18 February (20.30) Saturday 19 February (15.45) Director Richard Ayoade Cast Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Noah Taylor UK 2010, 1h34m, N/C 15+ Thanks to Optimum Releasing

European Cinema Cineworld Renfrew Street Friday 25 February (13.30) Saturday 26 February (20.15) Director Thomas Vinterberg Cast Jakob Cedergren, Peter Plaugborg, Patricia Schumann Denmark/Sweden 2010, 1h50m, N/C 18+, Danish with subtitles Thanks to the Danish Film Institute Glasgow Youth Film Festival Castlemilk Youth Complex Saturday 12 February (19.00) 3h Thanks to Ten O Nine Media and Castlemilk Youth Complex

Tickets cost £5, only available at Castlemilk Youth Complex on the night. Entry strictly 12–17s.

Superman II – the Richard Donner Cut Never before shown on a cinema screen in the UK, the Richard Donner version of Superman II is a fascinating lost treasure. Donner worked on the original Superman and its sequel at the same time and is thought to have completed between 70–80% of Superman II when he was informed that his services were no longer required. Donner’s material has now been edited into something much closer to his original vision of the film in which Christopher Reeve’s definitive Superman is under threat from both a trio of Kryptonite rebels and his feelings for Lois Lane. Highlights of Donner’s cut include previously unseen footage of Marlon Brando that deepens the father-son relationship at the heart of the story. A unique chance to see a rare piece of film history.

Superheroes in Glasgow Cineworld Renfrew Street Tuesday 22 February (18.30) Director Richard Donner Cast Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman USA 1980/2006, 1h55m, PG Thanks to Warner Brothers

This screening will be introduced by GFF Ambassador Mark Millar.

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Swing Time The peak of the Ginger Rogers/Fred Astaire musicals at RKO is marked by dazzling dance numbers and an exquisite series of songs from Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields that includes ‘A Fine Romance’, the Oscar-winning ‘The Way You Look Tonight’ and the fabulous ‘Pick Yourself Up’ which inspires one of the most elegant, inventive routines the screen has ever seen. The two stars worked until their feet bled to make it all appear so effortless and insouciant. Supreme romantic escapism with luminous black and white cinematography, a delightful supporting cast and shrewd direction from the great George Stevens. Matinee heaven for musical lovers and incurable romantics.

Take 2: Eep! Warre and Tine have longed for a child. One day, a baby falls from the sky! She is perfect apart from one funny little thing – instead of arms she has wings. Overjoyed, Warre and Tine name the baby ‘Birdie’. But Birdie doesn’t want to be like a normal girl so when winter comes she flaps her wings and flies south. Heartbroken, Tine and Warre set out on an adventure to find her. A beautiful and charming family film from the Netherlands.

Preceded by a special introduction from RPSB on how to look after the birds in your garden.

Glasgow Young Scot and Kidz Card holders and accompanying adult get in free, all other tickets £4.00.

Take 2: Surprise Film A surprise Take 2 film event for all the family! Last year was a UK premiere, what could it be this year? An exciting action adventure, a romantic reel, a spooky show or an all-singing, all-dancing animated feast? You’ll have to get a ticket to find out... Take a chance on us!

Ginger Rogers GFT Wed 23 February (11.00) Director George Stevens Cast Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Eric Blore USA 1936, 1h45m, U

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT and Cineworld Parkhead Saturday 19 February (11.00) Director Ellen Smit Cast Kenadie Jourdin-Bromley, Madelief Vermeulen, Huub Stapel Netherlands/Belgium 2009, 1h21m, N/C 5+, Dutch with subtitles Thanks to Lemming Film and RSPB

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT and Cineworld Parkhead Saturday 26 February (11.30)

Glasgow Young Scot and Kidz Card holders and accompanying adult get in free, all other tickets £4.00.

Take 2: Vicky the Viking Young Vicky may be small but he’s very smart, unlike his loud father Halvar, the feared Viking leader. Halvar doesn’t believe his timid son will ever be good enough to be a Viking.

When a rival clan kidnaps all the local children, Vicky spots a chance to prove that he’s got what it takes to be a real Viking! His exciting journey across the seven seas will take him to strange and mysterious places. Based on the famous German cartoon series, this family adventure is a UK premiere.

Preceded by a special introduction by local historians who will tell audiences all about the Viking era and demonstrate how Vikings dressed and fought their battles.

Glasgow Young Scot and Kidz Card holders and accompanying adult get in free, all other tickets £4.00.

Tales from the Shipyards This project is a major celebration of our shipbuilding heritage on screen with many rare films drawn from the BFI National Archive, Scottish Screen Archive and Northern Region Film & Television Archive. Sean Connery directs and presents a startling, stylish and wry look at the shipyards of Govan in The Bowler and the Bunnet (STV, 1967, 36m).The stunning Oscar-winning documentary Seawards the Great Ships (1960, 29m) celebrates Scotland’s role as shipbuilder to the world; there’s glorious newly restored colour footage of the Queen Mary Leaving the Clyde (1936, 2min); plus a unique opportunity to see films from the Scottish Screen Archive accompanied by an innovative new soundtrack created by young people in Govan.

Competition 5: Talk to Me What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate. Codes are misunderstood, either willfully or helplessly. Even keeping a promise can risk others’ incomprehension. But for those who persevere, a new world might just be revealed. Full details of all the films are provided in the Glasgow Short Film Festival brochure.

Territories From the producers of The Horde comes the new Frontiers in terror. Canada, near the US Border. Five friends driving home from a wedding are stopped by the Border Police. The officers check their IDs and their questioning slowly intensifies. But the friends have done nothing wrong...except for that broken headlight…and that pot found in the car. Despite their innocence the group are formally arrested and sent to a ‘special’ prison camp in the heart of a forest. It’s then that the kidnap victims realise the gravity of the situation... A controversial backwoods survival horror in which director Olivier Abbou pulls no political punches.

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Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT and Cineworld Parkhead Saturday 12 February (11.00) Director Michael Herbig Cast Jonas Hämmerle, Waldemar Kobus Germany 2009, 1h25m, N/C 5+, German with subtitles at GFT, English dubbed version at Cineworld Thanks to Timeless Films, Triquetra Services and Goethe Institut

Great Scots GFT Sunday 27 February (13.15) UK, 1h30m, N/C 8+ Thanks to BFI National Archive, Scottish Screen Archive and Northern Region Film & Television Archive

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Friday 18 February (13.00) Saturday 19 February (17.00) 1h30m, 15

FrightFest GFT Saturday 26 February (16.00) Director Olivier Abbou Cast Roc LaFortune, Sean Devine, Nicole Leroux France/Canada 2011, 1h50m, N/C 18+

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8½ Presents: The Thief of Bagdad A noble prince and a naughty thief must face all sorts of dangerous challenges to win back their kingdom. Could this be the greatest fantasy film ever? Dress up in your best Arabian Nights costume (please do – we’d love it if you did!) and join the 8½ Foundation for this family film selected by actress Tilda Swinton and filmmaker Mark Cousins.

8½ is a not for profit organisation dedicated to introducing world cinema to children. 8½ is supported through Creative Scotland by National Lottery Funds as part of Inspiring Communities.

Thinking Like an Anime Writer with Jonathan Clements Experience a pitching process to create the outline for a new animated TV show for a fictional corporation. Aspiring writers, designers, managers and animators are all welcome – as in the real world, the workshop will comprise group efforts to reach saleable solutions. Let’s write a story! And then let’s watch head office screw it up. And then let’s write another story, so we can all keep our jobs. Jonathan Clements is the author of Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade.

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Sunday 20 February (11.30) Directors Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan Cast Conrad Veidt, Sabu Dastagir, John Justin UK 1940, 1h41m, U Thanks to Park Circus and BFI

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Sunday 13 February (10.00-13.30) Thanks to Jonathan Clements

Open to 15–18-year-olds. Tickets cost £15. Places are limited and must be booked in advance. To request a place, please visit www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/gyff and complete a booking form.

The Tin Drum – Director’s Cut Die Blechtrommel

Volker Schlöndorff’s bravura adaptation of the Günther Grass novel won the Cannes Palme d’Or and the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Thirty years ago, Schlöndorff was contractually obliged to deliver a film that did not exceed a specific running time and was forced to cut thirty minutes of footage. The remastered director’s cut offers his full vision of a remarkable story and an amazing performance from David Bennent as Oskar, the precocious infant who stops growing at the age of three. Armed with a tin drum and a piercing shriek that can shatter glass, he becomes an eyewitness to the grotesque madness that surrounds him as the adult world embraces the rise of Nazism in 1930s Germany.

The Tingler Prepare to experience shivers up your spine, strange scuttling in the stalls and complete mayhem in the auditorium as Glasgow Film Festival celebrates the centenary of the birth of Vincent Price with a very special screening of The Tingler. Master of menace Vincent Price plays a pathologist researching the physical manifestations of fear. He discovers that a strange creature grows within the human back when we are terrified. Only our screams render it impotent. When a deaf/mute woman experiences terror, the tingler gets loose. Don’t presume that object at your feet is a handbag. Check the health insurance before you venture over the door for a horror hoot. And remember – a scream at the right moment may save your life.

Out of the Past Cineworld Renfrew Street Sunday 20 February (17.45) Monday 21 February (13.15) Director Volker Schlöndorff Cast David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler West Germany 1979, 2h44m, N/C 15+, German with subtitles Thanks to Arrow Films

Out of the Past GFT Friday 18 February (23.00) Director William Castle Cast Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman USA 1959, 1h22m, 15 Thanks to Park Circus

Film historian and celebrated showman Bruce Goldstein promises a few surprises as he presents ‘the Citizen Kane of gimmick movies’.

Tiny Furniture Writer/director/star Lena Dunham is one of the bright new stars of American independent filmmaking thanks to the award-winning success of microbudget Tiny Furniture. It is a dry, deadpan delight that has earned her justifiable comparisons with Woody Allen and Wes Anderson. Dunham stars as frumpy twenty-something Aura, who returns from college to the TriBeCa loft owned by her mother (played by Dunham’s own mother Laurie Simmons). Life soon becomes a series of hassles, humiliations and frustrations as she faces a precocious sibling, thwarted artistic ambitions, a dead-end job, romantic disappointment and the unbearable pressures of a life without focus in a family that shines. Sharply observed, witty and very true to life.

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The State of Independents GFT Sunday 27 February (18.00) Director Lena Dunham Cast Lena Dunham, Laurie Simmons, Grace Dunham USA 2010, 1h38m, N/C 15+ Thanks to Lena Dunham

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Top Hat A shimmering Art Deco vision of Venice. A glorious Irving Berlin score. Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire creating poetry in motion as they dance cheek to cheek.

The Hollywood Dream Factory rarely made a finer musical than this supremely stylish romance in which a farcical tale of mistaken identity is effortlessly transformed into a timeless screen classic. Sit back and savour the kind of terpsichorean perfection that Strictly Come Dancing contestants can only dream about as Ginger and Fred create movie magic to the sounds of ‘Isn’t this a Lovely Day to be Caught in the Rain’ and countless others. A wonderful supporting cast includes inveterate scene-stealer Edward Everett Horton and a young Lucille Ball.

Treacle Jr Writer/director Jamie Thraves (The Low Down) salutes an unconventional friendship in the triumphant, low-budget independent feature Treacle Jr. Anchored by a trio of spot-on performances, it begins when depressed, middle-class Tom (Tom Fisher) walks out on his wife and baby and heads to London. He is attacked whilst sleeping rough and regains consciousness in casualty where he is befriended by the affable, irrepressible, endearingly child-like Aidan (Aidan Gillen).

Aidan provides Tom with a home. It is the beginning of an odd couple friendship marred only by Aidan’s vicious, bullying girlfriend Linda (Riann Steele). A real treat of a heart-warmer.

TV Production Masterclass with Raise the Roof Productions Join the Glasgow-based team responsible for shows such as Location, Location, Location for a special behind-thescenes look at how TV programmes are made. Learn how some of the biggest names in TV got their big break, what makes a show a rating success and what qualities and skills production companies are looking for in new talent. An excellent and insightful opportunity for any aspiring presenters and producers.

Open to 15–18-year-olds. Entry is free but ticketed. Places are limited and must be booked in advance. To request a place, please visit www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/gyff and complete a booking form.

Udaan An inspirational tale of triumph over adversity, Udaan is guaranteed to bring a lump to the throat of even the most cynical viewer. The story of a young man locked in conflict with his stern disciplinarian father has an emotional pull that is hard to resist, combined with a personable leading man in Rajat Barmecha as Rohan. When the seventeen-year-old is expelled from school, he is sent home to hard-drinking, humourless father Bhairav (Ronit Roy) who acts like a figure from a Victorian melodrama. Rohan’s ambition is to become a writer setting up a Billy Elliot-style situation in which his impossible dream goes against the grain of everything his father believes.

Ginger Rogers GFT Tuesday 22 February (11.00) Director Mark Sandrich Cast Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton USA 1935, 1h39m, U Thanks to BFI

Best of British GFT Thursday 24 February (20.45) Director Jamie Thraves Cast Aidan Gillen, Tom Fisher, Riann Steele UK 2010, 1h25m, N/C 15+ Thanks to Jamie Thraves

Glasgow Youth Film Festival Castlemilk Youth Complex Monday 14 February (10.00 – 14.00) Platform Tuesday 15 February (10.00 – 14.00) Thanks to Media Trust, BAFTA in Scotland and Raise the Roof Productions Beyond Bollywood GFT Saturday 19 February (18.30) Cineworld Renfrew Street Tuesday 22 February (15.15) Director Vikramaditya Motwane Cast Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy, Aayan Boradia India 2010, 2h17m, N/C 12+, Hindi with subtitles Thanks to Martin Myers

Preceded by short film Salt Water (1m), at GFT screening only.

The Ugly Duckling with Scottish Opera The classic Hans Christian Anderson tale told in a glorious, musical way – you won’t be able to stop singing! Filmed in gorgeous stop-motion animation with music from popular Tchaikovsky ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, this screening is preceded by a special 30-minute workshop led by Scottish Opera.

Polish up your singing and your Russian in one fell swoop as a professional singer and pianist teach you the chorus from a song in the film at this unique workshop and screening for all the family.

Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston Nobody defines the glamour, style and excess of 1970s fashion more than Roy Halston Frowick. His minimalist designs stunned the fashion world and made ultrasuede a household fabric. He was also a trendsetter in establishing the dominance of a brand name. Whitney Sudler-Smith’s hugely entertaining documentary is an unmissable chance to return to the decade of decadence; endless nights at Studio 54, swanky Fifth Avenue offices overflowing with expensive orchids and celebrity admirers that included Elizabeth Taylor, Andy Warhol and best pal Liza Minnelli. Halston began by designing dresses for his mother and sister and wound up with a star on the Hollywood walk of fame. The documentary traces a fabulous journey. As Liza Minnelli remarks: ‘This is a great American who changed fashion’.

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Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Sunday 13 February (12.00) Director Garry Bardin Russia 2010, 1h15m, N/C 5+, Russian with subtitles Thanks to Monique Gailhard, Stayer Ltd and Scottish Opera

Fashion in Film GFT Wed 23 February (21.00) Thursday 24 February (11.30) Director Whitney Sudler-Smith USA 2010, 1h32m, 15 Thanks to Ultra Films, LLC

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Upside Down: The Creation Records Story Director Danny O’Connor calls Creation Records the ‘UK’s most inspired and dissolute label’ and it all began right here in Glasgow with the signing of The Jesus and Mary Chain. The rise and fall of the legendary indie label is a classic tale of rock’n’roll excess in which founder Alan McGee was the leading party animal. McGee is one of those interviewed at length in a definitive documentary that salutes the insanity and the lasting influence of a label behind some of the most unforgettable music of our time from Oasis, Primal Scream, Teenage Fanclub and My Bloody Valentine. Fresh interviews are mixed with concert footage that includes the legendary Oasis concert at Knebworth.

The UWS Scottish Production Archive: Iain Smith Spend a fascinating evening with one of Scotland’s most prominent and successful film producers as he discusses his career in this informal illustrated talk. Having grown up in Glasgow, Iain Smith made his start working in short films and commercials. In 1979 he joined David Puttnam to make Chariots of Fire and went on to line-produce such classic films as Local Hero, The Killing Fields and The Mission. Smith’s prolific career as a producer, co-producer and executive producer has included a whole host of major Hollywood titles: Cold Mountain, Alexander and The A Team. In 2005 he was awarded a BAFTA Scotland for Outstanding Achievement in Film and was appointed an OBE in the 2008 New Year Honours List.

Viva Riva!

An explosive feature debut from writer-director Djo Tunda Wa Munga, Viva Riva! has put Congolese filmmaking on the map. Winning comparisons with the macho movies of Tony Scott and the knife-edge tension of a classic like The Wages of Fear, Viva Riva! is set in a Kinshasa where life is cheap and petrol is more precious than gold. Riva (Patsha Bay Mukana) is a hustler with his eye on a lucrative stash of gas. His eye is also on the knockout Nora (Manie Malone), mistress of crime boss Azor (Diplome Amekindra). What follows is an unpretentious, briskly-edited frenzy of double-dealing action, sweaty sex and outrageous genre filmmaking. Quentin Tarantino has to take a shine to this.

Vivacious Lady Ginger Rogers and James Stewart make a perfect couple in this priceless screwball comedy. Stewart is a shy associate professor of botany who lives his life in accordance with the wishes of his domineering mother and stuffy father, who also happens to be president of the college. A trip to New York propels him into a whirlwind romance and hasty marriage to sassy nightclub entertainer Ginger Rogers. Happiness is unconfined until Stewart has to find some backbone and break the news to his folks. Director George Stevens’s sure comic touch and the clear affection between the two stars make this a warmly appealing romantic comedy.

VJ Video Mix Masterclass Learn how to mix video footage to music with the acclaimed DJs from Ten O Nine Media. In this special workshop you will get the chance to blend all types of moving images with music using special software. Participants will be invited to perform later that day at the GYFF Subzero: Silent Disco (see page 56) in front of an eager crowd!

Glasgow Music and Film Festival GFT Tuesday 22 February (21.00) Director Danny O’Connor Cast Alan McGee, Bobby Gillespie, Noel Gallagher UK 2010, 1h41m, N/C 15+ Thanks to Document Productions Ltd Great Scots GFT Tuesday 22 February (18.30) 1h15m Thanks to UWS Scottish Production Archive

It's a Wonderful World Cineworld Renfrew Street Friday 18 February (21.15) Saturday 19 February (12.45) Director Djo Tunda Wa Munga Cast Patsha Bay Mukana, Manie Malone, Hoji Fortuna Democratic Republic of the Congo 2010, 1h38m, N/C 18+, French/Lingala with subtitles Thanks to Metrodome

Ginger Rogers GFT Thursday 24 February (11.00) Director George Stevens Cast Ginger Rogers, James Stewart, Beulah Bondi USA 1938, 1h30m, U

Glasgow Youth Film Festival Castlemilk Youth Complex Saturday 12 February (12.00-14.00) Thanks to Ten O Nine Media

Open to 14–18-year-olds. Entry is free but ticketed. Places are very limited and must be booked in advance. To request a place, please visit www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/gyff and complete a booking form.

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Wake Wood From cult production house Hammer Films comes this chilling horror. Wake Wood is the story of grieving parents Patrick and Louise whose daughter is killed in a savage dog attack. Following the tragedy, the couple move to the small town of Wake Wood where they learn of a spooky pagan ritual which will give them the chance to spend three more days with their daughter. But what will happen when it’s time to give her back? Wake Wood is a fine addition to the horror genre, featuring a top British cast including BAFTA nominees Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle and Timothy Spall.

Waste Land Prepare to see the world through fresh eyes as Brazilian-born artist Vik Muniz travels from Brooklyn to Rio de Janeiro’s notorious Jardim Gramacho, the world’s largest rubbish dump. He plans to select, paint and photograph a group of six catadores who collect and sell the recyclable bottles, plastic and metal. The proceeds from the project will benefit the workers. The film’s focus becomes the dignity and grace of the characters he encounters as they transform the vast landscape of waste into the stuff of life. Moby’s soulful songs provide the soundtrack to an emotional story that won the audience award at Sundance. Documentary filmmaking at its most inspirational.

Wasted on the Young Handsome and manipulative Zack rules over an exclusive Australian boarding school with a smooth touch. When his attempts at flirtation with confident new girl Xandrie are dismissed, Zack is more than a bit miffed. After she’s brutally attacked at Zack’s party, Xandrie discovers that the best revenge is only a computer click away. With its ruthless teen characters and a pulsating score, Wasted on the Young bravely explores the dangers of social networking with potent and visual panache.

Drawing strong comparisons to Gus Van Sant’s Elephant, the film is guaranteed to provoke spirited debate.

West is West A few years after the events seen in the award-winning East is East, the now reduced Khan family continues its generational struggle. Sajid, the youngest, is deep in crisis as he tries to cope with his father George’s insistence on tradition while dealing with being bullied at school. In a last attempt to make him conform, George decides to take Sajid to his first wife’s home in Pakistan, to live alongside the daughters he abandoned thirty years earlier. It is not long before Sajid’s mother, Ella, follows to reclaim her family and to confront issues both past and present, with a small English entourage in tow…

West Side Story Winner of ten Academy Awards including Best Picture, West Side Story remains a thrilling big screen version of the landmark Broadway musical. This 50th anniversary restoration means that the film looks and sounds better than ever. Director Robert Wise collaborated with legendary choreographer Jerome Robbins to ensure that the electricity and energy of the Broadway production was captured for posterity and conveyed with all the immediacy and intimacy of the cinema. Natalie Wood is Maria and Richard Beymer is Tony in a latterday Romeo and Juliet set among the gangs of 1950s New York. The sensational Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim score includes ‘Maria’ and ‘America’. Unmissable.

Wet Sounds at North Woodside Leisure Centre Wet Sounds presents a cinema for the ear. The audience float and dive in the water, immersed in sound coming from inside and outside the water. The sound, detailed and clear, is perceived by the bones and creates an incredibly intimate and immersive listening experience. With two sound systems playing different content, each are heard separately – except while floating on the surface of the water.

European Cinema Cineworld Renfrew Street Thursday 24 February (20.45) GFT Friday 25 February (23.00) Director David Keating Cast Eva Birthistle, Ella Connolly, Amelia Crowley Ireland/UK 2010, 1h30m, N/C 18+

Stranger than Fiction Cineworld Renfrew Street Friday 18 February (18.45) Saturday 19 February (15.45) Directors Lucy Walker, João Jardim, Karen Harley Cast Vik Muniz USA 2010, 1h38m, N/C 8+ Thanks to E1

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Wednesday 16 February (18.15) Director Ben C Lucas Cast Oliver Ackland, Adelaide Clemens, Alex Russell Australia 2010, 1h37m, N/C 15+ Thanks to Momentum

Glasgow Youth Film Festival GFT Wednesday 16 February (20.30) Director Andy DeEmmony Cast Aqib Khan, Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jimi Mistry UK 2010, 1h43m, 15 Thanks to Icon

Out of the Past GFT Sunday 27 February (13.00) Directors Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins Cast Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris USA 1961, 2h31m, PG Thanks to Park Circus

Glasgow Music and Film Festival North Woodside Leisure Centre Sunday 20 February (17.00) 3h, no age restrictions

Join us at the beautiful Victorian baths of the North Woodside Leisure Centre for an under (and over) water experience, with live performances from Eric La Casa, Adrian Moore and Joel Cahen. Bring your costume. Goggles recommended.

Tickets £10 advance/£12 on the door

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Whale Hunt: an Experiment in Storytelling This beautiful photographic installation documents the ancient Inuit tradition of whale hunting. The installation will be screened on a loop at the CCA on Saturday 26 February as part of Ceol’s Craic – a day of Gaelic and indigenous film.

Ceol’s Craic: Gaelic Film Festival CCA Saturday 26 February, all day

In May 2007, Jonathan Harris spent nine days living with a family of Inupiat Eskimos in Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost settlement in the United States. The first few days were spent in the village of Barrow, exploring ramshackle structures, buying gear and otherwise helping the whaling crew to prepare for the hunt. He then travelled by snowmobile out onto the frozen Arctic Ocean, where he camped three miles from shore on thick pack ice, pitching tents about ten feet from the open water. Boats were readied, harpoons prepared, whaling guns loaded, white tunics donned, a snow fence constructed and then the group sat silently in the -22 °F air, in constant daylight, waiting for whales to appear.

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When We Leave Die Fremde

Feo Aladag’s multi-award-winning When We Leave offers a heartbreaking melodrama on issues at the core of modern Europe. Sibel Kekilli gives an outstanding performance as Umay, a German-born Turkish woman who flees her abusive husband in Istanbul. She arrives at the family home in Berlin with her five-year-old son. Her family welcome her with love but it quickly becomes apparent that they cannot accept her rebellion or her refusal to submit to her fate. She has brought shame to the family, love turns to rejection and outright hostility as she is forced to defy them and make a new life as a free western woman.

Why Make a Film About These People?

As a result of making this documentary about petty criminals in East Berlin, Thomas Heise was expelled from the University for Film and Television in Potsdam. The film’s title cites the objection raised by one of Heise’s lecturers when he proposed making the film. It served as a direct provocation to the university authorities.

We are delighted that director Thomas Heise will introduce this screening.

The Wicker Man One of the most chilling horror films of all time, The Wicker Man is a carefully crafted masterpiece that’s not to be missed on the big screen. The 1970s classic tells the story of Sergeant Howie, a policeman sent to the remote Scottish island of Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. On his arrival he discovers a community where nothing is quite as it seems, where the locals are unhelpful and secretive and pagan rituals are the norm. Be one of the first to see this newly released, re-mastered version in the cinema.

William S Burroughs: A Man Within Idolised as the godfather of the Beat Generation and the great American libertine, William S Burroughs led a life that recognised no boundaries. A Harvard graduate, gun fetishist, drug-addicted, cantankerous iconoclast, beguiled by the beauty of words and the pain of life, Burroughs was an inspiration to punk and grunge alike. Yony Leyser’s imaginative, labour of love documentary tries to get behind the Burroughs mask through the words and memories of admirers like John Waters and Iggy Pop, Burroughs’ last boyfriend Marcus Ewert, and rare interviews with the man himself in which he offers random thoughts on art, pain and the whole anguished experience of being alive.

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European Cinema Cineworld Renfrew Street Friday 18 February (18.00) Saturday 19 February (13.00) Director Feo Aladag Cast Sibel Kekilli, Nizam Schiller, Derya Alabora Germany 2010, 1h59m, N/C 15+, German with subtitles Thanks to Independent Artists Filmproduktion/ Goethe Institut Glasgow

The Stasi are Among Us CCA Tuesday 22 February (10.00) Director Thomas Heise Germany 1980, 35m, N/C 15+, German with subtitles Thanks to Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek

Glasgow Music and Film Festival The Arches Thursday 24 February (17.45) Director Robin Hardy Cast Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland UK 1973, 1h28m, 15 Thanks to Filmbank

Stranger than Fiction GFT Friday 25 February (18.45) Saturday 26 February (11.45) Director Yony Leyser Cast Laurie Anderson, David Cronenberg, John Waters USA 2010, 1h14m, N/C 15+ Thanks to Yony Leyser

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Working Creatively in a Dictatorship: Hannes Schönemann & Rainer Simon A discussion between directors Rainer Simon and Hannes Schönemann who worked in the GDR, chaired by Dr Laura Bradley, author of Cooperation and Conflict: GDR Theatre Censorship, 1961-1989 (in English and German).

The Stasi are Among Us CCA Tuesday 22 February (17.45) 1h15m

Hannes Schönemann began working for the DEFA Studio after completing university, but all of his planned projects were rejected in the early stages. In 1983 he was labelled a sceptic and the Ministry of State Security opened an ‘investigation’ against Schönemann and his wife Sibyille. In 1984 she applied to leave the GDR. Both were arrested by the State Security in February 1985 and sentenced to twelve months in prison.

Rainer Simon started his career at the East German DEFA film studios in 1965, working as an assistant director. Simon made his directorial debut in 1968 with the children’s film How to Marry a King. His major films include: Till Eulenspiegel, based on a film script by Christa and Gerhard Wolf; The Woman and the Stranger, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival; and Jadup & Boel, 1980 (see page 39), which was banned by officials and not released until 1988.

Wounded Knee and GSFF Award Announcement We round the weekend off with the announcement of our jury and audience award winners. The winning films will be screened, followed by a very special live performance. Inspired as much by minimal techno as folk forms, Wounded Knee has developed a distinct, vocal-oriented sound built from simple repeating live loops. He creates a strange and timeless Janus music that looks both to the chants and worksong of the old and the mechanised minimalism of the new. For Glasgow Short Film Festival he will be performing a soundtrack to rare films drawn from the Scottish Screen Archive.

Yogi Bear 3D Join us for the launch of Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2011 with a special preview of Yogi Bear 3D! Jellystone Park’s most famous troublemaker Yogi Bear returns with his faithful pal Boo Boo. Yogi must join forces with his old nemesis Ranger Smith to find a way to save Jellystone Park from closing forever. If they don’t, Yogi and Boo Boo won’t have a home or any picnics to steal from! Featuring the voices of Justin Timberlake and Dan Aykroyd.

Glasgow Short Film Festival CCA Sunday 20 February (21.15) 1h30m, 15 Thanks to the National Library of Scotland Scottish Screen Archive

Glasgow Youth Film Festival Cineworld Renfrew Street Sunday 6 February (14.00) Director Eric Brevig Cast Justin Timberlake, Dan Aykroyd, Anna Farris USA 2010, 1h20m, U Thanks to Warner Brothers

All tickets £7.50/£6.00. No further discounts apply. 3D glasses 80p at venue.

You Instead The muddy magnificence of T in the Park provides a perfect backdrop to You Instead, a flirty, freewheeling romantic comedy from prolific Scots director David Mackenzie. There’s a hint of Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise, a dash of Shakespeare and a flavour of Richard Lester’s Beatles movies in this tale of star-crossed lovers and rock star excess. Luke Treadaway proves that he was born to strut his stuff as indie singer Adam. Arriving at T in the Park for his gig, Adam is handcuffed to American rock band leader Morello (Natalia Tena). Frustration eventually gives way to acceptance and the stirring of genuine feelings during a long night’s journey into day in a clever, endearing romp steeped in the authentic experience of T in the Park and the acts who played there in 2010.

Great Scots Cineworld Renfrew Street Friday 25 February (19.00) Friday 25 February (21.15) Director David Mackenzie Cast Luke Treadaway, Natalia Tena, Gavin Mitchell UK 2011, 1h30m, N/C 15+ Thanks to Sigma Films

Zombie Zombie: Battleship Potemkin

Glasgow Music and Film Festival

Self-confessed analogue freaks and kraut-disco devotees Zombie Zombie are also renowned horror movie obsessives. Last year’s Glasgow Music and Film Festival saw the Parisian duo perform music from the films of John Carpenter, expertly raising and lowering the pulse of the crowd to recreate the thrilling emotional crescendos of the classic horror movie through their nouveau psych music. They went on to tour the show in Europe, as well as releasing an album of Carpenter’s music produced by Joakim.

3h, 14+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+)

The Arches Wednesday 23 February (19.30)

The band will now recreate the live score of Sergei Eisenstein’s seminal 1925 film Battleship Potemkin — possibly one of the most revolutionary propaganda films of all time.

All tickets £10

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GFF11 would like to thank the following, without whom none of this would be possible:

Funders sponsors

venue partners programme supporters

media partners supporters Hugh Fraser Foundation

additional thanks to our cinema city project supporters Glasgow Film Festival is created by a vast army of dedicated individuals who work above and beyond the call of duty. We would like to offer a brief but heartfelt thanks to all of the film festival staff (Seonaid Daly, Jen Davies, Liana Marletta, Carolyn Mills, Emily Munro, Paul Macgregor, Alison Young, Evonne Beardsworth, Michael Richardson, Vilmante Kirvelaite and Jordan McLaughlin), volunteers and interns, all of the management, staff and volunteers at the GFT without whom this festival would not be possible (including Jaki McDougall, Marion Pearson, Angela Freeman, Bryan Wilson, Rachel Loughlan, Michael Benjamin), our invaluable projectionists Barney McCue, Malcolm Brown, John Cunningham and David Wylie and of course our fantastic Front of House team who keep the cinemas, box office and Cafe Cosmo running like clockwork, the staff at all our partner venues (Lisa and her team at Cineworld, The Arches, CCA, Grosvenor, Platform, Castlemilk Youth Complex and Tramway), our programming teams (Matt Lloyd, Rosie Crerar and Gail Tolley for GSFF, Brian Reynolds and Andrew Maitland for GMFF), The FrightFest boys, GFF Ambassador Mark Millar and extra help from Gail Tolley (again!) and Paul Greenwood. They make the magic happen.

FILM AND EVENT INDEX 42nd Street

15

The Eagle

10

Lord of the Flies

43

Rubber

53

65daysofstatic

15

Eleanor's Secret

30

Love Like Poison

43

The Ruins

53

Abel

15

Essential Killing

30

Lucky Dragons

43

Saturday, Sunday, Monday Morning

53

About a Band

15

Eureka Seven

30

LUX One-to-One Sessions

43

Scotland Directs

54

Aelita: Queen of Mars with Minima

15

43

A Screaming Man

54

15

30

LUX Film Collective Workshop

The African Queen

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

Second Light Premiere

54

16

30

43

Against the Tide

Eye to Eye

Machete Maidens Unleashed

The Shame and the Glory

54

16

31

44

Agnosia

Fair Game

Make a Short Film in Two Days

Short Order Chef

54

16

31

44

Amruta Patil Interview with Paul Gravett

Far From Home

Make Believe

The Shrine

54

16

31

44

Animal Kingdom

Faust/Alex Smoke

The Man Who Fell to Earth

The Socalled Movie

54

16

31

44

Animation for Families

FilmG

A Marine Story

Son of Babylon

55

16

31

44

Apnea

Film Nation: Make a Film in a Day

Mark Millar Workshop

Sophie's Choice

55

17

31

45

Archipelago

FilmCamp

Marwencol

Fire in Babylon

32

Mean Girls

45

Soul Boy

55

Meek's Cutoff

45

Sound of Noise

55

The Memory Band: The Wicker Man

45

Stake Land

55

Metaphrog: Graphic Novels & Adaptations 45

Starting Block Premiere

55

Miranda Pennell Retrospective

45

Steam of Life

56

Mircophone

46

Story Design in the Short Fiction Film

56

Mother's Day

46

Submarine

56

Moviemaking at the Apple Store

46

Submarino

56

Music Video Showcase

46

Subzero: Silent Disco

56

Muvizu Animation Workshop

46

Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut

56

Naomi Kawase 1: Father

46

Swing Time

57

Naomi Kawase 2: Mother

47

Take 2: Eep!

57

Neukölln Unlimited

47

Take 2: Surprise Film

57

New Low

47

Take 2: Vicky the Viking

57

No Wave 1

47

Tales from the Shipyards

57

No Wave 2

47

Talk to Me

57

Norman Mailer: The American

48

Territories

57

Norwegian Wood

48

8½ Presents: The Thief of Bagdad

58

Nostalgia for the Light

48

Thinking Like an Anime Writer

58

Nothing's All Bad

48

The Tin Drum – Director’s Cut

58

The Tingler

58

Tiny Furniture

58

Top Hat

59

Treacle Jr

59

TV Production Masterclass

59

Udaan

59

The Ugly Ducking with Scottish Opera

59

Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

59

Upside Down

60

The UWS Scottish Production Archive: Iain Smith

60

Viva Riva!

60

Vivacious Lady

60

VJ Video Mix Masterclass

60

Wake Wood

61

Waste Land

61

Wasted on the Young

61

West is West

61

West Side Story

61

Wet Sounds

61

Whale Hunt

62

When We Leave

62

Why Make a Film About These People?

62

The Wicker Man

62

William S Burroughs: A Man Within

62

Working Creatively in a Dictatorship

63

Wounded Knee

63

Yogi Bear 3D

63

You Instead

63

Zombie Zombie: Battleship Potemkin

63

At the Heart of Everything a Row of Holes

17

First Light – Script Pitch

32

Attenberg

17

First Night

32

Autograph

17

The Flying Scotsman

32

Balibo

17

Focus Left – Youth Edition

32

Battle Royale 3D

18

The Four Times

33

BBC Comedy Workshop

18

Frank Quitely Workshop

33

BBFC Masterclass

18

The French Lieutenant's Woman

33

The Be All and End All

18

Gary Lucas

33

Beastie

18

Glasgow on Screen

33

Beastie – Dance Workshop

19

Glasgow, I Love You

34

Before Tomorrow

19

Goblin

34

Benda Bilili!

19

Griff the Invisible

34

Beyond

19

GSFF Opening Night Party

34

The Big Uneasy

19

The Guga Hunters of Ness

34

Blank City

20

Gutter Magazine Launch

34

The Book of Masters

20

Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

36

Boy

20

Harishchandrachi Factory

36

Breakdance Masterclass

20

Heartbeats

36

The Bridge on the River Kwai

20

Heavy Metal

36

The Bridges of Madison County

20

Hobo with a Shotgun

Camera Training Workshop

22

Carancho

36

NY Export: Opus Jazz/ One Thousand Pictures

48

Home For Christmas

36

Nyman with a Movie Camera

49

22

How I Ended the Summer

37

NYOS Futures: Vanishing Boundaries

49

Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D

22

How to Write a Film Script

37

Of Love and Other Demons

49

Cell 211

22

Howl

37

One Hundred Mornings

49

Ces amours-là

22

I Saw the Devil

37

Optimo Presents GSFF Closing Party

49

The Christening

23

The Imperialists are Still Alive!

37

Oranges and Sunshine

49

Claiming Space

23

In a Better World

38

Our Life

50

Cold Fish

23

Incendies

38

Out of Africa

50

ComicCamp 11

23

The Inventors of Tradition

38

Pam Hogg

50

Confessions

26

Iona Crawford

38

Confessions of a Dog

26

Iron Men

38

Panel 1: Is Filmmaking a White Middle-Class Career Choice?

50

Contemporary Days

26

Ironweed

38

Panel 2: 1st Person Filmmaking

50

The Creature Walks Among Us

26

Island

39

Patagonia

50

Crossing the Line

26

Ivory Tower

39

Paul

51

Crumb

26

Jadup & Boel

39

Pearls on the Ocean Floor

51

A Cry in the Dark

27

Julia’s Delusion

39

The Piano in a Factory

51

Dancing Dreams

27

King of Thorn

39

Pink Saris

51

Danger Diabolik

27

Kitty Foyle

40

Poetry

51

Dave Gibbons in Conversation

27

Kramer vs Kramer

40

Point Blank

51

David Scott, Duglas T Stewart & Friends

27

A Letter to Elia

40

Portfolio Review with CLiNT Magazine

52

Days of Harvest

27

Life, Above All

40

Potiche

10

Deconstructing Dad

28

Life Behind Bars

40

Profondo Rosso

52

The Deer Hunter

28

Lighting the Way

40

Protector

52

The List Surprise Film

42

Pyuupiru 2001 – 2008

52

Little Deaths

42

Qimmit: A Clash of Two Truths

52

Little White Lies

42

A River Called Titash

52

Little Zizou

42

Road, Movie

53

Living Creatively in a Dictatorship

42

Rock it!

53

Lonesome Road

42

Route Irish

53

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

28

The Devil Wears Prada

28

Dewar Awards: The Ten Year Cut

28

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

28

A Distant Neighbourhood

30

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