GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2008
Programme and further information
The Glasgow Film Festival is the UK's fastest growing festival and a celebration of film in all its forms. Recognising Glasgow as a hub of European filmmaking and Glasgow audiences as among the most passionate cinemagoers in the UK GFF represents the very best of film from the entire spectrum of world cinema.
Like its home city: cosmopolitan, friendly, culturally complex, welcoming and accessible, GFF also offers incredible value for money with tickets costing around the same as a beer. Already a fixture in not only Glasgow's but the UK's cultural and social calendar the GFF offers everyone an opportunity to experience the buzz and excitement of the film industry.
Launching on Valentines Day 2008, over eleven days we will screen over 100 films in four city centre venues. With special star guests, gala screenings of some of 2008's most hotly anticipated films and glamorous events this is a not to be missed extravaganza!
Be among the first to see outstanding, brand new cinema from around the world - here in Glasgow.
SPECIAL SAVER PASS AVAILABLE FROM DECEMBER 6TH 2007
See 10 films for £30! Two people can see 5 films together or come alone to escape into another world. Only 500 available - don't miss out!
For details of how to purchase and full terms and conditions, please phone the box office on 0141 332 8128.
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Our diverse programme has many highlights for 2008 including:
Bette Davis retrospective
The annual retrospective sold out in 2007 when we paid tribute to John Wayne. In 2008, we mark the centenary of the birth of Oscar-winning Hollywood great Bette Davis with a retrospective that runs the full length of her legendary sixty year career. The retrospective begins with a special Valentine's Day screening of classic wartime weepie Now Voyager (1942) and will include career landmarks like Jezebel (1938), All About Eve (1950) and What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962) screening in brand new prints at the launch of a national tour.
Galas
Last year the Festival hosted the UK premieres of The Good Shepherd, Letters From Iwo Jima, Curse Of The Golden Flower, Tell No One and Rescue Dawn as well as welcoming guests from Emilia Fox and Michelle Ryan to Oscar-winning producer Jeremy Thomas and local heroes Martin Compston and Sean Biggerstaff. Expect more high profile titles and red carpet evenings as the Festival unveils some of the most eagerly-awaited cinema releases of 2008.
Great Scots
The Festival celebrates Scottish talent behind and in front of the camera.The Surprise Film
Last year a Glasgow audience became one of the first in the country to see David Lynch's mesmerising masterwork INLAND EMPIRE, a suitable curtain-raiser for Lynch's visit to the city later in 2007. This year nobody will know the title until the lights go down and the curtains open. It will be unforgettable.
European and World Cinema
The Festival gives Glasgow audiences the first chance to see some of great new films from around the world include the Italian box-office hit My Brother Is An Only Child with hot new heartthrob Riccardo Scarmarcio, award-winning Argentinian drama XXY, acclaimed Canadian feature The Stone Angel with Ellen Burstyn and French charmer Water Lilies.
Shorts Weekend
Kicking off with the premiere of a specially commissioned film from Sarah Tripp, this weekend of screenings and masterclasses will also pay tribute to local filmmaker Zam Salim and screen some of the finest new work from filmmakers at home and abroad. Curated by The Magic Lantern.
Glasgow Schools Film Festival
Free to Glasgow schools with 3,500 attendees in 2007, the next edition has been expanded and re-branded for 2008 and will include workshops with the Scottish Screen Archive and a focus on documentary film.
Once upon a time in the east
The Festival's annual focus concentrates on the cinema of Eastern Europe with a selection of Polish titles that stretch from arthouse greats to record-breaking local comedies and include a special tribute to Polish director Andrzej Wajda. All that plus acclaimed new films from Hungary, the Czech Republic and Romania.
Something Wicked This Way Comes
FrightFest , the UK's biggest and best Fantasy and Horror Film Festival, returns to Glasgow with fresh blood for 2008. The programme of scary movies old and new is guaranteed to set the pulse racing for all tartan terror fans. Last year, they tingled the spine with The Tripper, Turistas and Motel Hell. This year things will go bump in the night. Be warned, tickets always sell fast
A full programme will be announced on 22 January 2008.
Seonaid Frame
Festival and Events Officer
Glasgow Film Festival
12 Rose Street
GLASGOW G3 6RB
T +44 (0)141 352 8613
F +44 (0)141 332 7945
E info@glasgofilmfestival.org.uk
W www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk
Glasgow Film Festival - 14 to 24 February 2008
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