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GSFF Meet the Programmer: Philip Ilson, London Short Film Festival Sun 24 August 2014 CCA

GSFFMeet the Programmer:Philip Ilson, London Short Film Festival Sun 24 August 2014 CCA 5pm, Free but ticketed, ClubroomAges 15+Book online London Short Film Festival Artistic Director Philip Ilson is in Glasgow to introduce a Best of LSFF 2014 programme at Glasgow Film Theatre at 7.15pm. Join him beforehand in CCA’s Clubroom for an informal, free […]

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Blood Ties GFT Friday 15–Thursday 21 August, 2014

Blood Ties15 GFT Friday 15–Thursday 21 August When Chris (Clive Owen) is released from prison after a stint for a gangland murder, his freedom spells trouble for his police-officer brother Frank (Billy Crudup). Hoping Chris has turned over a new leaf, Frank helps him readjust – providing him with a home, and helping him rebuild […]

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All This Mayhem, GFT Friday 15–Thursday 21 August, 2014

All This Mayhem15 GFT Friday 15–Thursday 21 August Buy tickets online An unflinching never-before-seen look at the dark underbelly of extreme sports, this film explores the lives of brothers Tas and Ben Pappas – who ascended to the top of the skateboarding league in the late 1980s, before their world came crashing down with partying, […]

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Still Life GFT Wednesday 20 August

Still Life15 GFT Wednesday 20 August Buy tickets Weaving in the real-life construction of the Three Gorges Hydro Project with two stories of change, hope and reconciliation, Zhangke Jia’s film explores how a seismic change in geography impacts the people who once called that place home. The project involved flooding the area surrounding the Yangtze […]

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The Congress 15 GFT Friday 15–Thursday 21 August, 2014

The Congress 15 GFT Friday 15–Thursday 21 August Buy tickets online Voted the European Animated Feature of the Year at the European Film Awards, The Congress is a mind-bending, multi-coloured trip. When fortysomething Hollywood star Robin Wright (played by Wright) accepts a lucrative offer to be scanned for posterity, she agrees to never act in […]

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We Gotta Get Out of This Place, GFT, Friday 15–Thursday 21 August

We Gotta Get Out of This Place 15 GFT Friday 15–Thursday 21 August Buy tickets In a remote part of Texas three teen friends find their plans for the future in jeopardy as they slowly become embroiled in the dark criminal underbelly of their small town. When BJ (Logan Huffman) steals from the wrong man, […]

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Fail Better: BOYCOTT ISRAEL,Thursday, August 21, McChuills

Fail Better: BOYCOTT ISRAEL        Thursday, August 21 at 8:00pm        McChuills Glasgow This Fail Better is dedicated to the martyrs of Palestine (Gaza, West Bank & Historic Palestine). By answering the call from the Palestinian civillian population for the total Boycott Divestment and Sanction of Israel, we can work to dismantle the Apartheid State. […]

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National Collective, Short Film Screening, Monday 11 August

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Strange Vice Hell on Reels CCA Wed 3 September 2014

Strange ViceHell on Reels CCA Wed 3 September 2014 7.30pm, £5, TheatreAges 18+Book online / 0141 352 4900 As part of their contribution to this year’s Scalarama programme, Strange Vice proudly presents Hell On Reels – a celebration of the Biker movie genre! A screening of a mystery biker film from the Strange Vice archive […]

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To Catch a Thief, GFT Sunday 10–Tuesday 12 August

To Catch a Thief PG GFT Sunday 10–Tuesday 12 August Buy tickets Hitchcock’s 1955 romantic thriller proved to be Grace Kelly’s final film with the director. Cary Grant is retired cat burglar John Robie who now lives a simple life among the vineyards in the French Riviera. However, when a series of robberies copy his […]

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Song at Midnight, GFT Wednesday 13 August

Song at Midnight CTBC GFT Wednesday 13 August Buy tickets Lauded as China’s first horror film, this loose adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera fuses left-wing politics with the tropes of Hollywood horror to brilliant effect. In a crumbling old theatre, a visiting opera troupe discover a catatonic woman who is entranced by the […]

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Lilting, GFT Friday 8–Thursday 14 August

Lilting 15 GFT Friday 8–Thursday 14 August Buy tickets A quiet and confident-cultural chamber piece, this debut by Cambodian director Hong Khaou is an affecting study of grief and loss, seen through the eyes of a mourning mother and a distraught lover. Pei-pei Cheng plays Junn, a Chinese-Cambodian mother attempting to overcome the passing of […]

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God’s Pocket Friday 8–Thursday 14 August GFT

God’s Pocket Friday 8–Thursday 14 August GFT Buy tickets The feature length directorial debut of Mad Men star John Slattery, this gritty blue-collar crime drama shows an assured eye for tone and mood. A darkly comic drama that centres on the hapless Mickey Scarpato (Philip Seymour Hoffman, in one of his final roles), who finds […]

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The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil, GFT Sunday 10 August

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil N/C 12+ GFT Sunday 10 August Buy tickets A dazzling (and enduring topical) reminder that politics can be entertaining – and entertainment can be political. Capitalising on the remarkable popular success of playwright John McGrath’s touring production of the same name, this 1974 television film surveys […]

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Welcome to New York, GFT Friday 8–Thursday 14 August

Welcome to New York 18 GFT Friday 8–Thursday 14 August, 2014 Buy tickets Cult director Abel Ferrara’s latest features a towering portrait of debauchery from Gérard Depardieu as the ‘fictional’ Mr Devereaux, based on French financier and one-time presidential candidate Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who both controls the financial fate of nations whilst losing himself to the […]

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Mood Indigo, GFT, Friday 1–Thursday 14 August, 2014

Mood Indigo 12A Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street Friday 1–Thursday 14 August, 2014 Buy tickets online Michel Gondry’s delightful screen version of the cult Boris Vian novel is as charming and romantic as a carefree stroll in the park with the one you love. In a contemporary Paris with the retro look and feel […]

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The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came To Eden, GFT, 3 – 6 August

“THE MOST IRRESISTIBLE FILM SO FAR OF 2014.” THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN CAME TO EDEN November Films GFT, 12 Rose Street 3 – 6 August, 2014 Information and tickets Darwin meets Hitchcock on a lonely archipelago first visited by a Scot A fascinating new take on a shocking tale of broken dreams, sex and murder […]

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Film: Sightlines, The Empire Cafe, 26 July – 1 August

Sightlines A new short film ‘Sightlines’ about legacy – how we see, and refuse to see, the legacies that we leave. The film will run from 11am to 9pm each daily from 26 July – 1 August ‘Sightlines’ will be showing at The Empire Café in Glasgow as part of the Commonwealth Games. The film […]

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A Promise GFT, 12 Rose Street Friday 1–Thursday 7 August

A Promise GFT, 12 Rose Street Friday 1–Thursday 7 August Buy tickets online Starring Alan Rickman, Rebecca Hall and Richard Madden (Game of Thrones), this is director Patrice Leconte’s first English language film. Set in Germany just before the outbreak of the First World War, a young secretary falls in love with the wife of […]

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The Big Picnic Monday 4 August, 2014 – 5.45 p.m. GFT, 12 Rose Street

Screening to commemorate the First World War The Big Picnic Monday 4 August, 2014 – 5.45 p.m. GFT, 12 Rose Street Buy tickets online Bill Bryden’s The Big Picnic was originally written and performed in Govan in 1994, and this later performance (directed for television by Derek Bailey with Sebastian Graham-Jones) was broadcast on the […]

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Big Star: Live in Memphis Thursday 7 August – 6 p.m. GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB

Big Star: Live in Memphis  Thursday 7 August – 6 p.m.    GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Buy tickets online This film captures the great power-pop group Big Star in a homecoming performance from 1994. The film may represent the best live footage of Big Star and its frontman – the late Alex Chilton, who […]

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Local Hero Sunday 3 August , 5 p.m. GFT 12 Rose Street

Local Hero Sunday 3 August, 2014 – 5 p.m. GFT 12 Rose Street Buy tickets online Writer/director Bill Forsyth’s third feature is one of the funniest culture-clash comedies in cinema history. Described by its maker as ‘Apocalypse Now meets Brigadoon’, Local Hero both celebrates and subverts a laundry list of Scottish stereotypes. When a materialistic […]

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Nice N Sleazy presents: The Incredibly Strange Film Night Tuesday 5 August

Nice N Sleazy presents: The Incredibly Strange Film Night Tuesday 5 August, 2014 @ Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow Free From B-movies to cult classics to unintentional comedies, The Incredibly Strange Film Night celebrates and pay homage to those little pieces of cinematic history that don’t always get the credit or exposure they deserve. Taking place […]

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Film Club – Angel’s Share Merchant City Festival 27 July, 2014

Film Club – Angel’s Share Merchant City Festival 27 July, 2014 Sit back and enjoy a screening of Angel’s Share whilst munching on some popcorn and indulging in a wee dram! Join Robbie on his journey of discovery in Angel’s Share with some of the finest malt whiskies in the world. Free popcorn and a […]

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Louise Rutkowski Sat 26 July 2014 CCA

Louise Rutkowski Sat 26 July 2014 CCA 7.30pm, £12 + £1 booking fee, TheatreAges 18+Book online / 0141 352 4900 Ex-This Mortal Coil vocalist Louise Rutkowski presents her first solo album, Diary of a Lost Girl, accompanied by co-writer/producer and pianist, Irvin Duguid. Funded through direct-to-fan platform PledgeMusic, Diary of a Lost Girl has been […]

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Commonwealth Connections: Animation Talent & Film Programme 2014 GFT, Sunday 27 July

Commonwealth Connections: Animation Talent & Film Programme 2014 GFT, 12 Rose StreetSunday 27 July – 3.20 p.m. Some of the best short films from around the world. In celebration of Commonwealth 2014, Edinburgh International Film Festival has partnered with a selection of Commonwealth nations to provide a platform to showcase some of the best animated […]

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Mr Morgan’s Last Love GFT, Monday 28–Thursday 31 July

Mr Morgan’s Last Love GFT, 12 Rose Street Monday 28–Thursday 31 July A moving tale of how a fond friendship can lighten the gloomiest of times. Michael Caine plays Matthew Morgan, an American philosophy professor in Paris struggling to come to terms with the death of his wife. A chance meeting with dance instructor Pauline […]

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Rabbit-Proof Fence, presented by Empire Cafe, GFT, 1Monday 28 July – 6 p.m.

Rabbit-Proof Fence, presented by Empire Cafe GFT, 12 Rose Street Monday 28 July – 6 p.m. Three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback. The film is being shown as part of The Empire Café’s programme of events […]

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I Am Divine, GFT, Friday 25–Sunday 27 July

I Am Divine GFT, 12 Rose Street Friday 25–Sunday 27 July About how Divine, aka Harris Glenn Milstead, became John Waters’ cinematic muse and an international drag icon. Featuring home movie footage and television appearances, alongside interviews with many of Divine’s family and friends, such as John Waters, Ricki Lake and his mother, I Am […]

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Glasgow Cinema: Northwest, GFT, Friday 25–Thursday 31 July

Northwest GFT, 12 Rose Street Friday 25–Thursday 31 July Scandinavian Noir: Set in the multi-ethnic Copenhagen suburb of Nordvest, this latest addition to the ever-flourishing Scandinavian noir genre explores themes of brotherhood and compassion set against a systematically gritty and violent underworld. When eighteen-year-old Caspar moves from small-time robbery to more nefarious dealings, it is […]

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