About Dry Grasses (2023)Director: Nuri Bilge CeylanScreenwriters: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan, Akın AksuStarring: Deniz Celiloğlu, Merve Dizdar, Musab Ekici With six of his feature films selected to represent Turkey for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, and having previously won the Palme d’Or for his 2014 effort Winter Sleep, the announcement of […]
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The Beast (2023)Director: Bertrand BonelloScreenwriter: Bertrand BonelloStarring: Léa Seydoux, George MacKay One of the most anticipated films of the 2024 Glasgow Film Festival was Bertrand Bonello’s centuries-spanning tale of romance and obsession, The Beast. Starring Léa Seydoux (No Time to Die) and festival favourite George MacKay (1917), the film had the star power to garner
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Love Lies Bleeding (2024)Director: Rose GlassScreenwriters: Rose Glass, Weronika TofilskaStarring: Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Dave Franco, Ed Harris Following premieres at both Sundance and the Berlin International Film Festival, Rose Glass’s follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut feature film Saint Maud opened the Glasgow Film Festival in 2024. Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Glasgow
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I Like Movies (2022)Director: Chandler LevackScreenwriter: Chandler LevackStarring: Isaiah Lehtinen, Romina D’Ugo, Krista Bridges, Percy Hynes White For those of us longing for the days of wandering the aisles of video stores, admiring the artwork on the boxes and talking movies with the staff, finally the picture for us has come in Chandler Levack’s I Like
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God’s Creatures (2022)Directors: Saela Davis, Anna Rose HolmerScreenwriter: Shane CrowleyStarring: Emily Watson, Paul Mescal, Aisling Franciosi If you’ve been paying attention recently, you might have noted the exceptional film and television work making its way out of the Republic of Ireland. From Oscar nominations for Irish favourites Kerry Condon and Paul Mescal to the major
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Girl (2023)Director: Adura OnashileScreenwriter: Adura OnashileStarring: Déborah Lukumuena, Le’Shantey Bonsu, Liana Turner, Danny Sapani Following its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Adura Onashile’s debut feature film opened the 2023 Glasgow Film Festival. Set in the very city hosting its UK premiere, Girl follows a severely traumatised migrant mother, Grace (Déborah Lukumuena), and
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Creation Stories (2021) Director: Nick Moran Screenwriters: Dean Cavanagh, Irvine Welsh Starring: Ewen Bremner, Leo Flanagan, Suki Waterhouse, Jason Isaacs, Mel Raido, Thomas Turgoose, Michael Socha, Ed Byrne, Paul Kaye, Perry Benson, Steven Berkoff, Rufus Jones Creation Stories follows the life of Alan McGee, the Glaswegian born entrepreneur and founder of Creation Records. McGee, best
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