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Calls cost up to 7p per minute plus your phone company’s access charge. 135580 Glasgow Film Festival Prog Comp Ad_V2.indd 1 07/12/2017 16:33 WELCOME Welcome to the 2018 Glasgow Film Festival. Our festival is one of the biggest film events in Britain, attracting well over 40,000 admissions each year to sample the finest films available to humanity. This year, we promise you the perfect movie mix. Start the day with one of our free Rebel Heroes screenings, featuring stars ranging from Brando and Cagney to Pacino and Poitier. Stay for a matinee from an outstanding selection of world cinema titles, documentaries and homegrown hits, or try one of the fantastic titles in our focus on Irish cinema. Room for one more? Stay for a gala screening and meet the stars, or head to one of our amazing live events in Sound & Vision, including Mica Levi and Wrangler’s new project The Unfilmables. Give us a day of your time and we’ll show you a world of cinema; stay for the festival and you’ll discover a treasure trove of thrillers and scary movies, comedies and documentaries, cult fun and riveting dramas. We have movies that entertain, delight, excite, educate and illuminate but running throughout the festival are movies that inspire. Margaret Tait, Ida Lupino and Dame Muriel Spark were all CONTENTS born in 1918 and we celebrate those centenaries and the lives of women who broke down barriers, challenged prejudices and defied Ticketing 2 all the odds. We salute the Scottish workers who played a part in Opening & Closing Galas 4&5 opposing the Pinochet junta in our brilliant Closing film Nae Pasaran, we remember the fight for women’s votes in 1970s Switzerland with Audience Award 6 The Divine Order, and the Deep Throat of American politics in Mark Rebel Heroes 7 Felt: The Man Who Brought Down The White House. Ireland: The Near Shore 7 Special Events 8 In these bewildering, chaotic times it is all too easy to surrender to apathy or wallow in despondency but we have the antidote - films Gala 8 to lift your spirits and show that individuals can make a difference; CineMasters 8 that small actions can have enormous consequences, and that it is Local Heroes 9 possible to be the change you want to see. Sound & Vision 9 At Glasgow in 2018, all we are saying is give film a chance and let Modern Families 9 our festival become your festival. Stranger Than Fiction 9 Allison Gardner & Allan Hunter Future Cult 10 Festival Co-directors Pioneer 10 FrightFest 10 Pure Baltic 10 Window on the World 11 Crossing the Line 11 Ida Lupino: On Dangerous Ground 11 Behind the Scenes 11 A - Z Listings 12–59 Festival Calendar 32-37 Festival Map 38-39 Enhance Your Festival Experience 60-61 Venue Access 62 Thank You 63 Film and Event Index 64 All illustrations by Boxdog Inc. 1 TICKETING HOW TO BUY TICKETS ONLINE No booking fees apply PRICES From Monday 29 January at 10am, tickets for all events can be purchased from our website glasgowfilm.org/festival. STANDARD TICKET PRICES £10.50 full price / £8.50 for all adult concessions / Tickets for GFT/CCA and Cineworld Renfrew Street screenings £5.50 children (ages 14 & under). can be purchased online up until one hour before the performance. For all other participating venues, tickets can be Adult concessions include full-time students, over-60s, purchased online until two hours before the performance. Jobseekers Allowance, Income Support recipients and registered disabled people. Please produce proof of eligibility when purchasing or collecting tickets. GFF also honours the CEA card IN PERSON No booking fees apply for all festival events. GFT: From Monday 29 January you can purchase tickets for most events from the central festival box office at GFT during Please note that all GFF tickets are non-refundable and opening hours, see opposite. non-transferable. CCA: From Thursday 22 February – Sunday 4 March you can SPECIAL EVENTS & PERFORMANCES also purchase tickets in person for most events from the festival Please note that some special events, live performances and box office at CCA, Sauchiehall Street, during opening hours, see screenings fall outside the standard ticket price and are marked opposite. with this symbol: £ See individual listings for details. OVER THE PHONE £1.50 fee per transaction From Monday 29 January tickets can be booked by calling FESTIVAL FOR £5.50 0141 332 6535 during GFT opening hours. Please note there Our £5.50 films are a brilliant way to enjoy the festival. All is a £1.50 transaction fee for telephone bookings. screenings Monday – Thursday before 13.00 are £5.50 alongside a selection of others. These screenings are marked Please note that during busy periods you will be asked to with this symbol: £5.50 and no further discounts apply. leave a message. Calls will be returned in the order in which they are received, however leaving a message does not ensure you are able to purchase a ticket, some events sell out online FREE EVENTS before we are able to return calls. Tickets for free events, marked with this symbol: F will only be issued on the day from the venue where the event is being held when the box office opens, unless otherwise specified in the COLLECTION A - Z. First come, first served (maximum 2 tickets per person). You can collect advance tickets from the central festival box office at GFT or CCA up until the box office closes. On the day of the event, tickets can be picked up from GFT or CCA HAVE YOU GOT A CINECARD? box offices. For venues other than GFT and CCA tickets will To reward the loyalty of GFT CineCard holders we’re be available at the central box offices until approximately two offering £1 off all standard priced tickets. Tickets can be hours before the performance and then available at the venue purchased online or from the festival box offices at GFT from one hour before the performance. and CCA in person. See glasgowfilm.org/festival for full terms and conditions. HAVE YOU GOT A CINEWORLD ALL OTHER VENUES UNLIMITED CARD? You can collect your pre-booked tickets from the venue an hour Cineworld Unlimited Card holders can claim £1 off all standard before the event/screening starts. If you haven’t collected your priced tickets. Tickets must be purchased from the festival box tickets in advance these will be taken to the venue where you offices at GFT and CCA in person. can collect them. If the event/screening is not sold out tickets may be purchased from the venue one hour before the event/ AGED 15-25 YEARS OLD? screening begins (subject to availability). Join our free 15 -25 Card scheme and get the reduced price of £5.50 on standard priced events. Proof of age required on FACT collection of your card. Also applies throughout the year at GFT GFF work in cooperation with the Federation Against Copyright for standard priced events. To find out more and sign up, go to Theft (FACT) to fight intellectual property crime in the UK. GFF www.glasgowfilm.org/student kindly ask patrons to note the use of recording equipment during screenings is strictly prohibited. Anyone found with such equipment will be asked to leave immediately and may be subject to further proceedings. Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .ai 2 GLASGOWFILMFESTIVAL @GLASGOWFILMFEST BUY TICKETS ONLINE: GLASGOWFILM.ORG/FESTIVAL CENTRAL FESTIVAL SPECIAL DEALS BOX OFFICE All ticket deals must be purchased in one transaction, either online at glasgowfilm.org/festival or at the central festival box office at GFT.