Glasgow Film: Annual Review 2013-14

ANNUAL REVIEW 2013 – 2014

CONTENTS “Independent cinema with soul and personality.”

Audience Member

Welcome from our CEO

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Glasgow Film Theatre

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Glasgow Film Festival

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Glasgow Short Film Festival

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Glasgow Youth Film Festival

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Glasgow Film Learning

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Cinema 3

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Our Audiences

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Our Supporters

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Support Glasgow Film

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Board and staff

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Terry Gilliam at the Scottish premiere of The Zero Theorem at GFF14 Cover image: Dapple Photography / NORD Additional photography by: Eoin Carey, Stuart Crawford, Neil Thomas Douglas & Michael Gallacher

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Glasgow Film Annual Review 2013 – 2014

WELCOME FROM OUR CEO Glasgow Film, comprising Glasgow Film Theatre and Glasgow Film Festival, has had another wonderful year with highlights including our brand new third screen opening to the public and the tenth – and most successful – edition of GFF. Glasgow Film Festival has grown to be one of the top film festivals in the UK over the past decade, and GFF14 saw an increase in audiences, wonderful guests and a variety of pop-up events ensuring the Festival presence was felt across the city. Glasgow Short Film Festival 2014 also reached its highest level of admissions and, in 2013, Glasgow Youth Film Festival won the Best Educational Event Award at the Scottish Event Awards.

Following on from the Festival’s anniversary, the rest of 2014 continues to be a huge celebration for Glasgow Film, with the seventy-fifth anniversary of The Cosmo opening at our Rose Street site, and the fortieth birthday of GFT – all in such an exciting year for the city and its people. The Cosmo, Scotland’s first arts cinema and the second purpose-built arthouse cinema in the UK, opened on 18 May 1939. The Cosmo reopened as Glasgow Film Theatre on 2 May 1974. GFT is now the best-attended cultural cinema in Scotland with our screens working at twice the average attendance per screen in the UK. We were delighted to kick start our triple anniversary year with the opening of our third screen at GFT. Amongst additional screenings and private hires, Cinema 3 will also become home to our Youth Team. Glasgow Youth Film Festival is the only festival of its kind in Europe to be curated and programmed entirely by 15-19 year olds, and we are delighted that Cinema 3 will give the team a permanent base.

We simply could not do the breadth and depth of work that we undertake without the support of our funders, board, staff and volunteers. Glasgow Film’s success over the decades of GFT’s history, the Festival’s rapid growth to one of the highlights of the UK film calendar, and the legacy of The Cosmo is testament to this support.

Jaki McDougall Chief Executive of Glasgow Film

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Sunshine on Leith

GLASGOW FILM THEATRE “It’s the place I would miss most if it wasn’t there.

Only place totally about the pure enjoyment of film.”

Audience Member

GFT, welcomed 177,686 people of all ages during 2013–2014. We screened 532 films from 34 countries, encompassing a range of cultural cinema, classics and documentaries. Our most popular new releases were Populaire, Philomena, I’m So Excited! and Sunshine on Leith.

Highlights of GFT’s audience engagement programme included:

Made in Prague: New Czech Cinema – Now in its fourth year, this showcase of the best of contemporary Czech films presented five films.

UK Green Film Festival – AA series of screenings that engaged with environmental and climate change themes. Films included Gus Van Sant’s latest Promised Land, Trashed starring Jeremy Irons and a special free event screening of Sammy’s Great Adventure that encouraged young people to recycle their old toys at a toy swap before the screening.

London Indian Film Festival on Tour – Two contemporary Indian films shown as part of the inaugural London Indian Film Festival.

Natural Scotland on Screen – GFT screened a short season showcasing how films have represented, misrepresented, imagined and re-imagined Scotland’s natural landscapes, wildlife and biodiversity.

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Luminate – GFT participated in Scotland’s creative ageing festival with two special screenings.

Take One Action! Film Festival – GFT hosted a full programme of screenings, talks and events from Scotland’s global change cinema project.

The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival – GFT hosted and contributed to the curation of the festival adding an additional screening by our Pop Up! Programmers in a community setting.

Scotland Loves Anime – Eight films with introductions formed the fourth edition. Included in the line-up was the European premiere of Fuse – Memoirs of the Hunter Girl with director Masayuki Miyaji in attendance.

Africa in Motion – GFT took part in the festival for the second year running with a programme of awe-inspiring films from across the African continent.

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Populaire

“GFT has often taken me on a holiday to places I would never have managed to get to and to stories I would never have known about. I enjoy the experience of being in a place that has style and soul…”

Audience member

Glasgay! – Once more collaborating with Glasgay! festival, GFT curated a series of films celebrating queer culture, including a special preview screening of the Palme d’Or winning Blue is the Warmest Colour.

French Film Festival UK – As founders and corporate members of the FFF we were delighted to host the 21st edition with UK premieres, classics, documentaries, shorts and great guests including Sylvain Chomet.

Gothic – GFT curated a series of screenings as part of the British Film Institute’s Gothic: The Dark Heart of Film season. This was the first ever large-scale national thematic project undertaken by the BFI and GFT was delighted to bring its audiences a terrifying programme throughout the darker winter months. Included in this was a collaborative project with other venues in Scotland, commissioning an all-new score for Benjamin Christensen’s Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages, written and performed by composer and musician Verity Susman of Electrelane.

Nordic Film Festival on Tour – A diverse mix of dramas, crime thrillers, documentaries, animation and video art representing the freshest filmmaking talent in the Nordic countries. Presented in association with day for night*.

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Italian Film Festival – GFT hosted the festival in its twentieth year with fourteen screenings of a diverse line-up of contemporary and classic Italian cinema including comedy, drama, thrillers and classics from award-winning and emerging directors. GFT is a founding and corporate director of the IFF.

GFT Player – Following on from a successful launch in 2012, we continued to expand our GFT Player Videoon-Demand service with the latest GFT-curated films, such as the unique Scottish mass-participation film We Are Northern Lights and the award-winning The Selfish Giant, as well as hosting GFF titles which screened on the Player a day after their Festival screening.

Screenings with Q&A sessions – Screenings followed

by Q&A sessions allowing the audience an opportunity to discuss the film with the director/producer/star.

These included I’m So Excited with live satellite Q&A with director Pedro Almodóvar and For Those in Peril, with acclaimed new Scottish director Paul Wright amongst many, many others.

Awards – Glasgow Film Theatre was Highly Commended at the 2013 Screen Awards, in the Exhibitor of the Year (50 screens or under) category and won a special Commendation for the Art and Culture Award at the inaugural Inspiring City Awards 2013 – People Make Glasgow.

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Monster Mash at Kelvingrove: Young Frankenstein

Admiral Fallow: We Are Ten

GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL Glasgow Film Festival celebrated its tenth edition in 2014 with a record 41,541 admissions. GFF14 offered a wide-ranging programme of premieres, star guests and unique pop-up events that have become our speciality.

The Festival opened with Wes Anderson’s star-studded delight The Grand Budapest Hotel, one of a recordbreaking sixty-six UK premieres in the 2014 programme.

GFF’s Closing Gala placed the spotlight on the Glasgow-shot Under the Skin which screened in the presence of director Jonathan Glazer and members of the cast and crew.

Guests over the eleven days of the Festival included Richard Dreyfuss, Terry Gilliam, agnès b., Jack O’Connell, Richard Ayoade, Jason Priestley, Lauren Mayberry, Jessica Orek, Brontis Jodorowsky, Benedikt Erlingsson, Lee Sang-il and George Sluizer.

The Festival maintained its proud reputation of achieving an increase in audience numbers in each and every year of its existence. Festival highlights included a special screening of Young Frankenstein at Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery with face-painting and costumes, a tenth anniversary concert from Admiral Fallow and a heartwarming performance from singer Claudia Lennear for the Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom.

The annual retrospective celebrated 1939 as the greatest year in Hollywood history and the country focus honoured new Chilean cinema.

The Festival’s desire to reach a wide audience was marked by a number of popular free events and the Festival For a Fiver strand. GFF also remained firmly committed to supporting Scottish talent with the world premiere of Robert Florence’s The House of Him, screenings of the Sigma Films titles Starred Up and Under the Skin, a hilariously entertaining In Conversation event with John Sessions, and the world premiere of Margaret Tait Award-winner Rachel Maclean’s A Whole New World. Glasgow Film Festival’s Margaret Tait Award supports experimental and innovative artists working within film and moving image, by providing a high profile platform for them to exhibit their work and engage with a wider audience.

It allows GFF to have a lasting and meaningful impact on the careers of new filmmaking talent, support new commissions and forge new partnerships across the sector.

Extensive media coverage reflected the increased profile of the Festival and the tireless efforts of an exceptional Festival team and everyone at Glasgow Film. Glasgow Film Festival continues to grow as an international event in the film festival calendar and remains popular with audiences and filmmakers alike. In 2015, due to audience demand, the Festival will be extended to twelve days, running from 18 February – 1 March.

“One of the most heartening things about covering film for The Scotsman over the past decade has been witnessing the way in which Glasgow Film Festival has grown from a modest preview-based showcase for forthcoming movies to a genuinely innovative and thriving highlight of the film-going calendar.”

Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman

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Claudia Lennear at the Scottish premiere of 20 Feet from Stardom

Richard Dreyfuss and Jason Priestley at the UK premiere of Cas and Dylan

There were 41,541 admissions in 2014, an increase of 6% on GFF13.

393 screenings and events took place during GFF, Glasgow Youth Film Festival and Glasgow Short Film Festival.

96% of Festival attendees rated the programme as ‘good’ or ‘very good’.

Events took place in 25 different venues across the city including GFT, CCA, Cineworld Renfrew Street, The Arches, The Old Fruitmarket, The Tall Ship, and Central Station.

151 feature films and 922 short films were submitted by filmmakers for our consideration.

Our progamme included films from 55 different countries including Nigeria, Argentina, Romania, Bosnia, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Estonia, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa, Chile and New Zealand.

179,496 website visits came from 149 countries/ territories between 5 January and 5 March 2014.

Our GFF, GSFF and GYFF Twitter and Facebook have a combined reach of 39,457 with Glasgow Film Festival trending on Twitter the day tickets went on sale.

A total of 1,054 individual press items appeared online, in print and in broadcast media.

We booked 325 nights in six Glasgow hotels for our 399 industry guests, including filmmakers, producers, actors and distributors.

Paul Brannigan and Jonathan Glazer at the Scottish premiere of Under the Skin

A 30-second Festival trailer was screened in 30 cinema screens throughout the UK to over 229,700 cinema-goers.

55,000 GFF14 brochures were distributed across the country; 240,000 flyers were distributed in the Sunday Herald and The Guardian in Scotland and the North of England.

Over 1,250 posters of various sizes were placed in venues, outdoor locations and transport hubs across Scotland.

We worked with six media partners: The Skinny, The List, Sunday Herald, STV, The Big Issue and Radio Clyde, to deliver a broad range of advertising, competitions and the independent daily Festival paper, The Skinny’s CineSkinny.

Accessible marketing was key for GFF14; we produced a BSL video, BSL-interpreted screenings and events, subtitles for our YouTube channel, and large print versions of our brochure.

In 2013, Glasgow Film Festival was Regional Winner in the Best Cultural Event at the Scottish Thistle Awards and won a commendation in the Best Large Festival category at the Scottish Event Awards. GFF was also nominated for Best Marketing Campaign at the Scottish Event Awards and Marketing Campaign of the Year at the Scottish Thistle Awards.

“Audiences amazing and the most enthusiastic! Every filmmaker should experience a Glaswegian audience!” Mark Montefiore, Producer of Cas and Dylan “A brilliant Festival and the film choice at times is simply stunning” Audience member

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Niteflights

GLASGOW SHORT FILM FESTIVAL The seventh edition of Scotland’s flagship short film event, the largest annual showcase of emerging Scottish film talent, was the biggest and most successful yet.

The Festival featured 166 films from 31 different countries, screening in 47 programmes and events.

Total attendance was 2,711, representing an increase of 18% on 2013. An international jury awarded the Bill Douglas Award for International Short Film to the Chinese film The Questioning directed by Zhu Rikun, whilst the Scottish Short Film Award, sponsored by local restaurant Mother India’s Café, was presented to Getting On by Ewan Stewart.

In collaboration with the University of Glasgow’s School of Culture and Creative Arts, GSFF14 staged a lively discussion on Scottish independence and its consequences for the film industry.

Speakers included Hollywood producer Iain Smith.

125 filmmaker guests and industry delegates attended the Festival, travelling from USA, Finland, Greece, The Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, France, Ireland and the UK.

The Festival opened in grand style with the World Premiere of PULSE, a Royal Philharmonic Societycommissioned collaboration between British/Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova and Scottish filmmaker Ruth Paxton. Amongst several curated programmes, the Festival showcased a selection of films from hottipped Miami-based collective The Borscht Corporation and presented a night of film and performance in an underground car park at Fleming House.

Thanks to the direct support of the Scottish Government, the Festival created an online videotheque, which allowed international delegates to view films in a dedicated space, and on their own iPads within the Festival venues.

GSFF was also given the responsibility of promoting Scottish short film internationally, via the industry platform ScottishFilms.com, and at key international markets such as Clermont-Ferrand. The Festival looks forward to developing this role in 2014.

“[Independence and the Scottish Film Industry] was a very well-tempered discussion that allowed a lot of issues to come into play… you have done Scotland a service by having the issues aired.” Professor Philip Schlesinger, University of Glasgow

“I had a tremendous time over the course of the festival and found the whole thing to be incredibly well focused. I was incredibly proud to have the world premiere in Glasgow, it made it very special for me given that this was my first film.” Colin Healy, filmmaker

“Fleming House car park for GSFF was one of the best off site venues I’ve seen GFF use.”

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GLASGOW YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL Glasgow Youth Film Festival (GYFF) is entirely curated by a group of young people aged 15-19 and had its sixth edition this year.

Members of the Youth Team selected films and workshops, introduced each event and hosted Q&As with filmmakers and guests. Selected previews included Hayao Miyazaki’s last ever film The Wind Rises and Lukas Moodysson’s We Are the Best! Special guests ranged from the cast and crew of Channel 4’s My Mad Fat Diary to the young stars of exciting British production Leave to Remain.

We held a showcase of games by young Scottish designers, where young people were able to learn about the gaming industry and try out games. This event was presented in association with Geek Retreat, Scottish Game Jam and Glasgow Caledonian University.

GYFF had record attendance at its schools screenings with a 10% increase on last year.

Support from Glasgow City Council Education Services meant Glasgow schools were able to attend free of charge. Thanks to the Commonweal Fund, 55 schools were also able to access free transport.

This year the British Council arranged a successful learning exchange between GYFF and Amazonas Film Festival in Brazil and a Youth Team member was selected to be a member of a youth jury at Ajyal Youth Film Festival in Doha, Qatar.

Glasgow Youth Film Festival welcomed 8,439 admissions to its public and schools programme in 2014.

Youth activity at Glasgow Film is generously sponsored by The Robertson Trust.

GYFF won Best Educational Event at the Scottish Event Awards in 2013.

“Big thanks to Geek Retreat and GYFF for putting on a post Global Game Jam play party. Great atmosphere. Fun games. Magic ☺” David Farrell, Games Design Lecturer, Glasgow Caledonian University

“The group’s chemistry was fantastic and I felt that the structures of our meetings were really well planned and beneficial to getting tasks done… The Youth Team was awesome because we had the chance to team up together and make things happen…” Youth Team Member

GYFF’s Youth Team introduce the Opening Gala We Are the Best!

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GLASGOW FILM learning Learning is central to the ethos of Glasgow Film. We encourage audiences to develop a lifelong appreciation of films and offer opportunities for people of all ages to learn about cinema and to experience its diversity. This year has seen the introduction of new learning initiatives and the start of an exciting period of development around equalities and widening access.

Access and engagement

Promoting Equalities

We aim to create accessible learning opportunities around film and to deepen audience engagement.

Our offer includes film introductions, discussion and project-based learning opportunities.

Glasgow Film is one of six organisations selected by Creative Scotland to participate in a new programme of development focused on equalities. In 2013–2014 we completed our research phase and initiated a debate around cinema and equality called For All (glasgowfilm.org/forall). Writers who contributed to the For All project included Janice Galloway and Bernard MacLaverty.

Pop-Up! Programmers

In 2013–2014, we commissioned thirty-four programme notes. These pieces of extended film criticism are made available to audiences online and in cinemas.

The programme was enhanced by introductions and Q&As with filmmakers, writers, academics and a range of interest groups. We ran two cycles of the popular Contemporary Cinema course, a ten-week beginnerslevel evening class in film studies.

Glasgow Film hosts regular informal film discussion groups each month, including a Horror/Cult group and the GFT Film Quiz.

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The Pop-Up! Programmers project, funded by Young Start, ran from November 2012 – March 2014 and trained young adults to create community film events.

The young programmers created a total of seventeen events and reached over 800 people.

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“It taught me how to engage with communities I’m not a part of”

“More of the same please – excellent programme this year!”

Pop-Up! Programmer

Teacher, GCC secondary school

Young Audiences Thanks to the support of Glasgow City Council Education Services and The Robertson Trust, Glasgow Film offers young people and families regular opportunities to engage with mainstream and specialised cinema.

Our activities enable young audiences to access a wide-range of films and help young people develop their skills and aspirations.

Take 2 and Access Take 2 – Free Screenings for Families Take 2 is our programme of Saturday matinees for families.

Screenings are free to Glasgow Young Scot and Kidz Card holders and accompanying adults.

Over 100,000 children have attended Take 2 screenings since they began in 2004.

In 2013–2014, we had 10,066 admissions. There were 449 admissions to Access Take 2, our monthly autismfriendly screenings.

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Reaching Schools and Education Professionals: Schools Screenings Glasgow Film is a leader in Scotland for working with schools in a cinema context. We work closely with teachers and educational partners to ensure that our school events are affordable, tied to the curriculum and relevant to young people’s concerns.

Teachers appreciate that we actively engage pupils through discussion, workshops or follow-up activities at our screenings.

In 2013–2014, Glasgow Film had contact with around 11,000 school pupils and teachers. Thanks to core funding from Glasgow City Council Education Services, the majority of our events were free for Glasgow Local Authority schools.

Young Cinema Audiences Network Scotland (YCANS) Glasgow Film works with other cinema exhibitors to extend the life and reach of our activities as part of the Young Cinema Audiences Network Scotland (YCANS). In recognition of its innovative work with children, families and schools, Glasgow Film received the prestigious Europa Cinemas Award for Young Audiences, together with Dundee Contemporary Arts and Filmhouse, in 2011. This was the first time the award was made in the UK.

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CINEMA 3 GFT’s new Cinema 3 officially opened on Friday 29 November 2013. The third screen will allow development of the Festival and increase GFT’s education and outreach work, alongside potential to screen more niche films and provide longer runs for popular films. Cinema 3 will also provide a fantastic hub for Glasgow Youth Film Festival.

Paying homage to the building’s history, much of the design for the third screen and for the revamped entrance foyer was inspired by the original Art Deco and Art Moderne styles of The Cosmo, which opened in GFT’s Rose Street location in May 1939.

Designed by the award-winning NORD Architecture, the new stylish sixty-seat screen offers a comfortable and high-quality viewing experience. Drawing from the cinema’s heritage, a palette of materials inspired by the original 1939 design by architect James McKissack, including brass, sustainably sourced teak and terrazzo, maintain a continuity of detail and craft. The plush leather and teak-backed seats further enhances the boutique aesthetic.

Central to NORD’s approach was cultivating the audience experience from the moment the building is approached. Digital flat screens installed in the entrance area’s new concertina wall, juxtaposed with bronze mirrors, again alludes to the cinema’s heritage, whilst evoking a contemporary feel.

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A new teak-lined box office with terrazzo counter was returned to its original location at the main entrance.

A canopy with cabaret lighting, kiosk, and reconfigured toilets by the entrance to Cinema 2 and 3 completed the first stage of the redevelopment work.

The creation of Cinema 3 was made possible with the support of Major Funding Partners, Glasgow City Council, Creative Scotland, The Robertson Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation and Biffa Award – Building Communities. Transforming Lives. It also attracted the generous hearted support of many GFT cinema-goers through the Cinema 3 Seat Dedication scheme.

The seat plaques celebrate how much GFT is part of people’s lives.

The next phase of work, which is planned for 2015, will focus on the creation of a new downstairs bar and social meeting area. Top-lit with a newly inserted rooflight, this will bring a suitable crescendo to the entrance, as well as a destination for pre and post-screening drinks.

Included in the next phase are reconfigured toilets at the rear of the foyer, improved lift access and a butterfly staircase. Again, harking back to the original design, the butterfly staircase reinstates a sense of the drama and theatre to the art-deco cinema. The project will also improve and expand GFT’s Education areas and facilities at Rose Street.

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“The cinema will not only improve audience experiences with screenings of an ever eclectic array of films, but will also support the GFT’s learning and outreach programmes.” Janet Archer, Chief Executive, Creative Scotland “The support from our audience for our new facility has been fantastic, and this demonstrates how deeply cherished GFT is in the cinema- going public of Glasgow and Scotland.” Jaki McDougall, CEO, Glasgow Film “We’re pleased to support the project at Glasgow Film Theatre, which will improve the experience for audiences for many years to come.”

Gillian French, Biffa Award Programme Manager

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OUR AUDIENCES Glasgow Film places our audience at the very heart of our existence.

Our audiences are all ages and come from across Glasgow, Scotland and beyond.

Every year, we engage with our community:

• Through our monthly GFT brochure (255,000 per year) and our Festival brochures (75,000 for GFF, GYFF and GSFF).

• By providing an open, honest, two-way communication on Twitter. Our combined followers on Twitter (@glasgowfilm, @glasgowfilmfest, @glasgowyouth and @GlasgowSFF) total 46,282.

• Through GFT, GFF and Learning e-newsletters to 30,321 subscribers.

• By connecting our Facebook fans with film events, news and competitions. GFT, Glasgow Film Festival, Glasgow Youth Film Festival and Glasgow Short Film Festival have a combined total of 28,131 likes.

• Through www.glasgowfilm.org which received 652,907 visits and 2,573,601 page views between April 2013 and March 2014.

“I go to a few festivals and I find the range and choice in Glasgow is the best – you can feel the care that’s gone into the choices and I think every film feels like an individual pick. And if you like the taste of those choosing – and we certainly do – it means you choose lots of films you’ve never heard of just to see what they’re like.”

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“It is an independent cinema, a unique and more real experience, its focus [is] on a wide range of films as well as it being as open as possible to everyone.”

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“I love the feel of the place. The classic vintage design of the building is so lovely. Just being in there helps transport you into another world – a world where all of your dreams can come true, and all of your worries melt away for the two hours that you are there in the GFT. It’s my sanctuary in the city centre.”

“I think the GFT is hugely important. Important for diversity, for creativity, for opening the door to the world and letting us walk in someone else’s shoes for a while…”

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OUR SUPPORTERS “The opening of Cinema 3 at Glasgow Film Theatre is great news for what is already a fantastic resource for the city. The new cinema will give extra capacity in a number of ways, supporting not only the screening of more mainstream and niche films, but GFT’s educational and outreach programmes. Glaswegians’ legendary fondness of going to ‘the pictures’ is well documented, and I am delighted to see that Glasgow’s love for GFT itself is illustrated by so many of the seats in Cinema 3 having already been sponsored. We can all look forward to many more memorable screen moments at GFT” Councillor Gordon Matheson, Leader of Glasgow City Council

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“2014 is a big year for Scotland and Glasgow Film Festival’s tenth programme reflects the size and scale of what is to come this year. What is impressive is that the Festival continues to grow, while retaining the welcoming atmosphere and engaging programme strands which made the first edition in 2005 so successful. Scotland is the perfect stage for events, and as we welcome the world to Scotland in 2014, Glasgow Film Festival will play a key role in attracting visitors as we celebrate Homecoming.”

Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs

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SUPPORT GLASGOW FILM “We had never been involved in sponsorship before so didn’t know what to expect. We were told that GFT was a charity and so the gift of the radios would make such a difference to the running of the GFT and the many festivals and educational events it programmes.

All we expected was a logo in the brochure so we were thrilled that GFT turned this around into a professional arrangement and it’s such an enjoyable experience being in partnership with GFT.” Liz Holt, Operations Manager, Link-Tel Communications

As a not-for-profit organisation and registered charity, Glasgow Film depends on public funding, sponsorship and support from trusts and individuals to deliver the expansive diversity of our cultural and learning activities, and to pioneer and develop new initiatives.

Glasgow Film’s core public partners are Creative Scotland, Glasgow City Council and Europa Cinemas Media Programme, with additional investment from Glasgow City Marketing Bureau (People Make Glasgow), EventScotland and the British Film Institute for Glasgow Film Festival. Our partners make a creative and crucial contribution to our ongoing success.

Support from an array of Trusts and Foundations has made a difference to our work this year including: The Robertson Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, Hugh Fraser Foundation, Dr Eugene Calder’s Trust per Mactaggart & Co Solicitors, Largs, and the Esterson Trust. Thanks also to new Trust supporters W.M. Mann Foundation, W.A. Cargill Fund, Craignish Trust, Saints & Sinners Club of Scotland, and Glasgow Airport’s Flight Path Fund.

We also thank all the private sector companies who supported GFT and GFF this year including Link-Tel Communications for their generous gift of Motorola Radios.

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Auchentoshan were awarded a New Arts Sponsorship Grant funded by the Scottish Government in conjunction with Arts & Business Scotland for their sponsorship of GFF’s Opening and Closing Galas this year; Glasgow restaurant Boteco Do Brasil won an Award at the Arts & Business Scotland Awards 2013 for their sponsorship of New Brazilian Cinema strand at GFF13, and also celebrating its tenth anniversary, Mother India’s Café sponsored the Scottish Short Film Award at Glasgow Short Film Festival.

So many GFT cinema-goers gave their warm-hearted support through the Cinema 3 Seat Dedication scheme.

Their plaques celebrate how GFT is part of their lives.

Promoting Legacy giving through Wills is equally important for GFT’s future support.

Cinema 3 has provided an additional cinema at GFT for organisations and individuals to hire for their private use. Monir Mohammed of Mother India was the first to use it for his birthday celebration and Glasgow Chamber of Commerce hosted a memorable evening for their members.

To support Glasgow Film, please contact Liana Marletta, Development Executive at liana.marletta@glasgowfilm.org.

For information on hiring GFT, please contact Angela Freeman, Senior Front of House Manager at angela.freeman@glasgowfilm.org

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BOARD & STAFF Board of Directors Neil Baxter, Colin Beattie, Richard Cairns, Bailie Elizabeth Cameron (Chair), Cllr Frank Docherty, David Gordon, Steve Inch, Simon McMillan, Uzma Mir-Young, Nosheena Mobarik, Susan Robinson, Jackie Shearer, Susan Stewart, Eleanor Yule, Paul Zealey.

Board Observers Simon Biggam Glasgow Life, Jennifer Armitage Creative Scotland

Year-round Staff Karlean Bourne Front of House Manager, Malcolm Brown Technical Manager, Julie Cathcart Head of Communications & Marketing, Damien Chalmers Bar & Door Staff, Robbie Duncan Technician, Marisol Erdman Bar & Door Staff, Lula Erdman Festival Venue Coordinator & Bar Staff, Amy Eusebi Bar & Door Staff, Angela Freeman Senior Front of House Manager, Allison Gardner Head of Cinemas & Festival Co-Director, Mirren Green Box Office Staff, Sean Greenhorn Programme Coordinator, Janice Halkett Cleaner, Jane Hartshorn Marketing & Press Officer, Paul Ivoska Bar Staff, Margaret Lynch Head Cleaner & Bar Staff, Mairi McCuish Cleaner & Usher, Jaki McDougall Chief Executive, Alex Mackenzie Festival Venue Coordinator, Bar & Door Staff, Chris MacMillan Bar, Door & Box Office Staff, Lee MacPherson Front of House Manager, Liana Marletta Development Executive, Marion Morrison Cleaner, Emily Munro Head of Learning, William Nation Cleaner & Usher, Corinne Orton Festival Producer, Elisa Pakkanen Bar & Door Staff, Marion Pearson Financial Controller, Jenny Reburn Box Office Staff, John Skivington Cleaner & Bar Staff, Johny Thompson Front of House Manager, Amy Tickell Box Office Staff, Bryan Wilson Admin & Finance Assistant, Helen Wright Programme Coordinator: Children & Young People, David Wylie Technician.

Year-round staff who have left this year Michael Benjamin Finance Assistant, Seonaid Daly Festival Producer, Maria Di Mario Front of House & Box Office Manager, Esther Fagan Commercial Partnerships Officer, Kevin Frew Bar Staff, Sam Kenyon Bar Staff, Rachael Loughlan Front of House Manager/Environmental Coordinator, Paul Macgregor Learning Programmer for Young Audiences, Barney McCue Technical Manager, Sadie McCue Bar Cleaner, Murray McGrinder Bar Staff, Carolyn Mills Marketing Coordinator & Crossing the Line Programmer, Adam Turner-Heffer Box Office Staff.

Festival, Project and Temporary Staff Emma Boa Venue Coordinator, Chris Buckle Blogger, Lewis Camley Festival Communications & Venue Marketing Assistant, Ian Canning Print Traffic Coordinator, Eoin Carey Photographer, Stuart Crawford Photographer, Morvern Cunningham GSFF Coordinator, Louise Donoghue Pop-Up! Programmers Coordinator, Neil Thomas Douglas Photographer, Sarah Emery Guest Coordinator, Oriana Franceschi Festival Press Assistant, Craig Gallacher Designer & Editor, Sharon Grogans Festival Special Project Manager, Dom Hastings Cargo Camera Action! Project Manager, Allan Hunter Festival Co-Director, Kirstin Innes Festival Press Manager, Neil Johnston Volunteer Coordinator, Matt Lloyd GSFF Director, Hannah MacDonald GYFF Assistant, Gavin McNee Festival Press Assistant, Bryan McShane Volunteer Coordinator, Richie Morgan Festival Filmmaker, Sarah Muir Venue Coordinator, Nav Noorbakhsh Ticketing Coordinator, Natalia Palombo Venue Coordinator, Dawn Ross Festival Audience Development and Marketing Assistant, Sean Welsh Blogger.

GFT Volunteers Moira Aherne, David Allan, Angela-Mariana Aranghelovici, Finn Ashavir, Laura Atchison, Bill Bartke, Giovanna Bisoni, Lauren Boland, Martyn Burrow, Avril Cadden, John Davie Calder, Ian Campbell, Caroline Carlisle, Wai Hung Chan, Celaen Chapman, Cristina Chiran, Lyndsey Clelland, Marion Cobban, Andrew Cowle, Bicola Barratt-Crane, Thomas Joseph Crawford, Stuart Dale, Paul Devine, Liam Doherty, Sandra Dopico, Anne Downie, Jim Dutch, Patricia Fernandez, Euan Freeman, Jenny Harkins, Ellie Harrison, Maxine Hawthorn, Gary Higgins, Mark Hill, Gill Gordon, Aileen Jardine, Saara Javanainen, Duncan Jones, Anna Knox, Alice Lannon, Stuart Little, Stuart Paterson Lowson, Louise Mackie, Sheena MacLean, Margarethe MacPherson, Mary Mason, Katherine Matthews, Catherine McBride, Danny McFadden, Bridget McGeechan, John McGreevy, Margaret McInnes, Margaret McLaughlin, Margaret McMahon, Melissa Merkle, Elena Morozowa, Andrea Murray, Natasha Rapkin, Tom Rigg, Caroline Robertson, Sheila Robertson, Ieva Rotomskyte, Raymond Scanlan, Emily Shepard, Neil Simpson, Sarah Small, Gabrielle Smith, Michael Stewart, Lawrence Sweeney, Kamila Szachnitowsa, Omiros Vazos, Fred Weedon, Gordon Whitelaw, Joshua Slater-Williams, Valerie Wilson. ‌and thanks to all our GFF Volunteers!

Glasgow Film Annual Review 2013 – 2014

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