GFT Brochure May 2017

MAY 2017

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CONTENTS

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Chinese Roulette

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Access Film Club: Handsome Devil

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Fear Eats the Soul

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Akong: A Remarkable Life

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Love Is Colder Than Death

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Blackbird

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DIARY

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EVENT CINEMA NT Live: Angels in America Parts I & II

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Casablanca

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NT Live: Obsession

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Celtic Soul

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NT Live: Peter Pan

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NT Live: Salomé

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NT Live: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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NT Live: Yerma

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RSC: Antony & Cleopatra

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RSC: Coriolanus

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Bridge to Terabithia

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Cézanne et Moi Colossal

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Frantz

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Handsome Devil Harmonium

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Heal the Living

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RSC: Titus Andronicus

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I Am Not Madame Bovary

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RSC: Twelfth Night

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Inversion

14

It feels right to me

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SCREENING IRISH HISTORY: OUTSIDERS’ HISTORIES

It Was 50 Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond

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The Hippopotamus

Hubert Butler: Witness to the Future

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Philomena

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Lady Macbeth

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I Could Read the Sky

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The Levelling

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Rocky Road to Dublin

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Machines

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UK GREEN FILM FESTIVAL

Manhattan

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The Age of Consequences

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Mindhorn

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Molly Monster

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How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change

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Mulholland Drive

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Nénette

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Silent Running

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The Other Side of Hope

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The Red Turtle

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GFT REGULARS

The Secret Scripture

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Access Film Club

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Crossing the Line

24

Film Discussion Group and Glasgore!

Horror/Cult Film Discussion Group

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Sound & Vision

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Sing

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Spaceship

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Suntan

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The Transfiguration Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

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Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

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Visible Cinema: Sons and Mothers WALL-E

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Whisky Galore

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XX

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CINEMASTERS: FASSBINDER The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant

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Take 2 Access: Autism-friendly screenings Take 2: Free Saturday Films for Families

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Tuesday Treats

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Visible Cinema

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ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMME GFT offers Audio Description, Captioning and Autism Friendly screenings on selected titles. See p28 for full details.

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TICKETS / LOYALTY CARDS Full price £9.50 Concession £7.50* 15-25 Card holders £5.50 (ages 15–25) Children £5.50 (ages 14 & under) CineCard holders £1 off every standard priced screening (Unless otherwise stated) CineCard subscription £40 per year Special features £5.50

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2 for 1 tickets Buy the Sunday Herald for a voucher for one of our Monday night screenings. www.heraldscotland.com With MEERKAT MOVIES, you can get 2 for 1 cinema tickets every Tuesday or Wednesday, in person at the box office. www.meerkatmovies.com

Fridays before 5pm All tickets cost £5.50 before 5pm every Friday (unless otherwise stated).

Free but ticketed events

Tuesday Treats

Special ticket price

£5.50 tickets for selected Tuesday evening screenings (see p22 for details)

Captioned films Audio described 3D films – £1.50 extra

*Concessions apply to full-time students, over-60s, Jobseekers Allowance or Income Support recipients, and registered disabled people. Please produce proof of eligibility when purchasing or collecting tickets.

Tickets are non-refundable. Please note that late entry to the cinema for ticket holders is at the discretion of the manager.

Cinema management reserve the right of admission and their decision is final. Please note programme may be subject to change.

GFT 1 Temporary Closure 8–23 May We will be installing a lovely new carpet in GFT’s biggest screen this month, which means the screen will be out of use from Monday 8 – Tuesday 23 May inclusive. Access to the rest of the building will be unaffected throughout this period.

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DIARY

TUE 2 MAY

SAT 6 MAY

THU 11 MAY

Handsome Devil p8 13.30 / 17.35 Lady Macbeth p8 14.10 / 16.15 / 20.45 Heal the Living p8 13.10 / 17.55 Suntan p9 15.30 / 20.30 Mulholland Drive p7 19.45 Cézanne et Moi p9 18.20 £5.50 Glasgore! Horror/Cult Film Discussion Group p22 18.30

Mindhorn p10 14.20 / 16.30 /18.40 / 20.50 Whisky Galore p11 16.05 / 18.15 / 20.30 Harmonium p11 13.10 / 18.00 The Transfiguration p10 15.50 / 20.40 Nénette p17 14.10 Take 2: Sing p5 11.30 £5.50 Take 2 Access: Sing p6 12.00 £5.50

Mindhorn p10 14.00 / 16.10 / 20.50 Harmonium p11 12.45 / 15.20 / 18.15 NT Live: Obsession p25 18.45

WED 3 MAY

Mindhorn p10 14.00 / 19.45 Whisky Galore p11 12.45 / 15.00 / 17.15 Harmonium p11 14.20 / 19.10 The Transfiguration p10 17.00 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me p7 16.30 Silent Running p17 19.30

Handsome Devil p8 13.50 / 16.00 / 20.20 Lady Macbeth p8 13.20 / 18.10 Heal the Living p8 15.10 / 20.15 Suntan p9 12.45 / 17.55 Cézanne et Moi p9 15.30 Akong: A Remarkable Life p10 18.00 XX p9 20.45

THU 4 MAY Handsome Devil p8 13.50 / 16.00 / 18.10 / 20.20 Lady Macbeth p8 14.10 / 16.15 / 20.50 Heal the Living p8 13.10 / 17.55 Suntan p9 15.30 / 20.30 Cézanne et Moi p9 18.20

FRI 5 MAY Mindhorn p10 14.20 £5.50 / 16.30 £5.50 / 18.40 / 20.45 Whisky Galore p11 13.00 £5.50 / 15.15 £5.50 / 17.40 / 20.30 Harmonium p11 15.25 £5.50 / 20.10 The Transfiguration p10 13.15 £5.50 / 18.00 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me p7 23.00

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MON 8 MAY Mindhorn p10 13.00 / 15.50 / 20.50 How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things... p18 18.00 Harmonium p11 15.00 / 20.20 Rocky Road to Dublin p19 17.45

TUE 9 MAY Mindhorn p10 14.20 / 16.30 / 18.40 / 20.45 Harmonium p11 15.00 / 20.20 £5.50 Access Film Club: Handsome Devil p23 18.00 £5.50

WED 10 MAY Mindhorn p10 14.20 / 16.30 / 18.40 / 20.45 Harmonium p11 15.00 / 20.20 The Age of Consequences p18 18.00 Film Discussion Group p22 18.30

FRI 12 MAY Frantz p12 15.00 £5.50 / 17.50 / 20.20 The Levelling p11 16.40 £5.50 / 20.45 Mindhorn p10 14.20 £5.50 / 18.40

SAT 13 MAY Frantz p12 14.30 / 17.40 / 20.20 The Levelling p11 18.15 Mindhorn p10 16.00 / 20.50 Fear Eats the Soul p15 13.15 Take 2: WALL-E p5 11.30 £5.50

SUN 14 MAY Frantz p12 14.45 / 17.15 The Levelling p11 13.20 / 20.00 Mindhorn p10 15.20 Fear Eats the Soul p15 17.30 Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces p7 19.45

MON 15 MAY Frantz p12 14.30 / 17.50 / 20.20 The Levelling p11 16.00 Mindhorn p10 13.50 / 20.45 Hubert Butler: Witness to the Future p20 18.10

TUE 16 MAY Frantz p12 14.30 / 20.20 The Levelling p11 16.40 / 20.45 £5.50 Mindhorn p10 14.15 / 18.40 Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces p7 18.15

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WED 17 MAY Frantz p12 14.30 / 17.50 / 20.20 The Levelling p11 14.10 / 18.45 Mindhorn p10 16.10 / 20.45

THU 18 MAY Frantz p12 14.30 / 20.20 The Levelling p11 16.10 Mindhorn p10 14.10 / 18.10 NT Live: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? p25 18.45

FRI 19 MAY Colossal p13 14.30 £5.50 / 18.00 / 20.25 The Secret Scripture p12 16.00 £5.50 / 20.10 Machines p12 14.10 £5.50 / 18.20

SAT 20 MAY Colossal p13 14.00 / 17.45 / 20.25 The Secret Scripture p12 18.20 Machines p12 16.30 / 20.45 Love Is Colder Than Death p15 14.30 Take 2: Bridge to Terabithia p6 11.30 £5.50

SUN 21 MAY Colossal p13 14.30 / 17.00 / 19.25 The Secret Scripture p12 13.00 / 17.30 Machines p12 15.20 Love Is Colder Than Death p15 19.50

MON 22 MAY Colossal p13 14.30 / 20.25 The Secret Scripture p12 12.50 / 15.10 Philomena p20 17.45 Visible Cinema: Sons & Mothers p23 20.15 £5.50

TUE 23 MAY Colossal p13 14.30 / 17.45 / 20.25

The Secret Scripture p12 12.50 / 15.10 / 20.10 £5.50

WED 24 MAY Colossal p13 13.10 / 15.35 / 18.00 / 20.25 The Secret Scripture p12 12.50 / 15.10 / 18.20 The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant p16 14.30 RSC: Antony & Cleopatra p27 18.45 CTL: It feels right to me p24 20.45

THU 25 MAY Colossal p13 13.10 / 15.35 / 18.00 / 20.25 The Secret Scripture p12 12.50 / 15.20 / 18.10 / 20.40 The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant p16 17.50 Blackbird p24 15.00 / 20.30

FRI 26 MAY The Other Side of Hope p22 13.45 £5.50 / 16.00 £5.50 / 18.15 / 20.30 I Am Not Madame Bovary p13 15.00 £5.50 / 20.10 The Red Turtle p13 14.40 £5.50 / 18.45 Spaceship p14 16.40 £5.50 / 20.45 Colossal p13 17.45

SAT 27 MAY The Other Side of Hope p22 13.45 / 16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30 I Am Not Madame Bovary p13 14.55 / 17.35 The Red Turtle p13 16.20 / 20.45 Spaceship p14 14.15 / 18.40 Colossal p13 20.15 Take 2: Molly Monster p6 11.30 £5.50

SUN 28 MAY The Other Side of Hope p22 17.30 / 19.45 I Am Not Madame Bovary p13 16.20 The Red Turtle p13 13.15 / 17.45 Spaceship p14 15.25 / 20.00

Manhattan p21 13.00 Casablanca p21 15.15 Colossal p13 13.50 The Hippopotamus p21 19.15

MON 29 MAY The Other Side of Hope p22 16.00 / 20.15 I Am Not Madame Bovary p13 14.40 / 17.20 / 20.00 The Red Turtle p13 13.30 / 15.30 Celtic Soul p14 14.00 / 18.20 I Could Read the Sky p20 17.40 Manhattan p21 20.45

TUE 30 MAY The Other Side of Hope p22 13.45 / 16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30 I Am Not Madame Bovary p13 14.40 / 17.20 / 20.00 The Red Turtle p13 14.30 / 18.45 £5.50 Inversion p14 16.45 Chinese Roulette p16 20.45

WED 31 MAY The Other Side of Hope p22 13.45 / 16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30 I Am Not Madame Bovary p13 14.40 / 17.20 / 20.00 The Red Turtle p13 16.45 / 20.45 Inversion p14 18.45 Chinese Roulette p16 14.30

THU 1 JUN The Other Side of Hope p22 13.45 / 16.00 / 18.15 / 20.45 I Am Not Madame Bovary p13 14.00 / 17.15 The Red Turtle p13 14.30 / 18.45 Inversion p14 16.30 / 21.00 It Was 50 Years Ago Today!

The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond p24 20.30

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TAKE 2: FAMILY-FRIENDLY FILMS

Take 2 FAMILY-FRIENDLY FILMS

Glasgow Young Scot or Kidz Card holders and an accompanying adult get in FREE to these shows when tickets are purchased at the box office on the day. All other tickets are £5.50 (plus £1.50 for 3D screenings).

Each £5.50 child’s ticket also admits one adult free of charge. Children under the age of eight must be accompanied. Free tickets are only issued on the day of the screening.

Sing U - very mild bad language, threat, rude humour Sat 6 May 11.30am (1h48m) - this film will be captioned & audio described (headsets available on request) Quirky animated musical.

Buster Moon, the koala, manages a once grand theatre that has fallen on hard times. To rescue the theatre Buster produces the world’s greatest singing competition. Five contestants emerge: a mouse, a timid elephant, a pig, a gorilla and a punk-rock porcupine, and their lives are changed forever.

WALL-E U - contains very mild threat and violence Sat 13 May 11.30am (1h42m) Exciting and magical sci-fi animation screening as part of UK Green Film Festival. When lonely rubbish collecting robot WALL-E meets a search robot named EVE, he is smitten. When she realises that he’s found the secret to saving the planet, she sets off to report her findings. WALL-E follows, embarking upon a fantastic journey across the galaxy to be reunited with his metallic sweetheart.

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Bridge to Terabithia PG - contains scary scenes and emotional distress Sat 20 May 11.30am (1h35m) A powerful fantasy adventure.

Two outsiders, Jess and Leslie, strike up an unlikely friendship and together they create the fantastical kingdom of Terabithia; a magical place only accessible to them. There, they rule together, defeating all enemies. When tragedy strikes, Jess finds true strength in the legacy of their friendship.

Molly Monster U - no material likely to offend or harm Sat 27 May 11.30am (1h12m) Enchanting and entertaining pre-school adventure.

There’s a bit of a stir in Monster Land when Molly is going to get a little brother or sister. After taking an adventure with her best friend Edison to find her new place in the family, Molly is eventually reunited with Mama and Papa, and the new mini-monster baby.

Take 2: Access AUTISM-FRIENDLY FILMS Access Screenings are for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and their families, and are also suitable for any child with a disability who would enjoy seeing a film in a ‘low sensory’ environment. The films have no subtitles, the volume is turned down, the house lights left on low and audiences can make noise and move around. Take 2 ticketing conditions apply.

Sing U - very mild bad language, threat, rude humour Sat 6 May 12noon (1h48m) Quirky animated musical.

Koala, Buster Moon, manages a once grand theatre that has fallen on hard times. To rescue the theatre Buster produces the world’s greatest singing competition.

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CINEMASTERS: DAVID LYNCH

Mulholland Drive

Sunday 30 April (18.45) & Tuesday 2 May (19.45) Arguably David Lynch’s crowning cinematic glory, Mulholland Drive is a stunning film that succeeds on multiple levels, being simultaneously a darkly comic Hollywood satire, a deeply disturbing trip into a woman’s troubled mind and a hugely compelling riddle in film form. It’s ambitious, puzzling and deftly cinematic, and it allowed Lynch to showcase a revelatory performance from Naomi Watts as Betty/Diane, the two sides of Mulholland Drive’s split personality.

Director David Lynch Cast Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, France/USA 2001, 2h27m, 15

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Friday 5 (23.00) & Sunday 7 May (16.30) In the pilot episode of Twin Peaks, the body of high-school student Laura Palmer is found washed up on the banks of a river outside the titular town. Laura is initially a symbol of young innocence and purity, but her troubles are gradually uncovered and the true darkness of the town revealed. This prequel film recounts the last week of her life, along with the murder of a night-shift waitress in the town of Deer Meadow. A necessary piece of the puzzle that deserves to be seen on the big screen before the return of the television series.

Screening on 35mm.

Director David Lynch Cast Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Kiefer Sutherland, Kyle MacLachlan, USA 1992, 2h15m, 18

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Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

Sunday 14 (19.45) & Tuesday 16 May (18.15) Rarely seen on the cinema screen, this is a feature length cut of the footage that David Lynch was forced to edit out of his 1992 film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Assembled by Lynch himself, the scenes in this edit range from the bizarre to the truly heart-breaking in their exploration of Laura Palmer and the occupants of Twin Peaks. Offering much greater insight into the numerous subplots of Fire Walk With Me, along with serving the greater mysteries from the series as a whole, The Missing Pieces is a must see for any fan of Twin Peaks.

Director David Lynch Cast Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Kiefer Sutherland, USA 2014, 1h32m, N/C 15+

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Handsome Devil

Screening until Thu 4 May Ned is a gawky, artistic 16-year-old who is failing to settle into his new boarding school where rugby is virtually a religion. He guards himself from the loneliness, ridicule and constant insinuations about his sexuality with literature and music. Everything changes with the dual arrival of new roommate Connor, a star rugby player, and inspirational English teacher Dan Sherry. Ned and Connor bond over a shared passion for music and an unlikely friendship blossoms; one that faces unbearable pressures from a school grimly attached to its macho values. GFF17. Preceded by DepicT! Award-winning film Run Boy (Philippines 2016, 1m44s) by director Meg Bagadion.

Director John Butler Cast Fionn O’Shea, Nicholas Galitzine, Andrew Scott, Ireland 2016, 1h35m, 15

Lady Macbeth

Screening until Thu 4 May Florence Pugh confirms the promise of The Falling with a powerful central performance in a stunning period drama that marks an auspicious film debut from theatre director William Oldroyd. Nikolai Leskov’s novel is transported to rural England in the 1860s where the marriage of Katherine (Pugh) to the older Alexander (Paul Hilton) is more of a business opportunity than a love match. At the mercy of an oppressive male household, Katherine finds an ally in her maid Anna (Naomie Ackie) and the possibility of escape in a reckless affair with stable hand Sebastian (Cosmo Jarvis). GFF17 Director William Oldroyd Cast Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, UK 2016, 1h29m, 15

Heal the Living

Screening until Thu 4 May Director Katell Quillévéré (Love Like Poison, Suzanne) transforms Maylis de Kerangal’s acclaimed novel into a moving ensemble drama about the complex moral and emotional issues surrounding organ donation. An accident leaves a young man in a coma. Are his parents in any state to give their consent to the use of his organs? Elsewhere, a woman waits to discover if she has a new chance of life.

Matters of life and death are treated with immense compassion in a film graced by a cast that includes Tahar Rahim, Bouli Lanners and Anne Dorval.

Director Katell Quillévéré Cast Tahar Rahim, Bouli Lanners, Anne Dorval, France/Belgium 2016, 1h44m, subtitles, 12A: surgical detail, moderate sex references

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XX presented by The Final Girls

Wednesday 3 May (20.45) The Final Girls proudly present a one-night-only nationwide screening of XX, the first and only all-female horror anthology. With shorts directed by genre heavyweights Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, The Invitation), Jovanka Vuckovic ( The Captured Bird), Roxanne Benjamin ( V/H/S, Southbound) and featuring the directorial debut of musician St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark), this is a horror milestone. These tales of terror, blood and mayhem, loosely connected by the eerily beautiful animations of Sofia Carrillo, test the boundaries of genre. Each short has a distinctly feminine theme, tackling and subtly subverting expectations placed on women and the roles they play.

Directors Karyn Kusama, Jovanka Vuckovic, Roxanne Benjamin, Annie Clark Cast Natalie Brown, Melanie Lynskey, Sheila Vand, Canada/USA 2017, 1h18m, 15

Suntan

Screening until Thu 4 May Winner of Best International Feature at the 2016 Edinburgh International Film Festival, Suntan is an unflinching Greek drama with moments of humour in the vein of Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg or Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth and The Lobster. On the resort island of Antiparos, forty-something doctor Kostis (Chevalier’s Efthymis Papadimitriou) becomes infatuated with a group of hedonistic young tourists, particularly 21-year-old Anna. An amusingly discomforting coming of-middle-age film, Suntan is a cautionary tale of a man’s quest to regain a bygone youth.

Director Argyris Papadimitropoulos Cast Efthymis Papadimitriou, Elli Tringou, Dimi Hart, Greece 2016, 1h44m, subtitles, 18

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Cézanne et Moi

Screening until Thu 4 May A sumptuous 19th century period drama from Danièle Thompson (Avenue Montaigne) starring Guillaume Gallienne as postimpressionist painter Paul Cézanne, and Guillaume Canet as Émile Zola. Thompson’s sixth feature charts the decade-long friendship and eventual falling out between Cézanne, who was born into a wealthy family but struggled to make a living as a painter, and Zola, who came from a family of more straitened circumstances but achieved fame and prosperity as a politically-engaged novelist.

Director Danièle Thompson Cast Guillaume Gallienne, Guillaume Canet, Alice Pol, France 2016, 1h53m, subtitles, 15

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Mindhorn Friday 5 - Thursday 18 May The fame has faded and the waistline has expanded but top actor Richard Thorncroft (Julian Barratt) still clings to his status as beloved 1980s TV sleuth Mindhorn. Decades after the hit show, a dangerous criminal demands the fictional Mindhorn as his nemesis and Thorncroft is back in business. Redemption or disaster await as he returns to his old stomping ground on the Isle of Man and a confrontation with all the chaos he left behind. A hilarious and absurd farce from the creators of The Mighty Boosh, Mindhorn gives Barratt his best role yet, and features a dazzling support cast including British comedy greats Simon Farnaby and Steve Coogan. GFF17 Comedy Double-Bill Discount: Save £2 when you book a standard price ticket for Mindhorn and Colossal at the same time! Full terms and conditions at glasgowfilm.org Director Sean Foley Cast Julian Barratt, Andrea Riseborough, Russell Tovey, UK 2016, 1h29m, 15

Akong: A Remarkable Life

Wednesday 3 May (18.00) Akong Tulku Rinpoche was a Tibetan Buddhist master who was forced into exile. Later he would become one of the key pioneers of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. After being reluctantly forced out of his homeland, he met Freda Bedi and eventually travelled to the UK. In 1967 the pair of them co-founded the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the West, in Dumfriesshire. This documentary tells his story, as well as his fundamental message of compassion-in-action.

A member of the film team and representative of Akong Rinpoche’s organisation will introduce and take part in a post screening discussion.

The Transfiguration

Friday 5 - Sunday 7 May A fiercely independent first feature, Michael O’Shea’s vivid horror film The Transfiguration is a vampire tale with a self-aware twist.

Orphaned teenager Milo is fascinated with vampire lore, gleaned from classic horror films including Nosferatu, Martin, Let the Right One In and The Lost Boys. But Milo’s fascination doesn’t end with movies, as he is himself a bloodsucker, feeding on unlucky strangers in Manhattan. When Milo befriends his lonely and troubled young neighbour Sophie he makes a choice that may lead to liberation or tragic redemption. GFF17 Director Michael O’Shea Cast Eric Ruffin, Chloe Levine, Aaron Moten, USA 2016, 1h37m, 15

Director Chico Dall’Inha, UK 2016, 1h36m, U

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Whisky Galore

Friday 5 – Sunday 7 May In the midst of wartime rationing, the residents of the Island of Todday are gripped by a whisky drought. When an 8,000 ton cargo ship carrying cases of their beloved amber nectar runs aground, the islanders seize the opportunity to plunder the stranded vessel and hide their valuable loot from the home guard. Famously adapted into a much-loved Ealing comedy in 1949, this new adaptation of Compton McKenzie’s novel (based on actual events) features a stellar British cast, including Eddie Izzard, James Cosmo, Ellie Kendrick and Kevin Guthrie.

Actors Sean Biggerstaff and Iain Robertson will take part in a Q&A following the screening on Friday 5 May (17.40).

Director Gillies MacKinnon Cast Sean Biggerstaff, Eddie Izzard, Gregor Fisher, UK 2016, 1h38m, PG

Harmonium Fuchi ni Tatsu

Friday 5 – Thursday 11 May Winner of the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at Cannes, Harmonium burrows beneath the surface harmony of a typical Japanese family to reveal the forces that threaten to destabilise it. Toshio and his family seem perfectly content until Toshio offers work and lodgings to old acquaintance Yasaka. What is the nature of their relationship? Where has Yasaka been before now and why is he such an unsettling presence? A subtle, slowburning thriller steeped in tragedy. GFF17 Director Kôji Fukada Cast Kanji Furutachi, Mariko Tsutsui, Tadanobu Asano, France/Japan 2016, 2h, subtitles, 12A: moderate sex, injury detail

The Levelling

Friday 12 – Thursday 18 May Hope Dickson Leach’s haunting debut feature tells the moving tale of a father and daughter forced to confront past grievances in the wake of a family tragedy. Game of Thrones’ Ellie Kendrick is a compelling presence as Clover, a young vet who returns to the family farm in Somerset after the death of her brother. Her gruff father Aubrey (David Troughton) attempts to blithely carry on with business as usual. Told with remarkable poise and maturity, The Levelling marks the arrival of an exciting new voice in British cinema. GFF17 The screening on Saturday 13 May (18.15) will be followed by a Q&A with director/ writer Hope Dickson Leach Director Hope Dickson Leach Cast Ellie Kendrick, David Troughton, Jack Holden, UK 2016, 1h23m, 15

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Frantz

Friday 12 – Thursday 18 May François Ozon breaks fresh ground with this touching, beautifully crafted period drama set in the aftermath of World War One. In a small German town, Anna (Paula Beer) mourns her fiancé Frantz who was killed in combat. She finds comfort in the arrival of Frenchman Adrien (Pierre Niney), but what does she really know about this mystery man? Largely filmed in gorgeous black and white, this is an impeccably staged tale in which personal tragedies reflect the agonies of a shattered continent struggling to heal the wounds of war. GFF17 Specially commissioned programme notes will be available.

Director François Ozon Cast Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Marie Gruber, France/Germany 2016, 1h54m, subtitles, 12A: infrequent moderate violence

The Secret Scripture

Friday 19 – Thursday 25 May Jim Sheridan brings Sebastian Barry’s novel to the screen in an elegantly crafted, unabashedly romantic production. Roseanne McNulty (Vanessa Redgrave) has spent decades in a mental institution. Dr Grene (Eric Bana) is assigned to determine her future and discovers a Bible filled with drawings and memories of her past. As Dr Grene draws Rose’s story out of her, we see it unfold: young Rose (Rooney Mara) disregards local boys’ attentions and falls for dashing RAF pilot Michael (Jack Reynor).

But it is a romance that is to put her at odds with church and state. GFF17 Director Jim Sheridan Cast Rooney Mara, Jack Reynor, Vanessa Redgrave, Ireland 2016, 1h48m, 12A: infrequent strong language, moderate sex and violence

Machines

Friday 19 – Sunday 21 May Director Rahul Jain presents an intimate portrayal of life and work in a gigantic textile factory in Gujarat, India. Since the 1960s, western India has undergone unprecedented, unregulated industrialisation, exemplified in its numerous textile factories. Machines examines only one of these factories, while at the same time representing the thousands of labourers working, living and suffering in an environment they can hardly escape from.

With strong visual language, memorable images and carefully selected interviews of the workers themselves, Jain tells a story of inequality and oppression, humans and machines.

Director Rahul Jain, India/Germany/Finland 2016, 1h15m, subtitles, CTBC 15+

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Colossal

Frday 19 – Sunday 28 May The latest film from GFF favourite Nacho Vigalondo ( Timecrimes, Extraterrestrial) achieves the seemingly impossible task of making a delicate, character-driven monster movie. After one alcohol-fuelled bender too many, Gloria (Anne Hathaway) finds herself single and homeless, forced to return to her hometown. Once there, she finds a job, reconnects with childhood friend Oscar (Jason Sudekis) …and unwittingly becomes telepathically linked to a giant monster rampaging through the streets of Seoul. A truly original film that balances epic action, nuanced characters and a witty deconstruction of indie rom-com tropes.

Comedy Double-Bill Discount: Save £2 when you book a standard price ticket for Mindhorn and Colossal at the same time! Full terms and conditions at glasgowfilm.org Director Nacho Vigalondo Cast Anne Hathaway, Dan Stevens, Jason Sudekis, USA 2016, 1h49m, 15

I Am Not Madame Bovary Wo bu shi Pan Jin Lian

The Red Turtle La tortue rouge

Friday 26 May – Thursday 1 June Winner of Best Film at the 2017 Asian Film Awards, I Am Not Madame Bovary stars prolific actress Fan Bingbing as Li Xuelian, a woman on an inexorable quest for justice. Li and her husband have hatched a plan to get a ‘fake’ divorce to secure an apartment, however her husband then moves in with another woman. In a clever comic commentary on Chinese bureaucracy, Li then proceeds to spend a decade systematically petitioning every state official she can find in an effort to exact retribution. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Friday 26 May – Thursday 1 June The latest film from acclaimed Japanese animation giant Studio Ghibli is their first to enlist international animators, being directed and co-written by Oscar-winning Dutch animator Michaël Dudok de Wit (Father and Daughter). This enchanting story of a castaway who befriends an enormous sea turtle is completely dialogue-free - another first for Ghibli. Nominated for Best Animated Feature at this year’s Oscars, the film explores the freedom of isolation and the emotion of companionship in the classic style of Ghibli’s finest works.

Director Feng Xiaogang Cast Fan Bingbing, Da Peng, Fan Wei, China 2016, 2h8m, subtitles, CTBC

Director Michaël Dudok de Wit, France/Belgium/Japan 2016, 1h21m, PG

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Celtic Soul

Monday 29 May (14.00 & 18.20) Canadian actor Jay Baruchel (Goon, How To Train Your Dragon) and Dublin-based Fox sports commentator Eoin O’Callaghan are both fans of Celtic FC. After forming a Twitter-based bromance they decided to take to the road together, starting from Montreal and tracing Baruchel’s maternal roots in Westport, Ireland. Their journey ends in Glasgow, with a chance to watch their beloved Celtic in action and experience a little slice of Scottish paradise. Both men prove to be great company in this snappy, extremely entertaining documentary from the director of Shatner’s World. GFF17 Director Michael McNamara and subject Eoin O’Callaghan will join us for a satellite Q&A following the 18.20 screening.

Director Michael McNamara, Canada 2016, 1h26m, N/C 15+

Spaceship

Friday 26 – Sunday 28 May When his daughter goes missing in an apparent alien abduction, Gabriel’s search takes him dangerously close to her strange group of so-called friends. But the further he goes inside their computer game and fantasy-obsessed world, the more he realises that he must confront his own difficult memories if he is to get his daughter back. Alex Taylor’s auspicious debut feature utilises stunning visual storytelling to capture the emotional complexities of young life today, told from multiple points of view through a constellation of characters portrayed by a cast of rising UK talent.

Director Alex Taylor Cast Alexa Davies, Steven Elder, Harry Jarvis, UK 2016, 1h30m, 15

Inversion Varoonegi

Tuesday 30 May – Thu 1 June Unmarried 30-something Niloofar lives in Tehran with her mother, and stays busy with her alterations shop. When doctors insist that her mother must leave the polluted, smoggy city for her respiratory health, Niloofar’s brother and family elders decide that she must also move away to accompany her mother.

Niloofar is torn between family loyalty and asserting her own independence. As the youngest sibling she has always obeyed their orders, but this time she must stand up for herself.

Director Behnam Behzadi Cast Sahar Dolatshahi, Shirin Yazdanbakhsh, Alireza Aghakhani, Iran 2016, 1h24m, subtitles, CTBC

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CINEMASTERS: FASSBINDER

Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s career lasted only sixteen years, but in that time he made an astounding forty-four features, TV movies and shorts. A key figure in the New German Cinema movement, he is best remembered for his intense, brutal and uncompromising observances of human nature. Commemorating the 25th anniversary of his death, GFT has selected a series of some of his most influential, moving and important works.

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Specially commissioned programme notes will be available for this season.

Fear Eats the Soul Angst essen Seele auf

Saturday 13 (13.15) & Sunday 14 May (17.30) Inspired by Douglas Sirk’s All That Heaven Allows, this quietly powerful story of the unlikely relationship that evolves between an elderly woman and a Moroccan migrant worker in post-war Germany is often considered to be Fassbinder’s masterpiece. First meeting in a bar during a rainstorm, the couple are surprised by their connection and soon decide to marry, causing scandal in their community. Fassbinder uses the emotional power of classic Hollywood to expose the racial tensions in his society.

The screening on Saturday 13 May (13.15) will be introduced by Nikolai Peterson, director of Goethe Institut Glasgow.

Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder Cast Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Barbara Valentin, Germany 1974, 1h34m, subtitles, 12A: moderate sex, nudity, language, racism theme

Love Is Colder Than Death Liebe ist kälter als der Tod

Saturday 20 (14.30) & Sunday 21 May (19.50) The debut feature film from Fassbinder, this 1969 film was booed at the 19th Berlin International Film Festival, but has since been critically reappraised and is now recognised as an enduring classic from the revered director. Fassbinder himself stars as small-time pimp Franz, whose refusal to join a gangster syndicate turns both he and his mistress into targets.

With duplicitous characters and numerous plot twists, the film is firmly rooted in cinematic mythology (primarily American crime and French New Wave), whilst also showcasing an early example of Fassbinder’s virtuoso style.

Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder Cast Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Ulli Lommel, Hanna Schygulla, Germany 1969, 1h25m, subtitles, 15

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The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Die bitteren Tränen der

Petra von Kant

Wed 24 (14.30) & Thu 25 May (17.50) Adapted from his own stage production with an all-female cast, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant tells the story of a famous fashion designer who falls deeply in love with an icy young model.

What follows is a wildly imbalanced and tormented romance, reportedly based on the director’s own experiences. Set entirely in the protagonist’s bedroom, the film shows Fassbinder’s love for melodrama, with full throttle performances captured by sumptuously claustrophobic cinematography. It is also notable as one of Fassbinder’s many collaborations with Oscarnominated cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, who passed away in April of this year.

Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder Cast Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Germany 1972, 1h58m, subtitles, 15

Chinese Roulette Chinesisches Roulette

Tue 30 (20.45) & Wed 31 May (14.30) Following the success of Fear Eats The Soul, Fassbinder found himself on a more international film scene with higher budgets and international casts. Despite this, the cult auteur managed to retain much of his signature style, crafting an enthralling psychological drama with underlying societal commentary. When the parents of disabled child Angela separately plan romantic getaways with each of their secret lovers at the same family home, on the same weekend, the stage is set for a dramatic confrontation and unexpected truths.

Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder Cast Margit Carstensen, Andrea Schober, Ulli Lommel, Germany 1976, 1h26m, subtitles, 15

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UK GREEN FILM FESTIVAL

The UK Green Film Festival, a nationwide network of film lovers and green thinkers, happens in cinemas across the UK from 4-11 May, presenting the very best of environmentally themed films from around the world. We are delighted to present these films at GFT as part of the festival, each with a special guest introduction. Multi-Buy discounts available.

Nénette

Saturday 6 May (14.10) Born in the jungles of Borneo, 40-year-old Nénette is the oldest orangutan in the Parisian zoo where she has lived most of her life. Documentary filmmaker Nicolas Philibert (Être et avoir) presents an intimate and revealing portrait of the ape, by keeping the camera resting on her throughout the film. Zoo visitors are only seen on occasion as reflections in Nénette’s glass enclosure. We watch her as we hear comments and conversations, alongside interviews with the zookeepers, as adults and kids frequently attribute human emotions and values to Nénette.

This screening will be followed by a Skype Q&A with Michelle Desilets, Executive Director of Orangutan Land Trust.

Director Nicolas Philibert, France 2010, subtitles, 1h10m, PG

Silent Running

Sunday 7 May (19.30) In the near future, Earth’s flora and fauna has been rendered extinct on the surface. The last remnants of nature are kept in spaceships away from the planet. Botanist Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern) is charged with their safe-keeping. When he is given orders to destroy everything, Lowell starts his own mission, that of saving everything he can, no matter the cost. Directed by special effects legend Douglas Trumbull, Silent Running is a stark reminder of the fragility of nature and our responsibilities in ensuring its continued existence.

This screening will be introduced by Professor Roger Downie, a biologist at Glasgow University and is an active member of Friends of the Earth and of Glasgow Natural History Society.

Director Douglas Trumbull Cast Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, USA 1972, 1h25m, PG

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How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change

Monday 8 May (18.00) Oscar-nominated director Josh Fox (Gasland) continues in his deeply personal style with his investigations into climate change - the greatest threat our world has ever known. Travelling to 12 countries on 6 continents, his new film acknowledges that it may be too late to stop some of the worst consequences and asks what is it that climate change can’t destroy? What is so deep within us that no calamity can take it away? A riveting yet tough watch that lays out the startling truths about the state of our world today.

This screening will be introduced by Barry Dalgliesh, an active member of Friends of the Earth and Frack-off Glasgow who has long campaigned on environmental issues.

Director Josh Fox, USA 2016, 2h7m, N/C 12+

The Age of Consequences

Wednesday 10 May (18.00) This new documentary explores the risk of climate change and resource scarcity through the lens of US national security and global stability. Through unflinching case-study analysis, distinguished admirals, generals and military veterans take us beyond the headlines of the conflict in Syria, to the social unrest of the Arab spring, the rise of radicalised groups like ISIS and the European refugee crisis, laying bare how climate change stresses interact with societal tensions, sparking conflict.

This screening will be introduced by Barry Dalgliesh, an active member of Friends of the Earth and Frack-off Glasgow who has long campaigned on environmental issues.

Director Jared P Scott, USA 2016, 1h20m, N/C 12+

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SCREENING IRISH HISTORY: OUTSIDERS’ HISTORIES

This series explores dramatic and sometimes troubling aspects of Irish history. From single mothers to forgotten emigrants, each film takes the perspective of outsiders and critical voices to reveal Irish society in imaginative and provocative ways. The series includes Philomena, The Rocky Road to Dublin, I Could Read the Sky and the Scottish premiere of the documentary Hubert Butler: Witness to the Future. Each screening will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A featuring filmmakers, historians and other commentators.

Screening Irish History is co-organized with the University of Strathclyde’s History department and led by Dr Niall Whelehan.

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Rocky Road to Dublin

Monday 8 May (17.45) Posing the question, “what do you do with your revolution once you’ve got it?”, this documentary shattered Ireland’s complacent view of itself as a liberated country when released in 1968. The film was selected to represent Ireland at Cannes and screened across Europe and North America, but was shunned in Ireland itself. The film is presented with the short documentary, The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin (27m).

This screening will be followed by a discussion and Q&A with Carole Holohan, historian and author of Reframing Irish Youth in the Sixties.

Director Peter Lennon, Ireland 1967, 1h9m, 12

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Hubert Butler: Witness to the Future

Monday 15 May (18.10) Described as ‘Ireland’s Orwell’, Hubert Butler (1900-91) smuggled Jewish people into Ireland from pre-war Vienna, then exposed the scale of the genocide of Serbs in war-time Croatia.

Silenced in an Ireland that could not entertain criticism of Catholic Church complicity in these events, the truth-teller Butler continued to write and speak out.

Followed by a discussion and Q&A with director Johnny Gogan, about the film and Butler’s eventful life.

Director Johnny Gogan, Ireland 2016, 1h38m, N/C 15+

Philomena

Monday 22 May (17.45) This award-winning film tells the story of Philomena Lee, who fell pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952 and was sent to a convent as a “fallen woman”. Her baby was later whisked away by the nuns to America for adoption.

Philomena spent the next fifty years searching for him.

This screening will be followed by a discussion and Q&A with historian LindseyEarner Byrne, the author of Mother and Child and Letters of the Catholic Poor.

Director Stephen Frears Cast Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Charlie Murphy, UK 2013, 1h38m, 12A: contains infrequent strong language and moderate sex references

I Could Read the Sky

Monday 29 May (17.40) This film tells the moving story of an Irish immigrant who works on building sites in the anonymous cities of England. He remembers his life, growing up on the west coast of Ireland and his journey to London. One of many Irish emigrants forgotten by their home country, the film lyrically portrays his sense of identity, loss and exile.

This screening will be followed by a discussion with Enda Delaney, historian and author of The Irish in Post-War Britain.

Director Nichola Bruce Cast Brendan Coyle, Stephen Rea, Dermot Healy, Ireland 1999, 1h24m, 15

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Manhattan

Sunday 28 (13.00) & Monday 29 May (20.45) Manhattan is a love letter from a hometown hero that remains one of Woody Allen’s most successful explorations of his enduring themes: complex relationships, compromised romances and his own creative process. 42-year-old Manhattan native Isaac Davis has a job he hates, a 17-year-old girlfriend he doesn’t love and a lesbian ex-wife who’s writing a tell-all book about their marriage. Struggling to find personal or professional fulfilment, Isaac quits his job and begins a relationship with his best friend’s mistress, setting him off on a neurosis-riddled journey of self-discovery and self-sabotage.

New digital print.

Director Woody Allen Cast Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep, USA 1979, 1h34m, 12A: infrequent strong language, moderate sex references

Casablanca

Sunday 28 May (15.15) Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Claude Rains’ death, we’re screening one of his greatest Oscar-nominated performances, as Captain Louis Renault in the iconic Casablanca.

Incurable romantic Rick (Humphrey Bogart) has gathered together the pieces of his broken heart and taken refuge in Morocco, running a bar brimming with corrupt officials and patriotic refugees. Memories of Paris and a lost love sustain him. Then, out of all the gin joints in the world, Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) walks into his. Conceived in chaos and executed in confusion, the miracle of Casablanca is that it emerged as a flawless Hollywood classic.

Director Michael Curtiz Cast Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, USA 1942, 1h42m, U

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The Hippopotamus

Sunday 28 May (19.15) Based on Stephen Fry’s best-selling novel, The Hippopotamus is a deliciously wicked comedy of manners following whisky-fuelled, washedup poet-turned journalist Ted Wallace (Roger Allam). When a lucrative business opportunity arrives, Ted is summoned to his old friend’s country estate to investigate a series of unexplained ‘miracle’ healings. With Ted’s blunt pragmatism at odds with fellow guests, he sets out to prove that the miracles are a hoax.

This screening will be followed by a satellite Q&A with Stephen Fry broadcast live from the Hay Festival.

Director John Jencks Cast Roger Allam, Russell Tovey, Matthew Modine, UK 2016, 1h29m, 15

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The Other Side of Hope Toivon Tuolla Puolen

Friday 26 May – Thursday 1 June Six years after the sublime, award-winning Le Havre, Aki Kaurismäki returns with the second film in a planned trilogy focusing on port cities. Kaurismäki regular Sakari Kuosmanen stars as Wikström, a poker-playing restaurateur and former travelling salesman who crosses paths with a Syrian refugee (Sherwan Haji) who has just arrived in Finland. Shot on 35mm in Helsinki by Timo Salminen, The Other Side of Hope offers topicality, deadpan humour and plaintive emotions as Kaurismäki tackles one of the most pressing global issues: the plight of the refugee. GFF17 Specially commissioned programme notes will be available.

Director Aki Kaurismäki Cast Sakai Kuosmanen, Sherwan Haji, Janne Hyytiainen, Finland 2017, 1h38m, 12A: moderate violence, racist behaviour

Watch out for our CineMasters: Aki Kaurismäki season coming in June.

TUESDAY TREATS

Cézanne et Moi p9 Tue 2 May (18.20)

Harmonium p11 We’d like to offer you £5.50 tickets for selected Tuesday screenings.

Tue 9 May (20.20)

The Levelling p11 Tue 16 May (20.45)

All tickets are £5.50, CineCard discount applies. £5.50

The Secret Scripture p12 Tue 23 May (20.10)

The Red Turtle p13

Tue 30 May (18.45)

Glasgore!

Horror/Cult Film Discussion Group

Film Discussion Group

Tuesday 2 May (18.30) Free, GFT Project Room

Wed 10 May (18.30) Free, GFT Project Room

This group meets on the first Tuesday of each month in the GFT Project Room, to discuss horror and cult cinema. Meet other genre fans in a friendly atmosphere to exchange thoughts and opinions about your favourite flicks.

This group meets on the second Wednesday of each month in the GFT Project Room to discuss both blockbusters and arthouse movies. Led by film writer Eddie Harrison.

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Visible Cinema: RCS Curates Sons and Mothers Mon 22 May (Film Begins: 20.15) Join us for the fourth Visible Cinema takeover by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s BA Performance students. Sons and Mothers is an intimate documentary following six men on a journey to create a theatrical love letter to their mothers. Swelling with heart and humour, these are love stories made all the more powerful because of disabilities the men live with. The men lay their hearts on the line and discover unconditional love is a choice. All tickets £5.50.

Filmmaker and director Christopher Houghton will join us for a live Skype Q&A hosted by Deaf artist EJ Raymond. This screening is supported by OSKA Bright Film Festival.

Director Christopher Houghton, Australia 2013, 1h22m N/C 12+

Visible Cinema is a GFT Deaf and Hard of Hearing friendly film programme: a captioned or subtitled screening is followed by a post-film discussion with integrated BSL and Speech To Text Service. FAQs: glasgowfilm.org/visiblecinema

Access Film Club: Handsome Devil Tuesday 9 May (Film Begins: 18.00) Ned is an artistic 16-year-old failing to settle into his new boarding school. Everything changes with the arrivals of new roommate Connor, a star rugby player. The two bond over a shared passion for music and an unlikely friendship blossoms; one that faces pressure from a school grimly attached to its macho values. All tickets £5.50.

After the screening LGBTQ learning-disabled filmmaker Matthew Kennedy will share his views on the power of identity.

Director John Butler Cast Fionn O’Shea, Nicholas Galitzine, Andrew Scott, Ireland 2016, 1h35m, 15

GFT is the first cinema in the UK to receive the Autism Friendly Award 2017.

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CROSSING THE LINE

Photo credit: Fiona Larkin

LUX Scotland Presents: It feels right to me Wednesday 24 May (20.45) It feels right to me presents a collection of artist moving image with live performance to explore multiple interpretations of Eros. Gathered together under the categories of pleasure, perversion and assembly, this event seeks to recalibrate our understanding of the erotic beyond the explicit.

This screening event has been created by artist curator Gayle Meikle for LUX Scotland with a live performance from Newcastle based artist Nicola Singh.

Directors various, UK 2012 - 2017, 1h30m, N/C 18+

Thursday 1 (20.30) & Sunday 4 June (13.00) Emmy nominated director Alan G. Parker takes an in-depth look at one of the most iconic albums ever made, exactly 50 years after its release. Regularly cited as the first concept album, it went on to change music forever whilst also becoming one of the best selling albums in UK chart history. Featuring interviews with former employees, fellow musicians, family members and journalists, along with never-before-seen archive footage, this new film offers a fascinating insight into the 12 months surrounding the creation of an undeniable masterpiece.

Director Alan G Parker, UK 2017, 2h9m, CTBC

Blackbird Thursday 25 May (15.00 & 20.30) The debut feature from director and writer Jamie Chambers, Blackbird is an elegy to traditions of Scottish singing and storytelling.

The hometown of young ballad singer Ruadhan has eroded before his eyes – there are no fish in the sea, no jobs and a steady exodus to the city. When his idol, town bard Alec, takes off to a retirement home in mysterious circumstances, Ruadhan must act quickly to save him and protect the town he loves.

Featuring stirring performances from a talented cast, alongside legendary performers Norman Maclean and Sheila Stewart, Blackbird brings Scottish folk music to the big screen.

Actors Andrew Rothney and Patrick Wallace will take part in a Q&A following the 20.30 screening.

Director Jamie Chambers Cast Andrew Rothney, Scarlett Mack, Patrick Wallace, UK 2013, 1h30m, 15

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SOUND & VISION

It Was 50 Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond

NT LIVE

NT Live: Obsession Thursday 11 May (18.45) £20 full price / £17.50 conc / £15 CineCard Jude Law (The Young Pope, Closer, The Talented Mr Ripley) stars in the stage production of Obsession, broadcast live from the Barbican Theatre in London. Ivo van Hove (NT Live: A View from the Bridge, Hedda Gabler) directs this new stage adaptation of Luchino Visconti’s 1943 film.

Gino is a drifter, down-at-heel and magnetically handsome. At a road side restaurant he encounters husband and wife, Giuseppe and Giovanna. Irresistibly attracted to each other, Gino and Giovanna begin a fiery affair and plot to murder her husband.

2h, N/C 15+

NT Live: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Thursday 18 May (18.45) £20 full price / £17.50 conc / £15 CineCard In the early hours of the morning on the campus of an American college, Martha, much to her husband George’s displeasure, has invited the new professor and his wife to their home for some after-party drinks. As the alcohol flows and dawn approaches, the young couple are drawn into George and Martha’s toxic games until the evening reaches its climax in a moment of devastating truth-telling. Imelda Staunton, Conleth Hill, Luke Treadaway and Imogen Poots star in James Macdonald’s critically acclaimed production of Edward Albee’s landmark play.

3h30m, 12A

NT Live: Angels in America Part 1 Millennium Approaches Angels in America Part 2 Perestroika Part 1: Thursday 20 July (18.45) | Part 2: Thursday 27 July (18.45) £20 full price / £17.50 conc / £15 CineCard Save £5 when you buy both shows together - excludes CineCard America in the mid-1980s: the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration. Andrew Garfield (Silence, Hacksaw Ridge) plays Prior Walter along with a cast including Denise Gough (People, Places and Things), Nathan Lane (The Producers), James McArdle (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Russell Tovey (The Pass). This new staging of Tony Kushner’s multi-award winning two-part play is directed by Olivier and Tony awardwinning director Marianne Elliott (War Horse).

3h approx, N/C 15+

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NT Live: Peter Pan Saturday 10 June (15.00) Recorded: £17.50 full price / £15 conc / £12.50 CineCard / £10 Children Captured live at the National Theatre, a recorded performance of JM Barrie’s much-loved tale screens this summer. When Peter Pan, leader of the Lost Boys, loses his shadow, headstrong Wendy helps him to reattach it. In return, she is invited to Neverland, where Tinker Bell the fairy, Tiger Lily and the vengeful Captain Hook await. A riot of magic, music and make-believe ensues.

A delight for children and adults alike, Sally Cookson (NT Live: Jane Eyre) directs this wondrously inventive production, a co-production with Bristol Old Vic theatre.

2h50m, PG

NT Live: Yerma

NT Live: Salomé Thursday 22 June (18.45) £20 full price / £17.50 conc / £15 CineCard The story has been told before, but never like this. An occupied desert nation. A radical from the wilderness on hunger strike. A girl whose mysterious dance will change the course of the world. This charged retelling turns the infamous biblical tale on its head, placing the girl we call Salomé at the centre of a revolution. Internationally acclaimed theatre director Yaël Farber (Les Blancs) draws on multiple accounts to create her urgent, hypnotic production on the stage of the National Theatre.

Thursday 31 August (18.45) £20 full price / £17.50 conc / £15 CineCard Billie Piper (Penny Dreadful, Great Britain) returns to her award-winning role in this critically acclaimed play. A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child in Simon Stone’s radical production of Lorca’s achingly powerful masterpiece. Set in contemporary London, Piper’s portrayal of a woman in her thirties desperate to conceive builds with elemental force to a staggering, shocking, climax. Please note that this broadcast does not have an interval.

2h40m approx, N/C 12+

2h approx, N/C 12+

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RSC

RSC: Antony & Cleopatra

RSC: Titus Andronicus

Wednesday 24 May (18.45) £20 full price / £17.50 conc / £15 CineCard Iqbal Khan directs Shakespeare’s tragedy of love and duty, picking up the story where Julius Caesar ends. Following Caesar’s assassination, Mark Antony has reached the heights of power. Now he has neglected his empire for a life of decadent seduction with his mistress, Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. Torn between love and duty, Antony’s military brilliance deserts him, and his passion leads the lovers to their tragic end. Iqbal Khan returns to the RSC to direct, following his critically acclaimed productions of Othello (2015) and Much Ado About Nothing (2012).

Wednesday 9 August (18.45) £20 full price / £17.50 conc / £15 CineCard The decay of Rome reaches violent depths in Shakespeare’s most bloody play. Titus is a ruler exhausted by war and loss, who relinquishes power but leaves Rome in disorder. Rape, cannibalism and severed body parts fill the moral void at the heart of this corrupt society.

Shakespeare’s gory revenge tragedy presents murder as entertainment, and, as the body count piles up, poses questions about the nature of sexuality, family, class and society.

Blanche McIntyre returns to the RSC after her directorial debut The Two Noble Kinsmen (2016).

3h30m approx, N/C 12+

3h30m approx, N/C 12+

RSC: Coriolanus

RSC: Twelfth Night

Wednesday 11 October (18.45) £20 full price / £17.50 conc / £15 CineCard A full-throttle war play that revels in the sweat of the battlefield, Coriolanus transports us back to the emergence of the republic of Rome. Caius Martius Coriolanus is a fearless soldier but a reluctant leader. His ambitious mother attempts to carve him a path to political power, but he struggles to change his nature and Coriolanus must decide who he really is and where his allegiances lie. Rome Season Director, Angus Jackson, completes the Royal Shakespeare Company’s collection of Shakespeare’s Roman plays with a visceral production which sees Sope Dirisu (One Night in Miami) take on the title role.

Wednesday 14 February (18.45) £20 full price / £17.50 conc / £15 CineCard Twelfth Night is a tale of unrequited love – hilarious and heartbreaking. Two twins are separated in a shipwreck, and forced to fend for themselves in a strange land. The first twin, Viola, falls in love with Orsino, who dotes on OIivia, who falls for Viola but is idolised by Malvolio. Enter Sebastian, who is the spitting image of his twin sister...

Director Christopher Luscombe (Love’s Labour’s Lost, Much Ado About Nothing) returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company to tackle Shakespeare’s greatest comedy.

3h30m approx, N/C 12+

3h30m approx, N/C 12+

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By Bus Local bus services stop close to the cinema. www.spt.co.uk Glasgow city centre is served by both Central and Queen Street Stations. www.nationalrail.co.uk Closest public parking is the supervised 24 hour multi-storey car park in Cambridge Street. Parking after 6pm costs £1.50.

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Our screens are fully licensed so drinks purchased from our bars can be enjoyed while you watch your film. As well as alcoholic drinks, we also offer a selection of soft drinks and hot drinks.

Snacks include luxury ice cream, chocolate, biscuits and cakes.

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Refreshments at GFT

Available from Box Office and online and are valid for one year. The perfect gift for film lovers.

Car Parking

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If you are looking to hire please contact: dutymanager@glasgowfilm.org Find out more at www.glasgowfilm.org/hire

Gift Vouchers

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USEFUL INFORMATION

Events, Conferences & Private Hires

How to Get Here

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Accessible Screenings Take 2: Sing (U) Sat 6 May (11.30) Access Film Club: Handsome Devil (15) Tuesday 9 May (18.00) The Levelling (15) Friday 12 - Thursday 18 May Sunday 14 May (13.20) Wednesday 17 May (18.45)

Visible Cinema: RCS Curates: Sons & Mothers (N/C 12+) Monday 22 May (20.15) Spaceship (15) Monday 22 - Sunday 28 May Saturday 27 May (14.40)

Due to circumstances beyond our control, occasionally we are unable to provide these accessible screenings. You are advised to check with Box Office.

GFT Accessible Programme GFT offers both Audio Description and captioning on selected titles and selected screenings. Audio Description is a service for partially sighted or blind people (AD headphones are available to collect fromBox Office when you pick up your tickets prior to the film screening).

Captioning is a service for deaf and hard of hearing audience members who rely on subtitling to enable them to follow the film’s dialogue.

Access Information GFT accepts the CEA Card. (www.ceacard.co.uk) We can offer an infrared sound facility for the hearing-impaired (please ask at Box Office for a head set). There is disabled badge holders’ parking to the rear of the building in Cambridge Street. If you are a wheelchair user, please inform Box Office when booking. Guide dogs are welcome at GFT. Please contact our Manager (0141) 352 8603 or email dutymanager@glasgowfilm.org with your specific access enquiries.

GFT is part of the Green Arts Initiative and is committed to carrying out sustainable practices. Please use our recycling facilities when visiting and recycle this brochure when you’re finished with it. Thank You!

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BUY TICKETS ONLINE WWW.GLASGOWFILM.ORG

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CINECARD Purchase your CineCard for £40 per year and support the work of GFT, a registered charity.

In addition, you will receive: -£1 off every standard GFT screening, Friday matinees and Tuesday Treats.

-4 free cinema tickets.

-Up to £5 off NT Live / RSC / Bolshoi Ballet / live event screenings -Loyalty points earned for every £1 spent on GFT tickets.

-Four days priority access to standard GFF tickets before they go on public sale.

Ask at the box office for details or apply online glasgowfilm.org/cinecard

15-25 CARD Aged 15-25? Need to see essential cinema for less?

Join our free 15-25 Card scheme and get standard GFT tickets for just £5.50.

You’ll also earn loyalty points for every pound you spend on cinema tickets. Claim back your collected points for free tickets!

Ask at the box office for details or apply online glasgowfilm.org/student

T&Cs apply.

Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) is a registered company in Scotland No.SC097369.

GFT is a registered charity in Scotland No.SC005932.