GFT October 2010 brochure

OCT 2010

Scotland Loves Anime New York, I Love You

Eleven international filmmakers offer their vision of the Big Apple

Have You Heard From Johannesburg?

Connie Field’s remarkable anti-apartheid documentaries

Glasgay!

A celebration of queer culture

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17 – 27 February 2011 As we prepare for Glasgow Film Festival 2011, we are offering two special preview events as well as Early Bird Passes for our loyal film fans. These best-value tickets are limited, so buy now to avoid disappointment. 5 tickets for £25, 10 tickets for £45, 20 tickets for £80. Available from GFT Box Office from Thursday 14 October.

Visit www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk for further details and full T&Cs. GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL: GREAT SCOTS

GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL: MUSIC AND FILm

UWS/SCOTTISH PRODUCTION ARCHIVE: PADDY HIGSON

STRANGE POWERS N/C 15+ Sunday 21 November (7.30)

Sunday 10 October (4.00), 1h20m

Directors Kerthy Fix, Gail O’Hara

From the early films of Bill Forsyth through to her own work as producer on key films like Silent Scream, Paddy Higson has a fair claim to the title of mother of the Scottish film industry. A phenomenal encourager of talent, she also established Black Cat studios in the Parkhead area of Glasgow and produced top TV drama in Scotland for decades. A UWS: SPA celebration of a true pioneer.

USA 2009, 1h25m

This informal illustrated interview will be hosted by David Bruce, Chair of the UWS/Scottish Production Archive.

Presented in association with University of the West of Scotland/Scottish Production Archive

Ten years in the making, Strange Powers is an intimate documentary portrait of songwriter Stephin Merritt and his band the Magnetic Fields. With his unique gift for memorable melodies, lovelorn lyrics and wry musical stylings that blend classic Tin Pan Alley with modern sounds, Stephin Merritt has distinguished himself as one of contemporary pop’s most beloved and influential artists.

Presented in association with Bottle Rocket

WALLS OF LIGHT Sunday 17 October (1.15) / 1h

N/C 15+ Image © Stephen Mcgarry

GFT is delighted to present a series of films, specially commissioned by CCA, to mark the Commonwealth Games handover ceremony in Delhi. The six films, collectively entitled Walls of Light, have been made by internationallyrenowned Scottish artists Calum Stirling, Henry Coombes, Katri Walker, Alex Hetherington, Stina Wirfelt and Clara Ursitti, and tell the stories of ordinary and extraordinary Scots in the world of sporting endeavour.

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CONTENTS DIARY Adventure Film Fest Another Year The Arbor Carlos Cats & Dogs Donkeys Early Works By Hans Richter Enter the Void Halloween The Hunter If I Could Only Fly The Illusionist Kandahar Break The Kids Are All Right The Leopard Loose Canons Mandy New York, I Love You No Impact Man NT Live: A Disappearing Number The Nurture Room Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow Paddy Higson Pianomania Play Me Something Police, Adjective Restrepo Robocop The Runaways Sammy Going South The Secret in Their Eyes The Secret of Kells A Small Act The Sorcerer's Apprentice Soulboy Source VISION Gala Event Strange Powers Tamara Drewe Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue A Town Called Panic Walls of Light Went the Day Well?

The Wildest Dream A Woman’s Work is Never Done!

GLASGAY! FIT Is It Just Me? The Last Summer of La Boyita Orlando Pink Flamingos Prayers For Bobby Strella – A Woman’s Way

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HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JO’BURG? Programmes 1, 2 & 3 20 SCOTLAND LOVES ANIME Cowboy Bebop: The Movie 22 One Piece: Strong World 16 Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva 15 Redline 16 Summer Wars 15 Trigun Badlands Rumble 16 A SINISTER SUNDAY OF SHOCK Demons 21 Stalker (aka Expose) 21 Herschell Gordon Lewis 21 Island of Death 21 TIBET FILM FESTIVAL The Sun Behind the Clouds 10 When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun 10 GFT REGULARS Access Take 2 25 Film Discussion Group 28 GFT Learning 23-24 Horror/Cult Film Discussion Group 28 Late Night Classics 22 Monorail Film Club 13 Psychotronic Cinema 22 The GFT Film Quiz 28 Silver Screen 26 Take 2: Free Saturday Films for Families 25 Friday 1 October The Leopard (PG) p5 Police, Adjective (12A) p5 1.00 The Secret in their Eyes (18) p14 Soulboy (15) p14

1.30 / 3.30 / 8.30 5.40 / 8.15 6.15

Saturday 2 October The Leopard (PG) p5 Police, Adjective (12A) p5 The Secret in their Eyes (18) p14 Soulboy (15) p14 Take 2: Toy Story 3 (U) p25 Access T2: Toy Story 3 (U) p25

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Sunday 3 October The Leopard (PG) p5 4.30 Police, Adjective (12A) p5 1.00 / 3.30 / 6.00 The Secret in their Eyes (18) p14 8.15 Soulboy (15) p14 8.20 Early Works By Hans Richter (N/C 8+) p13 2.30 continued...

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Monday 4 October 7.15 The Leopard (PG) p5 1.00 / 3.30 / 8.20 Police, Adjective (12A) p5 1.30 / 4.40 The Secret in their Eyes (18) p14 6.00 The Nurture Room (N/C 10+) p11 Tuesday 5 October 1.00 / 3.30 / 8.20 Police, Adjective (12A) p5 2.45 / 8.15 Enter The Void (18) p5 12.45 / 5.50 C Tamara Drewe (15) p14 A Small Act (N/C 12+) p11 6.00 Wednesday 6 October 1.20 / 3.40 / 8.30 Police, Adjective (12A) p5 5.50 Enter The Void (18) p5 1.00 C / 3.20 / 8.20 Tamara Drewe (15) p14 6.00 Mandy (PG) p11 Horror/Cult Film Discussion Group p28 6.30 F Thursday 7 October 1.00 / 3.30 / 6.10 / 8.30 Police... (12A) p5 2.45 / 8.20 Enter The Void (18) p5 6.00 Tamara Drewe (15) p14 Friday 8 October / 3.45 / 8.30 New York... (CTBC) p6 1.30 2.30 / 6.30 Donkeys (N/C 15+) p6 A Town Called Panic (PG) p6 4.30 / 9.00 6.00 Summer Wars (N/C 12+) p15 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (12) p22 10.45pm £ Saturday 9 October 12.45 / 6.15 / 8.30 New York... (CTBC) p6 5.00 / 9.00 Donkeys (N/C 15+) p6 3.00 / 7.00 A Town Called Panic (PG) p6 Professor Layton and the Eternal... (U) p15 1.00 Trigun Badlands Rumble (N/C 12+) p16 3.20 Take 2: Kirikou... (N/C 5+) p25 11.30 F Sunday 10 October 12.30 / 5.15 New York, I Love You (CTBC) p6 2.00 Donkeys (N/C 15+) p6 8.00 A Town Called Panic (PG) p6 2.45 Redline (N/C 12+) p16 7.45 One Piece: Strong World (N/C 8+) p16 Paddy Higson (N/C) p1 4.00 If I Could Only Fly (N/C 15+) p13 6.00

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Monday 11 October New York, I Love You (CTBC) p6 Donkeys (N/C 15+) p6 A Town Called Panic (PG) p6 The Illusionist (PG) p14 The Secret of Kells (PG) p26

4.30 / 8.30 5.00 / 9.00 3.00 / 7.00 2.30 / 6.45 12.30

Tuesday 12 October 4.15 / 8.30 New York, I Love You (CTBC) p6 2.40 / 6.20 Donkeys (N/C 15+) p6 4.30 A Town Called Panic (PG) p6 2.30 / 6.30 The Illusionist (PG) p14 12.45 Went The Day Well? (PG) p12 Adventure Film Fest (N/C 15+) p19 8.30 F Tinker Bell And The Great... (U) p26 12.40 Wednesday 13 October New York, I Love You (CTBC) p6 2.15 / 6.10 Donkeys (N/C 15+) p6 1.00 / 5.00 3.00 / 9.00 A Town Called Panic (PG) p6 4.25 / 8.40 The Illusionist (PG) p14 Went The Day Well? (PG) p12 7.00 Cats & Dogs - The Revenge of... (U) p26 12.40 Film Discussion Group p28 6.30 F Thursday 14 October 2.30 The Illusionist (PG) p14 4.15 New York, I Love You (CTBC) p6 3.00 / 9.00 Donkeys (N/C 15+) p6 1.00 A Town Called Panic (PG) p6 6.15 FIT (N/C 14+) p17 NT Live: A Disappearing... (N/C) p19 6.45 £ The Sorcerer's Apprentice (PG) p26 12.30 Friday 15 October New York (CTBC) p6 1.30 / 3.45 / 6.15 / 8.30 4.30 / 8.45 Restrepo (CTBC) p7 Over Your Cities Grass Will... (U) p7 2.15 / 6.30 12.30 The Secret of Kells (PG) p26 Pink Flamingos (18) p22 10.45 £ Saturday 16 October 3.45 / 6.15 / 8.30 New York... (CTBC) p6 2.15 / 6.30 Restrepo (CTBC) p7 Over Your Cities Grass Will... (U) p7 4.15 / 8.40 11.30 F C Take 2: The Karate Kid (PG) p25

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Sunday 17 October 2.45 / 5.15 New York, I Love You (CTBC) p6 1.15 F Walls of Light (N/C 15+) p1 Restrepo (CTBC) p7 5.45 Johannesburg: Programme 1 (N/C 15+) p20 1.30 Pianomania (CTBC) p7 7.30 7.45 Strella – A Woman’s Way (N/C 18+) p17

Prayers For Bobby (N/C 15+) p18 3.00 F The Arbor (15) p8 8.30 1.00 The Wildest Dream (PG) p9 Herschell Gordon Lewis... (N/C 18+) p21 12.30 2.45 Island of Death (18) 21 Stalker (N/C 18+) p21 5.30 Demons (18) p21 8.00

Monday 18 October 1.30 / 3.45 / 8.30 New York... (CTBC) p6 3.30 Restrepo (CTBC) p7 1.00 Sammy Going South (PG) p12 6.15 Pianomania (CTBC) p7 6.30 Robocop (18) p22 8.45 Is It Just Me? (N/C 18+) p17

Monday 25 October 1.30 Carlos (15) p9 5.00 / 9.00 The Arbor (15) p8 5.45 Another Year (12A) p31 The Sun Behind the Clouds (N/C 15+) p10 7.00 8.45 The Wildest Dream (PG) p9

Tuesday 19 October New York, I Love You (CTBC) p6 The Runaways (15) p8 Sammy Going South (PG) p12 Pianomania (CTBC) p7 No Impact Man (15) p8 Robocop (18) p22

3.45 / 8.30 6.15 3.30 / 6.00 12.45 1.30 8.40

Wednesday 20 October 1.30 / 3.45 / 6.15 New York... (CTBC) p6 8.20 The Runaways (15) p8 When the Dragon Swallowed... (N/C 15+) p10 8.30 3.00 No Impact Man (15) p8 The Last Summer of La Boyita (N/C 15+) p18 6.30 Thursday 21 October New York... (CTBC) p6 1.30 / 3.45 / 6.15 / 8.30 1.00 / 6.30 The Runaways (15) p8 When the Dragon Swallowed... (N/C 15+) p10 3.15 8.45 No Impact Man (15) p8 Friday 22 October 1.30 / 7.30 Carlos (15) p9 3.00 / 5.00 / 7.00 / 9.00 The Arbor (15) p8 5.30 The Wildest Dream (PG) p9 Saturday 23 October 1.30 / 7.30 Carlos (15) p9 6.00 / 8.00 The Arbor (15) p8 5.30 The Wildest Dream (PG) p9 Johannesburg: Programme 2 (N/C 15+) p20 1.30 Take 2: Wallace and Gromit... (PG) p25 11.30 F Sunday 24 October Carlos (15) p9

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Tuesday 26 October 3.00 / 7.00 Carlos (15) p9 8.30 The Arbor (15) p8 12.45 The Wildest Dream (PG) p9 The Sun Behind the Clouds (N/C 15+) p10 1.00 Source VISION Gala Event (N/C 12+) p10 3.30 Orlando (PG) p18 6.15 The GFT Film Quiz p28 8.45 £ Wednesday 27 October 1.30 / 7.30 Carlos (15) p9 The Arbor (15) p8 3.00 / 8.30 5.30 The Wildest Dream (PG) p9 A Woman’s Work is Never... (N/C 8+) p12 6.15 Thursday 28 October 4.00 / 7.30 Carlos (15) p9 3.00 / 5.00 / 7.00 / 9.00 The Arbor (15) p8 Friday 29 October The Kids... (15) p9 1.45 / 4.00 / 6.15 / 8.30 4.45 / 8.45 The Hunter (15) p10 2.45 / 6.45 Kandahar Break (15) p10 Halloween (18) p22 10.45pm £ Saturday 30 October The Kids Are... (15) p9 1.45 / 4.00 / 6.15 / 8.30 2.45 / 6.45 The Hunter (15) p10 4.45 / 8.45 Kandahar Break (15) p10 11.30 F Take 2: Monster House (PG) p25 Sunday 31 October 2.45 / 7.30 The Kids Are All Right (15) p9 5.00 The Hunter (15) p10 Johannesburg: Programme 3 (N/C 15+) p20 1.30 Loose Cannons (N/C 15+) p20 5.00 Monorail: Play Me Something (15) p13 7.00

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POLICE, ADJECTIVE Politist, Adjectiv

ENTER THE VOID 12A

Friday 1 – Thursday 7 October

Director Gaspar Noé

Director Corneliu Porumboiu Cast Dragos Bucur, Vlad Ivanov, Irina Saulescu

France/Germany/Italy 2010, 2h15m, some subtitles

Romania 2010, 1h54m, subtitles

Gaspar Noé returns to divide audiences all over again with his first feature since the highly controversial Irreversible. Described as a ‘psychedelic melodrama’, Enter the Void centres on estranged siblings, Oscar and Linda, who are reunited in Japan.

When Oscar is killed in a police raid, his spirit lingers on to protect his sister after promising to never leave her. His journey will take him to nightmarish places in an amazing experiment in hallucinatory cinema – the opening credits alone are dazzling. Don’t miss one of the most hotly debated films in years.

Tasked with pursuing a schoolboy suspected of supplying marijuana, a young policeman becomes troubled by the clash between duty and instinct.

The struggle he undertakes with his conscience and his superiors provides an intriguing, philosophical allegory; but most delightfully, it’s played with warmth and humour, and an extraordinary investment in the detail of its characters’ lives.

Already a multiple prize-winner, this is one of the finest European films of recent years. EIFF 2010 12A: Contains soft drug use Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.gft.org.uk/notes

THE LEOPARD Il Gattopard

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Friday 1 – Monday 4 October Director Luchino Visconti / Cast Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale Italy 1963, 3h7m, some subtitles

There are films so richly realised you can live in them: The Leopard is one such – and this new digital restoration, recently premiered in Cannes, makes the experience yet more intense. Like a 19th-century novel (say, War and Peace or Middlemarch), combining magisterial sweep with density of detail, it tells of momentous historical events – here the unification of Italy – through how those events are lived by representative individuals, in this case an ageing aristocrat confronting an on-the-make bourgeoisie. Stately cinematography and meticulously and gorgeously recreated costumes capture the look of Italian painting of the period. Nino Rota’s score sounds like a 19th-century symphony you happen never to have heard and his dances for the mesmerising final ballroom scene seamlessly incorporate one by Verdi. In short, if there had been cinema in the 19th century, this is what it would have been like. Richard Dyer

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NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU CTBC

DONKEYS

Friday 8 – Thursday 21 October

Friday 8 – Thursday 14 October

Directors Fatih Akin, Shekhar Kapur etc Cast Shia LaBoeuf, John Hurt, Orlando Bloom

Director Morag McKinnon Cast James Cosmo, Kate Dickie

France/USA 2009, 1h33m, some subtitles

UK 2009, 1h18m

After the enormous success of Paris je t’aime it was only a matter of time before the whole process was repeated in another iconic city. New York, I Love You invites eleven international filmmakers to offer their vision of the Big Apple. Highlights include Julie Christie as a melancholy retired opera singer, Eli Wallach and Cloris Leachman as a bickering elderly couple, Natalie Portman’s tender tale of a divorced couple and the children trapped by their bitterness and Albert Hughes’s memorable evocation of a passionate one night stand.

Fresh from a rapturous reception at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, this is the story of Alfred. At the age of 63, trailing behind him is a string of disastrous relationships: an estranged lover; a daughter; a granddaughter; and an illegitimate son. The only person who has not grown tired of his self-centred approach to life is his long-suffering pal, Brian. Alfred is planning to take Brian to Spain, but first there is the small matter of making everything ‘nicey-nicey’ before they hit the beach. Alfred’s well-meaning but ultimately ridiculous attempts to set the record straight are charming, touching and often hilarious.

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N/C 15+

Screening with short film I Love Luci (13m) written and directed by Colin Kennedy.

The screening on Friday 8 October (6.30) will be followed by a Q&A with members of the cast and crew.

A TOWN CALLED PANIC PANIQUE AU VILLAGE

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Friday 8 – Thursday 14 October Directors Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar / Cast Stéphane Aubier, Bruce Ellison Belgium/Luxembourg/France 2009, 1h15m, subtitles

Based on the hit Belgian TV show, A Town Called Panic is hilariously and frequently surreal, starring three plastic toys that can’t stay out of trouble. When Cowboy and Indian accidentally purchase 50 million bricks for Horse’s new barbecue, their misfortune sets off a wacky chain of events that takes them to the centre of the earth, across frozen tundra and into parallel universes under the sea. Imagine Monty Python animating Lego bricks on acid and you might come close to understanding this Gallic genius.

Screening with short film Battenberg (11m) written and directed by Stewart Comrie.

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RESTREPO

CTBC

Friday 15 – Monday 18 October Directors Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger USA 2010, 1h33m

Restrepo chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers based at a remote Afghan outpost, considered one of the most dangerous postings in the U.S. military. Unprecedented access allows audiences to experience being in combat with soldiers, as the cameras never leave their side. There are no interviews with generals or apologetic diplomats and the distinct lack of moral or political analysis means that it’s a completely unflinching examination of modern warfare.

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize Documentary 2010, Sundance Film Festival

PIANOMANIA

OVER YOUR CITIES GRASS WILL GROW Director Sophie Fiennes UK/The Netherlands 2010, 1h45m

Sophie Fiennes’s roaming and almost wordless film documents the artist Anselm Kiefer and the dramatic landscapes he constructed in Barjac, southern France. The monuments, built to house paintings and installations, are visually astonishing, and Kiefer’s dedication to his ‘personal universe’ is highly physical. A fascinating portrait and a compelling study of art.

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Sunday 17 – Tuesday 19 October Directors Cibis Franck, Lilian Franck, Robert Cibis Cast Alfred Brendel, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Stefan Knupfer Austria 2009, 1h33m, subtitles

Pianomania gets up close and personal with a group of world famous virtuosos, but the real stars of this penetrating documentary are Stefan Knüpfer, the Steinway & Sons master piano tuner who doubles as physician and voice coach, and the beautiful instruments themselves.

Winner of the Golden Gate Award for best documentary at the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival

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Friday 15 (2.15/6.30) & Saturday 16 October (4.15/8.40)

NO IMPACT MAN

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THE RUNAWAYS

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Tuesday 19 – Thursday 21 October

Tuesday 19 – Thursday 21 October

Directors Laura Gabbart, Justin Schein Cast Colin Beavan, Michelle Conlin

Director Flora Sigismondi Cast Dakota Fanning, Kristen Stewart

USA 2009, 1h33m

USA 2010, 1h46m

Sick of hearing himself complain about the world he lives in without doing anything about it, Colin Beavan embarks on a year-long project in which he abandons his high consumption Fifth Avenue lifestyle in an effort to make sustainable zero impact on the environment. Dragging his wife and two-year-old daughter into the experiment, the family live without motorised transport, takeaways and the internet. Proof that ‘eco’ and ‘entertainment’ aren’t mutually exclusive.

Based on Cherie Currie’s Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway, Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning star as Joan Jett and Cherie Currie in this music-fuelled coming of age story of the first girls to ever dominate the patriarchal world of rock: The Runaways.

The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2010, charts their speedy rise to stardom, with their tough-girl image masking the girls’ own personal demons and bitter infighting. A must-see for music fans.

Terrifically entertaining. Compelling and extremely funny. Los Angeles Times

THE ARBOR

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Friday 22 – Thursday 28 October Director Clio Barnard Cast Manjinder Virk, Christine Bottomley, Monica Dolan, Neil Dudgeon UK 2010, 1h30m

Playwright Andrea Dunbar (author of Rita, Sue and Bob Too) led a troubled life until her early death at the age of twenty-nine. The Arbor innovatively represents Dunbar’s life, in particular her relationship with her children, by having actors flawlessly lip-synch to stories told by the real-life protagonists who knew her.

Barnard’s integration of fact and fiction is inventive and seamless, and though the impact is shattering, it is filled with compassion. London Film Festival 2010 BUY TICKETS ONLINE WWW.GFT.ORG.UK

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CARLOS

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Friday 22 – Thursday 28 October Director Olivier Assayas Cast Édgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Juana Acosta France/Germany 2010, 2h46m, subtitles

Eagerly anticipated portrait of extraordinary Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramirez Sanchez (aka ‘Carlos the Jackal’) who was for years on the most-wanted list for international terrorism and is currently serving a life sentence in France. The story traverses Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America and is told with suspense and clarity in equal measure. Conceived for television, the film is nonetheless notable for its cinematic production values and sophisticated, gripping performances.

The screening on Friday 22 October (1.30) will be introduced by Dr Jonny Murray. The screening on Wednesday 27 October (7.30) will be introduced by Dr Christopher Gow. Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.gft.org.uk/notes

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT

THE WILDEST DREAM PG Friday 22 – Wednesday 27 October Director Anthony Geffen Narrator Liam Neeson USA 2010, 1h33m

This fascinating documentary explores the enduring mysteries surrounding the death of British mountaineer George Mallory and fellow climber Andrew Sandy Irvine on Mount Everest in 1924.

American mountaineer Conrad Anker, who discovered Mallory’s body in 1999, retraces his journey in the company of British climber Leo Houlding in an attempt to answer some of the questions surrounding Mallory’s demise.

Tense and entirely captivating.

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Friday 29 October – Thursday 11 November Director Lisa Cholodenko / Cast Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo USA 2010, 1h44m

Simply put, this whip-smart comedy drama about modern family life is one of the most enjoyable films of the year. Long-term couple Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules ( Julianne Moore) are the parents of teenagers Joni and Laser, both conceived with the help of an anonymous sperm donor. Before Joni leaves home to start college, she and her brother contact their biological father, and so Paul (Mark Ruffalo) enters the family’s life and is soon causing ripples in the family set-up.

The Kids Are All Right is cleverly peppered with laughs in its examination of the ‘modern’ family. Screen International

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THE HUNTER Shekarchi 15 KANDAHAR BREAK

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Friday 29 October – Thursday 4 November

Friday 29 (2.45/6.45) & Saturday 30 October (4.45/8.45)

Director Rafi Pitts Cast Rafi Pitts, Mitra Hajjar, Ali Nicksaulat

Director David Whitney Cast Shaun Dooley, Dean Andrews, Rasheed Naz

Iran/Germany 2010, 1h32m, subtitles

UK 2009, 1h34m

Ex-con Ali works as a nightwatchman to support his wife and young daughter.

Returning home to find them both missing, his life is shattered, and the relentless pursuit of retribution becomes his final obsession. As director and actor, Pitts’s work is outstanding. Revolving around his own magnetic central performance, The Hunter is a powerful thriller that lingers in the mind long after the last gunshot rings out.

EIFF 2010

Filmed at considerable personal risk to the cast and crew, Kandahar Break is a nail-biting drama set in the Afghanistan of the late 1990s. Richard is a British engineer under contract to clear the landmines that pepper the country. His task is to remain an objective professional, regardless of the increasingly intolerable conditions under the Taliban. His situation becomes impossible as his love for a local woman puts him at odds with the regime and places them both in grave danger. An engrossing, tautly handled personal tale from the front line of a country in permanent conflict. GFF10

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WHEN THE DRAGON SWALLOWED THE SUN

N/C 15+

Wednesday 20 (8.30) & Thursday 21 October (3.15) Director Dirk Simon / USA 2010, 1h54m, English/Tibetan with subtitles

Blending art, music and stunning visuals, When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun is a powerful representation of the Tibet movement and its current contexts. Featuring Richard Gere, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama and a range of diverse voices from within the Tibetan exile community, this is a compelling film which presents the complexity of the Tibetan struggle with great emotional impact. tibet film festival

THE SUN BEHIND THE CLOUDS: TIBET’S STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM

N/C 15+

Monday 25 (7.00) & Tuesday 26 October (1.00) Directors Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam UK/India 2009, 1h19m, English/Tibetan/Hindi with subtitles

A timely account of the reality of the Tibet struggle, infused with a number of musical interludes, alluding to the strength of cultural identity and resilience among Tibetans today. With an original music score by Oscar-winner Gustavo Santaolalla.

Screening with short film I Am Pema (12m) directed by Sam Wangyal.

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THE NURTURE ROOM N/C10+

MANDY

Monday 4 October (6.00)

Wednesday 6 October (6.00)

Director Matt Pinder

Director Alexander Mackendrick Cast Mandy Miller, Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins

UK 2010, 1h30m

Filmed over a year, with unprecedented access, Matt Pinder’s film follows three troubled Glasgow school children as their lives are completely transformed by the dedicated nurturing of their teachers. The Nurture Room is a bridge between home and school, a safe place where children can revisit early ‘nurturing’ experiences that they missed or didn’t get at home. This moving and impassioned documentary shows how the development of special classrooms is helping previously overlooked children to thrive and is essential viewing for parents and teachers alike.

There will be an introduction by Councillor Gordon Matheson, Leader of Glasgow City Council and director Matt Pinder will take part in a Q&A after the screening.

UK 1952, 1h33m

An emotive yet unsentimental drama about a child whose parents struggle to come to terms with her disability. Mandy is diagnosed as profoundly deaf at the age of two. When she reaches school age and her mother decides to send her away from London to a special school in Manchester, Mandy’s family begins to show signs of strain.

Mandy was an unusually serious film to come out of Mackendrick’s Ealing Studios and features an extraordinary performance from child actor Mandy Miller.

The screening will be preceded by an extended introduction from Dr Karen Lury who will discuss the film in the context of her new book The Child in Film: Tears, Fears and Fairy Tales which is published by I.B. Tauris. The book will be available to purchase on the night at a special discounted price.

WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY

A SMALL ACT

N/C 12+

Tuesday 5 October (6.00) / Director Jennifer Arnold / USA 2010, 1h28m

Weaving between the lives of Harvard graduate Chris, the Swedish woman who sponsored his Kenyan education, and three African children now competing for their own place at secondary school, this is a moving testament to the selfless act of giving and the great challenges of achieving equal access to education.

A precious, inspiring tale. Hollywood Reporter Followed by a discussion about access to education in Africa, as well as inspiring global citizenship through the Curriculum for Excellence in Scotland.

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BFI RESTORATION

NEW DIGITAL PRINT

WENT THE DAY WELL?

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Tuesday 12 (12.45) & Wednesday 13 October (7.00) Director Alberto Cavalcanti Cast Leslie Banks, Thora Hird, Valerie Taylor UK 1942, 1h33m

Cavalcanti’s wartime film, based on a story by Graham Greene, still unsettles, even shocks, with its subversive, almost surreal spectacle of a cosy English village under Nazi attack in the Second World War. Disguised as British soldiers, the invading Germans insinuate themselves into a pretty village inhabited by British character players so familiar to wartime audiences that they must have seemed like family members. Always the mischievous foreign observer, Cavalcanti kicks away their usual charm, letting them kill and be killed in a violent battle for their green, pleasant land. Critics’ reactions at the time were mixed; but now we can properly relish this visionary film, as jolting and quizzical about British life as anything by Powell and Pressburger. Geoff Brown

SAMMY GOING SOUTH

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Monday 18 (1.00) & Tuesday 19 October (3.30/6.00) Director Alexander Mackendrick Cast Edward G. Robinson, Fergus McClelland, Constance Cummings UK 1963, 1h55m

After an air raid kills his parents, tenyear-old Sammy Hartland is left alone, penniless and vulnerable in colonial Africa.

He defiantly sets out to find his Aunt Jane, whom he vaguely remembers lives in Durban, South Africa, which is at the other end of the continent. Sammy navigates a treacherous path through desert, across mountains and down river, until he meets and forms an unlikely bond with worldweary hunter Cocky Wainwright. Sammy Going South is an undiscovered gem that has been carefully restored to best showcase the beauty of the African landscape as seen through a child’s eyes.

A WOMAN’S WORK IS NEVER DONE! A CENTURY OF SCOTLAND’S WOMEN AT WORK

N/C 8+

Wednesday 27 October (6.15) / 1h30m

This special screening of archive films, curated by the Scottish Screen Archive at the National Library of Scotland, showcases a range of amateur, professional, promotional and propaganda films that have captured women at work over the last century.

The programme includes historic visual treasures such as biscuit making and laundry services during the 1920s and 30s, fisherwomen, First World War suffragette front-line hospitals, a Scottish aviation pioneer, engineering in a munitions factory, learning how to use the Knitmaster and expectations of the perfect 1950’s housewife and mother.

This screening will be introduced by Ruth Washbrook from the Scottish Screen Archive to commemorate the UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.

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MONORAIL FILM CLUB

PLAY ME SOMETHING

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Sunday 31 October (7.00) Director Timothy Neat Cast John Berger, Tilda Swinton UK 1989, 1h12m

At the airport on the island of Barra, a small group of people await the delayed plane to Glasgow. Among the local passengers is the mysterious Stranger ( John Berger) who captivates them with a story of love set in Venice. a singular, groundbreaking and beautiful piece of filmmaking. The Herald The film was selected and will be introduced by David Mackenzie, a Glasgow-based filmmaker whose films include Young Adam and Hallam Foe. Director Timothy Neat will do a Q&A after the screening.

Image © Jean Mohr

EARLY WORKS

BY HANS RICHTER

N/C 8+

With live improvisations by Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra & Johanna Varner Sunday 3 October (2.30) Germany 1921 – 1929, 1h20m

Hans Richter was a virtuosic artist and filmmaker whose career spanned the development of the avant-garde in Europe and America across the first decades of the 20th century. Inspired by Cubism, Richter experimented in Dadaist and Surrealist modes, working across painting, drawing, woodcuts and film. This programme gives an essential overview of Richter’s moving image work, including both Surrealist and Dadaist content.

The films will be accompanied live by the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra, an internationally renowned ensemble from diverse artistic origins such as free improvisation, experimental music, jazz, classical music, folk, performance art and pop. They will be joined on this occasion by German cellist Johanna Varner.

IF I COULD ONLY FLY (WORK IN PROGRESS) N/C 15+ Sunday 10 October (6.00) Director Kevin Triplett / USA 2009, 1h25m

Texan hell-raiser and country music legend Blaze Foley was shot dead in 1989 while living up to his reputation as a rebellious champion of the underdog. His songs have been recorded by Merle Haggard, Lyle Lovett and John Prine, Lucinda Williams penned ‘Drunken Angel’ as her tribute and Gurf Morlix has just recorded an album of Foley’s tunes.

Gurf Morlix will introduce the film and perform two songs at this UK premiere of Kevin Triplett’s celebration of The Duct Tape Messiah.

Part of Glasgow Americana 2010.

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SOULBOY

Friday 1 – Monday 4 October

Friday 1 – Sunday 3 October

Director Juan José Campanella

Director Shimmy Marcus Cast Martin Compston, Felicity Jones, Alfie Allen

Argentina/Spain 2009, 2h9m, subtitles

Recently retired criminal court investigator Benjamin Esposito decides to try his hand at writing a novel based on a case that has haunted him: the brutal rape and murder of a beautiful woman in 1974. Esposito must delve into memories long put away to solve the mystery and acknowledge his past mistakes. Part thriller, part love story, The Secret in Their Eyes took the 2010 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film against strong competition: see why. bfi Southbank Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.gft.org.uk/notes

TAMARA DREWE

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UK 2010, 1h22m

The intriguing genesis, impassioned adherents and unique fashions and dance moves of the northern soul scene make it one of the most fascinating of British youth culture movements – not to mention the music it celebrates, which is quite simply some of the greatest ever made.

Shimmy Marcus’s dynamic and satisfying comingof-age film is set right at the pulsing heart of the craze, and features a great UK cast. EIFF 2010 The screening on Friday 1 October (6.15) will be followed by a Q&A with Martin Compston.

THE ILLUSIONIST

Tuesday 5 – Thursday 7 October

Monday 11 – Thursday 14 October

Director Stephen Frears Cast Gemma Arterton, Tamsin Greig

Director Sylvain Chomet / Scotland 2010, 1h20m

UK 2010, 1h51m

Posy Simmonds’s graphic novel, once a weekly feature in The Guardian, is now on screen, directed by Stephen Frears. This comedy of manners stars Gemma Arterton as the eponymous Tamara, who arrives back at her childhood home town, in the middle of a writers’ retreat, and causes all manner of misunderstandings and drama.

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Rooted in French popular culture of the 1950s, The Illusionist is based on a 1956 script by Jacques Tati, written as a private letter to his daughter and never before produced. Chomet’s film focuses on an animated version of Tati in an emotionally complex story of a magician and his young fan.

Before the screening on Wednesday 13 October (8.40) Malcolm Ross (Orange Juice) performs songs he composed for The Illusionist’s pop sensations, The Britoons, with Leo Condie and Ian Stoddart – the original line-up!

Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.gft.org.uk/notes

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Scotland Loves Anime £ Seasons at GFT ticket deal: any 4 tickets from this season for £22/£18. A further discount of £1 off each ticket is applied for CineCards, please see www.gft.org.uk/cinecard for details. Tickets must be purchased in one transaction.

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Also screening as part of Scotland Loves Anime is Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, see page 22 for full details.

SCOTTISH PREMIERE

SUMMER WARS

SCOTTISH PREMIERE

Friday 8 October (6.00)

PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE ETERNAL DIVA

Director Mamoru Hosoda

Saturday 9 October (1.00)

Japan 2009, 1h54m, subtitles

Director Masakazu Hashimoto

Kenji is a teenage maths prodigy recruited by his secret crush Natsuki for the ultimate summer job – passing himself off as Natsuki’s boyfriend for four days during her grandmother’s 90th birthday celebrations. But when Kenji solves a 2,056 digit maths riddle sent to his cell phone, he unwittingly breaches the security barricade protecting Oz, a globe-spanning virtual world where millions of people and governments interact through their avatars, handling everything from online shopping and traffic control to national defence and nuclear launch codes. Now a malicious AI program called Love Machine is hijacking Oz accounts, growing exponentially more powerful and sowing chaos and destruction in its wake…

Japan 2009, 1h39m, English

This screening will be introduced by Jonathan Clements, author of Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade.

This screening will be introduced by Jonathan Clements, author of Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade.

In association with Discovery Film Festival.

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Professor Layton, true English gentleman and the world’s greatest amateur super sleuth, embarks on a daring adventure when he receives a letter from his former student, the famous opera diva Janice Quatlane.

She is to perform at the legendary Crown Petone Opera House and invites him to attend as her special guest. Meanwhile, a spate of disappearances hits London. Two young schoolgirls are the latest victims and the Professor suspects the case is related to mysterious occurrences at the theatre. The Professor and his loyal assistant Luke travel to the Opera House to solve their toughest puzzle yet, the mystery of Eternal Life.

UK PREMIERE

SCOTTISH PREMIERE

TRIGUN BADLANDS RUMBLE N/C 12+ REDLINE

N/C 12+

Saturday 9 October (3.20)

Sunday 10 October (2.45)

Director Satoshi Nishimura

Director Takeshi Koike

Japan 2010, 1h30m, subtitles

Japan 2010, 1h41m, subtitles

Vash the Stampede is a gunslinging, red trenchcoatwearing drifter with a giant bounty on his head. His biggest threat, however, may not be law enforcement, but an outlaw by the name of Gasback. Twenty years ago, Vash accidentally interfered with one of Gasback’s robberies, and now the villain’s back with a score to settle.

Racers come from all around the universe to compete in the Redline race – an illegal car race where the stakes are high and anything goes. JP finds himself racing against the girl of his dreams and an assortment of heavily armed racers all hell-bent on winning Redline.

Also involved in this caper are a beautiful lady with a grudge, a couple of insurance agents, and Vash’s old buddy Wolfwood. At first it seems that Gasback has succeeded, but one can never underestimate Vash’s legendary abilities—not to mention the secrets that his allies have up their sleeves.

We’re delighted that the director and producer of Trigun Badlands Rumble, Satoshi Nishimura and Shigeru Kitayama, will introduce and do a Q&A following the screening.

With every car armed to the teeth, who will survive long enough to cross the finish line? If you’ve ever wondered what an adult version of Wacky Races would be like then this film is for you!

This screening will be followed by a talk from Jonathan Clements, author of Schoolgirl Milky Crisis.

UK PREMIERE

ONE PIECE: STRONG WORLD

N/C 8+

Sunday 10 October (7.45) / Director Munehisa Sakai / Japan 2009, 1h53m, subtitles

Luffy and his crew of pirates are sailing the seas looking for the legendary treasure, ‘One Piece’. They face tough pirates on their journey – the toughest of all being Shiki the Golden Lion, who has just returned, twenty years after he disappeared. He wants to take revenge on the whole wide world. To fulfil his evil plans, he kidnaps Nami, Luffy’s navigator, and brings her aboard Strong World, the wild flying island he has created.

Luffy and his friends will have to face hostile plants and giant animals to set her free.

Written by Eiichiro Oda, the original author of the manga, this movie represents the tenth anniversary of One Piece. Come and see why it has lasted so long!

This screening will be introduced by Jonathan Clements, author of Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade. © Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, Toei Animation © "2009 One Piece" production committee

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Glasgay!

Glasgay! is Scotland’s annual celebration of queer culture. GFT is delighted to be part of it – for more information on all Glasgay! events visit www.glasgay.co.uk.

Also screening as part of Glasgay! is Pink Flamingos, see page 22 for full details.

OPENING GALA

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Thursday 14 October (6.15pm) Director Rikki Beadle-Blair Cast Jay Brown, Rikki Beadle-Blair, Duncan MacInnes UK 2010, 1h48m

A last-chance dance class becomes a therapeutic encounter between adolescents, struggling with their ideas about sexuality and adulthood. We follow Loris, the new drama teacher, who has to deal with a troubled group of teens, all at risk of expulsion. This bright and dynamic piece challenges assumptions.

STRELLA – A WOMAN’S WAY N/C 18+ Sunday 17 October (7.45) Director Panos H Koutras Cast Mina Orfanou, Yannis Kokiasmenos Greece 2009, 1h53m, subtitles

Gritty melodrama about a relationship between an ex-con and a trans cabaret singer. With campy dialogue, a fine cast of glamorous ladies and plenty of sex, Strella – A Woman’s Way is reminiscent of the films of Pedro Almodovar but with a generous pinch of Greek mythology thrown in for good measure.

IS IT JUST ME?

N/C 18+

Monday 18 October (8.45) Director J C Calciano Cast Nicholas Downs, David Loren USA 2010, 1h33m

Frustrated by his ongoing failure to meet Mr Right, Blaine stumbles upon what might be his perfect match in an online chat room – Xander, a sweet, hunky guy who’s recently moved to LA. Smitten, Blaine then finds that he’s been chatting to Xander under his go-go dancer roommate’s profile, setting in motion a convoluted comedy of errors with romance as the ultimate objective.

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THE LAST SUMMER OF LA BOYITA N/C 15+

ORLANDO

Wednesday 20 October (6.30)

Director Sally Potter Cast Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Quentin Crisp

Director Julia Solomonoff Cast Guadalupe Alonso, Nicolás Treise, Mirella Pascual

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Tuesday 26 October (6.15)

UK 1992, 1h33m

Argentina/Spain/France 2009, 1h33m, subtitles

On the vast sun-drenched pampas, Jorgelina reunites with her childhood playmate Mario, the proud but withdrawn son of a ranch-hand.

As their relationship develops over a languid summer of rural adventures, Jorgelina discovers that Mario is harbouring a secret even he does not fully understand.

Young nobleman Orlando is commanded

by Queen Elizabeth I to stay forever young.

Miraculously, he does just that. The film follows him as he moves through several centuries of British history, experiencing a variety of lives and relationships along the way, and even changing sex.

This screening will be preceded by a special introduction from comedian and writer Rhona Cameron.

PRAYERS FOR BOBBY

N/C 15+

Sunday 24 October (3.00) Director Russell Mulcahy / Cast Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Ryan Kelley USA 2009, 1h32m

A tear-jerker in the truest sense of the word, Prayers For Bobby is the rousing story of a suburban housewife forced to question everything she believes in when she discovers her ‘perfect’ son Bobby is gay. The film is an inspiring tale of a mother’s love for her son, and a powerful critique of religion and homophobia.

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with guest speakers.

This screening is free, tickets will available on the day from GFT Box Office. A suggested donation of £4 can be made on the day.

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NT LIVE: COMPLICITE’S A DISAPPEARING NUMBER Thursday 14 October (6.45) / 1h45m

A Disappearing Number weaves together the story of two love affairs, separated by a century and a continent. The first happens now. The second is set in 1914. It tells of the heartbreaking collaboration between the greatest natural mathematician of the 20th century, Srinivasa Ramanujan, a penniless Brahmin from Madras in South India, and his British counterpart, the brilliant Cambridge don GH Hardy.

With a haunting original score by Nitin Sawhney, this piece of startling visual poetry from Simon McBurney and theatre company Complicite is a compelling meditation on love, mathematics and the pain of exile in an age when we think we can belong anywhere and have everything.

Mind-bending and heart-stopping. The Independent COMING SOON: TICKETS ON SALE FROM THURSDAY 14 OCTOBER Thursday 9 December 2010 Shakespeare’s Hamlet, directed by Nicholas Hytner, featuring Rory Kinnear in the title role.

Thursday 13 January 2011 The Tony Award-winning musical Fela! with Sahr Ngaujah as Fela Anikulpao-Kuti.

Thursday 3 February 2011 We bring you the Donmar’s production of King Lear.

Tickets are £12.50 and £10 to CineCard holders.

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ADVENTURE FILM FEST N/C 15+ Tuesday 12 October (8.30) / 2h

The Canada’s West Adventure Film Festival will screen award-winning adventure films and documentaries at over 30 locations nationwide throughout the month of October. New for this year is a series of personal appearances and Q&As by South African adventurer Riaan Manser, he will appear at Glasgow Film Theatre on Tuesday 12 October at 8.30pm.

Visit www.adventurefest.co.uk to book your free tickets now!

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SOURCE VISION GALA EVENT

N/C 12+

Tuesday 26 October (3.30) / 2h

This event, hosted by comic creator Mark Millar (Wanted, Kick-Ass), will see the screening of ten films which have been shortlisted for Source magazine’s short film competition. Showcasing young filmmaking talent and featuring a Q&A with Mark, the winning filmmakers will be named at this gala gathering.

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HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG? N/C 15+ Seven documentary stories directed and produced by Connie Field Programme 1 / Sunday 17 October (1.30)

The Road to Resistance 1948-1964 (58m), Hell of a Job (58m), The New Generation (58m) Programme 2 / Saturday 23 October (1.30)

Fair Play (90m), From Selma to Soweto (90m) Programme 3 / Sunday 31 October (1.30)

The Bottom Line 1965-1988 (86m), Free at Last 1979-1990 (80m) Inspired by the courage and suffering of South Africa’s people as they fought back against the violence and oppression of racism, foreign solidarity groups, in cooperation with exiled South Africans, took up the anti-apartheid cause fifty years ago. Connie Field’s remarkable and lively documentaries take us inside the movement and chronicle the history of the global anti-apartheid movement in epic fashion. Field’s research team went through 1,500 hours of footage, 6,000 photographs and 130 interviews. This is a rare chance to see the series in its entirety.

The films will be screened in three parts, accompanied by reflections on the anti-apartheid struggle from leading local activists and artists.

Screening as part of Black History Month in association with The Drouth.

LOOSE CANNONS Mine vaganti

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Sunday 31 October (5.00) Director Ferzan Ozpetek Cast Riccardo Scamarcio, Alessandro Preziosi, Nicole Grimaudo Italy 2010, 1h50m, subtitles

A rich Italian family who own a pasta factory gather to celebrate the handover of the business from father to eldest son Antonio. Younger son Tommaso decides he’ll use the occasion to reveal that he is gay but, shockingly and farcically, his older sibling pre-empts him by making his own identical announcement. Tommaso is thus left stranded, still hiding his sexuality, and when Antonio is summarily booted out of the firm, finds himself uncomfortably holding the reins at the family business. A witty, wellobserved drama, beautifully played by its ensemble cast, especially by Italian heart-throb, Riccardo Scamarcio.

This special advance preview will help raise funds for the Italian Film Festival 2011.

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A Sinister Sunday of Shock! £ A day pass is available for £22/£18. A further discount of £4 off the pass is applied for CineCards, see www.gft.org.uk/cinecard for details.

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ARROW VIDEO PRESENTS

HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS: THE GODFATHER OF GORE N/C 18+

ISLAND OF DEATH

Sunday 24 October (12.30)

Greece 1975, 1h48m

Director Frank Henenlotter

Celebrating twenty-five years since the introduction of the Video Recordings Act, Arrow Video brings Glasgow patrons this exclusive screening of the Greek exploitation classic Island of Death. This insane blood and gore epic (one of the original video nasties) is both damning of right wing morality and also darkly hilarious.

USA 2010, 1h46m

Take an outrageous ride through the wild world of exploitation films with this fascinating documentary on the legendary ‘Godfather of Gore’, Herschell Gordon Lewis, the man who gave the world such retro campy classics as Blood Feast, Two Thousand Maniacs and The Wizard of Gore.

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Sunday 24 October (2.45) Director Nico Mastorakis

This screening will be followed by a Q&A session with director Nico Mastorakis.

UK PREMIERE

ARROW VIDEO PRESENTS

STALKER (AKA EXPOSE) N/C 18+

DEMONS

Sunday 24 October (5.30)

Sunday 24 October (8.00)

Director Martin Kemp

Director Lamberto Bava

UK 2010, 1h28m

Italy 1985, 1h28, subtitles

Continuing the ‘video nasty’ vibe is this remake of the 1976 shocker Expose (premiering under its new title Stalker), directed by erstwhile Spandau Ballet star Martin Kemp and featuring Hollywood sex siren Jane March (The Lover).

Here, March plays a writer struggling with her second novel who is soon terrorised by a homicidal PA. What follows is madness, murder and a rather untoward set piece with a cat!

One of the biggest and bloodiest Italian horror classics of the 1980s, Demons returns to the big screen for one night only. Directed by Lamberto Bava, son of the legendary Mario Bava, and produced by Dario Argento, this zombie shocker tells of an outbreak of flesh hungry ghouls inside a locked cinema.

This screening will be followed by a Q&A session with star Jane March and producer Jonathan Sothcott, moderated by journalist Calum Waddell.

Prior to Demons, we’ll screen a trailer reel of Ruggero Deodato’s infamous 1980 shocker Cannibal Holocaust. The film’s leading lady Francesca Ciardi will join us after the screening.

Following Demons will be Q&A session with the film’s special effects wizard Sergio Stivaletti.

Presented by its UK distributor Arrow Video

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Late Night Classics All tickets cost £4.50 for students and £6 for everyone else. Plus FREE entry to NICE N SLEAZY bar on presentation of your ticket after each film.

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PINK FLAMINGOS

Friday 8 October (10.45pm)

Director John Waters Cast Divine, Mink Stole

Director Shinichiro Watanabe Cast Kōichi Yamadera, Megumi Hayashibara Japan 2001, 1h56m, subtitles

On the spaceship ‘Bebop’, Spike and his crew of bounty hunters are bored and skint. But with the announcement of a vast reward for the capture of a biochemical terrorist everything changes... cotland oves nime

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Friday 15 October (10.45pm)

USA 1972, 1h47m

Filth is my life!

Notorious criminal Divine must defend her title of ‘The Filthiest Person Alive’ when a sleazy couple attempt to outdo her dirty reputation. Possibly one of the most infamous cult films ever made, almost forty years later John Waters’s Pink Flamingos remains shockingly funny. Don’t miss this as we’ll be screening it from a 35mm print imported especially from the States!

HALLOWEEN 18 Friday 29 October (10.45pm) Director John Carpenter Cast Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence USA 1978, 1h31m

A babysitter struggles to survive a night of Halloween terror when knife-wielding maniac Michael Myers returns to butcher the town’s hormonally charged teenagers.

Scare yourself with silly with John Carpenter’s slasher classic.

PSYCHOTRONIC CINEMA

ROBOCOP

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Monday 18 (6.30) & Tuesday 19 October (8.40) Director Paul Verhoeven / Cast Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Miguel Ferrer USA 1987, 1h42m

The new Psychotronic Cinema season kicks off in ferocious style with an ultra-rare opportunity to catch 80s cult classic Robocop on the big screen in 35mm. Although now almost twenty-five years old, Paul Verhoeven’s insanely brutal vision of futuristic law enforcement simply seems ever more impressive.

Robocop is a perfect manifestation of mainstream exploitation filmmaking in the 1980s – explosive, intelligent, politically subversive, action-packed and unspeakably, jaw-droppingly violent. Get ready to be completely blown away.

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LEARNING AT GFT We offer regular courses and events at GFT for people who want to discover more about film. If you’d like to be kept up to date, register online at www.gft.org.uk to receive the GFT e-newsletter. For more information about GFT Learning visit www.gft.org.uk/learning.

ARTISTS’ FILM & VIDEO COURSES IN ASSOCIATION WITH LUX Laughter in the Dark: Humour in Artists’ Films Since the 1970s Tuesday 26 October – Tuesday 16 November (6.30–9.00pm) Course Level: 2 (Furthering knowledge/Developing critical engagement)

This course examines the ways artists have employed humour to discuss personal and political issues. Students will acquire an understanding of artist videos from the 1970s to the present day, including work by Beagles & Ramsay, Bas Jan Alder and the Ant Farm. The course is led by Erica Eyres, a Canadian video artist living and working in Glasgow. Her work makes use of narrative and dark comedy to examine human behaviours.

The course comprises four illustrated seminars and discussions (6.30–9.00pm), held in the GFT Education Room. £

The course costs £40/£34.

for Support Scotland’s Future Audiences, Filmmakers and Programmers Do you remember falling in love with cinema?

Why not share your passion for film by helping us to continue Glasgow Youth Film Festival, Scotland’s most innovative film festival for young people. Next year’s festival promises to have an exciting range of films and outreach workshops for kids of all ages!

This year almost 7,000 people attended GYFF public and school events across Glasgow. The festival, completely coordinated by a team of 15 – 18-year-olds, challenges negative perceptions of young people and offers exciting opportunities for under-18s to create films, attend premieres and meet filmmakers.

We’re looking to raise £7,000 through The Big Arts Give Christmas Challenge which will go towards the £13,500 it costs us to put on Glasgow Youth Film Festival next year. As a registered Scottish charity we do need to raise money to support our work.

All donations for the Christmas Challenge have to be made during 6 – 10 December 2010 but you can pledge your contribution now by contacting Paul Macgregor, Learning Projects Coordinator, on 0141 352 8613 or at info@gft.org.uk. You can also pledge in writing to GFT Learning, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB. To find out more about GYFF and The Big Arts Give, please go to www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk/youth

GFT has a dedicated Learning Projects Coordinator for Children and Young People. Paul Macgregor is available on info@gft.org.uk or 0141 352 8613.

SCHOOLS

YOUTH AND SCHOOLS For regular updates on forthcoming schools events, moving image education news and special offers, sign up for our e-newsletter at www.gft.org.uk/schools.

GFT Learning’s programme for children and young people is supported by The Robertson Trust and Glasgow City Council, Education Services.

FIT

N/C 14+

Thursday 21 October (10.15am – 12.30pm) Recommended for Secondary 3 – 6 [Citizenship/Health and Wellbeing]

65% of young lesbian, gay and bisexual pupils experience homophobic bullying in Britain’s schools but only 7% of teachers report it. FIT aims to tackle homophobia in schools head on. An adaptation of this award-winning play follows a mixture of gay and straight teenagers who are studying classes in hip hop dancing at a south London college.

This screening will come with a special Q&A hosted by Stonewall plus a free resource pack for the Curriculum for Excellence. We hope that director Rikki Beadle-Blair will join us.

Thanks to Stonewall Scotland. FREE to ALL schools.

NATIONAL SCHOOLS FILM WEEK 1 – 5 NOVEMBER 2010 National Schools Film Week, the world’s largest festival for cinema and young people, returns to GFT from Monday 1 – Friday 5 November. Teachers and students are offered the opportunity to see a wide range of films from around the world, entirely free of charge.

GFT’s exciting line up for NSFW includes Ponyo, Sin Nombre, Fish Tank (with BBFC masterclass) and an autism-friendly screening of Toy Story 3. For more details and to book places, please visit www.nsfw.org.

Coming Next Month: Le Petit Nicholas and Skirt Day for the French Film Festival with free learning resources for schools.

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Glasgow Young Scot or Kidz Card holders and an accompanying adult get in FREE! All other tickets at GFT are £3.50. Each child’s ticket admits one adult free of charge. Take 2 screenings are held at both GFT and Cineworld Parkhead. Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied. For full film details, please pick up a leaflet in the foyer. Take 2 screenings start promptly at 11.30am. Free tickets are only issued on the day of the screening.

free family films TOY STORY 3 U Saturday 2 October 11.00am (1h43m)

Do you have any toys lying about in need of a good home? Bring along your unwanted toys – GFT will then donate them to charities based in Glasgow.

Followed by a screening of Toy Story 3 at 11.30am.

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KIRIKOU AND THE WILD BEASTS N/C 5+ Saturday 9 October 11.30am (1h15m)

Learn more about the legend of Kirikou!

Thanks to Culture France and Institut Français de Londres.

THE KARATE KID PG Saturday 16 October 11.30am (2h20m)

A young boy learns the mystical art of karate in China.

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WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT PG Saturday 23 October 11.30am (1h25m)

Someone is eating all of Wallace’s prized vegetables!

MONSTER HOUSE PG Saturday 30 October 11.00am (1h31m)

Come dressed up for Halloween and listen to a spooky storyteller. The best costume will win a prize! Followed by a screening of Monster House at 11.30am.

ACCESS TAKE 2: AUTISM-FRIENDLY SCREENINGS Access Take 2 screenings are for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their families, and are also suitable for any child with any 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 children can make noise and move around. The screenings will take place on the first Saturday of each month at 12.30pm.

Next Access Take 2 Screening: TOY STORY 3 U Saturday 2 October, 12.30pm (1h43m)

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Glasgow Young Scot or Kidz Card holders and an accompanying adult get in FREE! Take 2 terms and conditions apply. Admission to Access Take 2 screenings is at the discretion of GFT managers. Take 2 leaflets are distributed through Glasgow Local Authority primary schools. Please let us know if you don’t receive your copy! If you have any queries (not bookings) about Access Take 2 contact Paul at GFT Learning on info@gft.org.uk or 0141 352 8613.

THE 8 ½ FOUNDATION 8 ½ is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to introducing world cinema to children. It celebrates the power of cinema to expand children’s horizons and welcomes children into the wider world of movies by encouraging them to celebrate their Movie Birthday!

GFT’s Take 2 family film programme in association with Cineworld Parkhead is a place where children can discover cinema. We are offering children who attend Take 2 and Access Take 2 the opportunity to get involved with the 8 ½ Foundation. If you are a parent or carer of a child aged seven or eight and would like your child to experience their Movie Birthday with 8 ½, please get in touch.

Contact Emily Munro (Head of GFT Learning) at education@gft.org.uk to register your interest. Find out more at www.eightandahalf.org.

8 ½ is supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

OCTOBER WEEK FAMILY FILMS All tickets are £3.50 THE SECRET OF KELLS PG Monday 11 (12.30) & Friday 15 October (12.30) (1h15m)

When the magical Book of Kells is brought to Ireland, Brendan’s life is turned upside down.

TINKER BELL AND THE GREAT FAIRY RESCUE U Tuesday 12 October (12.40) (1h16m)

Tinker Bell must team up with her rival to keep the world’s fairies a secret!

CATS AND DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE U Wednesday 13 October (12.40) (1h22m)

Dogs and cats across the world unite to stop the evil Kitty Galore!

THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE PG Thursday 14 October (12.30) (1h48m)

A science nerd becomes an apprentice to a powerful wizard.

SILVER SCREEN Every Tuesday at 12.45pm GFT programmes films for our more discerning viewers!

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PIANOMANIA CTBC

Tuesday 5 October (12.45) see page 14

Tuesday 19 October (12.45) see page 7

WENT THE DAY WELL? PG

THE WILDEST DREAM PG

Tuesday 12 October (12.45) see page 12

Tuesday 26 October (12.45) see page 9

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Tickets: £4.50 / £3.50

Yvonne Rainer, Privilege, 1990

Tuesday 5 October, 7pm MURDER and murder (1996)

Yvonne Rainer: Dance and Film Tramway presents the first major European survey in live dance and film of American icon of the avant-garde, Yvonne Rainer

Wednesday 6 October, 7pm Privilege (1990) Thursday 7 October, 2.30pm The Man Who Envied Women (1985) Thursday 7 October, from 7.30pm, repeated until 10pm Free, non-ticketed Yvonne Rainer: Short Films (1966–1978) Friday 8 October, 2.30pm Journeys from Berlin/1971 (1979)

Friday 8 October, 6.30pm Rainer Variations (2002) directed by Charles Atlas Saturday 9 October, 2.30pm Kristina Talking Pictures (1976) Saturday 9 October, 6.30pm After Many a Summer Dies the Swan: Hybrid (2002) Sunday 10 October, 2.30pm Film About a Woman Who...

(1974) Sunday 10 October, 7pm Lives of Performers (1972) For full listings of dance and film programme or to book online please visit www.tramway.org or call 0845 330 3501

REGULARS

HORROR/CULT CINEMA DISCUSSION GROUP Wednesday 6 October (6.30pm) Free

Meet on the first Wednesday of each month to discuss horror and cult cinema. Meet other genre fans in a friendly atmosphere to exchange thoughts and opinions about your favourite flicks. Discuss anything from giallo to exploitation to modern independent films!

FILM DISCUSSION GROUP Wednesday 13 October (6.30pm) Free

This group meets on the second Wednesday of each month in the upstairs bar at GFT to discuss both blockbusters and arthouse movies. Led by film writer Eddie Harrison. Come along to chat about recent releases with other film lovers.

THE GFT FILM QUIZ Tuesday 26 October (8.45) in Café Cosmo

Test your knowledge of film trivia against our ‘experts’ during a great evening of movie facts and fun. Paul Gallagher is a freelance film critic in print, radio and online and is far too interested in useless movie trivia. Paul Greenwood is the film critic for the Evening Times and he’s even worse. Keir Hind is the other guy. Maximum of four in a team. £ Tickets £1.50

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John Brown Inksters Solicitors In Loving Memory of Andrew, Nan and Anne Crawford Willie & Isabel Morrison “Tokyo Olympiad” 1965 In Memory Of Miriam Gerber, film enthusiast at GFT Vera Livinstone A Film Lover In loving memory of Patsy Leishman. She loved Glasgow.

Jacqueline Hilley, our ever shining star Robert G Tedford Ronni Richards In memory of Nancy Dangerfield, film enthusiast.

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Helen and Laura Antebi Jean Morton, nee Singleton.

From her family to Kathryn Mary Singleton Kerr John Gerrard and Margaret Mackay, GFT fans Stuart Wilson In loving memory of Mary Spence In loving memory of Stewart Maclean, filmgoer at the Cosmo Kenny Macleod For my father, Matthew Harvie National Pop League Marguerite and Desmond Morrow Drew Scott

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Elsie Freer Robert Innes James McCluskey - chic Derek Fletcher Yours Always, C John McDonald Miller John McDonald Miller Park Film Society Park Film Society In memory of Alice Atkinson, founding member of the Glasgow Group of the Humanist Society of Scotland.

For Willy Slavin a.k.a Barry Norman From the McCormick Family and Mary In loving memory of Dan Buglass “We’ll always have Paris” June xxx Ray McKenzie

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USEFUL INFORMATION

Gift Vouchers

BOX OFFICE OPENING HOURS

Café Cosmo is open: Sunday to Friday from 12noon / Saturday from 11am Café Cosmo closes 15 mins after start of final film.

Sunday to Friday from 12 noon Saturday from 11am Box Office closes 15 mins after start of final film.

Ticket Prices Unless otherwise stated: Full: £6.90 Concessions: £5.20 CineCard holders £1 off every ticket all tickets £3.50 F free but ticketed events Concessions apply to Children (under 16), 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.

CineCard For a single annual payment of £30, receive 4 free tickets and £1 off every screening. Join at Box Office or visit www.gft.org.uk

Saver Tickets See 5 Films for £32.00 / £23.50 Tickets valid for 3 months

ADVANCE BOOKING Online: www.gft.org.uk Phone: during Box Office hours call (0141) 332 6535 (at busy times you will be asked to leave a contact number). A £1.50 booking charge is made for each transaction online or by phone.

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BOX OFFICE 0141 332 6535

Available from Box Office.

Café Cosmo

GFT’s licensed bar serves excellent home made soup, sandwiches and snacks until 5pm. Snack platters available when the kitchen closes. Drinks may be taken into the cinema – just ask for a ‘take-in’ container.

Website www.gft.org.uk Features further information on the programme and ticket booking along with ‘Extras’ including programme notes, trailers, and footage of GFT events.

Certification Films awaiting BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) certification are marked ‘CTBC’ (check the website or call the box office for up-to-date information). Films not being certified by the BBFC are marked N/C and accompanied by an age recommendation i.e. N/C 15 + (suitable for ages 15 and older, no-one under 15 will be admitted).

Mailing List Join our mailing list for £6.50 per year and receive this guide delivered to your home.

Free E-List Receive regular bulletins of films and activities at GFT, visit www.gft.org.uk to subscribe.

Events, Conferences & Private Hires A unique venue for a large variety of events. Contact Angela on (0141) 352 8601 or email: manager@gft.org.uk

Access Information GFT accepts the CEA Card (www.ceacard.co.uk). With the exception of the Balcony Bar and Education Room all public areas of the GFT are fully accessible to people using wheelchairs. Toilet facilities for wheelchair users are available on the ground floor. We have a lift to Cinema 1 for customer use.

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 tickets@gft.org.uk with your specific access enquiries.

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GFT offers both Audio Description and captioning on selected titles and selected screenings in Cinema 1 only. Audio Description A is a service for partially sighted or blind people (AD headphones are available to collect from Box Office when you pick up your tickets prior to the film screening).

Captioning C is a service for the hearing-impaired or deaf who rely on subtitling to enable them to follow the film’s dialogue.

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GFT Accessible Programme

QUEEN ST STATION

It’s easy to find us. We’re right in the city centre just off Sauchiehall Street.

By Subway: Nearest subway is Cowcaddens.

Leave the station and turn right, then right again turning left onto Rose Street. The GFT is a short walk from here. www.spt.co.uk/subway

By Bus: Local bus services stop close to the cinema. www.spt.co.uk

This issue: Take 2: Toy Story 3 (U) Saturday 2 October (11.30) A C Tamara Drewe (15) Tuesday 5 – Thursday 7 October, all screenings Tamara Drewe (15) Tuesday 5 October (5.50) C Wednesday 6 October (1.00) C Take 2: The Karate Kid (PG) Saturday 16 October (11.30) A

By Train: Glasgow city centre is served by both Central and Queen Street Stations. www.nationalrail.co.uk Car Parking: Closest public parking is the supervised 24 hour multi-storey car park in Cambridge Street. Parking after 6pm costs £1. There is limited on street metered parking.

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

Glasgow Film Theatre (known as GFT) is a charity registered in Scotland, No. SCO05932.

GFT is delighted to have been awarded:

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It’s a Wonderful Life On sale now!

Book online (www.gft.org.uk) or phone GFT Box Office on 0141 332 6535.

GFT is the place to be as we celebrate the festive season with It’s a Wonderful Life, the heartwarming and spirited Christmas tale that’s an all-time favourite. Book now as tickets sell out very quickly. / 5.30

Saturday 18 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) 2.30 / 5.20 / 8.20

3.30 / 8.20

Sunday 19 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) 2.30 / 5.20 / 8.20

Sunday 12 December It's a Wonderful Life (U)

1.00 / 5.45

Monday 20 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) 2.30 / 5.20 / 8.20

Monday 13 December It's a Wonderful Life (U)

3.30 / 8.20

Tuesday 21 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) 2.30 / 5.20 / 8.20

Tuesday 14 December It's a Wonderful Life (U)

1.00 / 5.45

Wednesday 22 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) 2.30 / 5.20 / 8.20

Friday 10 December It's a Wonderful Life (U)

12.30

Saturday 11 December It's a Wonderful Life (U)

Wednesday 15 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) 3.30 / 8.20 Thursday 16 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) 1.00 / 5.45 Friday 17 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) 2.30

Thursday 23 December It's a Wonderful Life (U) 2.30 / 5.20 / 8.20 FRIDAY 24 December 1.00 / 1.30 / 4.00 It’s a Wonderful Life (U) 4.30 / 7.00 / 7.30

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ANOTHER YEAR

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Monday 25 October (5.45) Director Mike Leigh / UK 2010, 2h9m + Q&A

GFT is delighted to host a special preview screening of the critically acclaimed Another Year, followed by a Q&A with BAFTA award-winning director Mike Leigh and actress Lesley Manville.

12A: Contains infrequent strong language