GFT July/August 2011 brochure

JULY/August 2011

THE TREE OF LIFE 3D at GFT

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Glasgow: Cinema City

A celebration of films shot in Glasgow

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Contents Diary

Akira

Arrietty

3–6 31 12 & 31

Bal

11

Battleship Potemkin

25

Beginners

9

Win Win

18

You’ve Been Trumped

17

ALTERNATIVE CONTENT

Le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris: Children of Paradise 23 Glyndebourne: Don Giovanni

24

Glyndebourne: The Turn of the Screw

24

A Better Life

10

NT Live: The Cherry Orchard

23

The Big Picture

10

NT Live: One Man, Two Guvnors

23

The House of Mirth

27

Perfect Sense

27

Black

20

General Nil

19

Horizontal 8

20

Little Rose

19

Lynch

19

Mystification

20

Access Take 2: Autism Friendly Screenings

34

Film Discussion Group

36

The GFT Film Quiz

36

GFT Learning

32

Bobby Fischer Against the World

8

The Breakfast Club

30

Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D

22

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

29

The Conspirator

18

Cría cuervos

25

Film Socialisme

12

The First Grader

8

Gilda

26

The Guard

15

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

28

Horrid Henry: The Movie 3D

22

Incendies

7

Jackass 3D

30

Jurassic Park

29

Just Do It: A Tale of Modern-day Outlaws

17

Last Year in Marienbad

26

Life in a Day

11

Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine 16 The Messenger

11

My Own Private Idaho

28

Pina 3D

21

Potiche

7

The Princess of Montpensier

13

Project Nim

15

The Round Up

8

The Salt of Life

13

Sarah’s Key

13

A Separation

7

Scotland in Auld Film – the Curator’s Cut

17

The Skin I Live in

16

Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon

18

Treacle Jr

12

The Tree

15

The Tree of Life TT3D: Closer to the Edge

9 22

CINEMA CITY

PLAY POLAND FILM FESTIVAL

GFT REGULARS

Horror/Cult Film Discussion Group Late Night Classics

36 29–30

Lock Up Your Daughters Film Club

28

Silver Screen

35

Take 2: Free Saturday Films for Families

USEFUL INFORMATION

33 37–38

2 for 1 tickets There are two ways of getting hold of two for one tickets every week at GFT. Buy the Sunday Herald for a voucher for one of our Monday night screenings or use Orange Wednesdays. www.heraldscotland.com www.orange.co.uk/orangewednesdays

A large print version of this brochure is available from Box Office.

Friday 1 July

A Separation (PG) p7

15.00

/ 17.50 / 20.20

Incendies (15) p7

15.15

/ 20.10

Potiche (15) p7

13.00

/ 18.00

Saturday 2 July A Separation (PG) p7

15.00 / 17.50 / 20.20

Incendies (15) p7

18.00

Potiche (15) p7

15.30 / 20.40

Take 2: Megamind (PG) p33

11.30

Access T2: Megamind (PG) p34 A Separation (PG) p7

14.00 / 16.50 19.00

Potiche (15) p7

16.45

NT Live: The Cherry Orchard p23

19.20 13.00

Monday 4 July A Separation (PG) p7

17.50 / 20.20 15.00 / 18.00

Potiche (15) p7

15.30 / 20.40

A Separation (PG) p7

15.00 / 17.50 / 20.20

Incendies (15) p7

20.10

Potiche (15) p7

18.00

The First Grader (12A) p8

12.45

Wednesday 6 July A Separation (PG) p7

17.45

Incendies (15) p7

18.00

Potiche (15) p7

15.30 / 20.40

The First Grader (12A) p8

20.30

Horror/Cult Film Discussion Group p36

Thursday 7 July

18.30

A Separation (PG) p7

15.00 / 20.20

Incendies (15) p7

15.15 / 20.10

Potiche (15) p7

13.00 / 18.00

The First Grader (12A) p8

Friday 8 July

The Tree of Life (12A) p9

18.10 14.30

/ 17.15 / 20.00

The Round Up (12A) p8

15.00

/ 20.15

A Separation (PG) p7

12.30

/ 17.45

Special features

3

£4.00 tickets

13.15

A Separation (PG) p7

15.45

Le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris: Children of Paradise p23

18.30

Take 2: Winged Migration (U) p33

11.30

Sunday 10 July

The Tree of Life (12A) p9

18.30 14.00 / 19.00 16.30

GYFF Presents: Akira (15) p31

13.00

GYFF Preview: Arrietty (CTBC) p31

16.00

Monday 11 July

The Tree of Life (12A) p9

15.00 / 20.00

The Round Up (12A) p8

17.50

A Separation (PG) p7

15.20 / 20.20

Win Win (15) p18

Incendies (15) p7

Tuesday 5 July

14.30 / 17.15 / 20.00

The Round Up (12A) p8

A Separation (PG) p7

Incendies (15) p7 Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon (N/C 15+) p18

The Tree of Life (12A) p9

The Round Up (12A) p8

12.30

Sunday 3 July

Saturday 9 July

17.45

Tuesday 12 July The Tree of Life (12A) p9

17.15

The Round Up (12A) p8

/ 20.00

15.00 / 20.15

A Separation (PG) p7

17.45

Win Win (15) p18

12.45

Wednesday 13 July The Tree of Life (12A) p9

15.00 / 17.50

The Round Up (12A) p8

14.45

A Separation (PG) p7

20.15

Win Win (15) p18

20.40

You’ve Been Trumped (N/C 12+) p17

17.45

Film Discussion Group p36

18.30

Thursday 14 July The Tree of Life (12A) p9

14.30

/ 17.15 / 20.00

The Round Up (12A) p8

15.00 / 20.15

A Separation (PG) p7

12.30 / 17.45

Friday 15 July Bal (PG) p11

Bobby Fischer Against the World (12A) p8 The Tree of Life (12A) p9 Jurassic Park (PG) p29

Free events

Special ticket price

14.30

16.15

/ 20.30

14.15

/ 18.30

/ 17.15 / 20.00 23.00

Captioned films

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Saturday 16 July Bal (PG) p11

14.15 / 18.30

Bobby Fischer Against... (12A) p8

16.30 / 20.45

The Tree of Life (12A) p9

14.30 / 17.15 / 20.00

Take 2: Valiant (U) p33

11.30

Sunday 17 July Bal (PG) p11

15.15

Bobby Fischer Against... (12A) p8

13.15 / 17.30

The Tree of Life (12A) p9

14.00 / 19.00

Pina 3D (U) p21

16.45

Lock Up Your Daughters: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (15) p28

19.30

Monday 18 July

Monday 25 July Beginners (15) p9

13.45 / 16.00 / 20.30

The Big Picture (15) p10

13.15 / 15.40 / 20.20

Scotland in Auld Film – the Curator’s Cut (N/C 8+) p17

18.00

Film Socialisme (CTBC) p12

18.15

Tuesday 26 July Beginners (15) p9

16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30

The Big Picture (15) p10

15.40 / 20.20

Film Socialisme (CTBC) p12

12.45

Treacle Jr (N/C 15+) p12

18.00

The GFT Film Quiz p36

20.45

Wednesday 27 July

Bal (PG) p11

16.00 / 20.40

The Messenger (15) p11

13.40 / 18.15

The Big Picture (15) p10

The Tree of Life (12A) p9

15.00 / 17.45

Film Socialisme (CTBC) p12

20.30

Treacle Jr (N/C 15+) p12

13.15

Cinema City: Perfect Sense (CTBC) p27

18.15

Pina 3D (U) p21

20.30

Tuesday 19 July Bal (PG) p11

18.10

The Messenger (15) p11

15.50 / 20.20

The Tree of Life (12A) p9

15.00 / 20.00

Pina 3D (U) p21

12.45

Wednesday 20 July

/ 17.45

Beginners (15) p9

13.45 / 16.00 / 20.30 15.40 / 18.00

Thursday 28 July Beginners (15) p9

16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30

The Big Picture (15) p10

15.40 / 18.00 / 20.20

Friday 29 July

A Better Life (12A) p10

15.00

/ 18.30 / 20.40

Bal (PG) p11

16.00 / 20.40

Beginners (15) p9

13.30

/ 18.10

The Messenger (15) p11

13.40 / 18.15

The Big Picture (15) p10

15.45

/ 20.20

The Tree of Life (12A) p9

14.15 / 17.00

Thursday 21 July

/ 20.00

Bal (PG) p11

13.40 / 18.10

The Messenger (15) p11

15.50 / 20.20

The Tree of Life (12A) p9

14.30 / 17.15 / 20.00

Friday 22 July Beginners (15) p9 The Big Picture (15) p10

13.15

16.00

/ 18.15 / 20.30

/ 15.40

/ 18.00 / 20.20

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (PG) p29 23.00

Saturday 30 July A Better Life (12A) p10

14.00 / 16.15 / 18.30 / 20.40

Beginners (15) p9

16.00 / 20.30

The Big Picture (15) p10

13.30 / 18.10

Take 2: The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader (PG) p33

11.30

Sunday 31 July A Better Life (12A) p10

13.00 / 15.15

Beginners (15) p9

12.30 / 17.10

Saturday 23 July

The Big Picture (15) p10

14.45 / 19.20

The Big Picture (15) p10 13.15 / 15.40 / 18.00 / 20.20

Monday 1 August

Horrid Henry: The Movie 3D (U) p22 Beginners (15) p9

13.45 / 16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30

Take 2: Gnomeo & Juliet (U) p33

Sunday 24 July Beginners (15) p9

The Big Picture (15) p10 Life in a Day (12A) p11

13.00

11.30 15.00 / 17.15 / 19.30 14.30 / 17.00

Glyndebourne: Don Giovanni p24

18.00

A Better Life (12A) p10

15.00 / 20.40

Beginners (15) p9

16.00 / 20.30

The Big Picture (15) p10

13.30 / 18.10

The Conspirator (12A) p18

19.45

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Tuesday 2 August A Better Life (12A) p10

18.30 / 20.40

Beginners (15) p9

13.15

The Big Picture (15) p10

15.25 / 20.20

The Conspirator (12A) p18

12.45

Little Rose (N/C 15+) p19

17.45

Wednesday 3 August A Better Life (12A) p10

15.00 / 18.00

Beginners (15) p9

16.00 / 20.30

The Big Picture (15) p10

13.30 / 18.10

The Conspirator (12A) p18

20.15

Horror/Cult Film Discussion Group p36

Thursday 4 August A Better Life (12A) p10

18.30

16.15 / 18.30 / 20.40 13.30 / 18.10

The Big Picture (15) p10

15.45 / 20.20

Friday 5 August

/ 15.30

/ 18.00 / 20.20

The Princess of Montpensier (15) p13 14.45

/ 20.00

Arrietty (CTBC) p12

/ 17.50

12.45

Saturday 6 August

Sarah’s Key (CTBC) p13 13.20 / 15.40 / 18.00 / 20.20 The Princess of Montpensier (15) p13

20.00

Arrietty (CTBC) p12

14.30 / 17.50

Take 2: Tangled (PG) p33

11.30

Access T2: Tangled (PG) p34

12.30

Sunday 7 August Sarah’s Key (CTBC) p13

14.30 / 17.00

The Princess of Montpensier (15) p13

12.30 / 19.15

Arrietty (CTBC) p12

15.15

Battleship Potemkin (PG) p25

17.15

Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D (U) p22

Monday 8 August

19.30

Sarah’s Key (CTBC) p13

15.40 / 20.20

The Princess of Montpensier (15) p13

15.00 / 20.00

Arrietty (CTBC) p12

13.00 / 17.50

Battleship Potemkin (PG) p25

Tuesday 9 August

18.20

Sarah’s Key (CTBC) p13

15.40 / 18.00 / 20.20

Arrietty (CTBC) p12

14.15 / 16.15 / 20.30

Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D (U) p22 Lynch (N/C 15+) p19

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Sarah’s Key (CTBC) p13 13.20 / 15.40 / 18.00 / 20.20 Arrietty (CTBC) p12

16.30 / 18.30 / 20.30

Film Discussion Group p36

18.30

Thursday 11 August Sarah’s Key (CTBC) p13

15.40 / 18.00 / 20.20

Arrietty (CTBC) p12

13.00 / 15.00 / 20.30

Friday 12 August The Salt of Life (12A) p13

14.30

/ 16.30

/ 18.45 / 20.45

Project Nim (12A) p15

13.20

Sarah’s Key (CTBC) p13

15.40

Jackass 3D (18) p30

Beginners (15) p9

Sarah’s Key (CTBC) p13

13.00

Wednesday 10 August

/ 18.00 / 20.20 23.00

Saturday 13 August

The Salt of Life (12A) p13 14.30 / 16.30 / 18.45 / 20.45 Project Nim (12A) p15

15.40 / 20.20

Sarah’s Key (CTBC) p13

13.20 / 18.00

Take 2: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (U) p33

11.30

Sunday 14 August The Salt of Life (12A) p13

13.00 / 17.45

Project Nim (12A) p15

14.30

Sarah’s Key (CTBC) p13

19.30

Cría cuervos (12A) p25

19.45

Just Do It: A Tale of Modern-day Outlaws (12A) p17

Monday 15 August The Salt of Life (12A) p13

17.00

14.30 / 16.30 / 20.45

Project Nim (12A) p15

15.40 / 20.20

Sarah’s Key (CTBC) p13

13.20 / 18.00

Cría cuervos (12A) p25

Tuesday 16 August The Salt of Life (12A) p13

18.30 15.00 / 18.45 / 20.45

Project Nim (12A) p15

15.40

Sarah’s Key (CTBC) p13

13.20 / 20.30

Cría cuervos (12A) p25

12.45

General Nil (N/C 15+) p19

18.00

Wednesday 17 August The Salt of Life (12A) p13

16.30 / 18.45

/ 20.45

Project Nim (12A) p15

15.40 / 20.20

Sarah’s Key (CTBC) p13

13.20 / 18.00

12.45 18.15

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Thursday 18 August The Salt of Life (12A) p13

16.30 / 18.45 / 20.45

Project Nim (12A) p15

13.20 / 18.00

Sarah’s Key (CTBC) p13

15.40 / 20.20

Friday 19 August The Guard (15) p15 13.45

/ 16.00

/ 18.15 / 20.30

The Salt of Life (12A) p13

14.10

/ 18.20

Project Nim (12A) p15

16.10

/ 20.20

Saturday 20 August The Guard (15) p15

13.45 / 16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30

The Salt of Life (12A) p13

16.30 / 20.45

Project Nim (12A) p15

14.15 / 18.30

Take 2: Yogi Bear (U) p33

11.30

Sunday 21 August The Guard (15) p15

13.00 / 15.15

The Salt of Life (12A) p13

13.15 / 17.30

Project Nim (12A) p15

15.15

Friday 26 August The Skin I Live in (15) p16

12.50

/ 15.20

/ 17.50 / 20.20

The Tree (CTBC) p15

16.00

The Guard (15) p15

13.45

The Breakfast Club (15) p30

Saturday 27 August The Skin I Live in (15) p16

/ 20.30 / 18.15 23.00

15.20 / 17.50 / 20.20

The Tree (CTBC) p15

13.45 / 18.15

The Guard (15) p15

16.00 / 20.30

Take 2: Two Brothers (U) p33

11.30

Sunday 28 August The Skin I Live in (15) p16

14.00 / 16.30

The Tree (CTBC) p15

19.30

The Guard (15) p15

17.15

The House of Mirth (PG) p27

14.30

TT3D: Closer to the Edge (15) p22

19.00

Glyndebourne: The Turn of the Screw p24 18.00

Monday 29 August

Lock Up Your Daughters: My Own Private Idaho (18) p28

The Skin I Live in (15) p16

12.50 / 15.20 / 20.20

The Guard (15) p15

13.45 / 16.00 / 18.15

Monday 22 August The Guard (15) p15

19.30 13.45 / 16.00 / 20.30

The Salt of Life (12A) p13

16.30 / 20.45

Project Nim (12A) p15

14.15 / 18.30

Last Year in Marienbad (U) p26

Tuesday 23 August The Guard (15) p15

18.15 15.00 / 18.15 / 20.30

The Salt of Life (12A) p13

13.30

Project Nim (12A) p15

15.30 / 20.40

Last Year in Marienbad (U) p26

12.45

Mystification (N/C 15+) p20

18.00

Wednesday 24 August The Guard (15) p15

13.45 / 16.00 / 18.15

The Salt of Life (12A) p13

16.30 / 20.45

Project Nim (12A) p15

14.15 / 18.30

Last Year in Marienbad (U) p26

Thursday 25 August The Guard (15) p15

20.30 16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30

The Salt of Life (12A) p13

14.10 / 18.20

Project Nim (12A) p15

16.10 / 20.20

Special features

£4.00 tickets

Gilda (PG) p26

20.30

Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine (N/C 15+) p16

18.00

Tuesday 30 August The Skin I Live in (15) p16

12.50 / 15.20 / 18.10

The Guard (15) p15

15.00 / 20.30

Gilda (PG) p26

12.45

Black (N/C 15+) p20

18.00

Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine (N/C 15+) p16 The GFT Film Quiz p36

20.40 20.45

Wednesday 31 August The Skin I Live in (15) p16

12.50 / 15.20 / 20.20

The Guard (15) p15

13.45 / 16.00 / 20.30

TT3D: Closer to the Edge (15) p22 Gilda (PG) p26

18.00 18.15

Thursday 1 September

The Skin I Live in (15) p16 12.50 / 15.20 / 17.50 / 20.20 The Guard (15) p15

Free events

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Special ticket price

16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30

Captioned films

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Potiche

Incendies

Friday 17 June – Thursday 7 July

Friday 1 – Thursday 7 July

This irresistible crowd-pleaser stars Catherine Deneuve in one of her best roles in years as Suzanne Pujol. In the small town of Sainte-Guenole in 1977, she makes the most of her unvarying life as supportive wife to insufferably chauvinistic husband Robert (Fabrice Luchini). She is a trophy wife, or a potiche. When the workers at their umbrella factory go on strike and Robert is sidelined with ill health, Suzanne reluctantly steps up to take charge. It is a transformation worthy of Cinderella as she suddenly finds her voice and reclaims her life from years of dreary servitude with a little help from town mayor Maurice (Gérard Depardieu) who just happens to be an old flame. A sly, witty, fun-filled excursion into the entrenched attitudes of the 1970s and the glorious rise of a woman who represents the future.

Denis Villeneuve’s majestic, moving adaptation of Wajdi Mouawad’s play Scorched has featured in many lists of the ten best films of 2010. It is a powerful tale of family ties, duty and the inescapable links between past and present.

Following the death of their mother, twins Jeanne (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin) and Simon (Maxim Gaudette) are shocked to discover that they have a brother and that the father they believed to be dead is still alive. Their mother’s final wish is that they should deliver sealed letters to the two men.

Jeanne feels compelled to honour this request and thus begins an incredible journey to her mother’s homeland in Lebanon and an equally enthralling voyage into the family’s extraordinary history.

Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org

Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org

Director François Ozon Cast Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini France 2010, 1h43m, subtitles, 15

Director Denis Villeneuve Cast Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin Canada 2010, 2h10m, subtitles, 15

A Separation Friday 1 – Thursday 14 July The stand-out film of the 2011 Berlin Film Festival and winner of the Golden Bear, A Separation is a suspenseful and intelligent drama detailing the fractures and tensions at the heart of Iranian society. The film begins with a middle-class couple discussing with a judge whether they should divorce: the wife would like to go abroad so that their daughter can grow up in a healthier environment, but the husband feels he must stay in Tehran to look after his Alzheimer’s-afflicted father. A trial separation means he has to employ a woman to clean the apartment and keep an eye on his father – which results in a violent argument, a miscarriage and a messy court case. Gripping and narratively complex, A Separation offers illuminating insights into issues of class, gender and the role played by Islamic law in today’s Iran.

The screening on Wednesday 6 July (17.45) will be introduced by Dr David Archibald.

Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org Director Asghar Farhadi / Cast Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat / Iran 2011, 2h3m, subtitles, PG

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The First Grader

The Round Up

Tuesday 5 – Thursday 7 July

La rafle

When the Kenyan government offers free school places for the first time, an elderly war veteran shows up on the doorstep of a rural primary school, ready for class. Maruge (Oliver Litondo) fought for the liberation of his country and now feels he must have the chance of an education so long denied to him – even if it means sitting in a classroom alongside six-year-olds. Moved by his passionate plea, head teacher Jane (Naomie Harris) supports his struggle to gain admission and together they face fierce opposition from parents and local officials who don’t want to waste a precious school place on an old man. Based on true events, The First Grader is an inspiring story about fighting for education for all, whatever the age.

A box office hit in France, The Round Up is a meticulously researched account of the events of July 1942, when more than 13,000 Jewish men, women and children were rounded up from their homes in Paris and taken to the notorious Vel’ d’Hiv stadium, where they awaited transport to Auschwitz and certain death. This is the story of what happened to these Jewish families. Featuring a stellar cast including Jean Reno, Gad Elmaleh and Mélanie Laurent, this is a powerful drama about one of the most disturbing episodes of modern French history.

Director Justin Chadwick Cast Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Oliver Litondo UK 2010, 1h38m, 12A: Contains infrequent moderate violence and language

Friday 8 – Thursday 14 July

Sarah’s Key, screening in August, also deals with this harrowing historic event. See p13 Director Rose Bosch Cast Jean Reno, Mélanie Laurent, Gad Elmaleh France/Germany/Hungary 2010, 1h55m, subtitles, 12A: Contains moderate violence, language and Holocaust theme

Bobby Fischer Against the World Friday 15 – Sunday 17 July Liz Garbus’ fascinating documentary charts the turbulent life – from a childhood of isolation and neglect to young chess prodigy, world champion and subsequent madness and disgrace – of one of chess’s undisputed masters. The World Championship of 1972, Fischer vs Spassky, took on literally Cold War significance as a nation pinned its hopes on Fischer as the man to end Soviet dominance. Garbus has mined, to brilliant effect, the wealth of astounding archive footage from this the Golden Age of the game. EIFF Director Liz Garbus / USA/UK/Iceland 2010, 1h32m, 12A: Contains strong language

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The Tree of Life

Beginners

Friday 8 – Thursday 21 July

Friday 22 July – Thursday 4 August

Hotly anticipated and critically lauded at Cannes this year – where it went on to win the prestigious Palme d’Or – maverick director Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life is an expansive, philosophical film of truly epic proportions. Ostensibly the story of jaded businessman Jack (Sean Penn) looking back on his childhood in Texas, Malick’s boldly spiritual film sets a very human story of 1950s American childhood – by turns idyllic and hauntingly sad – against the alienating sprawl of modern urban life. This is in turn presented between breathtaking images of the universe and Earth’s beginnings. Staggeringly cinematic and Proustian in scope, Malick’s triumphant return is a feast for the eyes and the mind that is also unafraid of exploring profound spiritual territory.

Written and directed by Mike Mills (Thumbsucker), this comedy/drama explores the hilarity, confusion and surprises of love through the evolving consciousness of Oliver, played by Ewan McGregor. Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna (Mélanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds) only months after his father Hal (Christopher Plummer) has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father who, after forty-four years of marriage, came out of the closet at age seventy-five to live a full, energised and wonderfully tumultuous gay life. Mills’ autobiographical film is playfully inventive, layered with lots of laughs and has all the poignancy of a son’s love letter to his father.

The screening on Wednesday 20 July (17.00) will be introduced by Dr David Archibald.

Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org Director Terrence Malick Cast Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain USA 2011, 2h18m, 12A: Contains potentially dangerous behaviour

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Beginners is at once melancholy, hopeful and endearingly original. USA Today Screening with DepicT! ’10 short film When a Hen Eats a Bee, directed by Tim Frost (1m38s).

Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org Director Mike Mills Cast Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent USA 2010, 1h45m, 15

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The Big Picture

L’homme qui voulait vivre sa vie Friday 22 July – Thursday 4 August Adapting Douglas Kennedy’s acclaimed novel – and retaining all its insight and tantalizing suspense – Eric Lartigau guides French star Roman Duris to one of his best-ever performances. Paul Exben works in investment banking, a career that affords him a magazine-perfect lifestyle that he shares with his wife and family. But he laments not having pursued photography, his real passion. When he discovers that his wife has been having an affair with a former friend – who is also a successful photographer – Paul is tormented by rage and envy. A confrontation between the two men ends in the photographer’s accidental death and Paul’s sudden departure. By assuming the dead man’s identity and fleeing for an isolated part of former Yugoslavia, Paul is able to escape the shackles of conformity and embrace his creativity. At once a portrait of a conflicted man and a sleek European thriller, The Big Picture counts as high-quality French entertainment – an escapist delight with substance.

Director Eric Lartigau Cast Romain Duris, Marina Foïs, Niels Arestrup France 2010, 1h54m, subtitles, 15

A Better Life Friday 29 July – Thursday 4 August From director Chris Weitz (About a Boy) comes a poignant, multi-generational story about a father’s love and the lengths a parent will go to give his child the opportunities he never had. Carlos Galindo (Demián Bichir), a simple, decent, fortyyear-old Mexican man, doesn’t ask much from life – just to keep tending the yards of LA’s wealthy and to give his estranged son Luis (José Julián) a better life. But when a business opportunity that would have allowed him to take control of his destiny is stolen from under his nose, his life is thrown into chaos. This unfussy yet powerful look at illegal immigration, gang culture and the pursuit of the American Dream features a terrific central performance from Bichir, who played Fidel Castro in 2008′s Che. The screening on Wednesday 3 August (18.00) will be introduced by Dr David Archibald.

Director Chris Weitz Cast Demián Bichir, José Julián, Nancy Lenehan USA 2011, 1h38m, 12A: Contains one use of strong language, moderate violence & brief drug use

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Bal

The Messenger

Honey Friday 15 – Thursday 21 July

Monday 18 – Thursday 21 July

Winner of the Golden Bear at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival, Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu’s spellbinding Bal (Honey) is the third film in a semi-autobiographical trilogy. Six-year-old Yusuf struggles with a stutter; oral readings at school are such an ordeal that he remains indoors at playtime.

He is far more comfortable while watching his adored father, Yakup, a beekeeper, at work in the forest. Now the bees are dying out, threatened by encroaching pollution, Yakup must seek better terrain further away. When he doesn’t return from such a mission, Yusuf and his mother embark on a journey to find him. Soon we discover what is also at stake: a way of life, captured in stunning images.

With no musical soundtrack (and barely any dialogue), only a quiet, unforced, organic rhythm, the film takes on a truly mesmeric quality.

In The Messenger, Captain Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson), an Army lifer with a shaved head and a face like a cement block, and Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery (Ben Foster), a coiled, secretive Iraqwar hero, work together in one of the most difficult jobs in the armed services: informing parents and spouses that a loved one has been killed. They tell them immediately, hard upon the death, before the news can appear on the internet or in the local paper. Messengers? For the families, the sternly polite men, arriving at the door in bemedalled uniforms and tilted berets, seem to be death itself... Yet the film is neither dutiful nor solemn.

This is a fully felt, morally alert, marvellously acted piece of work. Despite the grim subject, it’s a sweet-tempered movie, with moments of explosive humour – an entertainment.

David Denby, The New Yorker

Director Semih Kaplanoglu Cast Bora Altas, Erdal Besikçioglu, Tülin Özen Turkey/Germany 2010, 1h43m, subtitles, PG

Director Oren Moverman Cast Ben Foster, Samantha Morton, Woody Harrelson USA 2009, 1h53m, some subtitles, 15

Life in a Day Sunday 24 July (19.45) Director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) and producer Ridley Scott team up to offer this candid snapshot of a single day (24 July 2010) on planet Earth. Compiled from over 80,000 YouTube submissions by contributors in 192 countries, Life in a Day presents a microcosmic view of our daily experiences as a global society. This celebration of digital empowerment captures the mundane and the profound as we see montages of people around the world making breakfast and going to work, dating and partying, giving birth and dying. These 95 minutes of shared experience (heroically edited down from some 4,500 hours of footage) are overwhelmingly poignant, playful and optimistic in tone.

Director Kevin Macdonald USA 2011, 1h35m, 12A: Contains animal slaughter, moderate language and sex references

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Film Socialisme

Treacle Jr

Monday 25 – Wednesday 27 July

Tuesday 26 (18.00) & Wednesday 27 July (13.15)

At eighty, Jean-Luc Godard shows no sign of slowing down or easing up; his latest work is one of his most visually vibrant, as well as one of his most provocative.

The scandal of the Cannes Film Festival last year, the film was not without its supporters, with The Observer’s Jason Solomons declaring it the ‘coolest, freshest’ thing he saw. Shot in a dizzying variety of formats, it’s a visual and aural collage that begins aboard a massive cruise liner and drifts through myriad times and spaces, including Egypt, Naples, Odessa and Palestine. You want story? Forget it, but there’s plenty to ponder here in discussions that take in the Middle East, copyright, geometry, YouTube and the history and future of Europe... Oh and Patti Smith pops up too.

Writer/director Jamie Thraves (The Low Down) salutes an unconventional friendship in the triumphant, low-budget independent feature Treacle Jr. Anchored by a trio of spot-on performances, it begins when depressed, middleclass Tom (Tom Fisher) walks out on his wife and baby and heads to London. He is attacked whilst sleeping rough and regains consciousness in casualty where he is befriended by the affable, irrepressible, endearingly child-like Aidan (Aidan Gillen). Aidan provides Tom with a home. It is the beginning of an odd couple friendship marred only by Aidan’s vicious, bullying girlfriend Linda (Riann Steele). A real treat of a heart-warmer.

Furiously energetic, as intellectually suggestive as ever and magisterially confounding.

Jonathan Romney, London Film Festival

Director Jamie Thraves will introduce the screening on Tuesday 26 July (18.00).

Director Jean-Luc Godard Cast Catherine Tanvier, Christian Sinniger Switzerland/France 2010, 1h41m, subtitles, CTBC

Director Jamie Thraves Cast Aidan Gillen, Tom Fisher, Riann Steele UK 2010, 1h25m, N/C 15+

Arrietty GYFF preview: Sunday 10 July (16.00) see p31 Friday 5 – Thursday 11 August The latest instalment from Studio Ghibli is a modern adaptation of the classic children’s novel The Borrowers. Arrietty and her family live under the floorboards of a house in the Tokyo suburbs, ‘borrowing’ everything they require from their human landlords. While searching for food above boards, Arrietty is spotted by Sho, a young human who has recently moved in. As their friendship develops, the young borrower risks exposing the fragile existence of her family.

A beautiful, enchanting animation from the makers of Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro.

Screening with DepicT! ’10 short film The Gentleman’s Guide to Villainy, directed by Aidan McAteer (1m40s).

Director Hiromasa Yonebayashi / Cast Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki / Japan 2010, 1h34m, subtitles, CTBC

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The Princess of Montpensier

Sarah’s Key

Friday 5 – Monday 8 August

In modern-day Paris, journalist Julia Jarmond (Kristen Scott Thomas) finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup in 1942 when the Naziaffiliated Vichy government arrested over 13,000 Jews.

While Julia’s husband Bertrand restores a block of apartments owned by his family, she learns that the building was obtained through less than honourable means; the original owners were Jews, forced to sell in the wake of the Roundup. By investigating the story of one little girl who lived in the apartments, Julia discovers a great deal about an event many in France are reluctant to discuss, as well as the links to Bertrand’s family. This adaptation of Tatiana de Rosnay’s novel is a treatise on personal survival and new beginnings, eloquently delivered by Kristin Scott Thomas.

France, 1562. Against a background of the savage Catholic/Protestant wars, Marie de Mézières (Mélanie Thierry), a beautiful young aristocrat, and the rakish Henri de Guise (Gaspard Ulliel) fall in love, but Marie’s father has promised her hand in marriage to the Prince of Montpensier (Grégoire LeprinceRinguet). Veteran director Bertrand Tavernier translates Madame de Lafayette’s 1622 novella into a bracingly intelligent and moving evocation of the terrible conflict between duty and passion. Though the themes are classic, Tavernier, with cinematographer Bruno de Keyzer’s vivid landscapes and Philippe Sarde’s pulsing score, makes them feel passionately, urgently contemporary.

Director Bertrand Tavernier Cast Mélanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Gaspard Ulliel France 2010, 2h19m, subtitles, 15

Friday 5 – Thursday 18 August

Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org Director Gilles Paquet-Brenner Cast Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup France 2010, 1h51m, subtitles, CTBC

The Salt of Life Friday 12 – Thursday 25 August Mid-August Lunch writer/director Gianni Di Gregorio returns to the themes of his awardwinning feature with this gently comic tale of a middle-aged retiree who longs for romance.

Try as he might to get noticed by women, Gianni (Di Gregario) never seems to get a second glance. His condescending wife treats him more like a punch line than a husband, and his aristocratic mother seems all but blind to her son’s romantic plight. Reluctantly striking up a friendship with his daughter’s floundering boyfriend, dejected Gianni looks on longingly as his aging pals court gorgeous young women, and starts to question why all of the passion seems to have disappeared from his life. An intimate comedy marked by spontaneity and easy charm.

The screening on Wednesday 17 August (18.45) will be introduced by Dr David Archibald.

Screening with DepicT! ’10 short film Tortellini, directed by Margherita Ferri (41s).

Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org Director Gianni Di Gregorio / Italy 2011, 1h30m, subtitles, 12A: Contains moderate sex references

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Project Nim

The Guard

Friday 12 – Thursday 25 August

Friday 19 August – Thursday 1 September

From the director of Man on Wire, Project Nim tells the almost incredible but entirely true story of Columbia University professor Herb Terrace’s titular research programme – to try and teach a chimpanzee language by having him brought up as one of the children of a human family. Negotiating this moral minefield with absolute restraint and not a hint of judgement, Marsh has also elicited remarkable candour from all the main protagonists, who, one suspects, may only now be able to see the folly of their part in the project. Fascinating. EIFF Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org

Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda, Ocean’s Twelve) make the perfect odd couple in this wickedly funny, action-packed cop comedy/buddy movie hybrid. Meet Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Gleeson), one of Galway’s finest and most dedicated cops: he takes care of business, so what does it matter if he has the odd drink, consumes the odd illegal substance, visits the odd hooker – all on police time? Onto his country beat comes straight-laced FBI agent Wendell Everett (Cheadle), chasing an international drug-smuggling ring. Boyle has no intention of letting this new arrival disrupt his established routine, and initially relishes offending and ridiculing the agent, before a murder and a series of peculiar events draw the reluctant cop into the investigation…

Director James Marsh UK 2011, 1h33m, 12A: Contains animal testing, strong language and drug use

Director John Michael McDonagh Cast Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham Ireland 2011, 1h36m, 15

The Tree Friday 26 – Sunday 28 August A radiant Charlotte Gainsbourg (Antichrist, I’m Not There) stars in this mystical drama of loss and rebirth, the Closing Night film of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and the director’s second feature after the beautiful Since Otar Left in 2003. After the sudden death of her father, eight-year-old Simone becomes convinced he is speaking to her through the leaves of her favourite tree. Her mother Dawn starts to believe it too. But this new bond is threatened when Dawn begins a relationship with George, the plumber called in to remove the tree’s troublesome roots. Simone takes refuge in her beloved tree, refusing to come down. But the tree is growing – its branches infiltrating the house, its roots destroying the foundations – and Dawn must make an agonising decision. But has she left it too late?

Director Julie Bertuccelli / Cast Charlotte Gainsbourg, Morgana Davies France/Australia/Germany/Italy 2010, 1h40m, CTBC

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The Skin I Live in From Friday 26 August Once again Pedro Almodóvar reveals his genius for turning the ridiculous into the sublime in this wonderfully strange, oddly sexy and attractively perverse mystery. An inventive adaptation of Thierry Jonquet’s French novel Mygale (Tarantula), this is the story of plastic surgeon Dr Robert Ledgard (Antonio Banderas) who lectures on the possibilities of genetic skin transformation and transplants. He lives in a palatial Madrid villa with his loyal housekeeper Marilia and a beautiful young patient, Vera (Elena Anaya), who is kept locked in a room at the top of the house. We learn that Robert’s wife was horribly burned in a car crash and killed herself, and that he lost his daughter Norma in similar fashion. A flashback to six years earlier reveals what happened to Norma and starts to explain why Vera is now a prisoner in Robert’s home… A surging Hitchcockian orchestral score, a breathless sense of imminent violence and a commanding performance from Banderas combine to make this thrilling viewing.

It kept me gripped from first to last. Peter Bradshaw Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.glasgowfilm.org Director Pedro Almodóvar Cast Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Blanca Suárez Spain 2011, 2h, subtitles, 15

Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine Monday 29 (18.00) & Tuesday 30 August (20.40) Almodóvar references artist Louise Bourgeois throughout The Skin I Live in and thanks her in the credits for individual inspiration and for the character of Vera. It therefore gives us great pleasure to screen this riveting documentary portrait of Bourgeois at work and play, fashioning art in her studio and ruminating upon the deep emotional and psychological roots of her work. Her famous massive spiders, some as tall as 30 feet, have been exhibited throughout the world. They symbolise the maternal impulse, but it was the artist’s passionate connection with various childhood traumas, such as her father’s live-in mistress, that fuelled much of her groundbreaking work. Curators Robert Storr and Deborah Wye, and the artist’s longtime aide-de-camp Jerry Gorovoy, lend piquant commentary.

Directors Marion Cajori, Amei Wallach USA 2008, 1h39m, N/C 15+

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TAKE ONE ACTION! You’ve Been Trumped Wednesday 13 July (17.45) Funny, inspiring and shocking in equal measure, this documentary charts the arrival and conquest of Donald Trump’s golf course and hotel development in an area of outstanding natural beauty on Scotland’s Aberdeenshire coast. When first proposed, the billionaire’s planning application is decisively rejected by the local authority. But in an unprecedented move, the Scottish Government overturns the decision, arguing the case for economic development. The stage is set for an extraordinary summer of discontent, as the bulldozers spring into action, water gets shut off and the police descend on the home owners who, in direct homage to Local Hero, refuse to sell their land.

We are delighted to welcome director Anthony Baxter and guests for a Q&A following this preview screening.

Presented by www.takeoneaction.org.uk in association with the National Union of Journalists.

Just Do It: A Tale of Modern-day Outlaws Sunday 14 August (17.00) Via G20 protests, climate camps, power station shutdowns and UN meetings, the world of environmental direct action in the UK has rarely been off the front pages in recent years. With unprecedented access, Emily James (The Age of Stupid) gets inside the largely youthdriven movement that has threatened to bring down police forces, politicians, multinational corporations and the media all in the name of climate change. Revealing and at the same time complicit, Just Do It takes you into the heart of the action to provoke, inspire and entertain.

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Emily James.

Presented by www.takeoneaction.org.uk, celebrating the people and movies that are changing the world.

Director Emily James UK 2011, 1h28m, 12A: Contains one use of obscured strong language and moderate violence

Director Anthony Baxter UK 2011, 1h35m, N/C 12+

Scotland in Auld Film – the Curator’s Cut Monday 25 July (18.00) Janet McBain, the outgoing Curator of Scottish Screen Archive, presents a personal selection of her favourite films from the Archive, reflecting on the thirtyfive years she has spent rescuing and uncovering hidden aspects of Scottish film history. This programme takes in Scotland in the Edwardian era, sausage making in the 1930s, the craftsmanship of Clydeside’s iron founders and the eccentricities of Scotland’s sporting traditions and includes Tram Phantom Ride Rothesay (1906), Jenny Gilbertson’s Da Makkin o’ a Keshie, Margaret Tait’s John MacFadyen, Men of Iron and The Grand Match (photography by David Peat).

This screening will be introduced by Janet McBain.

All tickets are £4 Scotland, 1h30m, N/C 8+

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The Conspirator

Monday 11 – Wednesday 13 July

Monday 1 – Wednesday 3 August

Just how New Jersey lawyer Mike Flaherty (Paul Giamatti) responds to the pressures of the everyday grind is the nub of this latest from Tom McCarthy, director of The Station Agent and The Visitor. Flaherty is a beleaguered attorney and part-time wrestling coach who schemes to keep his practice from going under by acting as the legal caretaker of an elderly client. His brilliant plan hits an unexpected hitch when his client’s troubled grandson Kyle shows up looking for a place to stay. With his home life in turmoil and both of his careers in jeopardy, Mike quickly realises that he’ll have to get creative in order to find a way out of his current predicament. This wittily observed and touchingly truthful affair features wonderful performances not just from Giamatti but also from Amy Ryan as his wife, Bobby Cannavale as his restless best friend and Alex Shaffer, in his acting debut, as diffident teen Kyle.

With Quiz Show and A River Runs Through It, Robert Redford has proved himself an accomplished director of historical drama.

His latest delves further back into American history, 1895 to be precise, just as the Civil War is concluding and Abraham Lincoln is assassinated. Recounting lesser-known details of an endlessly scrutinised chapter in US history, the film’s twin focal points are Mary Surratt, the sole woman among eight people charged with conspiring against the president, and the twenty-eight-year-old Union war hero who reluctantly agrees to defend her. Is she a guilty party or victim of the federal government’s rush to ‘justice’? James McAvoy and Robin Wright head up an impressive cast in this suspenseful, handsomely-mounted drama.

Director Thomas McCarthy Cast Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Alex Shaffer USA 2011, 1h46m, 15

Director Robert Redford Cast James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline USA 2010, 2h3m, 12A: Contains moderate violence and a hanging scene

Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon Sunday 3 July (19.20) Talihina Sky is the definitive story of the Kings of Leon, told in their own words. Now a global phenomenon, the film charts their humble beginnings in the deep South, struggling with the grasp of God and the pleasures of the Devil through alcohol, recreational drugs and most importantly, the rock n’ roll that would make them superstars, to signing a record deal and selling out stadiums worldwide. Featuring interviews with the full band – Caleb, Nathan, Jared, and Matthew Followill, plus exclusive footage of other family members and influential figures in the band’s lives and career, this is the first time their tremendous journey has been documented. EIFF The screening will be followed by a recorded Q&A with the band.

Director Stephen C Mitchell / USA 2011, 1h27m, N/C 15+

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Play Poland Film Festival Play Poland is a touring festival of film, bringing the cream of Poland’s recent output to the foremost independent cinemas across the UK. The titles in the programme have received significant exposure – and considerable acclaim – at film festivals internationally, and together provide an illuminating snapshot of current Polish filmmaking.

Ticket deal: see 4 films for £24/£18.

Little Rose

Lynch

Tuesday 2 August (17.45)

Tuesday 9 August (18.15)

Set in the volatile period from 1967–8, as a wave of anti-Semitism sweeps through Eastern Europe, this is the story of a writer’s betrayal at the hands of a beautiful young informant, recruited by her lover in the secret service to prove his rival is a Jew. As Kamila gets closer to her quarry, her loyalties begin to waver, and the surveillance operation soon becomes a dangerous love triangle. Not dissimilar to German espionage thrillercum-love-story The Lives of Others, Little Rose swept the board at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia last year.

In 2005, the lynching of a sixty-year-old man by a group of young people in a small Polish village was widely publicised in the Polish media. This film investigates the cause of the incident: no vulnerable old man, the victim was in fact a habitual offender who’d terrorised the neighbourhood for years. When the police fail to intervene, the locals are thrown back on their own resources: who, then, was the hangman and who was the victim?

Director Jan Kidawa-Blonski Cast Andrzej Seweryn, Magdalena Boczarska, Robert Wieckiewicz Poland 2010, 1h58m, subtitles, N/C 15+

Director Krzysztof Łukaszewicz Cast Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Leszek Lichota, Izabela Kuna Poland 2010, 1h21m, subtitles, N/C 15+

Rózyczka

Lincz

General Nil

Generał Nil

Tuesday 16 August (18.00) As a leader of the Polish resistance under the Nazi occupation, General Emil ‘Nil’ Fieldorf was hailed a hero. But his loyalty to the wartime Polish government in exile made him a distinct threat to the Soviet-appointed Communist government that came after, and he was marked out for elimination. A delicately handled account of the last years of one of Poland’s national heroes.

Director Ryszard Bugajski / Cast Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Alicja Jachiewicz Poland 2009, 2h5m, subtitles, N/C 15+

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Mystification

Black

Tuesday 23 August (18.00)

Tuesday 30 August (18.00)

Dramatist, poet, novelist, painter, photographer, art theorist and philosopher, Stanisław ‘Witkacy’ Witkiewicz was one of the leading members of Poland’s poetic and artistic avantgarde of the first half of the 20th century. An artistic rulebreaker, and a flamboyant, troubled figure, he committed suicide in 1939 as the Soviet Army invaded Poland. This drama delves into the mystery surrounding his suicide: over the years, works and letters post-dating his death have appeared and, in a bizarre twist, when his grave was recently exhumed, a woman’s body was found to occupy his coffin.

Returning to the village where he grew up years after the mysterious suicide of his father, thirty-something Czarny meets troubled teen and heavy metal fan Ola, who claims to be his stepsister. Much to the disapproval of the locals, the pair start hanging out together. But then Ola’s mum turns up a Satanic Bible in her daughter’s bedroom and consults the local priest: is Ola in need of an exorcism?

Director Jacek Koprowicz Cast Jerzy Stuhr, Maciej Stuhr, Ewa Blaszczyk Poland 2010, 2h, subtitles, N/C 15+

Director Dominik Matwiejczyk Cast Michal Zurawski, Maria Niklinska Poland 2009, 1h45m, subtitles, N/C 15+

Mistyfikacja

Czarny

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Tuesday 6 September (18.15) Poland in the near future. A man wakes up in a hotel room with a gun and a briefcase full of money but no memory. When he throws the money out a window, the film follows one of the banknotes as it changes hands, altering the lives of those who touch it. This latest offering from Grzegorz Lipiec, one of Poland’s leading indie directors, is influenced by Dogme aesthetics and the tricksy narratives of Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie.

Director Grzegorz Lipiec / Cast Ewa Golebiowswka, Tomasz Burka, Ewa Pajak Poland 2008, 1h30m, N/C 18+

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GFT in the Third Dimension Traditionally used in cinemas to deliver effects-laden, big-budget blockbusters, 3D is now being explored by some of the world’s finest independent filmmakers – Wender’s Pina and Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams are just two examples. We’re proud to introduce 3D to GFT; as a cultural cinema it is important that we screen directors’ work as they intend it to be shown. We chose the Panavision 3D System for the quality of image it provides and for its ability to work with a white screen (crucial for ensuring sharpness of image for our ongoing exhibition of 2D films). The returnable (and therefore more environmentally friendly) glasses are lightweight, comfortable and make you feel like you’re in the movie.

We still don’t know what the full creative potential of 3D is but we want to take you, our audience, along on the adventure.

See page 30 for details on Jackass 3D. 3D: £1.50 on top of ticket prices

Pina 3D Sunday 17 – Tuesday 19 July The culmination of a twenty-year quest by Wim Wenders to film the work of celebrated German choreographer Pina Bausch, and a bold leap into the world of 3D, this is one of the most exciting cinematic events of the year – a must-see for film fans as much as for dance enthusiasts. Built around performances of Bausch’s defining works in surprising settings, intercut with brief reminiscences about her influence and personality from her devoted company, Pina 3D is both engrossing and visually breathtaking.

Director Wim Wenders Germany/France/UK 2011, 1h44m, some subtitles, U

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Horrid Henry: The Movie 3D Friday 22 July (13.00) The first British children’s film to be shot in 3D is based on Francesca Simon’s award-winning books.

Horrid Henry, Lord High Majesty of the Purple Hand Gang, wages constant battle against the tyranny of adults, only this time it seems the adults really are out to get him! Will Henry be clever enough to outsmart his domineering teacher Miss Battle-Axe and his nemesis Margaret Moody? Join us for this special 3D preview!

Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D Sunday 7 (19.30) & Tuesday 9 August (12.45)

We’re delighted that members of the cast will introduce this screening and participate in a Q&A led by the GYFF Youth Team afterwards.

For his latest documentary, Werner Herzog takes us on an incredible 3D journey into the Chauvet caves in Southern France – vast caverns filled with stunning palaeolithic art. The eccentric German was the first filmmaker to be allowed inside and he has made full, inspiring use of the privilege. Brilliantly employing 3D technology to accentuate the prehistoric artists’ use of undulating cave walls, he reveals this ancient equivalent to the Sistine Chapel in all its incredible, vivid glory.

Director Nick Moore Cast Theo Stevenson, Richard E Grant, Anjelica Huston UK 2011, 1h26m, U

Director Werner Herzog Canada/USA/France/Germany/UK 2010, 1h30m, some subtitles, U

Thanks to BAFTA in Scotland and Vertigo Films

TT3D: Closer to the Edge Sunday 28 (19.00) & Wednesday 31 August (18.00) This film follows the leading riders in the 2010 TT – the world-famous motorcycle race that takes place on the Isle of Man every year. These modern day gladiators who live and breathe road racing, whizz along public roads on bikes just inches apart, hitting speeds of up to 200mph. This is an examination of what motivates these rare few, an elite band of brothers who are willing to risk everything to win. Drama, tension and tragedy combine in a thrilling story about freedom of choice and the strength of the human spirit.

Director Richard De Aragues / UK 2011, 1h44m, 15

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NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE Pre-recorded screening

Live broadcast

Sunday 3 July (13.00)

Thursday 15 September (19.00 – 22.00)

GFT presents an encore (pre-recorded) screening of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. This new adaptation is directed by National Theatre Associate Director Howard Davies, whose recent productions of Russian plays (including Philistines, Burnt by the Sun and The White Guard) have earned huge critical acclaim, and stars Zoë Wanamaker as Madame Ranevskaya.

In Richard Bean’s English version of Goldoni’s classic Italian comedy, sex, food and money are high on the agenda. James Corden returns to the National Theatre for the first time since The History Boys to play Francis.

The Cherry Orchard

One Man, Two Guvnors

Tickets are £15 and £10 to CineCard holders.

LE BALLET DE L’OPERA DE PARIS Live broadcast

Children of Paradise Saturday 9 July (18.30) This enchanting ballet will be beamed in live from Paris.

Choreographer José Martinez’s first major ballet for l’Opéra de Paris recreates 19th century Paris. Through the memories of the mime Baptiste, the choreography reveals a magical world of entertainment where the frontiers between reality and illusion are sometimes tenuous. Inspired by Jacques Prévert’s scenario for Marcel Carné’s film.

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Le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris is one of the world’s finest companies. Its extensive repertoire ranges from major romantic and classical ballets to creations by the most prestigious contemporary choreographers.

With dancers of an average age of twentyfive, its corps de ballet is one of the youngest in the world and they perform up to 180 performances per season in Paris, the rest of France and abroad.

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WORLD CLASS OPERA FROM GLYNDEBOURNE GFT are delighted that we’ll be beaming in opera from Glyndebourne via satellite this summer. Book now for: Pre-recorded screening

Live broadcast

Sunday 31 July (18.00, 3h30m, pre-recorded)

Sunday 21 August (18.00, 2h30m, live)

Compulsive philandering is one thing, but brutal rape and murder are quite another. As an unrepentant Don Juan continues to elude his earthly pursuers, other‐worldly powers are forced to intervene, leading to a fire‐and‐brimstone climax that ranks among Mozart’s most earth‐ shattering achievements.

It is indeed ‘a curious story’, as the Prologue says.

A remote English country house, an old and faithful housekeeper, two young orphan children and an eager new governess sent down from London to look after them. But all is not quite as it seems in the sheltered world of Bly. Spirits from the past increasingly encroach upon the realm of the living.

And one question keeps worming its way into the governess’s mind: what exactly did happen between the children, their former governess and the deceased manservant, Peter Quint? Britten’s brilliantly scored, insidiously compelling adaptation of Henry James’s novella takes its themes of childish innocence and adult corruption, then twists and turns them to disturbing and ultimately devastating effect.

Don Giovanni

Set at a time of seismic social and cultural change – in a Fellini‐esque vision of post‐war life – Jonathan Kent’s urgently propulsive production offers a ‘white‐knuckle rollercoaster ride’ through the events of the Don’s last day as they unfold in and around Paul Brown’s magical ‘box of tricks’ set.

The Turn of the Screw

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CLASSICS AT GFT New Digital Print

New Digital Print

Battleship Potemkin

Cría cuervos

Sunday 7 (17.15) & Monday 8 August (18.20)

Sunday 14 – Tuesday 16 August

‘Say Potemkin and it appears that the whole British Army will go down like ninepins.’ So wrote a British critic, mocking the ban that prevented Britain seeing the film everyone was talking about. When Eisenstein heard the score that had been such an incendiary success in Germany, he worried that Meisel’s powerful music overshadowed the film. But Potemkin was already proving inspirational and few images remain as potent as a pram careering down a staircase, still widely referenced today, at the climax of the massacre of Odessa’s civilians. Potemkin’s perennial freshness owes much to Eisenstein’s improvisation when he realised the potential of those steps, and of the battleship itself, as a cockpit for the stirring of revolutionary emotion, and with Meisel’s music it’s as powerful as ever.

Ian Christie, BFI

By turns comic, unsettling and deeply touching, Cría cuervos is a classic of Spanish cinema.

Shot in the summer of 1975 as General Franco lay dying, it melds the personal and the political in a portrait of the legacy of fascism and its effects on a middle-class family (the title derives from the proverb: ‘Raise ravens and they’ll pluck out your eyes’). Ana Torrent (The Spirit of the Beehive) plays the disturbed eight-year-old Ana, living in Madrid with her two sisters and mourning the death of her mother, who she conjures as a ghost. Seamlessly shifting between fantasy and reality, Cría cuervos foreshadows Pan’s Labyrinth in its evocation of childhood and the struggles of a nation emerging from the shadows.

Director Sergei Eisenstein Cast Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov Soviet Union 1925, 1h12m, intertitles, PG

Director Carlos Saura Cast Ana Torrent, Geraldine Chaplin, Héctor Alterio Spain 1975, 1h49m, subtitles, 12A: Contains moderate sex references and disturbing scenes

Bronenosets Potyomkin

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Raise Ravens

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New Digital Print

New Digital Print

L’Année dernière à Marienbad

Monday 29 – Wednesday 31 August

Last Year in Marienbad

Gilda

Monday 22 – Wednesday 24 August A defining work of the French New Wave and one of the great, lasting mysteries of modern art, Marienbad is every bit as extraordinary today as when it premiered in Venice, fifty years ago this August. Written by Nouveau Roman iconoclast Alain Robbe-Grillet, it deliberately scrambles chronology in the telling of its ambiguous tale of a man and a woman who may or may not have met a year ago, perhaps at the very same luxury hotel through whose endless corridors they now find themselves wandering. Obscure, oneiric and romantic, Resnais’ film has been puzzling audiences for decades: there is, quite simply, no other movie like it.

Charles Vidor’s classic film noir weaves a sizzling web of innuendo, desire and deceit and features one of Hayworth’s greatest performances. Glenn Ford plays Johnny, a gambler rescued from a beating

by George Macready’s German casino owner, Mundson. Employed in his new benefactor’s casino, Johnny finds himself caught between his sense of loyalty and his desire for his host’s sultry wife, Gilda (Hayworth), a woman he was once involved with.

Full of Freudian symbolism, a remarkable amount of (surprisingly frank) sexual innuendo and a terrifically vampish performance from Hayworth (whose rendition of ‘Put the Blame on Mame’ is guaranteed to turn heads), Gilda’s vision of the femme fatale and the men who become her victims is pitched somewhere between artful eroticism and hysterical nightmare.

Director Alain Resnais Cast Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi France 1961, 1h34m, subtitles, U

Director Charles Vidor Cast Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready USA 1946, 1h50m, PG

On the Day

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Sunday 14 August (15.30) The world’s most elite solo bagpipers form an all-star band to compete against all odds at the World Championships in an epic battle of the bands. Filmed in Scotland, Canada and the US, this award-winning music documentary features all of the thrills and nail-biting suspense of a great sports movie.

California filmmaker John McDonald will take part in a Q&A after the screening and members of the legendary Spirit of Scotland Band will also be in attendance to sign copies of the new Collector’s 3-Disc Box Set. Tickets on sale at GFT Box Office and online at www.glasgowfilm.org.

GLASGOW: CINEMA CITY Did you know that back in this city’s cinema-going heyday, some seventy years ago, Glaswegians went to the pictures more often than anyone else in the world? Glasgow Film has set up a project – Cinema City – which explores Glasgow’s moving image history. As part of the project we will be hosting a series of monthly screenings at GFT of films made in the city.

To find out more about Cinema City visit www.glasgowfilm.org/cinema_city where you’ll discover a growing number of exclusive features, archive images and cinema memories that uncover different aspects of the city’s relationship to film. Start exploring now.

Perfect Sense

The House of Mirth

Wednesday 27 July (18.15)

Sunday 28 August (14.30)

Susan (Eva Green) is a hard-working scientist with little time for love and relationships. All that changes, however, when she meets Michael (Ewan Macgregor), a talented, fun-loving chef. As the two begin to forge a connection they hear about a mysterious and terrifying disease spreading across the country, which robs people of their senses, one at a time. Scottish director David Mackenzie’s seventh feature is the story of a couple falling in love whilst everything around them falls apart, an apocalyptic love story exploring the world of the senses.

Screening preceded by Glasgow Short Film Festival 2011 Audience Award-winning (and Glasgow set) short The Pedestrian (6m).

Glasgow doubles as the Big Apple in Terence Davies’ memorable adaptation of Edith Wharton’s classic novel. Lily Bart (Gillian Anderson) is a young, idealistic socialite looking for a wealthy husband in early 20th century New York. Wanting to follow both her heart and her head she finds herself struggling against strict social conformities and mounting financial problems. The House of Mirth is a beautifully shot, tragic love story with a stand out performance

by Anderson that will also have you looking at Glasgow in a new light.

Director David Mackenzie Cast Eva Green, Ewan McGregor, Connie Nielson, Ewen Bremner UK 2011, 1h30m, CTBC

Director Terence Davies Cast Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd UK 2000, 2h23m, PG

We’re delighted to launch our Cinema City events with this special preview screening of Glasgow-filmed Perfect Sense before its official release this October. Thanks to Arrow Films.

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Lock Up Your Daughters presents

Lock Up Your Daughters presents

Sunday 17 July (19.30)

Sunday 21 August (19.30)

John Cameron Mitchell (Shortbus, Rabbit Hole) adapted his off-Broadway hit show to create this, in his own words, ‘post-punk, neo-glam rock musical’.

Hansel, an East German boy, falls in love with an American soldier and decides to undergo a sex change so they can marry but the operation goes wrong, leaving behind the protuberance referred to in the film’s title. Hansel (now Hedwig) finds herself abandoned in a Kansas trailer park and embarks on a musical career that will take her across the US and through an extravaganza of emotions. Lowbudget, surreal, philosophical... this cult favourite has a massive heart beating at its centre, not least that belonging to Mitchell, who gives an extraordinary performance as his own leading lady.

The origins of the impressionistic elements of director Gus Van Sant’s Oscar-winning films Good Will Hunting and Milk can be seen in this earlier indie drama. River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves star as prostitutes drifting across the Pacific Northwest, one a narcoleptic who dreams of finding his long-lost mother, the other a rich kid who plans to retire from hustling once he inherits his father’s fortune.

The pair float through a series of surreal encounters with clients punctuated by stunning landscapes. An update of Shakespeare’s Henry IV and V plays, Van Sant’s film is a poetic musing on friendship, betrayal and longing.

This screening will be introduced by a special LUYD guest.

This screening will be introduced by a special LUYD guest.

All welcome to join LUYD in Café Cosmo after the screening.

All welcome to join LUYD in Café Cosmo after the screening.

Director John Cameron Mitchell Cast John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask USA 2001, 1h31m, 15

Director Gus Van Sant Cast River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo USA 1991, 1h44m, 18

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

My Own Private Idaho

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late night classics All tickets cost £5 for students and £7 for everyone else.

Plus FREE entry to NICE N SLEAZY on presentation of your ticket after each film.

Jurassic Park Friday 15 July (23.00) Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park became a box office sensation thanks in part to the enduring appeal of all things prehistoric. When an eccentric billionaire invites a group of scientists to his new amusement park, little do they expect to find living dinosaurs roaming free. However, as in all good summer blockbusters, it’s not long before the creatures start to rage out of the control.

Director Steven Spielberg / Cast Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum / USA 1993, 2h, PG

Close Encounters of the Third Kind Friday 29 July (23.00) Fresh from the success of Jaws, Spielberg could do no wrong and this follow up further cemented his reputation as a master entertainer. When Roy Neary (Dreyfuss) encounters a UFO on a dark country road, he becomes fascinated with all things paranormal, much to the dismay of his wife and children. Roy’s obsession eventually leads him across the USA to witness the first arrival of extraterrestrials on Earth. One of the great cinema experiences, it’s easy to forget that Close Encounters’ treatment of aliens as peaceful beings rather than war-mongering monsters was relatively groundbreaking.

Director Steven Spielberg Cast Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Terri Garr USA 1977, 2h12m, PG

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Jackass 3D Friday 12 August (23.00) To celebrate the installation of 3D at GFT we naturally thought of screening the unsung masterpiece that is Jackass 3D. Why it never received any Oscar nominations, we’ll never know. Johnny Knoxville and his crew attempt crude yet hilarious stunts like waxing their body hair with super glue, pulling their teeth with a moving car and attaching body parts to a remote control helicopter. Featuring cameo appearances from Beavis and Butthead, Will Oldham and Rivers Cuomo, all in glorious gross-out 3D. Why can’t non-Jackass films show this kind of energy, clarity, force and ingenuity? Peter Bradshaw 3D: £1.50 on top of ticket prices Director Jeff Tremaine / Cast Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O / USA 2010, 1h34m, 18

The Breakfast Club Friday 26 August (23.00) John Hughes’ tribute to the pains of growing up still feels relevant today, regardless of the regrettable fashion choices on display. When five high school students from different social groups are forced to spend a Saturday together in detention, they find themselves interacting with and understanding each other for the first time. A jock, a criminal, a princess, a basket case and a brain discuss everything from sex to peer pressure to hurtful stereotypes while serving time. One of THE definitive movies of the 80s.

Director John Hughes Cast Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald USA 1985, 1h37m, 15

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GYFF Open Day – Call for New Members Join us as we launch a regular youth strand and welcome new applicants to the GYFF Youth Team (a group of 15–18-year-olds who are responsible for programming Glasgow Youth Film Festival).

Current members of the group will introduce Akira and Arrietty and speak about their festival experiences in the upstairs Balcony Bar following each film.

For more details of how to join the group, please come along on the day or become a fan at www.facebook.com/glasgowyouth.

Under-18 ticket deal: £4.00 per film for under-18s with proof of age.

GYFF presents

Akira

GYFF presents

Arrietty

Sunday 10 July (13.00)

Sunday 10 July (16.00)

Regarded by many as a landmark production for Japan, Akira’s critical acclaim and box office success paved the way for the growth of anime culture across the world. In 2019 Neo-Tokyo, which has sprung from the ruins of World War III, is experiencing a prolonged period of civil unrest.

When Tetsuo, a young biker with telekinetic powers, is abducted by the military and used as an unwitting guinea pig for top-secret experiments, it falls to his best friend Kaneda to rescue him before it’s too late. A phenomenal achievement in animation that has rightly become a classic of Japanese cinema.

The latest instalment from Studio Ghibli is a modern adaptation of the classic children’s novel The Borrowers. Arrietty and her family live under the floorboards of a house in the Tokyo suburbs, ‘borrowing’ everything they require from their human landlords. While searching for food above boards, Arrietty is spotted by Sho, a young human who has recently moved in. As their friendship develops, the young borrower risks exposing the fragile existence of her family. A beautiful, enchanting animation from the makers of Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro.

Members of the GYFF Youth Team will introduce this screening and talk about how to get involved with next year’s Glasgow Youth Film Festival.

Members of the GYFF Youth Team will introduce this screening and talk about how to get involved with next year’s Glasgow Youth Film Festival.

Director Katsuhiro Otomo Cast Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama Japan 1988, 2h4m, subtitles, 15

Director Hiromasa Yonebayashi Cast Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Shinobu Otake Japan 2010, 1h34m, subtitles, CTBC

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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.glasgowfilm.org to receive the GFT enewsletter. For more information about courses visit www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/courses.

Contemporary Cinema Course Wed 14 September – Wed 16 November

Course Level: 1 (Introductory / Beginning critical engagement) An ideal beginner’s course for those wishing to broaden their critical understanding of contemporary cinema. Current releases are complemented by engaging discussion around a range of topics. Taught by Dr Christopher Gow. The course comprises five films and five seminars (18.30–20.30) in the GFT Learning space. Films will be in early evening slots but exact times may vary.

The course costs £71/£63.

Youth and Schools

For regular updates on forthcoming schools events, moving image education news and special offers, sign up to our Schools Enewsletter at www.glasgowfilm.org.

Glasgow Film Learning’s programme for children and young people is supported by The Robertson Trust and Glasgow City Council.

Glasgow Youth Film Festival – Teacher Opportunities Teachers play an important part in the success of Glasgow Youth Film Festival (GYFF) and we’re looking to increase the involvement of both Primary and Secondary teachers in next year’s Festival.

An ideal opportunity for career personal development, teachers will work closely with Paul Macgregor, Learning Projects Coordinator, to help shape the GYFF schools programme of films, events and workshops. Activities will include advising on suitability of films for pupils, developing resources and helping to produce workshop and CPD activities.

We’re also interested in hearing from arts professionals and educationalists who have experience in working with children and the moving image. Potential volunteers should have a good understanding of the Curriculum for Excellence and be interested in using film in the classroom.

If you’re interested in getting involved with GYFF 2012, please email paul.macgregor@glasgowfilm. org for more information.

After producing resources for GYFF 2011, I’ve become more confident in developing film-related activities that would suit my own class. Kirsteen Davidson, Primary Teacher

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Free Family Films Megamind PG

Saturday 2 July 11.30am (1h35m) Evil genius Megamind finds life boring without a hero to fight against.

Audio described and captioned at 11.30am GFT screening only.

Winged Migration U

Saturday 9 July 11.30am (1h38m) Follow the amazing journeys that birds make across the continents each year.

Valiant U

Saturday 16 July 11.30am (1h16m) Brave Valiant is determined to be a heroic pigeon during the Second World War.

Gnomeo & Juliet U

Saturday 23 July 11.00am (1h24m) Bring along your pre-loved books! GFT will donate them to educational charities based in Glasgow.

Books in good condition only please. Followed by a screening of Gnomeo & Juliet at 11.30am.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader PG Saturday 30 July 11.30am (1h53m) Go on a magical journey with Prince Caspian on the Dawn Treader ship.

Audio described and captioned at GFT screening only.

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Tangled PG

Saturday 6 August 11.00am (1h40m) Listen to some atmospheric fairly tales told by a magical storyteller. Followed by a screening of Tangled at 11.30am.

Audio described and captioned at 11.30am GFT screening only.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks U

Saturday 13 August 11.30am (1h57m) An apprentice witch and three children search for a magic spell in this family favourite.

Yogi Bear U

Saturday 20 August 11.30am (1h20m) Yogi Bear must save his beloved Jellystone Park from being closed forever!

Audio described and captioned at GFT screening only.

Two Brothers U

Saturday 27 August 11.30am (1h49m) Two tiger cubs are separated when they are young, only to be reunited later as enemies.

Audio described and captioned at GFT screening only.

Glasgow Young Scot or Kidz Card holders and an accompanying adult get in FREE! All other tickets at GFT are £4.00. 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.

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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. Take 2 terms and conditions apply, see above for details. If you have any queries call Paul at GFT Learning on 0141 352 8613.

Next Access Take 2 Screenings:

Megamind PG

Saturday 2 July, 12.30 (1h35m)

Tangled PG

Saturday 6 August, 12.30 (1h40m)

Our Take 2 Autism-Friendly screenings are sponsored by The Wee Curry Shop in association with a New Arts Sponsorship Grant supported by the Scottish Government in conjunction with Arts & Business Scotland.

Monir Mohammed, top chef and proprietor of The Wee Curry Shop and Mother India, was honoured as Scotland’s Curry King at the Scottish Curry Awards 2011. Enjoy an award-winning curry at The Wee Curry Shop (0141 339 1339) – on the last Sunday of every month you can buy a delicious two-course lunch for £10, with the full amount going to the National Autistic Society Scotland.

MOVIES

YOUR CITY, YOUR STORIES Make a short film inspired by Glasgow's Coat of Arms and your movie could be shown during the Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2012!

Four themed filmmaking competitions for under-18s will take place in the run up to GYFF 2012. We're looking for 5-minute short films based on the legend behind the Glasgow city crest – the second theme is Tree so get creative and get cracking!

Competition 2: TREE – Deadline Monday 5 September For more details, inspiration and how to enter, visit www.glasgowfilm.org/cinema_city/weemovies

Silver Screen

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

All tickets are £4 3D: £1.50 on top of ticket prices

The First Grader 12A

Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D U

Win Win 15

Cría cuervos 12A

Pina 3D U

Last Year in Marienbad U

Film Socialisme CTBC

Gilda PG

Tuesday 5 July (12.45) - see page 8 Tuesday 12 July (12.45) - see page 18 Tuesday 19 July (12.45) - see page 21 Tuesday 26 July (12.45) - see page 12

Tuesday 9 August (12.45) - see page 22

Tuesday 16 August (12.45) - see page 25 Tuesday 23 August (12.45) - see page 26 Tuesday 30 August (12.45) - see page 26

The Conspirator 12A

Tuesday 2 August (12.45) - see page 18

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Horror/Cult Cinema Discussion Group Wed 6 July & Wed 3 August (18.30) 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

Wed 13 July & Wed 10 August (18.30) Free This group meets on the second Wednesday of each month in the Balcony 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

Tue 26 July & Tue 30 August (20.45), Café Cosmo, £1.50 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 film 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.

Illustration: Helen Macdonald

Seat Dedications D62 I193 J219

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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.

Helen and Laura Antebi

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Jean Morton, nee Singleton.

From her family to Kathryn Mary Singleton Kerr John Gerrard and Margaret Mackay, GFT fans Leo - enjoy with friends & family from Nonna & Pappa Leckie.

Max - enjoy with friends & family from Nonna & Pappa Leckie.

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 Ben C G McGuigan

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Useful Information

Café Cosmo

Box Office Opening Hours

Café Cosmo is open: Sunday to Friday from 12noon Saturday from 11am

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

Café Cosmo closes 15 mins after start of final film.

Ticket Prices

Unless otherwise stated: Full: £7 Concessions: £5.50 CineCard holders £1 off every ticket all tickets £4.00 free but ticketed events 3D: £1.50 on top of ticket prices 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.glasgowfilm.org.

Saver Tickets

See 5 films for £32.50 / £25 (valid for 3 months)

Advance Booking

Online: www.glasgow.film.org 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.

Gift Vouchers

Available from Box Office.

Mailing List

Join our mailing list for £6.50 per year and have this monthly brochure delivered to your home.

GFT’s licensed bar serves excellent home made soup, sandwiches and snacks until 5pm.

Drinks may be taken into the cinema – just ask for a plastic glass.

Website

www.glasgowfilm.org Features further information on the programme and ticket booking along with ‘Extras’ including programme notes, trailers and blogs.

Certification

Films awaiting BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) certification are marked ‘CTBC’ (check the website or call the box office for upto-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).

Events, Conferences & Private Hires

A unique venue for a large variety of events.

Contact Angela on (0141) 352 8601 or send an email to: angela.freeman@ glasgowfilm.org

Free Enewsletters

Receive regular bulletins of films and activities at GFT, visit www.glasgowfilm.org to subscribe.

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Access Information

Getting Here

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.

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

By Train: Glasgow city centre is served by both Central and Queen Street Stations. www.nationalrail.co.uk

GFT Accessible Programme

GFT offers both Audio Description and captioning on selected titles and selected screenings in Cinema 1 only.

Audio Description 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 is a service for the hearingimpaired or deaf who rely on subtitling to enable them to follow the film’s dialogue.

This Issue’s Accessible Screenings Take 2: Megamind (PG) Saturday 2 July (11.30)

The Tree of Life (12A)

Friday 8 – Thursday 21 July, all screenings Tuesday 12 (17.15) & Thursday 14 July (14.30)

Win Win (15)

Monday 11 – Wednesday 13 July, all screenings Monday 11 (17.45) & Tuesday 12 July (12.45)

Car Parking: Closest public parking is the supervised 24 hour multi-storey car park in Cambridge Street. Parking after 6pm costs £1.50. There is limited on street metered parking.

Glasgow Film Theatre 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Take 2: Gnomeo & Juliet (U) Saturday 23 July (11.30)

Take 2: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (PG) Saturday 30 July (11.30)

Take 2: Tangled (PG)

Saturday 6 August (11.30)

Take 2: Yogi Bear (U)

FSC PURE POR Green Whiteout Text.pdf Saturday 20 August (11.30)

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

GFT is delighted to have been awarded:

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CINEMA CITY Interested in the history of Glasgow’s relationship with cinema? Visit our Cinema City online project where you can read about films shot in Glasgow, browse interactive maps, watch archive clips and share your own memories of cinema-going. www.glasgowfilm.org/cinema_city

CINEMA CITY SCREENINGS Perfect Sense

Wednesday 27 July (18.15) Scottish director David Mackenzie’s seventh feature is a Glasgow-set story of a couple falling in love whilst everything around them falls apart, an apocalyptic love story exploring the world of the senses.

The House of Mirth Sunday 28 August (14.30)

Glasgow doubles as the Big Apple in Terence Davies’ memorable adaptation of Edith Wharton’s classic novel. A young, idealistic socialite looks for a wealthy husband in early 20th century New York.