GFT November/December 2010 brochure

nov / dec 2010

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE French Film Festival UK

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we need your help Glasgow Youth Film Festival Fundraising Appeal Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings…

As the cockles of your heart begin to warm at the prospect of It’s A Wonderful Life, a screen classic passed down from generation to generation, we want to appeal to your spirit of goodwill. Will you be an Angel for Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2011 (6 – 16 February) and support Scotland’s future filmmakers, programmers and audiences?

Glasgow Youth Film Festival (GYFF) was born three years ago in response to a lack of quality film provision for young audiences. GYFF offers thousands of young people, from nursery age to teenagers, a chance to experience the magic and inspiration of the moving image and to come face-to-face with the screen industries at accessible, safe and exciting events. Key to GYFF’s success as one of the UK’s most innovative film festivals is the GFT Youth Team (15 – 18-year-olds) who advise on all aspects of festival planning, including film programming and special events.

Ben (pictured above) is three and a half. His parents, GFT cinemagoers Gary and Suze McGuigan, have pledged £350 to the GYFF Big Arts Give appeal. Gary says ‘The GFT will always be a special place for us with lots of memories – especially seeing It’s A Wonderful Life on the big screen for the first time. As my son Ben grows up, I will take him each year to watch it with me so he too can experience some of that excitement. Perhaps one day he will take his own children and those feelings of excitement, of being at the cinema, can live on for many generations to come.’

A big-hearted, mysterious Angel has pledged £3,000 to the GYFF Big Arts Give appeal. Please help us to build on this amount and reach our target of £13,500. From high level giving to smaller contributions (the price of a cinema ticket!), every donation matters. Also, every £1 you donate during the Big Arts Give week will be matched by Arts & Business! All donors will be invited to a special GYFF event in February.

Be an Angel!

Please donate to GYFF through the Big Arts Give Christmas Challenge. Donations must be made between 6 – 10 December 2010, however you can pledge your support now.

To donate: please visit http://new.thebiggive.org.uk/projects/view/8119 between 6 - 10 December 2010 To pledge your support: please visit http://new.thebiggive.org.uk/projects/view/8119 now To find out more about the GYFF Big Arts Give Christmas Challenge please contact Paul Macgregor, Learning Projects Coordinator, on 0141 352 8613 or at info@gft.org.uk, or write to Paul at GFT Learning, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB. Glasgow Film Festival is a department of Glasgow Film Theatre (known as GFT).

GFT is a charity registered in Scotland no. SCO05932.

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Contents Diary

Another Year

3–6 9

Stephen Fry: Wagner and Me

11

Strange Powers

29

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

12

Warren Miller's Wintervention

26

At the Volta with James Joyce

25

We Are What We Are

Back to the Future

30

Bad Santa

30

FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL UK

The Bishop’s Wife

17

Brilliantlove

14

Death Rides a Horse

29

Diva

30

Films of Scotland

25

From Beyond

29

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest

10

The Girl Who Played with Fire

16

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

16

Gremlins

30

The Hunter Imitation of Life Involuntary

8 35 8

It’s A Wonderful Life

17

Kawasaki’s Rose

11

The Kids Are All Right

7

Lifecycles / Vast

26

Magic Hour

18

Mary and Max

12

Miral

15

Monsters

14

My Afternoons with Margueritte

10

NT Live: Hamlet

27

The Nutcracker

27

The Nurture Room

16

October Country

12

Of Gods and Men

13

The Omen

28

On Tour

14

Oska Bright

18

Peepli [Live]

8

Perestroika

11

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

15

Raspberry Ripple

18

River’s Edge

28

Scrooge

17

The Social Network

16

Somewhere

13

Sing it Loud

25

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Bus Palladium

23

Change of Plans

21

Diva

30

Dumas

22

Eden is West

21

Far

24

The French Kissers

21

The Great Love

20

The Hedgehog

20

Imogène

24

Khamsa

24

Little Nicholas

22

LOL

20

Mademoiselle Chambon

24

Making Plans for Lena

21

Outside the Law

22

The Princess of Montpensier

23

Regrets

22

The Round Up

21

Shorts Programme

20

Skirt Day

23

The Small Room

22

Someone I Loved

23

Straight to the Heart

24

Trouble at Timpetill

23

White as Snow

20

GFT REGULARS Access Take 2

33

Club Noir Film Club

35

Film Discussion Group GFT Learning

34 31 – 32

Horror/Cult Film Discussion Group

34

Late Night Classics

30

Monorail Film Club

28

Psychotronic Cinema

29

The GFT Film Quiz

34

Silver Screen

34

Take 2: Free Saturday Films for Families

33

USEFUL INFORMATION

37 – 38

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Monday 1 November The Kids Are All Right (15) p7

Tuesday 9 November

13.45 / 16.00

/ 18.15 / 20.30

The Hunter (15) p8

14.15

Peepli [Live] (15) p8

16.15 / 20.40

Tuesday 2 November The Kids Are All Right (15) p7 16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30 The Hunter (15) p8

20.45

Peepli [Live] (15) p8

14.45

Films of Scotland (N/C 8+) p25

12.45

/ 18.30

Wednesday 3 November The Kids Are All Right (15) p7

13.15 / 15.30 / 20.30

The Hunter (15) p8

14.00

Peepli [Live] (15) p8

16.00 / 20.40

Monsters (12A) p14

18.00

The Nurture Room (N/C 10+) p16

18.15

Horror / Cult Film Discussion Group p34

18.30

Thursday 4 November The Kids Are All Right (15) p7

13.45 / 16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30

The Hunter (15) p8

16.30 / 20.45 14.15 / 18.30

Friday 5 November 12.20

The Kids Are All Right (15) p7

/ 16.00

/ 17.40 / 20.15 / 18.15 / 20.30

Saturday 6 November Another Year (12A) p9

15.00 / 17.40 / 20.15

The Kids Are All Right (15) p7

18.15 / 20.30

Sing it Loud (N/C 15+) p25

14.30

Take 2: Marmaduke (U) p33

11.30

Access Take 2: Marmaduke (U) p33

12.30

Sunday 7 November Another Year (12A) p9

12.15 / 15.00 / 17.40 / 20.15

The Kids Are All Right (15) p7 Involuntary (15) p8

Monday 8 November Another Year (12A) p9

The Kids Are All Right (15) p7

13.15 / 17.45 15.30 / 20.00 15.00 / 17.40 / 20.15 13.30 / 18.00

Involuntary (15) p8 Warren Miller's Wintervention (N/C 8+) p26

/ 17.40 / 20.15 15.45 / 20.30

Involuntary (15) p8

13.30 / 18.15

Wednesday 10 November Another Year (12A) p9

17.30

The Kids Are All Right (15) p7

15.45 20.30

/ 20.15

13.45 / 16.00 / 20.30

Kawasaki’s Rose (N/C 15+) p11

18.15

Film Discussion Group p34

18.30

Thursday 11 November Another Year (12A) p9

15.00 / 17.40

The Kids Are... (15) p7

13.45 / 16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30

Lifecycles / Vast (N/C 8+) p26

20.30

Friday 12 November We Are What We Are (15) p9 12.30 / 14.30 /

16.30 / 20.45 / 22.45 Another Year (12A) p9

15.00

/ 17.45 18.30

FFF: LOL (N/C 15+) p20

20.30

Back to the Future (PG) p30

23.00

Saturday 13 November We Are What We Are (15) p9

/ 15.00

13.45

12.45

The Kids Are All Right (15) p7

FFF: The Great Love (N/C 15+) p20

Peepli [Live] (15) p8 Another Year (12A) p9

Another Year (12A) p9

Another Year (12A) p9

14.00 / 18.30

15.00 / 17.40 / 20.15

FFF: Shorts Programme (N/C 15+) p20

16.00

FFF: White as Snow (N/C 18+) p20

20.30

Take 2: The Last Airbender (PG) p33

Sunday 14 November

11.30

We Are What We Are (15) p9

15.45 / 20.00

Another Year (12A) p9

14.00 / 16.45

Imitation of Life (12) p35

19.45

FFF: The Hedgehog (N/C 15+) p20

13.30

FFF: Change of Plans (N/C 12+) p21

17.45

Monday 15 November We Are What We Are (15) p9

14.00 / 16.00 / 20.30

Another Year (12A) p9

12.15 / 15.00 / 17.40

FFF: Eden is West (N/C 15+) p21

18.00

FFF: The Round Up (N/C 15+) p21

20.15

Tuesday 16 November We Are What We Are (15) p9

15.30 / 20.45

Another Year (12A) p9

14.15 / 17.00

FFF: The Round Up (N/C 15+) p21

12.45

FFF: Making Plans for Lena (N/C 15+) p21

18.30

Warren Miller's Wintervention (N/C 8+) p26 20.00

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Wednesday 17 November We Are What We Are (15) p9

Wednesday 24 November

12.30 / 14.30 / 16.30 / 18.30

Another Year (12A) p9

15.00 / 20.15

We Are What We Are (15) p9

12.45 / 14.45 / 16.45 / 20.45

Another Year (12A) p9

15.00 / 18.00

FFF: The French Kissers (N/C 15+) p21

18.15

Stephen Fry: Wagner and Me (N/C 12+) p11

20.40

FFF: Regrets (N/C 15+) p22

20.30

FFF: Imogène (N/C 8+) p24

18.45

Thursday 18 November We Are What We Are (15) p9 Another Year (12A) p9

14.30 / 16.30

15.00 / 17.40 / 20.15

Brilliantlove (N/C 18+) p14

20.40

FFF: Dumas (N/C 12+) p22

18.30

Friday 19 November We Are What We Are (15) p9

13.45

/ 16.00

/ 20.45

14.30

/ 17.25

FFF: The Small Room (N/C 15+) p22

18.00

FFF: Outside the Law (N/C 15+) p22

Saturday 20 November We Are What We Are (15) p9

20.00 14.00 / 18.30

15.00 / 17.40 / 20.15

FFF: Little Nicholas (N/C 5+) p22

16.15

FFF: Someone I Loved (N/C 15+) p23

20.30

Take 2: Little Nicholas (N/C 5+) p33

14.30 / 17.15

FFF: Straight to the Heart (N/C 15+) p24

18.30

Friday 26 November My Afternoons with Margueritte (15) p10

14.15 14.00

/ 17.15 / 20.10 / 16.00

/ 20.45

FFF: Khamsa (N/C 15+) p24

18.15

FFF: Diva (15) p30

23.00

Saturday 27 November The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (15) p10

14.15 / 17.15 / 20.10

My Afternoons with Margueritte (15) p10

14.45 / 16.45 / 21.00

FFF: Mademoiselle Chambon (N/C 15+) p24

18.45

11.30

Sunday 28 November

We Are What We Are (15) p9

15.30

Another Year (12A) p9

20.00

FFF: Trouble at Timpetill (N/C 5+) p23

13.30

FFF: Bus Palladium (N/C 15+) p23

17.30

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (18) p16

13.00

The Girl Who Played with Fire (15) p16

16.30

GFF: Strange Powers (N/C 15+) p29

19.30

Monday 22 November

14.00 / 16.00 / 20.45

Another Year (12A) p9

15.00 / 20.15

Stephen Fry: Wagner and Me (N/C 12+) p11

18.15

FFF: The Princess of Montpensier (N/C 18+) p23 18.00

Tuesday 23 November We Are What We Are (15) p9

14.45 / 16.45 / 18.45

Another Year (12A) p9

15.00 / 17.40 / 20.15

Stephen Fry: Wagner and Me (N/C 12+) p11 12.45 FFF: Skirt Day (N/C 15+) p23 Special features

14.00 / 16.00 / 20.45

Take 2: Watership Down (U) p33

11.30

Sunday 21 November

We Are What We Are (15) p9

We Are What We Are (15) p9 Another Year (12A) p9

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (15) p10

Another Year (12A) p9

Another Year (12A) p9

Thursday 25 November

£3.50 tickets

20.45

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (15) p10

17.30

FFF: Far (N/C 18+) p24

14.30

Monorail: River’s Edge (18) p28

19.30

Monday 29 November The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (15) p10

14.15 / 17.15 / 20.10

My Afternoons with Margueritte (15) p10

15.00 / 17.00 / 21.00

From Beyond (18) p29

19.00

Tuesday 30 November The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (15) p10 My Afternoons with Margueritte (15) p10

14.15 / 17.15 / 20.10 12.45

/ 17.00 / 19.00

From Beyond (18) p29

21.00

Perestroika (N/C 15+) p11

14.45

The GFT Film Quiz p34

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13.15 / 16.15 / 19.10

My Afternoons with Margueritte (15) p10

Special ticket price

20.45 Captioned films

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Wednesday 1 December

Wednesday 8 December

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (15) p10

14.15 / 17.15 / 20.10

My Afternoons with Margueritte (15) p10

14.30 / 16.30 / 18.30

Perestroika (N/C 15+) p11

20.30

Horror / Cult Film Discussion Group p34

18.30

Thursday 2 December The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (15) p10

14.15 / 17.15 / 20.10

My Afternoons with Margueritte (15) p10

13.00 / 15.00 / 17.00 / 19.00 / 21.00

Friday 3 December

17.50 / 20.20

14.15

/ 17.15 / 20.10

Oska Bright (N/C 8+) p18

12.30

Magic Hour (N/C 12+) p18

13.30

Raspberry Ripple (N/C 12+) p18

15.30

Gremlins (15) p30

Film Discussion Group p34

18.30

Thursday 9 December Of Gods and Men (15) p13

12.30 / 15.00 / 17.30

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (15) p10

14.15 / 20.10

NT Live: Hamlet (N/C) p27

18.45

Friday 10 December / 16.00

It's A Wonderful Life (U) p17

/ 18.25 / 20.30 12.30

Of Gods and Men (15) p13

/ 17.30 15.00

At the Volta with James Joyce (N/C 10+) p25 20.30 Somewhere (15) p13

23.00

Of Gods and Men (15) p13

14.45 / 17.50 / 20.20

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (15) p10

14.15 / 17.15 / 20.10

Take 2: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) p33 11.30

Sunday 5 December

14.15 / 17.15 / 20.10

Saturday 11 December

Saturday 4 December

Access Take 2: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) p33

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (15) p10

Somewhere (15) p13 13.45

Of Gods and Men (15) p13 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (15) p10

Of Gods and Men (15) p13 12.45 / 15.15 / 17.50 / 20.20

13.45 / 16.00 / 18.25 / 20.30

It's A Wonderful Life (U) p17

15.30 / 20.20

Of Gods and Men (15) p13

18.00

Take 2: A Christmas Story (PG) p33

Sunday 12 December Somewhere (15) p13

11.30

13.15 / 15.30 / 20.15

It's A Wonderful Life (U) p17

13.00 / 17.45

Of Gods and Men (15) p13

20.25

October Country (N/C 15+) p12

12.30

18.00

Scrooge (U) p17

15.45

Of Gods and Men (15) p13

14.15 / 18.45

Monday 13 December

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (15) p10

13.00 / 16.00

It's A Wonderful Life (U) p17

15.30 / 20.20

Of Gods and Men (15) p13

13.00 / 18.00

Mary and Max (12A) p12

16.45

The Social Network (12A) p16

19.00

Monday 6 December Of Gods and Men (15) p13 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (15) p10

13.15 / 17.50 / 20.20 14.15 / 20.10

Mary and Max (12A) p12 The Social Network (12A) p16

Tuesday 7 December

15.45 17.40

Of Gods and Men (15) p13

15.45 / 20.20

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (15) p10

17.15 / 20.10

Mary and Max (12A) p12

13.45 / 18.20

The Social Network (12A) p16

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Somewhere (15) p13

13.45 / 16.00 / 20.30

Death Rides a Horse (15) p29

18.15

Tuesday 14 December Somewhere (15) p13

It's A Wonderful Life (U) p17

18.15 13.00 / 17.45

Of Gods and Men (15) p13 Scrooge (U) p17

20.25 12.45

Death Rides a Horse (15) p29 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (CTBC) p12 The GFT Film Quiz p34

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Wednesday 15 December Somewhere (15) p13

13.45 / 16.00 / 20.40

Thursday 23 December It's A Wonderful Life (U) p17

It's A Wonderful Life (U) p17

15.30 / 20.20

Somewhere (15) p13

Of Gods and Men (15) p13

13.00 / 18.00

Friday 24 December

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (CTBC) p12

18.15

Thursday 16 December Somewhere (15) p13

13.45 / 16.00 / 18.15

It's A Wonderful Life (U) p17

13.00 / 17.45

Of Gods and Men (15) p13

20.25

Scrooge (U) p17

15.45

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (CTBC) p12

20.30

Friday 17 December It's A Wonderful Life (U) p17

14.30

Somewhere (15) p13 13.45

/ 17.20 / 20.20 / 22.45 / 16.00

/ 18.15 / 20.30

Bad Santa (15) p30

23.00

Saturday 18 December It's A Wonderful Life (U) p17 Somewhere (15) p13

14.30 / 17.20 / 20.20

13.45 / 16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30

Take 2: A Christmas Carol (PG) p33

Sunday 19 December It's A Wonderful Life (U) p17

11.30

14.30 / 17.20 / 20.20

13.45 / 16.00 / 18.15 / 20.30

It's A Wonderful Life (U) p17

13.00 / 13.30 / 16.00 / 16.30 / 19.00 / 19.30

Saturday 25 December CLOSED – MERRY CHRISTMAS

Sunday 26 December

CLOSED – MERRY CHRISTMAS

Monday 27 December Monsters (12A) p14

16.20 / 20.45

On Tour (CTBC) p14

14.00 / 18.20

Miral (12A) p15

16.00 / 20.15

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (CTBC) p15

14.15 / 18.30

Tuesday 28 December Monsters (12A) p14 Miral (12A) p15

14.30 / 17.20 / 20.20 13.00

The Bishop’s Wife (U) p17

12.15

Monsters (12A) p14

16.20 / 20.45

On Tour (CTBC) p14

14.00 / 18.20

Miral (12A) p15

16.00 / 20.15 14.15 / 18.30

The Nutcracker (N/C) p27

16.00

Monorail: The Omen (18) p28

19.15

Thursday 30 December

14.30 / 17.20 / 20.20

Somewhere (15) p13

13.45 / 18.15

The Bishop’s Wife (U) p17

16.00 / 20.30

Tuesday 21 December It's A Wonderful Life (U) p17 The Bishop’s Wife (U) p17

Monsters (12A) p14

14.00 / 18.20

On Tour (CTBC) p14

16.00 / 20.20

Miral (12A) p15

14.15 / 18.30

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (CTBC) p15

16.45 / 21.00

14.30 / 17.20 / 20.20

Somewhere (15) p13

16.00 / 20.30 12.45

/ 18.15

Wednesday 22 December It's A Wonderful Life (U) p17

14.30 / 17.20 / 20.20

Somewhere (15) p13

13.45 / 18.15

The Bishop’s Wife (U) p17

16.00 / 20.30

Special features

£3.50 tickets

Free events

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/ 18.30

Rare Exports: A Christmas... (CTBC) p15 15.30 / 21.00

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (CTBC) p15

It's A Wonderful Life (U) p17

16.00 / 20.20 12.45

Wednesday 29 December

Somewhere (15) p13

Monday 20 December

14.00 / 18.20

On Tour (CTBC) p14

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The Kids Are All Right Friday 29 October – Thursday 11 November 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 The screening on Sunday 7 November (17.45) is sponsored, and will be introduced by the Humanist Society of Scotland. www.humanism-scotland.org.uk Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.gft.org.uk/notes Director Lisa Cholodenko Cast Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo USA 2010, 1h44m, 15

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The Hunter Shekarchi

Friday 29 October – Thursday 4 November 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 Director Rafi Pitts Cast Rafi Pitts, Mitra Hajjar, Ali Nicksaulat Iran/Germany 2010, 1h32m, subtitles, 15

Peepli [Live] Monday 1 – Thursday 4 November Peepli [Live] is a hugely amusing satire which revolves around a villager called Natha, his brother Budhia and their family. They are about to lose their land because they are unable to repay a loan, when they hear of a government programme which offers the family of any farmer committing suicide a compensation of 100,000 rupees ($2,000). This sets in motion a chain of events that finds Natha in the eye of a media storm.

Anusha Rizvi directs from her own script, creating a clever and well-written parable. Outstanding production values and a solid story cement the reality of the situation, and no character’s motivations go unexamined. There are many very big laughs to be had. Eye for Film Director Anusha Rizvi Cast Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghuvir Yadav, Nawazuddin Siddiqui India 2010, 1h47m, English & Hindi with subtitles, 15

Involuntary De Ofrivilliga

Sunday 7 – Tuesday 9 November A darkly humorous exploration into the effects of peer pressure from Ruben Östlund, rising star of Sweden’s new cinema. Described by Östlund as both ‘a tragic comedy’ and ‘a comic tragedy’, the film is made up of five serio-comic stories which encompass many variations of human folly and misbehaviour. It screened in Un Certain Regard at Cannes and was Sweden’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.

Director Ruben Östlund Cast Villmar Björkman, Lola Ewerlund, Maria Lundqvist, Henrik Vikman Sweden 2008, 1h41m, subtitles, 15

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Another Year Friday 5 – Thursday 25 November Mike Leigh’s gentle yet powerful new film about family, friendship and ageing is a compassionate and considered work, balancing humour alongside its more melancholic notes. Tom and Gerri are a goodhearted couple sliding towards old age. He’s a geologist, she’s a counsellor, and they have a warm relationship with their grown-up son Joe, a community lawyer. As they potter around their allotment or cook curries for their friends, the only remarkable thing about them is how contented they are. But two of their friends don’t share their good fortune: Mary, a work colleague of Gerri’s who bemoans her disastrous love life and drinks too much to try and keep up a cheerful front, and Tom’s old mate Ken, equally lonely and unhappy, and trying desperately to stay afloat. The film unfolds over four seasons, an accumulation of encounters and mostly small events that highlight Leigh’s skill in taking the fabric of everyday life and turning it into something resonant and meaningful. Sandra Hebron, London Film Festival The screening on Friday 5 November (12.20) will be introduced by Dr Jonny Murray. The screening on Wednesday 10 November (17.30) will be introduced by Dr Christopher Gow. Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.gft.org.uk/notes Director Mike Leigh Cast Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville, Oliver Maltman UK 2010, 2h9m, 12A: Contains infrequent strong language

We Are What We Are Somos lo que hey

Friday 12 – Thursday 25 November The horror genre continues to be redefined in this new film about a poverty-stricken family with unusual dietary requirements. When a middle-aged man dies in the street, his widow and three children are drawn into an increasingly desperate struggle for survival. Without father to provide fresh meat what will they do? Beautifully shot in a Mexico City that is unusually devoid of bright sunshine, We Are What We Are is equal parts horror, family drama and coming-of-age tale. After screenings at Cannes and Fantasia film festivals earlier in the year, it has gained much support online and is a must-see for anyone who can stomach the subject matter.

The screening on Friday 19 November (13.45) will be introduced by Dr Jonny Murray.

Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.gft.org.uk/notes Director Jorge Michel Grau Cast Francisco Barreiro, Alan Chávez, Paulina Gaitan Mexico 2010, 1h29m, subtitles, 15

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest

My Afternoons with Margueritte

Friday 26 November – Thursday 9 December

Friday 26 November – Thursday 2 December

Luftslottet som sprängdes

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest, the final part of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, continues the story of Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander – the most famous crime-thriller characters since Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter. Lisbeth is trying to clear her name of murder, with the help of Mikael and Millennium magazine. But powerful and dangerous forces are trying to silence her, and Lisbeth has to face the past and risk her life at every turn to tell her story. Pulling together all the threads from the previous films, this final chapter completes a classic trilogy that will not be soon forgotten.

If you missed parts one and two of this sensational trilogy – or, like us, want to see them again on the big screen – don’t worry we’re screening both parts on Sunday 21 November. See page 16 for details.

The screening on Friday 3 December (14.15) will be introduced by Dr Jonny Murray.

Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.gft.org.uk/notes Director Daniel Alfredson Cast Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Annika Hallin Sweden 2009, 2h28m, subtitles, 15

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La tête en friche

This is the uplifting story of one of those chance encounters that can radically change the course of your life. Germain is a large, unmarried and almost illiterate man in his fifties. Margueritte is a tiny elderly woman with a passion for the written word. The only thing the two have in common is a shared fondness for pigeons. When Germain happens to sit beside Margueritte on a park bench and she reads him extracts from her novels, an unlikely friendship develops. Under Margueritte’s tutelage, Germain discovers a love of literature and with it, a wisdom that confounds his friends at the bistro, who have always treated him like an idiot. As Margueritte begins to lose her eyesight, Germain sees an opportunity to use his love for this sweet and mischievous grandma to improve both his own life and hers.

Director Jean Becker Cast Gérard Depardieu, Gisèle Casadesus, FrançoisXavier Demaison France 2010, 1h22m, subtitles, 15

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Kawasaki’s Rose Kawasakiho Ruze

Wednesday 10 November (18.15) This rich and beautifully crafted film highlights one of the great mysteries of current European cinema: why has its Czech director Jan Hrebejk not yet been enshrined within the top tier of contemporary filmmakers? His skill – and that of his regular screenwriter, Petr Jarkovský – is showcased to breathtaking effect in this gripping study of family secrets, betrayal and reconciliation in the post-Communist era.

Brilliantly paced and performed, it is one of 2010’s must-sees. EIFF 2010 Director Jan Hrebejk Cast Lenka Vlasáková, Martin Huba, Daniela Kolárová Czech Republic 2009, 1h40m, subtitles, N/C 15+

Stephen Fry: Wagner and Me Monday 22 – Wednesday 24 November Follow Stephen Fry across Europe in this documentary as he explores his love for the music of composer Richard Wagner. But this is not just a journey of appreciation. Being of Jewish descent, with relatives who died in Auschwitz, Fry must confront the fact that Wagner was so heavily associated with Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich.

Reinforcing this link Leni Riefenstahl infamously used Wagner’s music in her propaganda film Triumph of the Will. Is it possible today to separate the music from the images to which it is now attached? Fry presents the beautiful music and its dark past with his customary wit, humour and intelligence. The contrast makes this unmissable for fans of Wagner and a perfect introduction for everyone else.

Director Patrick McGrady / Cast Stephen Fry UK 2010, 1h30m, N/C 12+

Perestroika Tuesday 30 November (14.45) & Wednesday 1 December (20.30) A Siberian train travelogue to the end of the world, Perestroika combines landscape elegy and railway reverie with an exploration of personal and political loss and transfiguration. Twenty years after the death of a dear friend, the filmmaker re-enacts a journey on the Trans-Siberian express to investigate how ghostly images of the past invade the present and create a poetic essay about loss and memory. Stunning footage of the bleak Siberian landscape combine with an intriguing voice-over to create a challenging but haunting work: intense, confounding and eerily beautiful.

What begins as a travelogue with philosophical trimmings turns into a puzzle picture worthy of Resnais or Antonioni. Financial Times Director Sarah Turner UK 2009, 1h55m, N/C 15+

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Mary and Max

October Country

Sunday 5 – Tuesday 7 December

Sunday 12 December (18.00)

From the extraordinary imagination of Adam Elliot, whose short Harvie Krumpet won an Oscar, comes this witty and idiosyncratic claymation feature which tells the story of the twenty-year friendship between lonely Australian girl Mary and Max, an obese 44-year-old Jewish New Yorker.

Mary finds Max’s address in a phone book and, neglected by her dull father and ‘sherry-tasting’ mother, begins a correspondence with anxious, chocolate hot dog-eating Max. Max’s diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome acts as a catalyst in both their lives, prompting them to overcome their emotional wounds – not least depression, betrayal, guilt and sexual naiveté.

October Country is a beautifully filmed portrait of an American family struggling for stability while haunted by the ghosts of war, teen pregnancy, foster care and child abuse. With rarely seen intimacy, sensitivity and respect, this vibrant documentary examines the forces that unsettle the working poor and the violence that lurks beneath the surface of American life.

12A: Contains suicide references and infrequent drug use Director Adam Elliot Cast Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana, Barry Humphries Australia 2009, 1h32m, English & Yiddish with partial subtitles, 12A

The directors Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher will be present for a Q&A after the screening.

Presented by Scottish Documentary Institute.

Directors Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher USA 2009, 1h20m, N/C 15+

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Tuesday 14 – Thursday 16 December Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the remote forest, an important place from his childhood and, he believes, the possible location of his former existences. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and the spirit of his long lost son returns.

Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave – the birthplace of his first life... Eerie, poetic and masterful, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives creates an enchanted world where fauna and flora converge to convey a magical, sublime atmosphere.

Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival, 2010.

Directors Apichatpong Weerasethakul Cast Thanapat Saisaymar, Jenjira Pongpas, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Natthakarin Aphaiwonk Thailand/UK 2010, 1h53m, subtitles, CTBC

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Of Gods and Men

Des hommes et des dieux Friday 3 – Thursday 16 December Xavier Beauvois vaults into the realm of mature mastery with this sombre, humane and provocative drama. Based on a true incident, the film is set in a Cistercian monastery in North Africa in the 1990s, where eight French monks live in cordial harmony with the local population. The monastery’s abbot, Brother Christian (Wilson), is as much versed in the Koran as in the Bible, giving him a special insight into, and respect for, the nation he has chosen to work in. But the country is increasingly in the grip of fundamentalist violence, and the brothers must soon decide whether to stay or leave. A compassionate plea for understanding between cultures, the film muses on the meaning of religious vocation in a violent world, and tackles its subject with authoritative, nonsensationalist forcefulness. Superbly photographed by Caroline Champetier – watch her sensitivity to faces in the dinner sequence near the end – this powerful but understated drama features terrific performances by an ensemble cast including the ever-magisterial Michael Lonsdale as the monastery’s resident medic.

Jonathan Romney, London Film Festival Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.gft.org.uk/notes Director Xavier Beauvois Cast Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin France 2010, 2h2m, subtitles, 15

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Somewhere Friday 10 – Thursday 23 December This satire on the pitfalls of fame and celebrity stars Stephen Dorff as Hollywood star Johnny Marco, a divorced, aimless hedonist who lives at the epicentre of bohemian LA, the Chateau Marmont hotel. Room service constitutes his diet; he takes full advantage of readily available drugs and women. All this changes when his ex-wife, craving a break from childrearing, leaves their 11-year-old daughter Cleo (the excellent Elle Fanning) with him. Their encounters encourage Johnny to reassess his life and confront the question that we all must; which path will you take?

Winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Picture at the 2010 Venice International Film Festival.

Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere is a quiet heartbreaker. Trading Lost in Translation’s Tokyo hotel for Beverly Hills’s Chateau Marmont, the ever-perceptive writer-director further hones her gifts for ruefully funny observation and understated melancholy with this low-key portrait of a burned-out screen actor. Variety Director Sofia Coppola Cast Michelle Monaghan, Elle Fanning, Stephen Dorff USA 2010, 1h38m, 15

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On Tour Tournée

Monday 27 – Thursday 30 December Joachim, a former Parisian television producer, had left everything behind – his children, friends, enemies and lovers – to start a new life in America. But he returns with a team of New Burlesque striptease performers whom he has filled with romantic dreams of a tour of France. Travelling from town to town, despite the cheap hotel rooms and lack of money, the curvaceous showgirls invent an extravagant fantasy world of warmth and hedonism that wins an enthusiastic response from men and women alike. But their dream of a tour culminating in a last grand show in Paris goes up in smoke when Joachim is betrayed by an old friend and loses the theatre where they were due to perform.

An obligatory return journey to the capital violently reopens the old wounds of his past...

Mathieu Amalric won Best Director at Cannes Film Festival, 2010.

Director Mathieu Amalric Cast Damien Odoul, Julie Ferrier, Mathieu Amalric France 2009, 1h51m, subtitles, CTBC

Monsters BAFTA in Scotland preview: Wednesday 3 November (18.00) Monday 27 – Thursday 30 December Director Gareth Edwards has managed, almost indescribably, to merge the indie road movie with tentacled abominations! After a space probe breaks up upon re-entry, Mexico has become a quarantine zone. Interrupted from his brief to document events, photographer Andrew is tasked with taking his boss’s daughter back to the US. But when they miss the last boat out, the decision is made to go overland – right through alien central.

In association with BAFTA in Scotland, GFT is delighted to welcome director Gareth Edwards for a Q&A following the preview screening on Wednesday 3 November (18.00).

12A: Contains infrequent strong language and moderate horror Director Gareth Edwards Cast Whitney Able, Scoot McNairy UK 2010, 1h34m, 12A

Brilliantlove Thursday 18 November (20.40) Manchester is a photographer. Noon is a taxidermist. Together, over one sweaty summer, they create an idyll of uninhibited lovemaking and free creative expression. Then Manchester gets discovered – and the art world closes in on the intimate world they share – will either their love or his creativity survive?

A striking debut. The Observer GFT is delighted that director Ashley Horner will both introduce and participate in a Q&A following the screening.

Contains very strong sex and sex references Director Ashley Horner / Cast Liam Browne, Nancy Trotter Landry / UK 2010, 1h40m, N/C 18+

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Miral Monday 27 – Thursday 30 December Based on Rula Jebreal’s first-hand account of growing up in East Jerusalem, Miral is the richly textured and deeply moving account of an intelligent young woman whose personal story is inextricably linked with the political history and social consequences of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Spanning the period from the birth of the State of Israel in 1948 to the brief hope of the Oslo peace agreement in 1994, Miral begins with the setting up of an orphanage and school for Palestinian children. The owner of the school, Hind Husseini, is an inspirational figure who believes education is the only route to peace. Miral joins the school in 1978, but eleven years later, as the first Intifada gathers support, she begins to question Hind’s fundamentally nonviolent belief. In previous films such as Before Night Falls and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Schnabel has unerringly found the humanity and emotional heart in stories of fragmented or damaged lives. His sincere and personal new film does this too, but combines it with a broader plea for peace.

Sandra Hebron, London Film Festival Director Julian Schnabel Cast Hiam Abbass, Freida Pinto, Alexander Siddig, Willem Dafoe France/Israel/Italy/India 2010, 1h52m, 12A: Contains moderate language, violence and injury detail

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale Monday 27 – Thursday 30 December Finnish filmmaker Jalmari Helander gained acclaim with a pair of short viral films about a team of elite hunters who captured wild Santa Clauses and domesticated them for use in shopping malls worldwide. In Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale he trades in the faux-nature-doc style of the shorts for something more gleefully sinister, transforming jolly Father Christmas into an ancient demon who once terrorized the indigenous people of Lapland. When an American drilling team unearth Saint Nick’s tomb, it’s up to a local child and a trio of reindeer herders to prevent the festive evil from being unleashed upon the world. Rare Exports evokes classic favourites like Gremlins and Monster Squad. Unlike the 80’s films to which it plays tribute, Rare Exports is also a visual treat, using the frozen expanse of northern Scandinavia to paint an otherworldly tableau. A cult classic in the making – see it here first!

Director Jalmari Helander Cast Onni Tommila, Jorma Tommila, Per Christian Ellefsen, Tommi Korpela Finland/Norway/France 2009, 1h34m, English & Finnish with subtitles, CTBC

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The Nurture Room Wednesday 3 November (18.15) 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. This moving and impassioned documentary shows how the development of special classrooms is helping children previously overlooked to thrive and is essential viewing for parents and teachers alike.

This screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring special guests.

Director Matt Pinder UK 2010, 1h30m, N/C 10+

Double Bill

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Sunday 21 November (13.00)

Part one of the trilogy of thrillers based on Stieg Larsson’s bestselling novels. Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist is hired by the powerful Vanger family to investigate the disappearance of their niece 40 years earlier. With the help of a troubled tattooed goth and hacker, the pair unravel a string of murders and a sinister family history.

Programme notes are available in the cinema and online at www.gft.org.uk/notes Director Niels Arden Oplev Cast Peter Haber, Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, David Dencik Sweden 2009, 2h32m, subtitles, 18

The Girl Who Played with Fire Sunday 21 November (16.30)

Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of Swedish establishment figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden, and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.

See both films for £10/£8.

Director Daniel Alfredson Cast Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Alexandra Eisenstein Sweden 2009, 2h9m, subtitles, 15

The Social Network Sunday 5 – Tuesday 7 December On an autumn night in 2003, Harvard undergraduate and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history… but you don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.

Director David Fincher / Cast Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake USA 2010, 2h, 12A: Contains infrequent strong language and drug use

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IT’S CHRISTMAS AT GFT! Love movies? Why not donate to the Glasgow Youth Film Festival this Christmas and share your love of cinema with kids of all ages!

See page 1 for details.

It’s A Wonderful Life Friday 10 – Friday 24 December Capra’s best-loved film is also, ironically, one of his darkest, an unusually tough look at the compromises of life as experienced by James Stewart’s smalltown everyman. As ideals, ambitions and dreams are slowly but surely dashed, pragmatism yields to regret and despair – until an angel named Clarence reveals what might have been…

Director Frank Capra Cast James Stewart, Henry Travers, Donna Reed USA 1946, 2h10m, U

Scrooge Sunday 12, Tuesday 14 & Thursday 16 December Alastair Sim is the perfect Ebenezer Scrooge in this fantastic version of the Dickens novel. He plays the succulent part of Scrooge with delightful gusto, whether barking at charity solicitors, cringing before ghosts, demoniacally fleecing a business associate or lavishing favours on a startled Cratchit. Sim gets his best support from Kathleen Harrison, who expands the Dickens vignette of Scrooge’s glum charwoman into a life-size comic portrait.

Director Brian Desmond Hurst Cast Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns UK 1951, 1h26m, U

The Bishop’s Wife Sunday 19 – Wednesday 22 December This romantic comedy follows the antics of a bishop played by David Niven, who neglects his wife and parishioners in an effort to save his beloved cathedral.

Enter Dudley (Cary Grant), an angel sent to help him.

Director Henry Koster Cast David Niven, Cary Grant, Loretta Young USA 1947, 1h45m, U

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THE FIRST UK DISABILITY FILM FESTIVAL The UK’s leading disability arts and media organisation DASH, supported by ScreenWM, are proud to present the First UK Disability Film Festival on the International Day of Disabled People: 3 December 2010.

The Festival is additionally supported by Oska Bright, the Media Archive for Central England (MACE), The Eveson Charitable Trust, The Elmley Foundation and the BBC. Full details of all films are available at www.disabilityfilmfestival.eu or DASH’s website at www.dasharts.org.

All tickets are free and available from the GFT Box Office on the day.

All films are subtitled.

Oska Bright Friday 3 December (12.30) Oska Bright is a learning disability festival of the moving image consisting of films made entirely by people with learning difficulties. Originating in Brighton, the festival has been running for four years and this is the first ever ‘best of Oska Bright’ screening. The programme features local films Journeys – Country Road? Take Me Home!

by Project Ability and Story of The Beatles by Hughie Mclntyre.

The screening is audio described and captioned.

Director Various UK, 30m, N/C 8+

Magic Hour Friday 3 December (13.30) Magic Hour is 104 Films’s new portmanteau feature film made by writers and directors who have a disability. Commissioned in 2010 by the UK Film Council, Magic Hour is about developing new talent and bringing to fruition great ideas from disabled filmmakers.

This year’s collection includes startling new animation The White Wall by Sanchita Islam and Simon McKeown’s excellent psychodrama The Beaten.

Director Various UK, 1h30m, N/C 12+

Raspberry Ripple Friday 3 December (15.30) Raspberry Ripple was produced by the BBC and features John Gordon Sinclair (Gregory’s Girl) as a doleful young man confined to wheelchair who regularly escapes reality by dreaming about American gangster movies. Figuring in his fantasies is a team of Bonnie and Clyde-like desperadoes.

Director Nigel Finch Cast John Gordon Sinclair, Nabil Shaban, Faye Dunaway UK 1986, 1h40m, N/C 12+

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FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL UK Your annual feast of le cinéma français runs from 12 – 28 November.

Special guests include veteran icon André Téchiné who will talk about his life and work following a screening of Far, as well as Pierre Étaix who, as an actor, assistant director and gag writer, has worked with the likes of Jacques Tati, Robert Bresson, Nagisa Oshima and Jerry Lewis. He will present The Great Love, originally shown in competition in Cannes in 1969.

New films include Change of Plans, Dumas, Eden is West and Khamsa (which marks Glasgow’s twinning with Marseilles). All this and so much more – from a 30th anniversary screening of cult classic Diva to a delightful children’s tale for all ages, Little Nicholas.

Jean-Marc Millière presents an exhibition in Café Cosmo of his private vintage photographic collection which embraces everyone from Louise Brooks and Peter O’Toole to Charles Laughton and David Niven (see page 35).

Vive le cinéma!

Buy a GFT Festival Ticket to get best value for your money – 10 tickets for £45/£40.

All films are in French with subtitles, unless specified.

For details on the Late Night Classic screening of Diva, see page 30.

Pick up a French Film Festival UK brochure in the GFT foyer. www.frenchfilmfestival.org.uk

The opening night of the French Film Festival UK at GFT is sponsored by Inverarity One to One, suppliers of GFT wines.

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The Great Love Le grand amour Friday 12 November (18.30)

Pierre is married to Florence and everything is fine in their relationship and at work.

Director of his father-in-law’s factory, he spends his days signing cheques and his evenings watching TV. The years pass until a young secretary shows up. He falls in love with her and starts to dream...

GFT is delighted to welcome director and star Pierre Étaix who will both introduce and participate in a Q&A after the film.

Director Pierre Étaix / Cast Pierre Étaix, Annie Fratellini, Nicole Calfan / France 1969, 1h27m, N/C 15+

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Friday 12 November (20.30) Twenty-five years after creating the teenage rebel in La Boum, Sophie Marceau now plays the exasperated mother of an adolescent girl who shares her search for meaning in both life and love.

Director Lisa Azuelos / Cast Sophie Marceau, Françoise Fabian, J Quivrin / France 2009, 1h47m, N/C 15+

Shorts Programme

Saturday 13 November (16.00) An exciting collection of four outstanding shorts featuring The Illusionist director Sylvain Chomet’s La vieille dame et les pigeons (25m), Claude Lelouch’s C’était un rendez-vous (10m), Homeland (14m) by Herve Gorree-Wery and Laurent Teyssier’s 8 et des poussières (21m).

Director Various / France 1978 – 2010, 1h10m, N/C 15+

White as Snow Blanc comme neige Saturday 13 November (20.30)

Maxime is a luxury car salesman with a mansion, a gorgeous wife and two brothers who seem fairly harmless on the surface. But when his suave but slightly shady partner Simon dies in what is definitely not an accident, and a band of Finnish thugs begin harassing him about faulty products and unpaid debts, Maxime finds himself backed into a corner.

Director Christophe Blanc / Cast François Cluzet, Louise Bourgoin / France 2010, 1h44m, N/C 18+

The Hedgehog Le hérisson Sunday 14 November (13.30)

First-time writer/director Mona Achache’s charming and thoughtful film is adapted from Muriel Barbery’s bestselling novel The Elegence of the Hedgehog. She perfectly captures the gravity and lightness of this moving story of unexpected friendships formed within an upper class Parisian apartment building.

Director Mona Achache / Cast Josiane Balasko, Garance Le Guillermic / France 2009, 1h40m, N/C 15+

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Change of Plans Le code a changé Sunday 14 November (17.45)

A wry and unsentimental exploration of sex, romance and getting older by Danièle Thompson and her son Christopher (who also has an acting role). Change of Plans plays on the coincidences of the French drawing room comedy, updated with rock ‘n’ roll and cell phones.

Director Danièle Thompson / Cast Karin Viard, Dany Boon, Patrick Bruel / France 2009, 1h40m, N/C 12+

Eden is West Eden à l’ouest Monday 15 November (18.00)

The eminent veteran director Costa-Gavras, an emigrant to France from Greece, has called Eden is West his ‘most personal film’. His drifter’s odyssey perfectly mirrors the indignities and myriad of dangers (deportation, ethnic hatred, indifference, isolation) that make up the current immigrant experience in modern Europe.

Director Costa-Gavras / Cast Riccardo Scamarcio, Ulrich Tukur, Juliane Koehler France 2009, 1h46m, English, French, Greek & German with subtitles, N/C 15+

The Round Up La rafle

Monday 15 (20.15) & Tuesday 16 November (12.45) This true story reveals how French police, acting as Nazi accomplices, rounded up civilian Jews living in Paris in 1942 and sent 13,000 men, women and children to their deaths at Auschwitz. Meticulously researched, the narrative is given accurate and heart-wrenching treatment by screenwriter/director Roselyne Bosch and her great cast.

Director Roselyne Bosch / Cast Jean Reno, Gad Elmaleh, Mélanie Laurent / France 2010, 2h4m, N/C 15+

Making Plans for Lena Non ma fille, tu n’iras pas danser Tuesday 16 November (18.30)

The beguiling and deft new drama from acclaimed writer-director Christophe Honoré (In Paris, Love Songs, Man at Bath) portrays a brave single parent struggling against her family of do-gooders.

Director Christophe Honoré / Cast Chiara Mastroianni, Marina Foïs / France 2009, 1h45m, N/C 15+

The French Kissers Les beaux gosses Wednesday 17 November (18.15)

The French answer to Gregory’s Girl and Superbad, this hilarious and touching coming-of-age comedy follows two geeky teens on an odyssey of heavy petting and first love. The debut feature of acclaimed graphic artist Riad Sattouf emerges as a rollicking tale of a pair of teens, who are far removed from the cool crowd, as they suffer the endless embarrassments and minor triumphs of their first sexual experiences.

Director Riad Sattouf / Cast Vincent Lacoste, Alice Tremolières / France 2009, 1h30m, N/C 15+

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Regrets Les regrets

Wednesday 17 November (20.30) When Mathieu’s mother falls ill, he returns to his provincial home to be by her side. Alone and in a state of shock due to his mother’s coma, he re-encounters Maya, his childhood love. Happily married, Mathieu initially hesitates to accept her offer of meeting up...

Director Cédric Kahn / Cast Yvan Attal, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Arly Jover / France 2009, 1h45m, N/C 15+

Dumas L’autre Dumas

Thursday 18 November (18.30) With a refreshing comic touch and fine performances, Dumas tells the fictionalised story of the relationship between the great French novelist and his ghostwriter. The film is freely adapted by director Safy Nebbou (Mark of an Angel) and Gilles Taurand from the latter’s own stage play. Here they have created a new story in which the ghostwriter Auguste Maquet impersonates his patron to win over a young woman.

Director Safy Nebbou / Cast Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Poelvoorde / France 2010, 1h45m, N/C 12+

The Small Room La petite chambre Friday 19 November (18.00)

The circle of life is given warm and redemptive treatment in The Small Room. An encounter between a private nurse, who has recently lost a child, and an old man tired of living, affords each the chance to reassess their fate.

GFT is delighted to welcome directors Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond who will both introduce and participate in a Q&A after the film.

Directors Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond / Cast Michel Bouquet, Florence Loiret Caille, Eric Caravaca Switzerland 2010, 1h27m, N/C 15+

Outside the Law Hors la loi Friday 19 November (20.00)

The story begins in 1925 with a French colonial officer telling a poor but proud rural family that the land they have lived on for generations is to be expropriated. Twenty years later, Europe is liberated, but thousands of Algerians who take to the streets of Setif to claim their own liberation are brutally gunned down by soldiers. The three brothers are deported to France with their mother after their father’s death in the massacre…

Director Rachid Bouchareb / Cast Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem / France 2010, 2h17m, N/C 15+

Little Nicholas Le petit Nicolas

Saturday 20 November (16.15) + see page 33 for Take 2 screening at 11.30 Based on the famous comic books of Jean-Jacques Sempé and René Goscinny, the entire family will enjoy this sly and delightful comedy about the misadventures of a mischievous little boy in 1950s France, whose peaceful life is suddenly overturned. A great film for all the family.

Director Laurent Tirard / Cast Valérie Lemercier, Kad Merad, Sandrine Kiberlain / France 2009, 1h30m, N/C 5+

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Someone I Loved Je l’aimais Saturday 20 November (20.30)

An exquisitely told and heartbreaking romantic melodrama about the pleasures and consequences of adulterous passion, Someone I Loved unfolds its tale of l’amour fou as a series of flashbacks.

Director Zabou Breitman / Cast Daniel Auteuil, Marie-Josée Croze / France 2009,1h52m, N/C 15+

Trouble at Timpetill Les enfants de Timpelbach Sunday 21 November (13.30)

Kids rule in Nicolas Bary’s whimsical, family-friendly fantasy comedy about a village where the children awaken one morning to find their parents have left them. Great fun.

Director Nicolas Bary / Cast Gérard Depardieu, Carole Bouquet / France 2008, 1h35m, N/C 5+

Bus Palladium

Sunday 21 November (17.30) Named after a Paris nightclub that had its heyday in the 70s and 80s, this directing debut by writer Christopher Thompson (Change of Plans, see page 21) tells the tale of backstabbing, pot-smoking, suicide-prone rockers who learn some valuable life lessons while trying to make it big in the music industry.

Director Christopher Thompson / Cast Marc-André Grondin / France 2010, 1h40m, N/C 15+

The Princess of Montpensier La princesse de Montpensier Monday 22 November (18.00)

Based on Madame de La Fayette’s 1622 short story, Tavernier’s latest outing boasts as its heroine a modern young woman, played by the luminous Mélanie Thierry. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat and heiress to a fortune, falls in love with Henri de Guise, but her father has promised her hand in marriage to the Prince of Montpensier.

Director Bertrand Tavernier / Cast Mélanie Thierry, Gaspard Ulliel / France 2010, 2h19m, N/C 18+

Skirt Day La journée de la jupe Tuesday 23 November (20.45)

The raw flipside to Cannes Palme d’Or winner The Class, this gripping high-school drama marks an astonishing return to the big screen by Isabelle Adjani after a five-year absence. She plays a drama teacher who struggles to control her unruly pupils in an underprivileged Parisian secondary. When she discovers a gun in a student’s bag, and accidentally fires it, for once she has their full attention.

Director Jean-Paul Lilienfeld / Cast Isabelle Adjani, Denis Podalydès, Jackie Berroyer France 2009, 1h28m, N/C 15+

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Imogène

Wednesday 25 November (18.45) Hugely enjoyable 1950s spy spoof. Imogène McCarthery is a Scottish redhead who likes rugby, bagpipes and whisky. She lives in London, works at the Admiralty and regards herself as in exile. Against all odds, she is entrusted with a secret mission: to take the plans of a new war plane to a contact in her Scottish hometown.

Directors Alexandre Charlot, Franck Magnier / Cast Catherine Frot, Lambert Wilson, Michel Aumont France 2010, 1h30m, N/C 8+

Straight to the Heart En plein coeur Thursday 25 November (18.30)

Love turns three eccentrics into a makeshift family in this comedy-drama shot in Montreal. Benoît, a thief from a wealthy family, spends his days stealing cars with teenager Jimi, who sees the older man as a role model. When Benoît is caught trying to steal a Jeep by its owner, Sylvie, he discovers love at first sight.

Director Stéphane Géhami / Cast Pierre Rivard, Bénédicte Décary / Canada 2008, 1h49m, N/C 15+

Khamsa

Friday 26 November (18.15) Franco-Tunisian writer-director Karim Dridi’s film is a poignant tale, reminiscent of Truffaut’s The 400 Blows. After fleeing his foster family, 13-year-old Khamsa returns to the gypsy camp outside Marseilles where he was born. Once there, he discovers that his beloved grandmother is near death’s door and his father shows little interest in his welfare.

Director Karim Dridi / Cast Marc Cortes, Raymond Adam, Tony Fourmann / France 2008, 1h50m, N/C 15+

Mademoiselle Chambon Saturday 27 November (18.45)

A touching portrait of two adults fighting to prevent their carnal passions from spilling over into a full-blown affair. Jean, his loving wife and son live a simple, happy life. When his son’s teacher Mademoiselle Chambon requests that he volunteers as a substitute teacher, he falls for her delicate charm and the balance between his family and work life starts to falter.

Director Stéphane Brizé / Cast Sandrine Kiberlain, Aure Atika, Vincent Lindon / France 2009, 1h40m, N/C 15+

Far Loin

Sunday 28 November (14.30) André Téchiné’s film is an impressionistic survey of three days in the lives of independent spirits in the former colonial metropolis of Tangier: Sarah, a young Jewish woman whose mother has just died; Said, a Moroccan who dreams of going to Europe; and Serge, a French truck driver contemplating drug smuggling.

GFT is delighted to welcome director André Téchiné who will participate in a Q&A after the film.

Director André Téchiné / Cast Stéphane Rideau, Lubna Azabal / France 2001, 2h, N/C 18+

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Films of Scotland Tuesday 2 November (12.45/18.30) Greg Hemphill presents a preview of Films of Scotland, a new series for BBC1 Scotland that starts later this month. Between 1938 and 1982 over 150 films were made to sell Scotland to the world – and to tell Scots themselves about their nation’s story. These films are a recently rediscovered hidden treasure. In this special preview we present Ships & Steel, celebrating Scotland’s glorious industrial past, and two great documentaries that feature in the series, The Big Mill about the Ravenscraig Steel Mill and Young at Heart which looks at the glory days of the Hillman Imp. Presented in association with Hopscotch Films and Scottish Screen Archive.

The screening on Tuesday 2 November (18.30) will be introduced by Greg Hemphill.

Director Various UK, 1h20m, N/C 8+

IETM and Glasgow Short Film Festival Present

Sing it Loud: A Showcase of New Voices in Scottish Film Saturday 6 November (14.30) Scotland has an international reputation for producing short films that are both visually brave and socially committed. Advances in digital technology have made possible new forms of expression, new collaborations and greater accessibility for anyone with strong filmic ideas. Meet the next generation in this showcase of exciting genre-bending new work, introduced by the filmmakers themselves.

Sing it Loud screens as part of the four-day IETM Glasgow Plenary Meeting which will see Glasgow play host to over 500 international performing arts practitioners from over forty countries. www.ietm-glasgow.eu Tickets are free and available on the day from GFT Box Office.

Director Various UK, 2h, N/C 15+

At the Volta with James Joyce Friday 10 December (20.30) For a few weeks at the end of 1909 James Joyce, future author of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, ran a cinema. The Volta was one of the first cinemas in Dublin and remarkably a number of the films that Joyce selected and screened there still survive.

This special programme, curated and presented by film historian Luke McKernan, brings together a number of these rare short films from the collection of the British Film Institute, including How Cretinetti Pays his Debts, Aviation Week at Rheims, A Glass of Goat’s Milk and The Way of the Cross. At the Volta with James Joyce demonstrates not only how varied, entertaining and experimental the early cinema programme was, but how its themes and styles influenced Joyce the writer.

This illustrated talk by film historian Luke McKernan will also feature live musical accompaniment.

Director Various 2h, N/C 10+

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Double Bill

Lifecycles / Vast Thursday 11 November (20.30) GFT is proud to host the European premiere of Lifecycles, the first feature from ace filmmaker Ryan Gibb and multi award-winning photographer Derek Frankowski. Shot on location over a three-year period and filmed entirely in HD, Lifecycles is probably the most anticipated mountain bike film ever. Combining a strong narrative structure, which revolves around the life of a bike, and groundbreaking cinematography of the world’s finest riders and locations, Lifecycles has taken both the industry and reviewers by storm. Think National Geographic meets The Collective and you’ll realize why ‘breathtaking’ and ‘stunning’ are the words on everybody’s lips.

Shot entirely on location in Europe, spanning the Swiss Alps, the stunning Ligurian coastline, the broad spaces of Provence and the streets of Berlin, Vast presents a uniquely European take on the freeride mountain bike film genre. While the riders may not yet be household names, their riding speaks for itself.

The perfect companion piece to Lifecycles, guaranteed to make you want to get out and ride.

Tickets are £8/£6.50 Directors Ryan Gibb / Brian Gottschalk & Fabian Haf USA/Switzerland 2010, 1h35m, N/C 8+

Warren Miller’s Wintervention Monday 8 (20.30) & Tuesday 16 November (20.00), 1h30m, N/C 8+ For the fifteenth year running, Warren Miller’s annual ski and snowboard film tour hits Glasgow Film Theatre for two evenings of winter sports thrills and spills. Once again, tickets are only £8 each which includes feature length big screen ski and snowboard action, as well as a nightly prize draw and goodie bags for every filmgoer. This film is suitable for 8 to 88-year-olds so get together with your skiing buddies and head to GFT to kick start your winter season.

Tickets and details available at www.warrenmiller.co.uk and at GFT.

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NT Live: Hamlet Thursday 9 December (18.45), 3h30m including interval Shakespeare’s Hamlet, directed by Nicholas Hytner, featuring Rory Kinnear in the title role, David Calder as Polonius, Clare Higgins as Gertrude, Patrick Malahide as Claudius and Ruth Negga as Ophelia..

Coming Soon: Tickets on Sale Now Thursday 13 January 2011 Currently playing on Broadway, the Tony Award-winning musical Fela! comes to the National Theatre with Sahr Ngaujah as Fela Anikulpao-Kuti.

Thursday 3 February 2011 An exciting collaboration between the National Theatre and Donmar Warehouse – we bring you the Donmar’s production of King Lear.

Tickets are £12.50 and £10 to CineCard holders.

The Nutcracker – Bolshoi Ballet Live From Moscow Thursday 19 December (16.00), 2h Performed primarily during the Christmas season, The Nutcracker is a fairy tale based on a novelette by E T A Hoffmann. Choreography by Yuri Grigorovich. Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Tickets are £12.50 and £10 to CineCard holders.

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Monorail Film Club

Monorail Film Club

Sunday 28 November (19.30)

Sunday 19 December (19.15)

Based on an actual incident, River’s Edge is a disturbing exploration of the dark underbelly of American society. When an aberrant teen strangles his girlfriend and leaves her naked body on the bank of a local river, his closest friend hatches a plan to bury the body and establish a cover-up to protect the killer from prosecution. This crisis of loyalty intensifies when another of the group decides to tell the police about the killing.

This seminal and scary film of the 1970s stars Gregory Peck and Lee Remick as Robert and Katherine Thorn.

He is the US Ambassador to Italy and they want for nothing in their lives, except one thing: they do not have children. When Katherine has a stillborn child, Robert is approached by a priest at the hospital who suggests that he take a healthy newborn whose mother has just died in childbirth. Without telling his wife he agrees to do so, but after relocating to London, strange events – and the ominous warnings of a priest – lead him to believe that the child is evil incarnate…

River’s Edge

Selected and introduced by Mark Hillier, Monorail Music staff member and horror fanatic.

Join the film club after the screening in Café Cosmo.

Director Tim Hunter Cast Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper USA 1986, 1h40m, 18

The Omen

Selected and introduced by Glasgow-based artist and filmmaker, Gregor Johnstone. We will also be screening his short film, I’ll Be Right Here (18m).

Join the film club after the screening in Café Cosmo.

Director Richard Donner Cast Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner USA 1976, 1h51m, 18

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Psychotronic Cinema

Psychotronic Cinema

Monday 29 (19.00) & Tuesday 30 November (21.00)

Monday 13 (18.15) & Tuesday 14 December (20.30)

From Beyond Stuart Gordon’s follow-up to his ultra-cult-classic debut Reanimator is a criminally neglected splatter classic in its own right, expanding an H P Lovecraft short story into a hilarious, mindbending and depraved horror epic. From Beyond is unmissable, perfect late night-style movie fun, boasting spectacularly outrageous and gruesome highlights, while taking you to the kind of bizarre places that modern horror films would never dare to go.

Director Stuart Gordon Cast Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree USA 1986, 1h26m, 18

Death Rides a Horse Death Rides a Horse is a lean, dust-shrouded and explosive tale of revenge told with delirious relish and surrealistic excess. A sumptuous gothic visual style and rich horror atmospherics mark the film out as a truly distinctive example of Spaghetti Western heaven.

Psychotronic Cinema is proud to present this unique chance, not to be missed, to catch this lost cult classic on the big screen, from an ultra-rare widescreen 35mm print.

Director Giulio Petroni Cast Lee Van Cleef, John Phillip Law, Luigi Pistilli Italy 1967, 1h54m, 15

Glasgow Film Festival: Music and Film

Strange Powers

Sunday 21 November (19.30) 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.

Strange Powers explores Merritt’s songwriting and recording process, and focuses on his relationships with his bandmates and his longtime manager Claudia Gonson, revealing an artist who has produced one of the most engaging and confounding bodies of work in the contemporary American songbook.

Presented in association with Bottle Rocket Directors Kerthy Fix, Gail O’Hara USA 2009, 1h25m, N/C 15+

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Late night classics All tickets cost £4.50 for students and £6 for everyone else. Every Late Night ticket gets you free entry to NICE N SLEAZY bar after each film.

Got any late night suggestions for 2011?

Email Paul on info@gft.org.uk with your favourites – the less obvious the better!

25th Anniversary – New Digital Print

Back to the Future Friday 12 November (23.00) Marty McFly helps out his eccentric friend Doc Brown and finds himself accidentally transported back to the 1950s by Doc’s time-machine. Once there, things get complicated when his teenaged mother falls for him rather than his dad! Marty must fight to put things right so that he has a future to return to. Fun, fast-paced and original; enjoy this new digital print of an 80s classic back on the big screen.

Director Robert Zemeckis Cast Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson USA 1985, 1h56m, PG

French Film Festival UK

Diva

Friday 26 November (23.00) Beineix (Betty Blue) made his cinematic debut with this cult thriller about a young man who is chased across Paris after illegally recording a performance by a reclusive opera singer. Heralding a new era of French cinema with its glossy cinematography and quirky characters, Diva became a key film in the ‘Cinema du look’ genre and inspired countless imitations.

Incredibly stylish and visually ravishing. Empire Director Jean-Jacques Beineix Cast Frédéric Andréi, Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Richard Bohringer France 1981, 1h53m, subtitles, 15

Christmas Classic

Christmas Classic

Friday 3 December (23.00)

Friday 17 December (23.00)

Welcome to the dark side of It’s A Wonderful Life where Santa Claus accidentally suffocates inside a chimney while a bunch of evil gremlins ruin Christmas for everyone. When young Billy receives an unusual but incredibly cute pet called Gizmo, little does he know what havoc the mogwai will unleash. Very gory and dark for a supposed ‘family film’, Gremlins is the perfect antidote to anyone sick of that saintly George Bailey and his festive cheer.

Billy Bob Thornton has never been better: he stars as the world’s worst department store Santa – drunk on the job, verbally abusive to kids and busy trying to get laid while his dwarf assistant plans their next robbery. Directed by Ghost World helmer Terry Zwigoff, and with additional script duties by the Coen Brothers, Bad Santa has been dubbed ‘The Big Lebowski of festive films’. An absolute Christmas cracker.

Gremlins

Director Joe Dante Cast Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton USA 1984, 1h46m, 15

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Bad Santa

Director Terry Zwigoff Cast Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly USA 2003, 1h31m, 15

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Learning

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 enewsletter. For more information about GFT Learning visit www.gft.org.uk/learning.

Youth and Schools

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.

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

French Film Festival UK Films cost £3 per pupil. Accompanying teachers go free. Each film will come with a free downloadable classroom resource by Institut Français d’Ecosse and GFT, available from early November.

Skirt Day

Little Nicholas

Monday 22 November 10.00 – 11.30

Monday 22 November 10.15 – 11.50 [Primary] Tuesday 23 November 10.15 – 11.50 [Secondary]

La journée de la jupe A drama teacher struggles to control her unruly pupils in an underprivileged Parisian secondary. When she discovers a gun in a student’s bag, and accidentally fires it, for once she has their full attention. An acclaimed and challenging film, guaranteed to generate discussion between teachers and pupils.

Skirt Day features some strong language and mature issues. Please email Paul at info@gft.org.uk to discuss this further if you have any questions about the film.

Recommended for Secondary 4 – 6 [French/Literacy/Social Studies] N/C 15+

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Le petit Nicolas

Based on the famous novels, this is a sly and delightful comedy about a mischievous little boy in 1950s France. Nicholas lives a carefree life in Paris until he suspects his parents are trying to have a yucky baby! Along with his naughty friends, Nicholas devises a series of plans to get rid of his new sibling. Entertaining viewing for all learners of French!

Recommended for Primary 4 – 7 and Secondary 1 – 4 [French/Literacy/Health and Wellbeing] N/C 8+

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Schools

National Schools Film Week

1 – 5 November 2010

National Schools Film Week, the world’s largest film festival for young people, returns to provide teachers and students with the opportunity to see a range of films from across 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 in February: Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2011!

In 2010, nearly 7,000 people attended the Glasgow Youth Film Festival. If you would like to be the first to hear about the GYFF11 schools programme and join us at the teachers’ launch reception in December, please email Paul on info@gft.org.uk.

Love movies? Why not donate to the Glasgow Youth Film Festival this Christmas and share your love of cinema with kids of all ages!

See page 1 for details.

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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 11.30. Free tickets are only issued on the day of the screening.

Free Family Films Marmaduke U

Saturday 6 November 11.30 (1h27m) This enormous Great Dane can’t stay out of trouble!

Audio described and captioned at GFT screening only.

The Last Airbender PG

Saturday 13 November 11.30 (1h43m) A magical boy must use the four elements to restore peace.

Audio described and captioned at GFT screening only.

Little Nicholas N/C 5+

Saturday 20 November 11.00 (1h31m) Learn some French words and phrases with a native speaker! Followed by a screening of Little Nicholas at 11.30.

Watership Down U

Saturday 27 November 11.30 (1h42m) A herd of rabbits face dangers in their search for a new home.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid PG

Saturday 4 December 11.30 (1h34m) Greg can’t get any respect at school, no matter what he does!

Audio described and captioned at GFT screening only.

A Christmas Story PG

Saturday 11 December 11.30 (1h33m) Ralphie wants an air rifle for Christmas but his parents aren’t so sure it’s a good idea.

A Christmas Carol PG

Saturday 18 December 11.00 (1h38m) Nothing to read before Santa arrives? Bring some old books along and swap them for ones you haven’t read yet! Followed by a screening of A Christmas Carol at 11.30.

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 12.30.

Next Access Take 2 Screenings:

Marmaduke U

Saturday 6 November 12.30 (1h27m)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid PG

Saturday 4 December 12.30 (1h34m)

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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 call 0141 352 8613.

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The 8½ Foundation

8½ 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 8½ 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 8½, 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.

8½ is supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

Silver Screen

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

All tickets are £3.50

My Afternoons With Margueritte 15 Tuesday 30 November (12.45) – see page 10

Films of Scotland N/C 8+

The Social Network 12A

Another Year 12A

Scrooge U

The Round Up N/C 15+

The Bishop’s Wife U

Stephen Fry: Wagner and Me N/C 12+

Miral 12A

Tuesday 2 November (12.45) – see page 25 Tuesday 9 November (12.45) – see page 9 Tuesday 16 November (12.45) – see page 21 Tuesday 23 November (12.45) – see page 11

Tuesday 7 December (12.45) – see page 16 Tuesday 14 December (12.45) – see page 17 Tuesday 21 December (12.45) – see page 17 Tuesday 28 December (12.45) – see page 15

Horror/Cult Cinema Discussion Group

Wednesday 3 November & Wednesday 1 December (18.30) Free 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 10 November & Wednesday 8 December (18.30) Free Come along to chat about recent releases – both blockbusters and arthouse movies – with other film lovers.

Led by film writer Eddie Harrison.

The GFT Film Quiz

Tuesday 30 November & Tuesday 14 December (20.45) in Café Cosmo Test your knowledge of film trivia against our ‘experts’ during a great evening of movie facts and fun.

Maximum of four in a team. All tickets are £1.50

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Club Noir Film Club

Imitation of Life Sunday 14 November (19.45) There is a marvellous moment towards the end of Douglas Sirk’s film which encapsulates the cruel cynicism that permeates his best work. As successful actress Turner, leaning over her dying black maid and longterm friend, lifts her head in tears, we see in the background a photograph of the dead woman’s mixed race daughter, smiling. The romantic sentimentality of the moment is totally undercut by the knowledge that the girl, who has rejected her mother out of a desire to pass for white, has found a tragic release with her kindly parent’s death. Sirk’s last movie in Hollywood is a coldly brilliant weepie, a rags-to-riches tale of two intertwined families, in which the materialist optimism is continually counterpointed by an emphasis upon racist tension and the degeneration of family bonds. Geoff Andrew, Time Out The film will be preceded by a 1950s-style burlesque performance from Lacey Demure.

The second of Club Noir’s Film Club nights. Grab this opportunity to dress up. www.clubnoir.co.uk Director Douglas Sirk / Cast Lana Turner, Sandra Dee, Juanita Moore, Susan Kohner / USA 1959, 2h, 12

EXHIBITION IN CAFÉ COSMO 1 – 30 November French photographer Jean-Marc Millière presents an exhibition of movie star photography: a selection of vintage and modern prints of Louise Brooks, Peter O’ Toole, Jack Lemmon, David Niven, Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Brigitte Bardot, Laurel & Hardy and many more…

Seat Dedications D62 I193 J219

J221

J248

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K277 K278 K30

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.

K31

L2

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M315 M316

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N3 N341

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 Elsie Freer

N347 N357 N363 N364 O363

O386 O393 O394 WS-C1

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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

Useful Information

Café Cosmo

Sunday to Friday from 12.00 Saturday from 11.00 Box Office closes 15 mins after start of final film.

Café Cosmo closes 15 mins after start of final film.

Box Office Opening Hours

Ticket Prices

Unless otherwise stated: Full: £6.90 Concessions: £5.20 CineCard holders £1 off every ticket all tickets £3.50 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 four free tickets and £1 off every screening. Join at Box Office or visit www.gft.org.uk.

Saver Tickets

See five Films for £32.00 / £23.50 Tickets valid for three 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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Café Cosmo is open: Sunday to Friday from 12.00 Saturday from 11.00 GFT’s licensed bar serves excellent home made soup, sandwiches and snacks until 17.00. Snack platters available when the kitchen closes. Drinks may be taken into the cinema – just ask for a ‘takein’ container.

Website

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

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).

Events, Conferences & Private Hires

A unique venue for a large variety of events.

Contact Angela on (0141) 352 8601 or send an email to 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 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 The Kids Are All Right (15) Monday 1 – Thursday 4 November, all screenings

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The Kids Are All Right (15) Monday 1 (16.00) & Tuesday 2 November (20.30)

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

Take 2: Marmaduke (U) Saturday 6 November (11.30)

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

Take 2: The Last Airbender (PG) Saturday 13 November (11.30) Oska Bright (N/C 8+) Friday 3 December (12.30) Magic Hour (N/C 12+) Friday 3 December (13.30) Raspberry Ripple (N/C 8+) Friday 3 December (15.30)

Getting Here

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

The Social Network (12A) Sunday 5 – Tuesday 7 December, all screenings

Car Parking: Closest public parking is the supervised 24 hour multi-storey car park in Cambridge Street. Parking after 18.00 costs £1. There is limited on street metered parking.

The Social Network (12A) Monday 6 (17.40) & Tuesday 7 December (12.45)

Glasgow Film Theatre 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB

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.

Take 2: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) Saturday 4 December (11.30)

GFT is delighted to have been awarded:

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Save the dates!

Glasgow Film Festival 2011 Glasgow Film Festival is the fastest-growing film event in the UK, attracting audiences of over 30,000. The seventh Festival runs from 17 to 27 February 2011 and will take place in a wide range of locations across the city. The full programme will be announced on 19 January, in the meantime check www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk for early programme revelations and special pre-festival screenings. We hope to see you at the Festival!

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buy an earlybird pass Early birds can get their hands on the cheapest festival tickets. But, there’s a catch… these passes must be bought before the programme is announced on 19 January. There’s a limited number available so buy early to avoid disappointment. An Earlybird Pass makes a great Christmas gift and, because it’s nice to share, we allow Earlybird Pass holders share this offer with a friend or loved one and get up to two tickets per eligible film or event.

5 Film Pass – £25 10 Film Pass – £45 20 Film Pass – £80 Earlybird Passes are available from GFT Box Office and over the phone on 0141 332 6535.

GFT christmas gifts

Why not give a friend or loved one a GFT CineCard for Christmas? For £30 they’ll receive four free tickets and a card giving them £1 off every screening.

We’ve also got a great range of merchandise featuring none other than our beloved mascot, Mr Cosmo. Pop into GFT to see our range of mugs, t-shirts and badges.

We also sell gift vouchers which are available from Box Office.