Inverclyde Film Festival 2023

INVERCLYDE FILM FESTIVAL

MARCH 24TH - 26TH

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

Welcome everyone to our second Inverclyde Film Festival. I know what you’re thinking, when was the first one!!! We had our first festival back in March 2020 just before the first lockdown.

We are looking to build on the success of this, but this time round we are focused on mainly Scottish films, with the chance to see them on the big screen for the first time, and for some of us of a certain age, maybe to see them on the big screen again. With such film classics, such as The Maggie, That Sinking Feeling and Brave, as well as two fantastic films starring our National Treasure, Billy Connolly (The Man Who Sued God & Mrs Brown). We hope that there is something for everyone this time around.

KINDLY FUNDED BY

KINDLY SPONSORED BY

A SPECIAL THANKS TO

GAVIN MCDONAGH DAVID SHAW

JOHN CUNNINGHAM CARYS KNOX

ALLTICKETS£5

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Tickets can be purchased for all events within the Waterfront Cinema, via phone or online at www.waterfrontcinema.co.uk.

When purchasing tickets online you will receive your tickets via an email. Please bring this along with you on the day of your screening. This can be shown on your phone or you can print off the email.

Each film in the programme has a certificate from U (UniversalAll Ages) to 18 (Over 18s Only). Please check each certificate prior to buying tickets, by law we must ab Visit www.bbfc.co.uk for more information.

Supported by Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network, and funded by Screen Scotland and National Lottery funding from the BFI.

FILM IN INVERCLYDE

The first showing of ‘the pictures’ in Greenock was in the Town Hall in 1897. Since then Inverclyde has had numerous picture halls and cinemas with the Waterfront Cinema now the only remaining cinema. Within Inverclyde it is seen as a community hub catering to all ages and tastes.

Notable names from previous cinemas are The Gaumont, The Regal, La Scala, Odeon, Pavilion, Plaza, The BB and Gourock Picture House.

Over the years Inv film crews from both TV & Film.

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ROCKETS GALORE (1958)

FRIDAY 24TH MARCH: 5:15PM

British military commander Hugh Mander arrives in the Hebrides island of Todday to investigate the land for the government's plan to build a rocket launch base there. Despite Mander's assurances that the islanders will be well compensated for evacuating their homes to make way for the base, Father James and Rev. Angus rouses the islanders and, despite the interference of teacher Janet MacLeod, a serious protest takes hold.

THE MAGGIE (1954)

FRIDAY 24TH MARCH: 7PM

The captain of a dilapidated tatty ‘puffer’ boat, “The Maggie”, cons an American businessman into letting the old coastal boat carry a valuable cargo to a Scottish island. The American soon realizes he’s been conned but can he stop them? (Also known as High and Dry.)

RENT (2005)

FRIDAY 24TH MARCH: 9PM

This is the film version of the Pulitzer and Tony Award winning musical set at the dawn of the 1990s. Following a group of eight bohemian friends in New York as they struggle with their careers, love lives and the effects of the AIDS epidemic on their community.

Fun Fact: Much of the film was shot on location on the Scottish island of Islay.

SATURDAY

NANNY MCPHEE (2005)

SATURDAY 25TH MARCH: 1:15PM

1860s Victorian England Sadly, the widowed undertaker, Cedric Brown, has a lot on his plate as he is left with seven mischievous children after the sudden death of his wife. Subsequently , he seeks the help of a nanny with magical powers to control them.

THE MOST RELUCTANT CONVERT: UNTOLD STORY OF C. S. LEWIS (2021)

SATURDAY 25TH MARCH: 3PM

C.S. Lewis' journey from hard-boiled atheist to 'the most reluctant convert in all England'. Through Max McLean’s detailed and masterful performance, Lewis’ story of grief, loss and redemption comes to life on screen in his own magnificent words. Followed by a Q&A.

THE MAN WHO SUED GOD (2001)

SATURDAY 25TH MARCH: 5PM

Sir Billy Connolly plays a lawyer who became a fisherman. When his one boat, is struck by lightning and destroyed, he is denied insurance money because it was "an act of God". He re-registers as a lawyer and sues the insurance company and the h h under the guise of God, defending

ANISHING (2018)

DAY 25TH MARCH: 7PM

uninhabited island 20 miles from ttish coast, three lighthouse s arrive for their 6 week shift. hing unexpected and changing - they stumble upon gold. What is a tense battle for survival, fed by n, paranoia and greed, leading three men down a path to destruction.

Fun Fact: Cloch Lighthouse was used for the interior lightroom as it is no longer operational, yet beautifully preserved

THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT (1994)

SATURDAY 25TH MARCH: 9PM

Three friends, three lives, one persuasion and a pink bus named Priscilla head into the Australian desert with their colourful, extravagant show in a road movie that brings culture clash to the forefront of a comedy of errors.

BRAVE (2012) SUBTITLED SCREENING

SUNDAY 26TH MARCH: 2PM

Set in Scotland in a mythical time, this movie follows Princess Merida, an aspiring archer and impetuous daughter of Queen Elinor. Merida makes a reckless choice that unleashes peril and forces her to spring into action to set things right.

BROWN (1997)

AY 26TH MARCH: 4PM

Victoria is deeply depressed after ath of her husband, disappearing ublic. Her servant John, who adores rough care and admiration brings ck to life, but that relationship s a scandalous situation and is likely d to a monarchy crisis.

THAT SINKING FEELING (1979)

SUNDAY 26TH MARCH: 6PM

Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that stainless steel sinks are worth a lot of money and comes up with a complicated scheme: to steal sinks from a warehouse dressed as girls and using a stop-motion potion.

Fun Fact: This was the first of three films in which Judi Dench played the queen of England

MY OLD SCHOOL (2022)

SUNDAY 26TH MARCH: 7:45PM

The astonishing true story of Scotland's most notorious imposter.In 1993, 16-yearold Brandon Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a well-todo suburb of Glasgow, Scotland Soon he’s top of the class, acing exams and even taking the lead in the school musical. He’s the model pupil, until he's unmasked…

ADDITIONAL INFO

Travel Information: Our customers can use the free parking in the Club 3000 Bingo car park when visiting us. If using public transport Greenock Central train station and Greenock Bus station are only a 10 minute walk from us, and there are frequent train and bus services.

The cinema is fully accessible with wheelchair bays in all four halls and an accessible toilet located next to the halls.

Please note that during the Inverclyde Film Festival no adverts and/or trailers are screened before the film, therefore please arrive 10-15 minutes prior to advertised time. We recommend purchasing tickets in advance to avoid delays when attending performances.

Supported by Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network, and funded by Screen Scotland and National Lottery funding from the BFI.

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