Great Scots was one of the strands of this year’s Glasgow Film Festival. The Festival attracted record numbers, many of whom came to see the films and events which were flying the flag for Scotland. The Festival is proud to announce the following choice of titles, and invites venues to act as hosts for the sell out performances listed below.
Images (l to r): Gregory's Girl, William McLaren An Artist Out of Time, The First Movie, Burning: Mogwai
BAFTA-winning Gregory’s Girl is probably the most beloved Scottish film ever made. Writer-director Bill Forsyth beautifully portrays the awkwardness and cock-eyed optimism of adolescence in a film that captures school life like no other. John Gordon Sinclair is the gangly teenager besotted with the new star player in the school football team (the gorgeous Dorothy) but fate has other plans in store for his romantic longings. Bella Bella.
“One of Martin Scorcese’s favourite movies.” Clare Grogan
Director: Bill Forsyth
Scotland 1981, 1h31m, PG
TERMS: 35% / £100.00
FORMAT: 35mm
William McLaren was a prolific Scottish painter, illustrator and decorative artist who has never received the recognition he deserves. This fascinating, pioneering documentary has traced hundreds of his works and gathered the testimony of those who knew him. A graduate of the Edinburgh College of Art, McLaren was a regular illustrator for the Radio Times and created a series of paintings for the staircase of Hopetoun House and many commissions for public buildings where he developed his trompe l’oeil style.
“The story of this remarkable Scottish Hero.” The List
The accompanying short documentary focuses on a reunion of filmmakers discussing films they made 60 years prior, and features a revealing interview with Robert Edwards. And So Goodbye was the inspiration for Jim to document the life and works of McLaren.
Director: Jim Hickey
Scotland 2009 & 2004, 51m & 24m, N/C 12+*
TERMS: 35% / £80.00
FORMAT: DigiBeta
Northern Irish cineaste Mark Cousins is a passionate advocate of the power of film to transform our understanding of the world. In The First Movie he visits a small village in the Kurdish north of Iraq armed only with a projector, a selection of great movies and three small cameras to allow the village children to express their imaginations. The result is a film about war and its human casualties, but also an uplifting account of how innocence survives and beauty endures.
“...a terrifically enjoyable and engaging film: open-minded and open- hearted.” The Guardian
Director: Mark Cousins
UK/Iraq 2009, 1h26m, N/C 12+
TERMS: 35% / £100.00
FORMAT: DigiBeta
Glasgow based musicians Mogwai present a black and white concert film, capturing their unique layered rock sound. Shot over three nights in Brooklyn, the imagery of the film is artistic and beautiful. Band members are almost motionless as soft melody inevitably gives in to the cacophony of distortion and raw emotion for which the band are famed.
“Scotland’s finest rock band.” Wired.com
Directors: Vincent Moon Nathanael Le Scouarnec
UK 2009, 48m, N/C 15+
The accompanying poignant short documentary sees the filmmaker’s 80-year-old father through the lens. Peter reluctantly exists in the new age of technology, but finds a welcome retreat in his analogue environment of long wave radios, vinyl records and Super 8 memories. The film netted the Best Short Film Award at Glasgow Short Film Festival, was nominated for numerous other awards and, more importantly, has made a real connection with audiences.
Director: Johanna Wagner
Scotland 2009, 10m, N/C 12+
TERMS: 35% / £100.00
FORMAT: DigiBeta
Allison Gardner, GFF Co-Director
Book via programme@gft.org.uk, from 1st July 2010.
All prints available July, August and September 2010.
Please contact carolyn.mills@gft.org.uk for high res publicity images.
GFT will assume all responsibility for costs and organising print transportation. Logos and other marketing materials will be sent for any publicity campaigns, and must be included.
Please note other than Gregory’s Girl, which has a 15 certificate, all other titles have a non certificated ‘N/C’ rating which we were issued by our local licensing authority. Please check with your own authority to have ratings confirmed as suitable.
DCA: Dundee Contemporary Arts
Tuesday 3 August - Tuesday 7 September
152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY
Box Office: 01382 909 900
www.dca.org.uk
Gregory's Girl (Tues 3 August), The First Movie (Tues 17 August), William McLaren an Artist Out of Time (Tues 7 September)
Glasgow Film Theatre
Wednesday 4 - Wednesday 25 August
12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB
Box Office: 0141 332 6535
www.gft.org.uk
The First Movie (Wed 4 August), Gregory's Girl (Tues 10 & Wed 11 August), Burning: Mogwai (Wed 25 August), William McLaren an Artist Out of Time (Wed 18 August)
Eden Court
Saturday 7 - Monday 16 August
Bishops Road, Inverness, IV3 5SA
Box Office: 01463 234 234
www.eden-court.co.uk
Gregory's Girl (Sat 7 August), The First Movie (Mon 9 August), Burning: Mogwai (Fri 13 August), William McLaren an Artist Out of Time (Mon 16 August)
Filmhouse
Tuesday 24 - Thursday 26 August
88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9BZ
Box Office: 0131 228 2688
www.filmhousecinema.com
Gregory's Girl (Tues 24 - Wed 25 August), Burning: Mogwai (Thurs 26 August)
