The line-up for the 13th Glasgow Film Festival has been unveiled, with over 300 films from 38 countries including a host of screen classics, 1980s favourites and top new films among 67 premieres on the programme, which bursts out of the cinema with screenings at venues ranging from a S&M club to historic halls.
The Opening Gala screening on February 15 at Glasgow Film Theatre will be the European premiere of Handsome Devil, a heartwarming coming-of-age, coming-out film with a talented up-and-coming cast and starring Sherlock and Spectre actor Andrew Scott as their inspirational English teacher. See next week’s Big Issue for details of how to win tickets for the Gala screening, the star-studded aftershow party and an overnight stay at top Glasgow hotel Malmaison.
And David Tennant will be in town for the Closing Gala screening of Mad to Be Normal, in which he plays Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing, starring alongside Elisabeth Moss, Michael Gambon and Gabriel Byrne. The red carpet World Premiere takes place on February 26 at Glasgow Film Theatre.
Joining the Doctor Who and Broadchurch star in Glasgow will be Mad To Be Normal director Robert Mullan; co-writers and stars Julian Barratt and Simon Farnaby for Big Issue-backed Mindhorn; Sean Foley and Ben Wheatley will introduce Free Fire with cast members Michael Smiley; veteran director Terence Davies will introduce the Scottish premiere of A Quiet Passion – among many more.
Allison Gardner, Glasgow Film Festival Co-director said: “I love the delight that audiences take from our special events. There are some absolutely brilliant experiences this year and I can’t wait to feel the blood chill and the audience shiver as we head to Snow Factor for The Thing or revel in Cajun culture when The Big Easy screens at the Barras Art and Design.”
Jennifer Armitage, Screen Officer at Creative Scotland added: “Once again, Glasgow Film Festival has curated an outstanding programme that celebrates the entire spectrum of cinema. Documentaries sit alongside noir classics, and international auteurs share a platform with emerging local filmmakers.”