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Glasgow Film Festival · 2013

Glasgow Film Festival 2013

Great Scots

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8 films · 3 reviews

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Alasdair Gray - A Life In Progress

A portrait of the artist and writer at work.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Kevin Cameron; Stars: Alasdair Gray, Liz Lochhead, Edwin Morgan)

Citadel

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Anchored by a sincerely anguished turn from talented young Welsh star Aneurin Barnard.

David Graham · 4 out of 5
A bereaved, agoraphobic single father is beseiged by hooded teenagers who may not be quite human.

(Country: Ireland, UK; Year: 2012; Director: Ciarán Foy; Writer: Ciarán Foy; Stars: Aneurin Barnard, James Cosmo, Wunmi Mosaku, Jake Wilson, Amy Shiels)

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The Devil's Plantation

The true story of an amateur archaeologist who discovered dark secrets in the geometry of Glasgow - and the case file of a psychiatric patient who found them before him.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: May Miles Thomas; Stars: Kate Dickie, Gary Lewis)

Ever To Excel

The history and legacy of St Andrews University.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Murray Grigor; Stars: Sean Connery, Louise Richardson, Alastair Reid)

Peter Darrell: Scotland's Dance Pioneer

A documentary tribute to the brilliant choreographer widely acclaimed as the father of Scottish ballet.

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Elly Taylor; Stars: Peter Darrell, Matthew Bourne, Michael Clark)

Shell

Review preview for Shell

Isolation rules and comfort is cold in Scott Graham's gripping and emotionally tense feature debut.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
An intense story of two people who struggle to keep their longings for freedom under control, set against a beautiful and remote landscape that reflects their isolation back at them.

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Scott Graham; Writer: Scott Graham; Stars: Chloe Pirrie, Joseph Mawle, Iain de Caestecker, Paul Hickey, Kate Dickie, Michael Smiley)

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Venus Peter

The story of a young boy growing up in the Orkney Isles.

(Country: UK; Year: 1989; Director: Ian Sellar; Writer: Ian Sellar, based on the book by Christopher Rush.; Stars: George Anton, Louise Breslin, Juliet Cadzow, Peter Caffrey, Sinéad Cusack, Emma Dingwall, Ken Drury)

We Are Northern Lights

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Has a real sense of energy and speaks with a distinctive Scottish voice.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A collage of Scottish experiences recorded by professional and amateur filmmakers all across the country.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Nick Higgins, Max Crawford, Lindsay Brown, Justin Owen, David Mackenzie, Calum Maclean, Pauline Johnson, Norman Bissell, Amand Connor, Kev Mclaughlin, Ken Jack, Àdhamh Ó Broin, Anita Norfolk, Paul Fegan, Billy Sangster)

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