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Glasgow Film Festival · 2014

Glasgow Film Festival 2014

Great Scots

Programme

6 films · 2 reviews

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Documenting John Grierson

A documentary about the famous documentary maker.

(Country: UK, Ireland; Year: 2013; Director: Laurence Henson; Stars: John Grierson, Murray Grigor, Denis Forman, Bill Paterson)

The Edge Of The World

Examination of the hardships of life on a remote Scottish Isle.

(Country: UK; Year: 1937; Director: Michael Powell; Writer: Michael Powell; Stars: John Laurie, Belle Chrystall, Eric Berry, Kitty Kirwan, Finlay Currie, Niall MacGinnis, Grant Sutherland, Campbell Robson, George Summers, Margaret Greig, Michael Powell)

Everybody's Child

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In taking us on a tour of Muirhouse. Fraser doesn't try to cover anything up.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A documentary about growing up in Muirhouse and the challenges faced by people living in housing schemes.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Garry Fraser; Stars: Garry Fraser) , Official site

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The House of Him

As a serial killer prepares to kill his 27th victim, the dead women buried in his house make a last desperate bid to stop him.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Robert Florence; Stars: Richard Rankin, Louise Stewart, Kirsty Strain, Amy E Watson)

Iboga Nights

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Scott's voice brings a welcome authenticity to the subject and gets at social and cultural issues that outsiders routinely miss.

Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
A former drug user investigates the use of the hallucinogen ibogaine to cure addiction.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: David Graham Scott; Stars: David Graham Scott)

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A Portrait Of Robert Alan Jamieson

A documentary about the novelist and poet who came from a crofting background.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Susan Kemp; Stars: Robert Alan Jamieson)