Glasgow Film Festival · 2014
28 films · 28 reviews
Striking stuff.
(Country: France, US, Afghanistan, Iran; Year: 2013; Director: Pierre Forcioli-Conti; Writer: Pierre Forcioli-Conti; Stars: Pierre Forcioli-Conti) , Official site , Trailer
There isn't enough to get a proper grasp of.
(Country: Canada; Year: 2013; Director: Mike Hoolboom; Writer: Mike Hoolboom; Stars: Stephen Andrews, Louise Bak, Mike Cartmell, Phil Hoffam, Mike Hoolboom, Taravat Khalili, Esma Mouhktar)
Technically this is excellent.
(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Cecilia Stenbom)
A good wee film.
(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Graham Fitzpatrick; Writer: Graham Fitzpatrick; Stars: John Ballantyne, Elek Kish, Ian Michie, Jamie Ross)
Well worth tracking down.
(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: John Smith; Writer: John Smith)
Konstantin Kolesov's film doesn't have nothing to say but it doesn't have much to say about nothing.
(Country: Russia; Year: 2012; Director: Konstantin Kolesov; Writer: Konstantin Kolesov; Stars: Filipp Avdeyev, Gleb Golender, Valentina Kuvayeva)
An affecting piece of film-making.
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2012; Director: Gabriel Mascaro; Writer: Rachel Ellis, Gabriel Mascaro)
Powerful stuff.
(Country: Finland; Year: 2013; Director: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen; Writer: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen; Stars: Juha Hippi, Lauri Hynninen, Eeva Putro, Jonna Uhrman)
Montaldo has to some extent revealed the horror of the body as a thing itself.
(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Gregory Montaldo; Writer: Gregory Montaldo; Stars: Aurélie Mele, Agnès Croutelle, Camille Damour, Julie Cardile)
Directors Martin Clark and Cara Connolly have an eye for detail.
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Martin Clark, Cara Connolly; Writer: Cara Connolly; Stars: Ewen Bremner, Grace Chilton, Emily-Jane McNeill, Lorne MacFadyen)
An amazing film, masterfully paced.
(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Ewan Stewart; Writer: Ewan Stewart, Liam Stewart, Liam Stewart; Stars: Antoni Burns, Louise Goodall, Veila Hutton, Liam Lambie, James O'Hara, James Ramsay, Pamela Robertson, Isobel Thompson)
Slight but entertaining.
(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Amalie Vilmar; Writer: Amalie Vilmar)
Its realism isn't textural or technical, but emotional.
(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Robin McKay; Writer: Robin McKay; Stars: Nate Diekman, Brittany Hubbard, Michael Sanchez)
Strikingly presented.
(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Ronny Trocker; Writer: Ronny Trocker; Stars: Adriana Tudor, Sarah Perahim, Seby Ciurcina)
If prompting an audience to think of other things it's usually prudent to bring their attention back.
(Country: Faroe Islands; Year: 2012; Director: Rannvá Káradóttir, Marianna Mørkøre; Writer: Rannvá Káradóttir, Marianna Mørkøre; Stars: Kristina Sørensen Ougaard, Matilde Wendelboe Dresler)
A tale that's rich in allusion without its various acts of homage becoming too heavy-handed.
(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Jonathan Romney; Writer: Jonathan Romney; Stars: Lia Alu, Anna Y. Barbaran, Simon Blackhall, Jack Boswell)
Nat Di Resta gives Polly a naive enthusiasm that makes her likeable even when it's clear that she needs to be locked up.
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2013; Director: Bryan M. Ferguson; Writer: Bryan M Ferguson; Stars: Nat Di Resta)
A striking work.
(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Adam Stafford; Writer: Janet Paisley)
Thought-provoking throughout.
(Country: Turkey, Germany; Year: 2013; Director: Aykan Safoglu)
Unflinching in its observation, compelling in its detail.
(Country: Greece; Year: 2013; Director: Anastasia Kratidi; Stars: Myrto Papoulia)
Pandas is gleeful, brutal, mischievous and funny.
(Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia; Year: 2012; Director: Matus Vizar; Writer: Matus Vizar)
Almost as much documentation as documentary.
(Country: China; Year: 2013; Director: Rikun Zhu)
Though intriguing, even entertaining, the film doesn't quite strike the right balance between subject and depiction.
(Country: Italy; Year: 2013; Director: Federico Biasin, Giorgio Ferrero; Writer: Tommaso Bertani, Federico Biasin; Stars: Davide Corbo, Roberta Cortese, Adele di Pasquale, Marta Enrico, Aurora Hysenji) , Official site
Unflinching.
(Country: Finland, US; Year: 2013; Director: Mika Taanila; Writer: Mika Taanila)
A touching tale of a magically real quest.
(Country: Colombia; Year: 2013; Director: Dario Vejarano; Stars: Julio Pachón, Miguel Ariel Sierra) , Official site
Seek it out.
(Country: Kenya, US; Year: 2012; Director: Benjamin Tiven; Writer: Benjamin Tiven)
It does entertain, but it's gruelling.
(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Jeanette Bonds; Writer: Jeanette Bonds; Stars: Juan Riedinger, Benjamin Ochieng, Jess Iglehart, Dan Russo, Sean Buckelew)
Refined and illuminating.
(Country: France, China; Year: 2013; Director: Hu Wei; Writer: Hu Wei, Genden Punstock; Stars: Genden Punstock)
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