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Glasgow Film Festival · 2016

Glasgow Film Festival 2016

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8 films · 7 reviews

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16 Years Till Summer (Sixteen years Till Summer)

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16 Years Till Summer shows what can be done on a low budget with patience, insight and attention to detail.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A convicted criminal returns home to nurse his father, bringing a dangerous mix of troubled past and big ambition into the lives of those that love him.

(Country: UK, Iceland; Year: 2015; Director: Lou McLoughlan; Writer: Lou McLoughlan)

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Couple In A Hole

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Kate Dickie is amazing.

Andrew Robertson · 5 out of 5
A Scottish couple ends up living like savages in a hole in the middle of a vast forest.

(Country: UK, Belgium, France; Year: 2015; Director: Tom Geens; Writer: Tom Geens; Stars: Paul Higgins, Kate Dickie, Jérôme Kircher, Corinne Masiero)

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Departure

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This is water colour territory, the palette dominated by blues and greens - beautifully captured by up-and-coming DoP Brian Fawcett - Jools Scott's music subtly affecting and the mood as melancholy as rain running down a window pane.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
An English mother and son preparing their French summerhouse for sale both face emotional challenges as nostalgia and first love pull them in different directions.

(Country: UK, France; Year: 2015; Director: Andrew Steggall; Writer: Andrew Steggall; Stars: Juliet Stevenson, Alex Lawther, Phénix Brossard)

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Hamish

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Hamish provides an interesting and enlightening insight into a culturally important man.

Donald Munro · 4 out of 5
A documentary portrait of Hamish Henderson, poet, soldier, intellectual, activist, songwriter and leading force in the revival of Scottish folk music.

(Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: Robbie Fraser; Writer: Kevin MacNeil)

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The Lesson

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This is a disappointing effort which uses the crudest of tools to try and manipulate audience emotions.

Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
Two teenage wasters upset the wrong person.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Ruth Platt; Writer: Ruth Platt; Stars: Robert Hands, Evan Bendall, Michaela Prchalová, Rory Coltart, Joshua Wedge)

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The Ones Below

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There is potential in the scenario and a game cast, but Farr's film is hobbled by some clunky execution and tonal uncertainty.

Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
When a strange couple move in downstairs, a married pair find their happy home becomes something far more sinister.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: David Farr; Writer: David Farr; Stars: Natasha Alderslade, Laila Alj, Laura Birn, Grace Calder, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tuyen Do, Jonathan Harden, Christos Lawton, David Morrissey, Sam Pamphilon, Clémence Poésy, Robert Roman Ratajczak, Blaise Simmons-Johnson)

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Winter

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Very well observed and boasts some fine performances.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A bereaved man who has turned to drink is an increasing burden on his son.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Heidi Greensmith; Writer: Heidi Greensmith; Stars: Tommy Flanagan, Tom Payne, Bill Milner)

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Where Do We Go From Here?

A young man takes a job as a janitor in a care home so he can say close to his grandfather, and finds himself falling for a nurse who also works there.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: John McPhail; Stars: Tyler Collins, Lucy-Jane Quinlan, Alison Peebles)