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Glasgow Film Festival · 2017

Glasgow Film Festival 2017

Modern Families

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7 films · 3 reviews

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Abulele

Review preview for Abulele

Well designed for children aged around five to 12, with a good balance of sentiment, adventure and humour.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A boy whose family is in crisis after his brother's death begins to put his life back together after meeting a friendly monster - but the monster may need his help.

(Country: Israel; Year: 2015; Director: Jonathan Geva; Writer: Jonathan Geva; Stars: Yoav Sadian, Idan Barkai, Bar Minali, Makram Khoury, Nati Kluger, Micha Celektar) , Official site

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How To Steal A Dog (Gae-leul Hoom-chi-neun Wan-byeok-han Bang-beob)

A irl tries to help her family escape homelessness by stealing rich people's dogs and returning them for reward money.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2014; Director: Sung-ho Kim; Writer: Sung-ho Kim, Yeon-Shick Shin; Stars: Hye-ja Kim, Hye-jeong Kang, Lee Re)

Louis & Luca - The Big Cheese Race (Solan og Ludvig: Herfra til Flåklypa)

Competitors vye to be the big cheese in an inter-town competition.

(Country: Norway; Year: 2015; Director: Rasmus A Sivertsen; Writer: Kjell Aukrust, Karsten Fullu; Stars: John F Brungot, Anders Bye, Kåre Conradi, Fredrikke Egeberg, Kari Ann Grønsund, Bjarte Hjelmeland, Trond Høvik, Mads Iversen, Scott Maurstad, Jakob Oftebro, Morten Røhrt, Steinar Sagen, Espen Sandvik, Sara Luna Baumann Semb, Per Skjølsvik)

My Life As A Courgette (Ma Vie De Courgette)

Review preview for My Life As A Courgette

The script has a heartfelt carefulness but it is never preachy, with 'naughty' conversations about the home's teacher's willy exploding likely to have pre-adolescents (and adults who well remember these sorts of conversations) hooting with laughter.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Stop-motion story of a boy, who is sent to a group home for orphans after the death of his mum.

(Country: Switzerland, France; Year: 2016; Director: Claude Barras; Writer: Gilles Paris, Morgan Navarro, Céline Sciamma, Germano Zullo; Stars: Voices of: Michel Vuillermoz, Natacha Koutchoumov, Paulin Jaccoud, Brigitte Rosset, Adrien Barazzone, Véronique Montel, Monica Budde, Anne-Laure Brasey, Estelle Hennard, Jean-Claude Issenmann, Sixtine Murat, Raul Ribera, Elliot Sanchez, Gaspard Schlatter, Lou Wick)

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The Princess Bride

Review preview for The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride is marvellous entertainment for all ages, and endlessly rewatchable.

Max Crawford · 4 out of 5
Ordinary farm boy Westley takes on the world to recover his true love in an enduringly popular comic fantasy.

(Country: US; Year: 1987; Director: Rob Reiner; Writer: William Goldman, adapted from his own novel.; Stars: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright Penn, Mandy Patinkin, André the Giant, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Peter Falk)

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Rock Dog

A Tibetan Mastiff dreams of becoming a musician.

(Country: China, US; Year: 2016; Director: Ash Brannon; Writer: Ash Brannon, Kurt Voelker; Stars: Luke Wilson, Eddie Izzard, JK Simmons, Lewis Black, Kenan Thompson, Mae Whitman, Jorge Garcia, Matt Dillon, Sam Elliott, Will Finn, Ash Brannon, Liza Richardson, Jennifer Hale, Maddie Taylor, Julie Craig)

Snowtime!

A snowball fight builds into days of battle as tensions rise.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2015; Director: Jean-François Pouliot, François Brisson; Writer: Normand Canac-Marquis, Roger Cantin, Danyèle Patenaude, Paul Risacher; Stars: Angela Galuppo, Mariloup Wolfe, Lucinda Davis, Nicholas Savard-L'Herbier, Sophie Cadieux, Anne Casabonne, Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc, Ross Lynch, Catherine Trudeau, Gildor Roy, André Sauvé, Sebastién Reding, Heidi Lynne Weeks, Hugolin Chevrette-Landesque, Liz MacRae)