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Glasgow Film Festival · 2021

Glasgow Film Festival 2021

Scottish highlights

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7 films · 7 reviews

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Creation Stories

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Passably entertaining as long as you haven't seen any other films.

Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
Creation Stories tells the unforgettable tale of infamous Creation Records label head Alan McGee; and of how one written-off young Glaswegian upstart rose to irrevocably change the face of British culture.

(Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Nick Moran; Writer: Dean Cavanagh, Irvine Welsh; Stars: Suki Waterhouse, Jason Isaacs, Rebecca Root, Rupert Everett)

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Eye Of The Storm

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Morrison's work was created without prejudice and finds the same beauty in soot-stained stone as in stormy skies, if one is ready to see it. Director Anthony Baxter endeavours to take the same approach with this documentary.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A documentary about one of Scotland’s most gifted painters, James Morrison.

(Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Anthony Baxter; Stars: James Morrison)

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Iorram (Boat Song)

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With a ready wit to balance the gentle melody of the language, these are tales that will sweep you away.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A documentary about life among fishing communities in the Outer Hebrides.

(Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Alastair Cole)

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Killing Escobar

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For all the wealth of material here, it's ultimately the human story at its centre that makes the film so compelling.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
The untold story of the attempted assassination of Pablo Escobar, while at the height of his powers, by a small team of elite mercenaries.

(Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: David Whitney; Writer: David Whitney)

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Limbo

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A film brimming with freshness in its ideas and their execution.

Robert Munro · 5 out of 5
Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request. Due to the plaster-cast on his arm, he cannot play his oud and instead wanders the epic landscapes searching for answers to a complex past and daunting future.

(Country: UK; Year: 2020; Director: Ben Sharrock; Writer: Ben Sharrock; Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Amir El-Masry, Kenneth Collard, Lewis Gribben, Kais Nashif, Vikash Bhai, Grace Chilton, Cameron Fulton, Ola Orebiyi, Kwabena Ansah, Silvie Furneaux, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Amir El-Masry, Kenneth Collard, Lewis Gribben)

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Underplayed

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Particularly inspiring here are the collaborations between women, whether composers, musicians, engineers or a blend of these.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Music documentary portrays radical female artists breaking the rhythm of inequality in the electronic music industry and opening doors for the next generation.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2020; Director: Stacey Lee)

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Yer Old Faither

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Heather Croall's film will charm Australian and Glaswegian audiences alike.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A documentary about a Scottish obstetrician who moved to Australia and brought hundreds of children into the world.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2020; Director: Heather Croall; Writer: Karin Altmann, Heather Croall; Stars: John Croall, Heather Croall, Gary McNair)

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