GLASGOW GLASGOW FIlm festival festival DAY BY DAY
Sandwiched between the glitz
of the opening and closing galas – and that cheeky appearance by Richard Gere on the fi nal day – is a lot of very tasty GFF fi lling. Here are our top picks
from across the festival
THU 18 FEB FRI 19 FEB
Kick off with the exceptional High-Rise Catch Dheepan (GFT, 5.45pm),
(GFT, 8.20pm, see review, page 63), adapted from JG Ballard’s novel. The Discovering Duvivier strand presents La belle éqipue (GFT, 6.30pm), and it’s orange jumpsuit time with a secret location screening of Con Air (buses
Jacques Audiard’s tense Palme d’Or- winning drama about a Sri Lankan family seeking asylum in Paris. Also on is Jerzy Skolimowski’s Warsaw-set thriller 11 Minutes (CCA, 1.15pm) and Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers classic
leave GFT at 6.45pm). Swing Time (GFT, 10.30am).
SAT 20 FEB SUN 21 FEB
MON 22 FEB TUE 23 FEB
John ‘Once’ Carney returns with
another Dublin-set, music-filled film, Sing Street (GFT, 6.15pm), starring Aiden Gillen. You can also catch Don Cheadle in Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead (GFT, 9pm), or weep into your popcorn at Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (GFT, 11.15pm).
Norway’s Joachim Trier (Reprise and Oslo, August 31st) makes his English- language debut in Louder than Bombs
(GFT, 5.35pm), a thoughtful drama starring Jesse Eisenberg and Gabriel
Byrne, while Winona Ryder and Peter Sarsgaard turn up in the witty
Experimenter (CCA, 8.45pm).
Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers’ Club) returns with Demolition (GFT, 8.30pm), starring Jake Gyllenhaal as an investment banker struggling after his wife’s death. Sidney Lumet’s undisputed classic Network gets a screening in the belly of the beast at Pacific Quay (BBC Scotland, 7pm).
Robbie Fraser’s new documentary Hamish (GFT, 6pm) explores Scottish
cultural icon Hamish Henderson’s life as a poet, soldier and activist.
There’s Mark Cousins’ love letter to his hometown, I Am Belfast (GFT, 3.30pm) and comedy fun wth Rab Florence’s Videogame Empty event (GSA, 8pm).
WED 24 FEB THU 25 FEB
FRI 26 FEB SAT 27 FEB
Hannah Murray (Game of Thrones, Skins) stars in Bridgend (GFT, 8.30pm),
Paul Higgins and Kate Dickie star as a grief-stricken Scottish couple
Jeppe Rønde’s dramatisation of a in Couple in a Hole (GFT, 6pm).
spate of young suicides in the Welsh town. The Road to Civil War: Marvel Renaissance (CCA, 1pm) takes a look at the comic book giant’s resurgence, introduced by local boy Mark Millar.
Cate Blanchett shines in Truth (GFT, 6.15pm, see review page 62). Plus, it’s the first day of This is Now: Film and Video After Punk (1978-85) at Tramway, which runs until Sunday.
Zhang Yang’s Paths of the Soul GFF’s final weekend pays tribute to
(GFT, 5.45pm) documents a group of Tibetan villagers’ 1200-mile pilgrimage. Laurie Anderson’s stream-of-
Roald Dahl’s 100th birthday, with Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr Fox (12.30pm) and Matilda (3.30pm) at
consciousness essay Heart of a Dog (CCA, 6.30pm) reflects on love and death in a playful way, and FrightFest
Kinning Park. There’s Oscar-nominated Turkish film Mustang (GFT, 8.30pm) plus a unique screening of Romeo +
is over at GFT for horror lovers. Juliet at the Trades Hall (7.30pm).
Glasgow Film Festival takes place Wed 17–Sun 28 Feb. Check out the full programme and ongoing coverage at list.co.uk/gff16
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