Glaswegian movie buffs have a lot to look forward to after The Glasgow Film Festival 2013 announced its biggest festival programme yet. Featuring more than 57 UK premieres, Glasgow will be bursting at the seams with moviegoers from Thursday, 14 February to Sunday, 24 February 2013.
The premieres include The Place Beyond the Pines with Ryan Gosling; Welcome to the Punch starring James McAvoy; the vampire thriller Byzantium by Neil Jordan; and Stoker, the much-anticipated horror movie with Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska, directed by Park Chan-wook (Old Boy).
The event opens, aptly, with the romantic comedy Populaire, starring Deborah François (The Monk, The Child, The Page Turner); Roman Duris (The Beat That My Heart Skipped, Heartbreaker); and Berenice Bejo, directed by feature first-timer Regis Roinsard.
A number of documentaries also feature, such as A Tale of Two Syrias by award-winning documentary filmmaker Yasmin Fedda; Staande! Debout! based on true events following the aftermath of a strike on a workforce; and Outwork, by internationally renowned artist filmmaker Stephen Sutcliffe. His movie is the third annual Margaret Tait Award project that recognises artists who are experimental, innovative and who work within film and moving image.
Visit www.glasgowfilm.org/festival for more information.
