The Fifth Glasgow Film Festival will run from February 12-22, 2009 in venues throughout the city. The Festival is the fastest-growing film event in Britain, attracting audiences of more than 20,000 in 2008 when it played host to a bumper array of UK premieres including
Lars And The Real Girl,
Cassandra's Dream,
The Cottage,
The Bank Job,
Honeydripper and
The Spiderwick Chronicles.
The Festival has now started the submission process for 2009 and welcomes features, shorts and work in all genres. The Festival is committed to supporting Scottish talent and providing audiences with the opportunity to see the best of world cinema. Several films selected through the submission process played to enthusiastic crowds at Glasgow including the documentaries A Life In The Death Of Joe Meek, Body Of War and An Unlikely Weapon by Susan Morgan Cooper. The Festival was also proud to screen Joanna Hogg's
Unrelated and Dominic Lees thriller Outlanders which were both submitted to the Festival and have both subsequently secured UK theatrical distribution.
Deadline for submissions is the October 31, 2008. Booking forms and all information can be found online at
www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk 
