Glasgow Film Festival 2018

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The Breadwinner (Country: Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg; Year: 2017; Director: Nora Twomey; Writer: Anita Doron, Deborah Ellis; Stars: Saara Chaudry, Laara Sadiq, Shaista Latif, Ali Badshah, Noorin Gulamgaus, Kawa Ada, Soma Chhaya, Kanza Feris, Kane Mahon, Ali Kazmi, Reza Sholeh, Mran Volkhard)
A young girl in Afghanistan disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Cal (Country: Ireland; Year: 1984; Director: Pat O’Connor; Stars: John Lynch, Helen Mirren, Donal McCann)
A young man falls for a lonely librarian whose husband was killed by the IRA - of which he is a member.
The Camino Voyage (Country: Ireland; Year: 2017; Director: Dónal Ó Céilleachair)
Four people undertake a three year voyage to the shrine of the apostle St James in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in A Coruña, in their own homemade boat.
The Cured (Country: Ireland; Year: 2017; Director: David Freyne; Writer: David Freyne; Stars: Elliot Page, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Sam Keeley, Stuart Graham, Amy De Bhrún, Patrick Murphy, Frank Cannon, Peter Campion, Chelsea Debo, Dez McMahon, Natalia Kostrzewa, Tj O'Grady Peyton, Lesley Conroy, Tadhg Devery, Alan Moriarty)
After a zombie disease has been cured, former sufferers face discrimination in society.
Good Favour (Country: Ireland; Year: 2017; Director: Rebecca Daly; Writer: Rebecca Daly, Glenn Montgomery; Stars: Vincent Romeo, Lars Brygmann, Clara Rugaard)
When an injured teenager stumbles into a remote Christian community he is cared for and supported. Then the children become convinced that he has holy powers.
In The Name Of Peace: John Hume In America In The Name Of Peace: John Hume In America
In The Name Of Peace: John Hume In America and Michael Inside
In The Name Of Peace: John Hume In America (Country: Ireland; Year: 2017; Director: Maurice Fitzpatrick; Stars: Liam Neeson)
A documentary about John Hume and his contribution to bringing the Troubles in Northern Ireland to an end.
Kissing Candice (Country: Ireland; Year: 2017; Director: Aoife McArdle; Writer: Aoife McArdle; Stars: Ann Skelly, Ryan Lincoln, Conall Keating)
A teenager longs to escape her seaside town and finds solace in her imagination. When her disillusionment calcifies into an obsession with a troubled stranger, she becomes entangled with a dangerous local gang.
Michael Inside (Country: Ireland; Year: 2017; Director: Frank Berry; Writer: Frank Berry; Stars: Dafhyd Flynn, Lalor Roddy, Moe Dunford)
A teenager living in a Dublin housing estate with his grandfather is caught holding drugs for his friend's older brother and is sentenced to three months in prison.
A Mother Brings Her Son To Be Shot (Country: Ireland, UK; Year: 2017; Director: Sinéad O’Shea)
Documentary about present-day paramilitary activity in Ireland.
Sanctuary (Country: Ireland; Year: 2016; Director: Len Collin; Stars: Amy-Joyce Hastings, Charlene Kelly, Kieran Coppinger, Robert Doherty)
A young man with Down syndrome arranges an intimate encounter with a young woman who has epilepsy.
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