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Southside Film Festival 2012

A fantastic line-up of feature films mixing home-grown work with acclaimed productions from around the world.

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NEDS and Fast Romance
Ballads Of The Book (Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Julie McCrone, Margaret Shankland, Claire McCluske; Stars: Roddy Woomble, Ian Rankin, AL Kennedy, James Yorkston, Vashti Punyan, Malcolm Middleton)
A documentary about the making of the album Ballads Of The Book
Bernadette: Notes On A Political Journey (Country: Ireland; Year: 2011; Director: Lelia Doolan; Writer: None; Stars: None)
The remarkable political life of Bernadette Devlin McAliskey.
Full Review
Come Closer (Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Peter Mackie Burns)
An intimate documentary look at the day to day lives of people living in Glasgow.
Comfort & Joy (Comfort And Joy) (Country: UK; Year: 1984; Director: Bill Forsyth; Writer: Bill Forsyth; Stars: Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Clare Grogan, Alex Norton, Patrick Malahide, Rikki Fulton)
A radio presenter gets caught up in the violent struggle for control of Glasgow's ice cream trade.
Fast Romance (Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Carter Ferguson; Writer: Debbie May, James McCreadie; Stars: Jo Freer, Derek Munn, William Ruane, Dave Anderson, Barbera Rafferty)
Can just three minutes with a stranger change the course of your life, forever?
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Bernadette: Notes On A Political Journey Bernadette: Notes On A Political Journey
Bernadette: Notes On A Political Journey and Silver Tongues
NEDS (Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Peter Mullan; Writer: Peter Mullan; Stars: Connor McCarron, Gregg Forest, Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, Marianna Palka, Peter Mullan, Gary Lewis, Joe Szula, David McKay, Steven Robertson)
Story of a boy who finds growing up in Glasgow in the Seventies is tough.
Full Review See: San Sebastian Film Festival, Peter Mullan, Bicycle, Spoon, Apple, Honey
, San Sebastian Film Festival: Neds, I Saw The Devil, Colours In The Dark
Silver Tongues (Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Simon Arthur; Writer: Simon Arthur; Stars: Lee Tergesen, Enid Graham, Tate Ellington, Emily Meade, Harvey Evans, Portia, Adam LeFevre, Rosa Arredondo, Amy Gaipa, Harley Kaplan, Johann Carlo, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Liz Walsh, Judith Knight Young, Joshua Paled), Official Site
A couple travel across country taking on different roles and presenting challenges to strangers.
Full Review See: San Sebastian Film Festival: Silver Tongues, Lola, Finisterrae
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