Glasgow Film Festival 2017

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Umbilical World and The Autopsy Of Jane Doe
The Autopsy Of Jane Doe (Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: André Øvredal; Writer: Ian B Goldberg, Richard Naing; Stars: Ophelia Lovibond, Emile Hirsch, Brian Cox, Parker Sawyers, Michael McElhatton, Jane Perry, Olwen Catherine Kelly)
Father and son coroners get more than they bargained for when they examine a cadaver.
Cream (Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: David Firth)
Life's problems are resolved with the aid of a miraculous goo.
Headshot (Country: Indonesia; Year: 2016; Director: Timo Tjahjanto, Kimo Stamboe; Writer: Timo Tjahjanto; Stars: Iko Uwais, Chelsea Islan, Sunny Pang)
Washed ashore on a small Indonesian island, a man wakes up in hospital with no memory of who he is or how he got there - but a gang boss is on his trail.
The Lost Arcade (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Kurt Vincent; Writer: Irene Chin)
The story of New York's Chinatown Fair.
Multiple Maniacs (Country: US; Year: 1970; Director: John Waters; Writer: John Waters; Stars: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Cookie Mueller, Edith Massey)
When she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, the leader of a criminal gang vows revenge.
Predator Predator
Predator and Multiple Maniacs
Night Of The Living Dead (Country: US; Year: 1968; Director: George A Romero; Writer: John Russo, George A Romero; Stars: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley, Kyra Schon, Russell W. Streiner, Charles Craig, Bill Heinzman, George Kosana, Frank Doak, Bill 'Chilly Billy' Cordille)
Film that set the template for the modern zombie movie.
Original Copy (Country: Germany; Year: 2015; Director: Georg Heinzen, Florian Heinzen-Ziob)
A documentary tribute to the dying art of Indian cinema posters, with each cinema once employing a dedicated artist to paint a massive original mural for that week’s Bollywood blockbuster.
Predator (Country: US; Year: 1987; Director: John McTiernan; Writer: Jim Thomas, John Thomas; Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura, Elpidia Carrillo, Richard Chaves, Sonny Landham, Shane Black, R.G. Armstrong, Kevin Peter Hall)
Arnold Schwarzenegger is stalked in South American jungle by alien killer.
A Silent Voice (Koe No Katachi) (Country: Japan; Year: 2016; Director: Naoko Yamada; Writer: Reiko Yoshida, based on the manga by Yoshitoki Oima; Stars: Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Megumi Han)
When a former bully is bullied himself, he grows up determined to make amends to the hearing impaired girl he used to pick on.
Umbilical World (Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: David Firth; Writer: David Firth; Stars: David Firth, Christian Webb, Paul MacKenzie)
A surrealist exploration of depression and mental illness.
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