Glasgow Film Festival 2023

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The Artist And The Wall Of Death (Country: Ireland, UK; Year: 2022; Director: Maurice O'Brien; Stars: Stephen Skrynka)
The unlikely story of a Glaswegian visual artist, Stephen Skrynka, and his dangerous life-long obsession with riding the 'Wall of Death', the traditional fairground motorbike attraction.
Band (Country: Iceland; Year: 2022; Director: Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir; Writer: Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir; Stars: Hrefna Lind Lárusdóttir, Saga Sigurðardóttir, Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir)
Three middle aged Icelandic women give themselves one year to make it big in the music industry.
BlackBerry (Country: Canada; Year: 2023; Director: Matt Johnson; Writer: Matt Johnson and Matthew Miller, based on the book by Jacquie McNish; Stars: Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Cary Elwes, Saul Rubinek, Rich Sommer)
The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.
Butcher’s Crossing (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Gabe Polsky; Writer: Gabe Polsky and Liam Satre-Meloy, based on the book by John Williams; Stars: Nicolas Cage, Fred Hechinger, Rachel Keller, Xander Berkeley, Jeremy Bobb, Paul Naci)
A frontier epic about an Ivy League drop-out who travels to the Colorado wilderness, where he joins a team of buffalo hunters on a journey that puts his life and sanity at risk.
A Cooler Climate (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Giles Gardner, James Ivory; Writer: Giles Gardner, James Ivory)
The Oscar-winning filmmaker uncovers boxes of film he shot during a life-changing trip to Afghanistan in 1960. This footage unleashes a Proustian reverie during which Ivory recounts his life as traveller, outsider, and artist.
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My Sailor, My Love and The Five Devils
The Five Devils (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Léa Mysius; Writer: Paul Guilhaume, Léa Mysius; Stars: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Daphne Patakia, Noée Abita, Patrick Bouchitey, Moustapha Mbengue, Sally Dramé, Swala Emati)
Eight-year-old Vicky possesses a special power: a hyperacute sense of smell. She spends her days exploring this gift, and lives happily with her mother Joanne, a swimming teacher whom she adores exclusively - to the despair of her firefighter father. When her mysterious aunt Julia suddenly reappears in their lives, secrets from their past resurface both violently and magically.
God's Creatures (Country: Ireland, UK, US; Year: 2022; Director: Saela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer; Writer: Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly, Shane Crowley; Stars: Emily Watson, Paul Mescal, Aisling Franciosi. Declan Conlan, Marion O'Dwyer)
In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips their family and close-knit community apart.
How To Blow Up A Pipeline (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Daniel Goldhaber; Writer: Ariela Barer, Jordan Sjol, Daniel Goldhaber; Stars: Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane)
A crew of environmental activists plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline.
My Sailor, My Love (Country: Finland, Ireland, Belgium; Year: 2022; Director: Klaus Härö; Writer: Jimmy Karlsson, Kirsi Vikman; Stars: James Cosmo, Brid Brennan, Catherine Walker, Nora-Jane Noone)
A retired sea captain and his daughter must reassess their strained relationship after he begins a new romance with a widowed housekeeper.
Other People's Children (Les Enfants Des Autres) (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Rebecca Zlotowski; Writer: Rebecca Zlotowski; Stars: Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Callie Ferreira)
A childless woman forms a deep bond with her boyfriend's young daughter.
Other People's Children Other People's Children
Other People's Children and BlackBerry
Sanctuary (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Zachary Wigon; Writer: Micah Bloomberg; Stars: Margaret Qualley, Christopher Abbott)
The story of a dominatrix and her wealthy client, and the disaster which ensues when the latter tries to end their relationship.
Typist Artist Pirate King (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Carol Morley; Writer: Carol Morley; Stars: Monica Dolan, Kelly Macdonald, Gina McKee, Kieran Bew, Christine Bottomley, Judith Chandler, Gary Bates, Orla Cottingham, Dawn Butler, Kya Brame, Anand Toora, Pauline Whitaker, Neal Barry, Issam Al Ghussain, Gavin Kitchen)
A road movie which draws from the archives of artist Audrey Amiss.
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