Glasgow Film Festival 2023

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When The Waves Are Gone When The Waves Are Gone
When The Waves Are Gone and The End Of Sex
Adopting Audrey (Porcupine) (Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: M Cahill; Writer: M Cahill; Stars: Jena Malone, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Emily Kuroda, Will Rogers, Brooke Bloom)
An adult woman puts herself up for adoption and forms a bond with the misanthropic patriarch of her adoptive family. Based on a true story.
Burning Days (Year: 2022; Director: Emin Alper)
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Cassius X: Becoming Ali (Year: 2022; Director: Muta'Ali; Stars: Dee Dee Sharp, Attallah Shabazz)
A documentary which looks back at the life of Cassius Clay as he underwent his spiritual transformation, as well as examining the evolution of his amazing boxing skills.
Consecration (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Christopher Smith; Stars: Jena Malone, Danny Huston, Janet Suzman)
Summoned to the Mount Saviour convent deep in the Scottish Highlands following the mysterious death of her priest brother, a woman finds herself increasing convinced that he did not commit suicide, and starts her own investigation as the nuns prepare a consecration ceremony to purify the holy site, which may harbour a dark secret.
Country Gold (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Mickey Reece; Writer: Mickey Reece, John Selvidge; Stars: Cate Jones, Colleen Elizabeth Miller, Mickey Reece, Ben Hall, Lisandro Boccacci, Danielle Evon Ploeger)
George Jones invites country music superstar Troyal Brooks out on the town in Nashville the night before George is to be cryogenically frozen in 1994.
Therapy Dogs Therapy Dogs
Therapy Dogs and Country Gold
Dog Days (Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: James Price; Stars: Conor McCarron)
A musically gifted homeless man tries to turn his life around.
The End Of Sex (Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Sean Garrity; Writer: Jonas Chernick; Stars: Emily Hampshire, Jonas Chernick, Gray Powell, Lily Gao, Melanie Scrofano)
A couple feeling the pressures of parenting and adulthood, send their kids to winter camp for the first time and embark on a series of sexual adventures to reinvigorate their relationship.
The Freedom Machine (Year: 2023; Director: Jo Reid)
A documentary exploring how women used the bicycle as a means to emancipation.
I Am Weekender (Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Chloé Raunet; Stars: Bobby Gillespie, Irvine Welsh)
An exploration of Wiz’s controversial and banned 1992 film about the UK acid house scene.
Mister Organ (Country: New Zealand; Year: 2022; Director: David Farrier)
A documentary about car clamping, an antique shop, an extortion scandal and a mystery man who might be a prince.
Consecration Consecration
Consecration and Cassius X: Becoming Ali
Therapy Dogs (Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Ethan Eng; Writer: Ethan Eng, Justin Morrice; Stars: Justin Morrice, Ethan Eng, Kevin Tseng, Kyle Peacock, Mitchell Cidade)
A chronicle of the last year of high school as two friends set out to make the ultimate senior video.
When The Waves Are Gone (Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon) (Country: Philippines, Denmark, Portugal, France; Year: 2022; Director: Lav Diaz; Writer: Lav Diaz; Stars: John Lloyd Cruz, Ronnie Lazaro, Shamaine Buencamino, Don Melvin Boongaling)
Lt. Hermes Papauran, one of the best investigators of the Philippines, is in a deep moral crossroad, being a witness to his institution's being a party to a murderous anti-drug campaign, which is spearheaded by no less than the president of the country, Rodrigo Duterte.
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