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Glasgow Film Festival selects nine projects for inaugural Funny Features comedy lab (exclusive) 5qi3o
BFI-backed lab includes projects from Screen Stars of Tomorrow and Rising Stars Scotland.
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Reason8 picks up buzzy dark comedy ‘Tummy Monster’ starring Lorn Macdonald (exclusive) 4wa6l
The dark comedy stars ’Bridgerton’ actor Lorn Macdonald.
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Glasgow Film Festival’s 20th edition enjoys rise in audience levels and industry engagement 2r6a3a
Cinema issions were up 4%, while industry attendance increased by 56%.
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Icelandic football film ‘The Home Game’ scores audience award as Glasgow Film Festival wraps 4lv3s
Smari Gunn and Logi Sigursveinsson’s underdog documentary scored the highest audience score in the award’s 10-year history.
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“A wave comes and it goes”: Rising UK filmmakers debate pros and cons of being labelled part of a movement 151j9
Charlotte Regan, Luna Carmoon, Adura Onashile and Lucy Cohen were speaking alongside Mia Bays and Eva Yates at the Glasgow Film Festival.
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‘Edge Of Summer’ filmmakers on moving from docs to fiction, shooting in Cornwall and having babies while making a film 126538
The UK feature world premieres at Glasgow Film Festival.
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Aylin Tezel’s ‘Falling Into Place’ secures key deals ahead of Glasgow premiere (exclusive) 445iz
Tezel’s debut feature has its UK premiere on Saturday 2.
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“We are a lean, mean, running machine”: How Glasgow Film Festival is packing a punch 2w3i2b
As the festival marks its 20th edition, Allison Gardner and Chris Kumar discuss the fresh programming team and balancing budgets.
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Alief acquires Lucy Cohen’s Glasgow premiere 'Edge Of Summer’ (exclusive) 35347
Cohen’s narrative feature debut is produced by Dorothy St Pictures, with backing from BBC Film and BFI.
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Mia Bays, Eva Yates, Adura Onashile, Charlotte Regan Glasgow industry line-up 6f2g5c
Highights include a celebration of the new wave of UK filmmaking; the inaugural Book to Screen live pitching event; and the launch of the industry advisory board’s 10-year vision for the festival’s industry programme.
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‘Love Lies Bleeding’ to open Glasgow Film Festival; full programme revealed 2b3v4o
Full festival programme for the 20th edition is revealed.
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Charlotte Wells, Ben Sharrock among talent mentors for Glasgow Film Festival 2024 181p3b
The inaugural animation scheme cohort has also been unveiled.
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Glasgow Film Festival sets first 2024 titles, Czech country focus 2o4f6b
2024 marks the 20th edition of the festival.
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Film4, Protagonist, Netflix execs inaugural industry board of Glasgow Film Festival 1n2765
The board will develop a 10-year strategy for the festival’s industry programme.
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UK’s Glasgow Film Theatre strikes landmark union agreement 6j292u
A voluntary recognition agreement has been signed between GFT and union Unite – the first of its kind for a Scottish cinema.
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Glasgow Film Festival reports 25% boost in cinema attendance g1y2b
The industry presence saw a return to pre-pandemic levels.
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‘Riceboy Sleeps’ wins Glasgow audience award as festival co-director bids fond farewell 6m6h67
Glasgow Film Festival ran from March 1-12, screening 123 features.
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Adura Onashile on shooting ‘Girl’ in Glasgow and venturing to South America for her next project 6amy
‘Girl’ was the opening night film at Glasgow Film Festival and world premiered at Sundance.
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“I’m still one of the only female execs”: gender gap in animation needs work, say industry insiders ad6e
”It seems like it’s been a lot easier for men to rise up the ranks”
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UK’s Birds’ Eye View marks 20th anniversary with name change (exclusive) 1g5rz
“Much has changed since the charity was set up 20 years ago and yet there remains a long way to go,” said director Melanie Iredale.