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Glasgow Film Festival selects nine projects for inaugural Funny Features comedy lab (exclusive) 1d86p
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) 58e26
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 2n3b27
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 2v6w6z
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 2o3f2v
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 5vc1d
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) 1m6j6f
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 481p2h
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) 3o422i
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 3og58
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 70e6p
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 6pt14
The inaugural animation scheme cohort has also been unveiled.
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Glasgow Film Festival sets first 2024 titles, Czech country focus 564p4m
2024 marks the 20th edition of the festival.
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Film4, Protagonist, Netflix execs inaugural industry board of Glasgow Film Festival 6zw53
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 3z5112
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 161cm
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 522z2u
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 5123c
‘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 6e482h
”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) 3d4j4i
“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.