THERE will be plenty of films that will interest the Irish community at this year’s edition of the Glasgow Film Festival, held from February 26 to March 10.
The festival—which is entering its 21st year—has a long tradition of championing new talent and ensuring that the very best films from those submitted are given the spotlight they deserve.
Its programme features world premieres, specials events, guest Q&As and industry events all designed to showcase for the best of Scottish cinema alongside films from every corner of the world, including the Emerald Isle.
Among the films that may be of interest to readers of The Irish Voice are: Spilt Milk, The Surfer, Four Mothers, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Restless and Conveyance.
Spilt Milk, directed by Brian Durnin, is an Irish drama that has been nominated for four IFTAs this year including Best Film. It will have its UK premiere at Glasgow Film Festival. The film (above) is the director’s debut and reveals the harsh realities of living on a 1980s Dublin housing estate through the eyes of an 11-year-old searching for his missing brother.
The Surfer, directed by Dubliner Lorcan Finnegan and starring the one and only Nicholas Cage, is a full-throttle intense psychological thriller about a dad pushed to the edge by local surfers in Australia. The Surfer will celebrate its Scottish premiere at this year’s event in Glasgow.
Four Mothers is a feel-good comedy and a collaboration between Irish brothers Darren and Colin Thornton, who also star. It tells the story of a writer on the verge of huge career success who is left to look after not only his own but his friends’ mothers when they abandon him to go off on holiday to the Canary Islands. The film features Scotland’s own James McCardle who has starred in 71 and Mary Queen of Scots.
Long Day’s Journey Into Night, directed by John Kent, was filmed in County Wicklow and features huge Hollywood stars Jessica Lange and Ed Harris, as well as Ireland’s own Colin Morgan. This is an adaptation of the classic play about an Irish-American family’s experience in the US in the early 1900s.
Restless, directed by Jed Hart, will have its European premiere at the festival. The film is a tense urban drama co-produced by Belfast-based production company Village Film, which is helmed by filmmaker and actor Paul Kennedy (Haus of the Dragon). Restless also stars Barry Ward (Bad Sisters).
And last but by no means least, Conveyance directed by Gemma Creagh is a short
horror film that will have its International premiere as part of this year's Frightfest shorts showcase at Glasgow Film Festival. Conveyance follows a couple who realise that their dream home may not be exactly what it seems!
For more information on these and other films at the festival visit: https://www.glasgowfilmfest.org
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