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Glasgow Tour Season
May 1-14
Following a successful launch in February as part of the Glasgow Film Festival, Birds Eye View returns to the Glasgow Film Theatre to celebrate more women filmmakers with a top selection of films and events from this years 2008 festival.
To book tickets call the GFT on 0141 332 6535
£6.00 full price, £4.50 concessions
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Scottish Talent Showcase & Panel Discussion Glasgow Film Theatre 3 May 12.00 - 4.00PM An in-depth screening, panel and networking session showcasing outstanding international short films from Birds Eye View's London opening night programme, plus The Magic Lantern present a specially curated selection of the potted history of Scottish Women filmmakers. Includes a top notch panel of women in the Scottish film industry with special guest including filmmakers Mandy McIntosh and Ruth Paxton, alongside BBC Writer/director Eleanor Yule plus an opportunity for aspiring filmmakers to network and clink glasses with the experts following the screening/panel with complimentary drinks in the GFT bar. Birds Eye View Glasgow Tour Party Birds Eye View @ Dolly Mixture The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield St, Glasgow 3 May 11.00PM - 3.00AM £2 before midnight/£5 after (£4 conc) Birds Eye View Film Festival are delighted to be teaming up with the lovely ladies at Dolly Mixture to celebrate our first Glasgow tour with a fabulous club night at The Flying Duck. It's the official aftershow party for our Scottish Talent Showcase curated by Glasgow short film night The Magic Lantern , (Sat 3 May, 12-4pm @ GFT) and features a stunning line-up of live performances from Pooch and My Electric Love Affair , plus DJ sets, fantastic short films, freebies and surprises! |
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Hotel Very Welcome Sonja Heiss, Germany/Thailand 200, 89' subtitles Cert 15 Glasgow Film Theatre 1 May 8.40 - 10.40PM BEV's closing night film and winner of their Best Newcomer award, Sonja Heiss' first feature is a funny and brilliant docu-style portrayal of 5 Westerners travelling across the well-trodden paths of Asia. Co-starring Brit comedy actor Chris O'Dowd (The IT Crowd) as the chaotic Liam. "Sonja Heiss shows real promise for lightly comic, observational filmmaking." - Derek Elley, Variety |
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View From A Grain Of Sand Meena Nanji US 2006, 82' subtitles Cert 15 Glasgow Film Theatre 4 May 6.30 - 7.50PM A compelling journey through the last 30 years of Afghanistan's history, as lived by three Afghan women. Shot over three years in Pakistan and Afghanistan, a doctor, teacher and social activist tell how their lives were violently affected by wars of international making, religious fundamentalism and three different regimes in Afghanistan. The women lead us through Afghanistan's complex history, telling how global power plays have dramatically impacted their lives in devastating ways. "A remarkable treasure trove" - Variety |
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Sakuran Mika Ninagawa Japan 2006, 111' subtitles Cert 18 Glasgow Film Theatre 7 May 8.30 - 10.20PM We were thrilled to host the UK premiere of celebrated Japanese photographer Mika Ninagawa's first feature film in March. With a wonderfully odd-ball score of Jazz, Electro and Japanese Pop and lavish costume to boot, Sakuran excels as a whole-hearted and stylistically original tale of one Geisha girl snarling, biting and kicking her way to the top. |
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Lakshmi and Me Nishtha Jain India 2007, 59' subtitles Cert 15 + The Fighting Cholitas Mariam Jobrani + Kenny Krauss, Bolivia/US 2006, 16' Glasgow Film Theatre 12 May 6.30 - 7.30PM Exploring the relationship between employer and servant, this is a delicate and brave documentary that asks how two women negotiate the ingrained social and cultural attitudes that govern their lives. Based in Mumbai, Indian filmmaker Jain turns the camera on her maid Lakshmi and finds that the delicate boundaries of their tentative friendship are put to the test through Lakshmi's unexpected pregnancy and illness. And after receiving huge praise at BEV2008 opening night gala we knew that Glasgow could not miss THE FIGHTING CHOLITAS, an uplifting, award-winning documentary celebrating the lives and careers of some very unlikely wrestlers - the indigenous women of El Alto, Bolivia. |
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Expired Cecilia Miniucchi US 2007, 107' Cert 18 Glasgow Film Theatre 14 May 6.30 - 8.15PM 2007 Cannes Critics Week closing film Expired is the story of Claire (Samantha Morton), an unimposing, sweet-tempered meter maid whose sheltered existence with her stroke-afflicted mother is jolted when she meets Jay, a troubled fellow parking officer.
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