Glasgow Film Festival 2021
I virtually attended The Glasgow Film Festival and it was an excellent event with a great set of selections.
This is a list of everything I have seen at the festival, starting with 13 films seen elsewhere ahead of the festival and then #14 onwards seen at home via the festival viewing platform.
This is a list of everything I have seen at the festival, starting with 13 films seen elsewhere ahead of the festival and then #14 onwards seen at home via the festival viewing platform.
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- DirectorLee Isaac ChungStarsSteven YeunHan YeriAlan KimA Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
- DirectorChristos NikouStarsAris ServetalisSofia GeorgovassiliAnna KalaitzidouAmidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities.
- DirectorChino MoyaStarsJohann MyersGéza RöhrigMichael GouldAn otherworldly journey through a Europe in decline - a collection of darkly humorous, fantasy tales about ill-fated characters and doomed fortune.
- DirectorLawrence Michael LevineStarsAubrey PlazaChristopher AbbottSarah GadonA filmmaker at a creative impasse seeks solace from her tumultuous past at a rural retreat, only to find that the woods summon her inner demons in intense and surprising ways.
- DirectorBen SharrockStarsSidse Babett KnudsenKenneth CollardAmir El-MasryOmar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request.
- DirectorFanny LiatardJérémy TrouilhStarsAlseni BathilyLyna KhoudriJamil McCravenYuri fights to save his home town - which he shares with his namesake, Yuri Gagarin - from demolition.
- DirectorAlexis BruchonStarsPaul BruchonA burglar is hired by a mysterious woman to steal a box from a house. As he is about to leave, the sudden arrival of guests forces him to hide in the study. The situation takes a turn for the worse when he makes a startling discovery.
- DirectorSuzanne LindonStarsSuzanne LindonArnaud ValoisFrédéric PierrotA 16 year old girl, bored with her own age group, becomes involved with an older man at a theater she passes.
- DirectorVictor KossakovskyStarsGundaDocumentary looks at the daily life of a pig and its farm animal companions: two cows and a one-legged chicken.
- DirectorKevin MacdonaldStarsTahar RahimNouhe Hamady BariSaadna HamoudMohamedou Ould Slahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.
- DirectorDaniel LindsayT.J. MartinStarsTina TurnerCarl ArringtonIke TurnerExclusive access to the Grammy Award-winning artist to celebrate her career.
- DirectorKelly ReichardtStarsAlia ShawkatJohn MagaroDylan SmithA skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful business.
- DirectorBryan FogelStarsJamal KhashoggiOmar AbdulazizIrfan FidanWhen Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world piece together the clues to a murder and expose a global cover up.
- DirectorNick MoranStarsEwen BremnerLeo FlanaganRichard JobsonCreation Stories tells the unforgettable tale of infamous Creation Records label head Alan McGee; and of how one written-off young Glaswegian upstart rose to irrevocably change the face of British culture.
- DirectorErdem TepegözStarsNuman AcarVedat ErincinAhmet Melih YilmazIn a dystopia of undefined place and time, dominated by primitive technology, a group of people is being controlled by an omnipresent surveillance system. When one of them contracts a mysterious disease, out of fear to lose his job he tries to contact the Officials. Doubts arise about the structure he is working in.
- DirectorTian-yi YangStarsLei HaoElaine JinJunxi QuJournalist Guo lives together with her mother and daughter in the same residence. The relation of three generations looks placid but there is actually a fierce undercurrent of rebellion and resistance.
- DirectorRyan Andrew HooperStarsMichael SmileyAnnes ElwyIwan RheonA darkly-comic thriller about a lone tollbooth operator whose past is quickly catching up with him.
- DirectorBettina OberliStarsAgnieszka GrochowskaMarthe KellerAndré JungWanda, a Polish woman, takes care of 70-year-old Joseph in his family villa on the lake. She is always there for him and also helps his wife Elsa. The work is poorly paid, but Wanda needs the money for her family.
- DirectorHeather YoungStarsAndria EdwardsShan MacDonaldWhen an elderly dog is scheduled to be euthanized, Donna decides to take the dog home to fill the emptiness she feels, Donna begins to take home more and more animals and she is soon in over her head.
- DirectorOllie AslinGary LennonStarsRené GonzálezGerardo HernándezFernando GonzálezCastro's Spies tells the thrilling story of an elite group of Cuban intelligence agents sent undercover to the US in the 1990s.
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsMads MikkelsenNikolaj Lie KaasAndrea Heick GadebergMarkus goes home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a train crash. All appears to be a tragic accident until a mathematics geek, who was also a fellow passenger on the train, and his two colleagues show up.
- DirectorVeiko ÕunpuuStarsPääru OjaLaura BirnTommi KorpelaA struggling mine owner supplies his workers with drugs so they'll forget a tough existence. Nearby a small community of reindeer breeders also struggles.This critique of capitalism unfolds against a Western like Lapland landscape.
- DirectorZoé WittockStarsNoémie MerlantEmmanuelle BercotBastien BouillonJeanne, a shy young woman, works in an amusement park. Fascinated with carousels, she still lives at home with her mother. That's when Jeanne meets Jumbo, the park's new flagship attraction.
- DirectorStacey LeeStarsAnna LunoeNervoNightwaveFilmed over the summer festival season, Underplayed presents a portrait of the current status of the gender, ethnic, and sexuality equality issues in dance music.
- DirectorPhilip DohertyStarsAaron MonaghanAisling O'MaraKieran RocheA bible, black comedy about a prodigal son returning to his hometown to seek salvation for his sins.
- DirectorSonia KennebeckStarsJoel WidmanStuart AndersonNemo BaleticAn American family becomes entangled in a bizarre web of secrets and lies when their hacker son is targeted by the U.S. government, making them all ENEMIES OF THE STATE.
- DirectorEugen JebeleanuStarsConrad MericofferAlexandru PotoceanRadouan LeflahiA young police officer, Cristi, tries to find the balance between two opposing parts of his identity: that of a man working in a macho hierarchical environment and that of a closeted gay person who tries to keep his personal life a secret.
- DirectorSrdan GolubovicStarsGoran BogdanBoris IsakovicNada SarginA Serbian man fights to regain custody of his children.
- DirectorJae-Hoon ChoiStarsJang HyukKim Hyeon-sooJoe TaslimThree different swordsmen -- a swordsman who is going blind, the best swordsman in Joseon Dynasty, and the best swordsman in Qing Dynasty who aspires to be the best even in the Joseon Dynasty -- meet each other for their own reasons.
- DirectorLisa Immordino VreelandStarsJim ParsonsZachary QuintoCarroll BakerThe work, lives and personal journeys of two iconic American artists coalesce with creative combustion in this innovative dual-portrait documentary.
- DirectorXiaofeng LiStarsYu ZhangJia SongYanhui WangAn escaped convict for negligent homicide returned to hometown after 15 years, only to be haunted by his past, and got mixed up in a scheme involving the daughter of his victim.
- DirectorFrederik Louis HviidAnders ØlholmStarsJacob LohmannSimon SearsTarek ZayatJens and Mike, two police officers on routine patrol, find themselves trapped in a maze of buildings when unrest spreads.
- DirectorLili HorvátStarsNatasa StorkViktor BodóBenett VilmányiMárta, a forty-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man. But the love of her life claims they have never met before.
- DirectorMinna DuftonStarsJoana AndradeJohanna NordbladBIG vs SMALL is a modern-day fairy tale stretching from monster waves in Portugal to the dark stillness of a far-north, frozen Finnish lake. It's about power and strength on top of the water and facing demons under it.
- DirectorMarley MorrisonStarsNell BarlowJo HartleyElla-Rae SmithA socially awkward, environmentally conscious teenager named AJ is dragged to a coastal holiday park by her painfully 'normal' family, where she becomes unexpectedly captivated by a chlorine smelling, sun-loving lifeguard named Isla.
- DirectorAneil KariaStarsBen WhishawRyan McKenVictor OlamideSet over 24 hours in London, a man goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation.
- DirectorKyle RankinStarsIsabel MayRadha MitchellThomas Jane17-year-old Zoe Hull uses her wits, survival skills, and compassion to fight for her life, and those of her fellow classmates, against a group of live-streaming school shooters.
- DirectorCody CalahanStarsEvan MarshAmber GoldfarbAri MillenJoel, a caustic 1980s film critic for a national horror magazine, finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for serial killers. With no other choice, Joel attempts to blend in or risk becoming the next victim.
- DirectorAnna KerriganStarsSteve ZahnJillian BellSasha KnightA troubled but well-intentioned father who has recently separated from his wife runs off with his trans son into the Montana wilderness after his ex-wife's refusal to let their son live as his authentic self.
- DirectorDarragh CareyBertrand DesrochersStarsLily NewmarkJaime WinstoneMichael MaloneyWealthy YouTuber Leah chooses shy youth Benji as the subject of her Brixton documentary. They fall for each other, but the desire for edgy footage leads them down a violent path.
- DirectorKirk CaouetteStarsKirk CaouetteAndrea StefancikovaMichael KopsaHe goes by the name Badger because his real name is Dean, and that's the lamest name ever for a hit-man. But really, it was his ex-wife that gave him that name before she died. Since her death he has been a recluse; like all American Badgers. In fact he has hardly spoken a word to anyone except his Handler in 4451 days. But all that is about to change with his latest assignment. His job is to make friends with a call girl and extract information from her about the inner workings of an Albanian gang she works for. Her name is Velvet and she is the closest thing the Albanian mob boss Vasily has to family; she is like a daughter to him -- in the most twisted way - a sex trafficked daughter. The Badger isn't good at making friends, but he's excellent at following orders; so despite his initial objections, he finds Velvet and makes an awkward, yet heroic introduction. Even though he identifies himself as a hardened recluse, he quickly realizes that he is much more vulnerable than he thought he was. As their new friendship takes a sharp turn into an unlikely romance, his Handler tells him that it is time to kill the girl, Vasily's partners, and Vasily himself. What does a badger do when it is cornered on all sides? Badgers are very territorial and will fight to the death to protect the things they care about. The ensuing carnage was to be expected, but the freedom and confidence he gives Velvet was something that nobody would have seen coming.
- DirectorMarc FouchardStarsKévin MischelAurélia PoirierGeneviève CasileA shy man who works as a taxi driver because he can't afford to live as a musician, meets a deaf girl dancer who is attracted to him despite his trouble communicating.
- DirectorMohammad RasoulofStarsBaran RasoulofZhila ShahiMahtab ServatiThe four stories that are variations on the crucial themes of moral strength and the death penalty that ask to what extent individual freedom can be expressed under a despotic regime and its seemingly inescapable threats.
- DirectorDavid WhitneyStarsPaul DonnellyChristian JennerNeil YoungmanThe untold story of the attempted assassination of Pablo Escobar, while at the height of his powers, by a small team of elite mercenaries.
- DirectorMin-ho WooStarsLee Byung-hunLee Sung-minKwak Do-wonIn the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of President Park, who controls the KCIA, the organization with the edge over any branch of government.
- DirectorCeleste BellPaul SngStarsCeleste BellPoly StyreneX-Ray SpexThe death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's archives in this intimate documentary.