Glasgow Film Festival 2020 | Schedule Ireland
Pictures from Afghanistan | Director: Robbie Fraser & David Pratt | March 1, 2020
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- DirectorAlice WinocourStarsEva GreenZélie BoulantMatt DillonAn astronaut prepares for a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station.
- DirectorLorcan FinneganStarsImogen PootsDanielle RyanMolly McCannA young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.
- DirectorGrímur HákonarsonStarsArndís Hrönn EgilsdóttirSveinn Ólafur GunnarssonÆvar Þór BenediktssonA widowed farmer begins a new life on her own terms by fighting against corruption and injustice in her community.
- DirectorHenry BlakeStarsConrad KhanAshley MadekweTabitha Milne-PriceA 14-year-old boy is groomed into a lethal nation-wide drug-selling enterprise which exploits vulnerable children and traffics them across Britain.
- DirectorJustin KurzelStarsGeorge MacKayEssie DavisNicholas HoultAustralian bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang flee from authorities during the 1870s.
- DirectorLucy BrydonStarsSian BrookeAmanda BurtonFabienne Piolini-CastleA woman with an eating disorder tries to balance her relationship with her mother and her teenage daughter.
- DirectorÉdouard BergeonStarsGuillaume CanetVeerle BaetensAnthony BajonPierre is 25 when he returns from Wyoming to his fiancée and take over the family farm. Twenty years later, the farm expanded and so did the family.
- DirectorBenito ZambranoStarsLuis TosarLuis CallejoJaime LópezIn a tyrannical and oppressive Spain of misery and poorness, a child starts a runaway looking for freedom.
- DirectorTim MielantsStarsKevin JanssensPierre BokmaAriane Van VlietA bereaved nudist campsite handyman finds himself on an existential quest as he attempts to recover his missing favorite hammer.
- DirectorPeter Mackie BurnsStarsTom Vaughan-LawlorTom Glynn-CarneyMonica DolanColm, mid-40s has a comfortable life: a managerial job in Dublin's docks, two teenage children, and a kind, loyal wife in Claire. After the death of his father, a destructive figure, Colm's emotional life cracks open, and his downward spiral continues when he is made redundant. Drinking heavily and unable to confide in Claire, Colm finds himself drawn to Jay, a 19-year-old who dabbles in prostitution. Their sexual encounters and tentative friendship become Colm's only solace - but this recklessness puts his family-life at risk.
- DirectorJulian JarroldStarsMark StanleyAnna FrielHugo StoneCity trader and mountaineer David Tait is a man whose professional success masks a series of traumatic secrets.
- DirectorRob ChristopherStarsWillem DafoeMatt DillonBarry GiffordThe "Roy" stories of writer Barry Gifford serve as a springboard for an impressionistic portrait of a vanished Chicago.
- DirectorChiara MaltaStarsJasmine TrincaElina LöwensohnFrancesco AcquaroliAn Italian female director with epilepsy is trying to make a film about the life of famed Romanian actress Elina Löwensohn, but discovers that her real-life subject bears little resemblance to the star she idolized.
- DirectorMichael Caton-JonesStarsAbigail LawrieRona MorisonMarli SiuIn 1990s Scotland, a group of Catholic school girls get an opportunity to go into Edinburgh for a choir competition, but they're more interested in drinking, partying and hooking up than winning the competition.
- DirectorDaniel VernonStarsAlvin TaylorGreg ErricoJerry GoldsteinReleased in 1974, "Changin' Times" was a stunning album of songs recorded in extraordinary circumstances: it was the first-ever commercial album recorded inside an American prison by an inmate. Its creator was a musical prodigy, Ike White, who was jailed for life at age 19 for murder. With never-before-seen archives, the film charts Ike's journey from prison into industry adulation and life as a free man, eventually leading to his reinvention as a performer-for-hire called David Maestro.
- DirectorUlrich ThomsenStarsAntony StarrEwen BremnerW. Earl BrownTwo hopeless dreamers join forces in a quest to erect the ultimate German sausage restaurant, much to the irritation of the residents of the small-town of Gutterbee, who want to keep their town wholly American.
- DirectorEliza SchroederStarsCelia ImrieShannon TarbetShelley ConnA young woman wishes to fulfill her mother's dream of opening her own bakery in Notting Hill, London. To do this, she enlists the help of an old friend and her grandma.
- DirectorFrancis AnnanStarsDaniel RadcliffeDaniel WebberIan HartBased on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa.
- DirectorKatharine O'BrienStarsJuno TempleSimon PeggRebecca HazlewoodWhen an acclaimed music producer goes off his medication for schizophrenia, his friends chase him though the LA music scene to help commit him to a psychiatric hospital, revealing the troubling inadequacies of our mental health care system.
- DirectorAnthony BaxterStarsAlec BaldwinTammy LorenKen LorenA documentary based on five years of research into a Michigan auto town where tens of thousands were drinking water into which poisonous lead had leached, and how officials failed to respond.
- DirectorMika KaurismäkiStarsPak Hon ChuAnna-Maija TuokkoLucas HsuanFollowing the death of his wife, professional chef Cheng travels with his young son to a remote village in Finland to connect with an old Finnish friend he once met in Shanghai.
- DirectorPat CollinsStarsHenry GlassiePravina ShuklaSamuel RodriguesThe worldwide travels and unique cultural finds of renowned American folklorist Henry Glassie are enthralling chronicled in this portrait by director Pat Collins.
- DirectorYrsa Roca FannbergA desolate farm, pushed up against the Arctic ocean has been breeding sheep for centuries. This is the last autumn they herd their sheep down from the surrounding mountains.
- DirectorC.K. MakErick's life changed forever when he got into a taxi. The driver and two accomplices sexually assaulted him. The then 17-year-old never went to the police, never saw a doctor and never told his family or friends. After feeling broken for 10 years, he goes on a journey to reclaim his life - changing the world around him along the way.
- DirectorMatthew RankinStarsDan BeirneSarianne CormierCatherine St-LaurentDetermined to become the leader of the Dominion of Canada, a young W.L. Mackenzie King rises to power.
- DirectorScott GrahamStarsMark StanleyAmy MansonMarli SiuIn Fraserburgh, young men dream of escapism through late-night drag races. Finnie used to be one, but now he works at the fish factory and it's his son's turn to race. Until one night he steals the boy's car for one last joyride.
- DirectorLouise ArchambaultStarsAndrée LachapelleGilbert SicotteRémy GirardThree elderly hermits live in the woods. While wildfires threaten the region, their quiet life is about to be shaken by the arrival of two women - A story of intertwined destinies, where love can happen at any age.
- DirectorNanni MorettiJeffrey B. MallianStarsSalvador AllendeCarmen CastilloPatricio GuzmánAfter the coup d'État of the Democratic government of Allende, the embassy of Italy in Santiago played a major role in helping the opposers of the regime, and extradited many of them Italy. These brave men are represented in this outstanding movie.
- DirectorJuan Diego Escobar AlzateStarsYuri VargasJim MuñozAndrea EsquivelIn the thickness of the mountains, in an isolated community led by a preacher known as El Señor, a presumed new Messiah is brought unleashing a wave of violence and pain.
- DirectorTom SullivanStarsDónall Ó HéalaiSaise QuinnDara DevaneyIreland, 1845. As the famine progresses, a fisherman unable to protect his family is subsumed by darkness until a helpless little girl saves him from despair.
- DirectorJoão NicolauStarsMiguel Lobo AntunesLuísa CruzAmérico SilvaRetirement is coming soon for Luís Rovisco. The songs he dreams up during the day make up for all the injustices in his life. But standing before the receptionist Lucinda, he finds himself singing to a different tune.
- DirectorIgor TuveriStarsToni ServilloValeria GolinoCarlo BuccirossoBased on the namesake book, the movie follows Peppino, an old hit man in a '70 Naples, forced to come back in action by the murder of his son. This tragic event also arises reflections on life and on the society in all the characters.
- DirectorOliver HermanusStarsKai Luke BrummerBarbara-Marié ImmelmanMichael KirchA young man in 1981 South Africa must complete his brutal and racist two years of compulsory military service while desperately maintaining the secrecy of his homosexuality.
- DirectorIna WeisseStarsNina HossSophie RoisThorsten MertenAnna Bronsky is a violin teacher at the Conservatoire. Against the advice of her colleagues, she imposes the admission of a pupil, in whom she sees a great talent. With a lot of involvement, she prepares Alexander for the end-of-year exam and neglects her young son Jonas, who is also a violinist and ice hockey fan. She moves away more and more from her husband, so fond of him, the French "luthier" Philippe Bronsky. At the approach of audition, Anna pushes Alexander towards performances more and more exceptional. The decisive day, an accident occurs, heavy consequence.
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsJessica LouthanderTatiana DelaunayAnders HellströmRoy Andersson adds to his cinematic oeuvre with a reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendour and banality.