The nights are fair drawin’ in here in Glasgow so if you’re feeling stuck for some Autumnal midweek activities in the Southside, look no further as we’re back for first in our October edition of the film club with Swedish romantic horror Let the Right One In.
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Film Club Presents: ‘HEATHERS’ – “Are We Going To Prom, Or To Hell?”
Top 10 Guide
The lovely people at Top Ten Glasgow Guide have put together the list below of the top 10 things to do and see at the Southside Film Festival. You can follow them on twitter @toptenglasgow or facebook for more great Glasgow recommendations.
1. Learn more about acclaimed photo journalist McCullin in Queen’s Park Camera Club.
2. Catch Sightseers, a black comedy about murder and caravanning in the 46th Glasgow Scout Group Hall.
3. Watch short films in the swimming pool at Govanhill Baths; or watch a music doc about the last gig by LCD Soundsystem – Shut Up and Play the Hits – at music venue The Glad Cafe on Saturday night and follow that by dancing at iBop at Pollok Ex Servicemens’ Club.
4. Have a drink in the library overlooking Pollok Park and move into the dining room to watch Gosford Park, and follow that up with dinner in the Servant’s Quarters in Pollok House on Sunday afternoon.
5. Watch one of the best silent films ever made, Battleship Potemkin, with live accompaniment from the Wurtlizer Cinema Organ at Pollokshaws Burgh Hall on Sun.
6. Get some Bollywood in your life with a Kuch Kuch Hota Hoi, a film partly shot in the Southside.
7. See the Southside filmmakers of the future on Saturday at the Southside Filmmaker Award screening.
8. Forget Iron Man 3, take the kids to see the kids’ classic favourite Iron Giant on Sat afternoon at The Glad Cafe (and your kids can learn how to make Superhero Animation at an animation workshop that morning).
9. If you want to learn more about the history of cinemas and cinema going on the Southside of Glasgow then don’t miss out Cinema Walk at 2pm on Sunday afternoon – sign up in advance and receive the meeting point.
10. Lots more free screenings and events at the Burrell Collection, Scotland St Museum, Hidden Gardens and Kinning Park Complex, so check full information and tickets on the SFF website.
Glasgow I Love You, But You’re Freakin’ Me Out!
“Likeable, deadpan and refreshingly self-aware, the inner turmoil and obvious regret of the ageing hipster makes this not only a sad farewell to a great band, but to life as Murphy knows it.” – Total Film, 2012.
So, this coming Saturday – all you Southside music & film buffs (and we know there are LOADS of you) can all get a wee bit nostalgic for our fading youth with our screening of the film at The Glad Cafe (8pm – doors 7.30pm – tickets £6/5). The film seemed to have a pretty limited release when it was out last year so if – like me- you missed it – take this second chance to see it on the big screen!
If you want to make a night of it (Go on…!) – don’t forget that iBop – the Southside’s longest running indie night – will be hosting a wee after party for you all to get your dance on – keep a hold of your ticket stub for discounted entry. Hope to see you all throwing some shapes on the dancefloor – don’t forget your cowbells!
– ‘Shut Up and Play the Hits’ – Sat 18 May – The Glad Cafe – 8pm (doors 7.30pm) – £6/5 – tickets on sale now at The Glad Cafe or online at http://www.tickets-scotland.com/
Followed by:
– iBop – Sat 18 May – Pollock Ex Servicemans Club – £5 on the door or £4 with your ‘Shut Up and Play the Hits’ ticket stub.
Gosford Park
Pollok House is Scotland’s answer to Downtown Abbey! This glorious, grand country house in the Southside of Glasgow is excited to hold it’s first ever event with the Southside Film Festival on Sunday 19th May where Robert Altman’s classic film Gosford Park will be screened to festival goers. There was only one location that fit the bill to show this 1930’s period film and it was Pollok House.
If you’re thinking of attending the event on Sunday, you’re in for a treat (in slightly grander surroundings than the servants in the 1920s who were also shown films as a treat). Not only will Gosford Park be screened in the dining room, but beforehand you’ll also get to have drinks in the house’s impressive library – where a paid bar will be in operation. After the screening, it’s downstairs to be served a delicious two course meal.
The film itself is a triumph for Robert Altman. The Academy Award nominated film has a stacked ensemble cast from Helen Mirren to Clive Owen. Downtown Abbey originally was set to be a spin off of Gosford Park before it changed to using the film as an inspiration for the hit series. This mystery film is a must see and there is no better surroundings than Pollok House.
Sun 19th May, doors 5.30pm, Film 6:15pm,
dinner served 8:30pm
Pollok House
Price: £25 for meal and movie (please note tickets only available in advance)
Cert 15, 137 mins, 2001
Set in the 1930’s the story takes place in an old fashioned English country house where a family has invited many of their friends up for a weekend shooting party. The story centers around the McCordle family, in particular the man of the house, William McCordle. Getting on in years William has become benefactor to many of his relatives and friends. As the weekend goes on and secrets are revealed, it seems everyone, above stairs and below, wants a piece of William and his money, but how far will they go to get it?
Don’t miss this incredibly rare opportunity to watch a great piece of period cinema in an old fashioned setting that is sure to enhance your experience. Whether you love playing Cluedo or you’re obsessed with catching period shows on TV, Altman’s timeless classic will not disappoint!
The Light kicks off the Festival!
With less than a week to go until the festival kick off, programmes are being handed out all over the Southside, venues are setting out their chairs and volunteers are making sure everything’s ready to go. This Friday, the 17th May, it’s only fitting that the 2013 Southside Festival kicks off with a screening of ‘We Are Northern Lights’ at The Glad Cafe on Pollokshaws Road.
In 2012, people from across the country were encouraged to take personal videos of Scotland’s past, present and future and the result was thousands of submissions that have been edited down into this fantastic piece of cinema that will leave you goosebumps and smiling by the end.
Film Club
For full film info visit our website’s film club page.
Tickets available on the door half an hour before advertised screening time.
Tickets are all £6 full price or £5 concession with a £1 discount for those dressed as a horror film character at the Frankenstein screening or £5 for all kids at Arthur Christmas screening.
Film Quiz Fundraiser, Thurs 20 Sept
Southside Film Festival is back for one night only!
The first film quiz during the film festival in May was such a hit that we are bringing it back for a film festival fundraiser!
Do you recognise the lady on this poster and can you name the film? Do you love movies? Then get your team together and get yourself down to The Bungo for 8pm on Thursday 20th September.
Prizes include 2 guest list places for Miaoux Mioux gig on Sat 24 November at The Glad Cafe, 2 GFT cinema tickets, some Cineworld cinema tickets and dinner and wine for 2 at The Bungo.
Warning: there is no mobile phone reception in the basement of The Bungo so don’t expect any help from google!
Film quiz hosts: Barry Young and Noelle Carroll of Youngs Interesting Books, Skirving St, Shawlands
Entry to the quiz is £2 per person and all proceeds go to Southside Film Festival, a not-for-profit film festival run by volunteers, bringing film back to Southside Glasgow.
Animation workshop films online
On Saturday 19th May as part of the Southside Film Festival, Red Kite Animation held a workshop at the Scout Hall.
They have put the great animations made up on their website here or you can view them on Vimeo.
Northern Lights Workshop 19-20 May
As well as the programmed talk and workshop about the We are Northern Lights project held at Tusk on Sunday as part of the 2012 Southside Film Festival there are other workshops happening that weekend.
There will be a We Are Northern Lights workshop held at Govanhill Baths on Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th May 10am – 4pm.
Northern Lights is a nationwide documentary project which wants you to contribute. It’s based around three questions:
- What can you see?
- What do you wish you had seen?
- What would you like to see?
Whatever you choose to film might answer just one of our suggested questions or all three. Equally, you might decide to film something completely different.
In the workshops Diversity Films will help you answer some or all of these questions, in your way. There is a £1,000 workshop award to be won from Northern Lights as well as weekly awards of £100 and a public award of £2,500 for best submissions. Most answers to the questions will be filmed on flip cams or mobile phones in or close to the venue, but if you want to use the V1 or EX1 and go away to film something special or different during that weekend, please be in touch. You can work together or alone, but need to appreciate that our time and resources are limited.
Please mail@diversityfilms.org.uk – ideally with registration form attached – to let us know if you will want to come and/ or want to borrow a camera to film. Other workshops are being held by Diversity Films throughout May:
- Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th May 10am – 4pm Platform, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Glasgow G34 9JW
- Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th May 10am – 4pm Govanhill Baths, 126 Calder Street, Glasgow G42 7QR
- Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th May 10am – 4pm Dunoon Burgh Hall, 195 Argyll Street, Dunoon, PA23 7DE
Film Quiz @ The Bungo
SOUTHSIDE FILM FESTIVAL 2012 PROGRAMME: THURSDAY 17 MAY
QUIZ HOSTS: BARRY YOUNG & NOELLE CARROLL
We Are Northern Lights
SOUTHSIDE FILM FESTIVAL 2012 PROGRAMME: SUNDAY 20 MAY
WE ARE NORTHERN LIGHTS TALK AND WORKSHOP
Tusk
FREE but donations welcome
Scottish Screenwriters Workshop
SOUTHSIDE FILM FESTIVAL 2012 PROGRAMME: SUNDAY 20 MAY
Cinemas of the Southside
SOUTHSIDE FILM FESTIVAL 2012 PROGRAMME: SUNDAY 20 MAY
The Power of the Crowd: Crowd Funding Films
SOUTHSIDE FILM FESTIVAL 2012 PROGRAMME: FRIDAY 18 MAY
THE POWER OF THE CROWD: CROWD FUNDING FILMS, DOES IT WORK?
Southside Studios Exhibition
SOUTHSIDE FILM FESTIVAL 2012 PROGRAMME: THURSDAY 17 MAY
UPDATE: Artist’s film work screening over the weekend includes work by:
Gwenan Davies, Beth Dynowski, Pete Fleming, Gabriel Leung, Samantha Madonik, Christina McPhee, David McNeil, Kim Stewart and Stina Wirfelt. |
Cinema Heritage & Silent Film
Just thought I would enthuse on here about a great talk I went to last night (Wed 14 March)- a ‘double bill’ about the history of Glasgow’s Cinema Architecture and the restoration of the Hippodrome Cinema in Bo’ness brought to you by Glasgow Heritage Centre. More info here: http://www.glasgowheritage.org.uk/lectures/scottish-cinema-architecture-dereliction-development-and-demolition/
I spoke to Historian Gordon Barr afterwards and hopefully he will be able to do a talk at the Southside Film Festival on Southside Cinemas, I’ll keep you posted. Check out: http://www.scottishcinemas.org.uk/glasgow/
The second part of the talk was about the restoration of the Hippodrome Cinema in Boness. For those of you who enjoyed our screening of The Phantom of the Opera with live Wurtlizer last month, this weekend is a good time to visit the Hippodrome as there is a Silent Film Festival on. Lots of silent films with live piano accompaniment in the beautifully restored Hippodrome Cinema. See you there! http://www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org/venues/hippodrome/silent-cinema/default.aspx