Combining a fascinating film selection with a collection of fashion, music and art based events bound to thrill visitors of all tastes, the 7th Glasgow Film Festival looks was what is known in local parlance as a stonker. Running fron 17 to 27 February, opened with the gala premiere of Gallic charmer Potiche, starring Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu, while its closing gala was swords and sandals spectacular The Eagle. Its retrospectives featured the wonderful Meryl Streep and dance sweetheart Ginger Rogers, with some fabulous treats from the archives.

There was also another great weekender from the popular Frightfest team, an exciting comics strand curated by star graphic novelist Mark Millar, and a series of workshops in which attendees could find out more about how the film industry works, or even try your hand at filmmaking themselves. All this plus an amazing shorts programme at the CCA and, in the run-up to the main festival, the Glasgow Youth Film Festival (6 to 16 February), which was packed with delights for children of all ages. Plus the inevitable parties.