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Glasgow Film Festival 2013

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Alasdair Gray - A Life In Progress (Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Kevin Cameron; Stars: Alasdair Gray, Liz Lochhead, Edwin Morgan)
A portrait of the artist and writer at work.
Citadel (Country: Ireland, UK; Year: 2012; Director: Ciarán Foy; Writer: Ciarán Foy; Stars: Aneurin Barnard, James Cosmo, Wunmi Mosaku, Jake Wilson, Amy Shiels)
A bereaved, agoraphobic single father is beseiged by hooded teenagers who may not be quite human.
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The Devil's Plantation (Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: May Miles Thomas; Stars: Kate Dickie, Gary Lewis)
The true story of an amateur archaeologist who discovered dark secrets in the geometry of Glasgow - and the case file of a psychiatric patient who found them before him.
Ever To Excel (Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Murray Grigor; Stars: Sean Connery, Louise Richardson, Alastair Reid)
The history and legacy of St Andrews University.
Peter Darrell: Scotland's Dance Pioneer (Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Elly Taylor; Stars: Peter Darrell, Matthew Bourne, Michael Clark)
A documentary tribute to the brilliant choreographer widely acclaimed as the father of Scottish ballet.
Shell (Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Scott Graham; Writer: Scott Graham; Stars: Chloe Pirrie, Joseph Mawle, Iain de Caestecker, Paul Hickey, Kate Dickie, Michael Smiley)
An intense story of two people who struggle to keep their longings for freedom under control, set against a beautiful and remote landscape that reflects their isolation back at them.
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Venus Peter (Country: UK; Year: 1989; Director: Ian Sellar; Writer: Ian Sellar, based on the book by Christopher Rush.; Stars: George Anton, Louise Breslin, Juliet Cadzow, Peter Caffrey, Sinéad Cusack, Emma Dingwall, Ken Drury)
The story of a young boy growing up in the Orkney Isles.
We Are Northern Lights (Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Nick Higgins, Max Crawford, Lindsay Brown, Justin Owen, David Mackenzie, Calum Maclean, Pauline Johnson, Norman Bissell, Amand Connor, Kev Mclaughlin, Ken Jack, Àdhamh Ó Broin, Anita Norfolk, Paul Fegan, Billy Sangster)
A collage of Scottish experiences recorded by professional and amateur filmmakers all across the country.
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