Glasgow Film Festival 2018

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In The Name Of Peace: John Hume In America In The Name Of Peace: John Hume In America
In The Name Of Peace: John Hume In America and The Camino Voyage
The Breadwinner (Country: Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg; Year: 2017; Director: Nora Twomey; Writer: Anita Doron, Deborah Ellis; Stars: Saara Chaudry, Laara Sadiq, Shaista Latif, Ali Badshah, Noorin Gulamgaus, Kawa Ada, Soma Chhaya, Kanza Feris, Kane Mahon, Ali Kazmi, Reza Sholeh, Mran Volkhard)
A young girl in Afghanistan disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Cal (Country: Ireland; Year: 1984; Director: Pat O’Connor; Stars: John Lynch, Helen Mirren, Donal McCann)
A young man falls for a lonely librarian whose husband was killed by the IRA - of which he is a member.
The Camino Voyage (Country: Ireland; Year: 2017; Director: Dónal Ó Céilleachair)
Four people undertake a three year voyage to the shrine of the apostle St James in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in A Coruña, in their own homemade boat.
The Cured (Country: Ireland; Year: 2017; Director: David Freyne; Writer: David Freyne; Stars: Elliot Page, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Sam Keeley, Stuart Graham, Amy De Bhrún, Patrick Murphy, Frank Cannon, Peter Campion, Chelsea Debo, Dez McMahon, Natalia Kostrzewa, Tj O'Grady Peyton, Lesley Conroy, Tadhg Devery, Alan Moriarty)
After a zombie disease has been cured, former sufferers face discrimination in society.
Good Favour (Country: Ireland; Year: 2017; Director: Rebecca Daly; Writer: Rebecca Daly, Glenn Montgomery; Stars: Vincent Romeo, Lars Brygmann, Clara Rugaard)
When an injured teenager stumbles into a remote Christian community he is cared for and supported. Then the children become convinced that he has holy powers.
Michael Inside Michael Inside
Michael Inside and Good Favour
In The Name Of Peace: John Hume In America (Country: Ireland; Year: 2017; Director: Maurice Fitzpatrick; Stars: Liam Neeson)
A documentary about John Hume and his contribution to bringing the Troubles in Northern Ireland to an end.
Kissing Candice (Country: Ireland; Year: 2017; Director: Aoife McArdle; Writer: Aoife McArdle; Stars: Ann Skelly, Ryan Lincoln, Conall Keating)
A teenager longs to escape her seaside town and finds solace in her imagination. When her disillusionment calcifies into an obsession with a troubled stranger, she becomes entangled with a dangerous local gang.
Michael Inside (Country: Ireland; Year: 2017; Director: Frank Berry; Writer: Frank Berry; Stars: Dafhyd Flynn, Lalor Roddy, Moe Dunford)
A teenager living in a Dublin housing estate with his grandfather is caught holding drugs for his friend's older brother and is sentenced to three months in prison.
A Mother Brings Her Son To Be Shot (Country: Ireland, UK; Year: 2017; Director: Sinéad O’Shea)
Documentary about present-day paramilitary activity in Ireland.
Sanctuary (Country: Ireland; Year: 2016; Director: Len Collin; Stars: Amy-Joyce Hastings, Charlene Kelly, Kieran Coppinger, Robert Doherty)
A young man with Down syndrome arranges an intimate encounter with a young woman who has epilepsy.
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