Glasgow Film Festival 2018

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Mary And The Witch's Flower Mary And The Witch's Flower
Mary And The Witch's Flower and The Big Bad Fox And Other Tales
The Big Bad Fox And Other Tales (Le Grand Méchant Renard Et Autres Contes) (Country: France; Year: 2017; Director: Patrick Imbert, Benjamin Renner; Writer: Jean Regnaud, Benjamin Renner; Stars: Voiced by, Bill Bailey, Aidrian Edmondson, Justin Edwards, Celia Imrie, Phil Jupitus, Matthew Goode), Trailer
A triptych of animated adventures.
Bride And Prejudice (Country: UK/US; Year: 2004; Director: Gurinder Chadha; Writer: Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha; Stars: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Daniel Gillies, Naveen Andrews, Namrata Shirodkar, Indira Varma, Nadira Babbar, Anupam Kher, Meghna Kothari, Peeya Rai Chowdhary, Nitin Chandra Ganatra, Sonali Kulkarni)
Jane Austen romance, Bollywood style.
Mary And The Witch's Flower (Meari To Majo No Hana) (Country: Japan; Year: 2017; Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi; Writer: David Freedman and Riko Sakaguchi, based on the book by Mary Stewart)
A girl finds a strange plant that gives her magical powers but finds herself in danger as a result.
Monster Family (Happy Family) (Country: UK, Germany; Year: 2017; Director: Holger Tappe; Writer: David Safier, Catherina Junk; Stars: voices of Emily Watson, Jason Isaacs, Nick Frost, Celia Imrie, Catherine Tate, Jessica Brown Findlay, Ethan Rouse, Ewan Bailey)
A family is cursed by a witch and transformed into monsters.
The Oddsockeaters (Lichozrouti) (Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia; Year: 2016; Director: Galina Miklínová; Writer: Galina Miklínová, Pavel Srut; Stars: Krystof Hádek, Jan Maxián, David Novotný, Ondrej Trojan, Marek Taclík, Tatiana Vilhelmová, Josef Somr, Ales Najbrt, Matej Ruppert, Václav Koubek, Vojtech Rohlícek, Tomás Jerábek, Ondrej Bauer, Stanislav Zindulka, Eva Spoustová)
“Never take the entire pair!” is the mantra of the Oddsockeaters, the creatures responsible for our socks just disappearing into thin air, leaving us with a pile of odd socks.
Bride And Prejudice Bride And Prejudice
Bride And Prejudice and Willow
War Of The Buttons (La Guerre des boutons) (Country: France; Year: 2011; Director: Yann Samuell; Writer: Yann Samuell, based on the novel by Louis Pergaud; Stars: Eric Elmosnino, Mathilde Seigner, Fred Testot, Alain Chabat, Vincent Bres, Salomé Lemire, Théo Bertrand, Tristan Vichard, Tom Terrail, Louis Lefèbvre, Victor Le Blond, Arthur Garnier, June Maître, Paloma Lebeaut, Théo Fernandez)
Comedy about rival children's gangs.
Willow (Country: US; Year: 1988; Director: Ron Howard; Writer: George Lucas, Bob Dolman; Stars: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis, Jean Marsh, Patricia Hayes, Billy Barty, Pat Roach, Gavan O'Herlihy, David Steinberg, Phil Fondacaro, Tony Cox, Robert Gillibrand, Mark Northover, Kevin Pollak, Rick Overton), Official Site
A would-be sorceror enlists the help of a warrior to take an abandoned baby to safety.
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