Initially planned as a hybrid event taking place both in cinemas and online, the 2021 edition of the Glasgow Film Festival will now unfold entirely online, via Glasgow Film’s new viewing platform Glasgow Film At Home. The movies will be accessible to everyone in the UK (not just in Scotland) for the price of £9.99 per film and with special, themed bundles.

Opening on 24 February with Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari, the festival will close on 7 March with Suzanne Lindon’s Spring Blossom [+leggi anche:
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scheda film]. Standing out among the festival’s eight world premieres is Nick Moran’s Creation Stories [+leggi anche:
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Among the UK premieres are Kevin Macdonald’s The Mauritanian [+leggi anche:
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The programme is rounded off by films that have already proven successful on the festival circuit, such as Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh’s Cannes label recipient Gagarin [+leggi anche:
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The candidates for the Audience Award – the only prize given out at the festival, and the winner of which will be revealed online on 7 March – are Zoé Wittock’s Jumbo [+leggi anche:
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The festival will also feature a focus on South Korea, and will once again deliver the scares in partnership with FrightFest, with six titles on the menu, including Out of This World [+leggi anche:
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This year’s Industry programme will run online between Monday 1 and Saturday 6 March, with young filmmakers aged under 30 from around the UK able to access the full Industry programme for £10, thanks to a sponsorship deal with MUBI.