Glasgow Film Festival 2008

Among the many sections of the 2008 Glasgow Film Festival, to be held from February 14-24, are Great Scots, Once Upon a Time in the East (that’s Eastern Europe; above, top photo, Jan Sverák’s Czech comedy-drama Empties), It’s a Wonderful World (world cinema), Fright Fest, The State of Independents (above, bottom photo, Alex Holdridge’s In Search of a Midnight Kiss), and Bette Davis, whose centennial is being celebrated this year.
Among the scheduled films are Woody Allen’s Cassandra’s Dream, with Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell; Giuseppe Tornatore’s David di Donatello winner The Unknown; Roy Andersson’s Guldbagge winner You the Living; and Michael Haneke’s Funny Games remake, starring Tim Roth and Naomi Watts.

The Bette Davis tribute, sponsored by Turner Classic Movies UK, [...]