The Glasgow Film Festival takes place from February 16th to 26, with more than a couple of hundred movies to choose from. So how to decide?
Luckily Allison was on hand to give us some of her tips – even though she will be too busy during the festival to see most of them herself.
Allison told us: “There’s a couple of things that have been curated by Allan [Hunter, other GFF co-director] for example that I haven’t seen myself.
“There’s some great documentaries that I would recommend: How to Die in Oregon and Into the Abyss, a Werner Herzog documentary which is fantastic, and Better This World, so there’s a really strong Stranger than Fiction strand at the festival this year with the documentaries.”
She added: “There’s a newly restored print of Death Watch that we’re excited about, with [director] Bertrand Tavernier coming over to introduce that for us. And I’ve never seen A Night to Remember, about the sinking of the Titanic with Kenneth More.
“There’s a lot of really key small films that I’ll maybe not be watching on the big screen – as I’ll be busy – but will be hoping that people will let me know what they like about the films.
“For example there’s St. Nick, a really good American independent film that Allan curated, and one that I would really like to see. There’s something for everyone in every strand, and that’s the thing that I’m excited about.”
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