Film Club is Back for Spring! Feb screening with Glasgow FIlm Festival

We're pleased to announce that Southside Film Festival Film club is back for Spring 2013! 

On Tuesday 19 February we will be screening In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey as part of the Glasgow Film Festival and the first of our Spring Film Club in partnership with The Glad Cafe.

In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey (N/C 15)

Synopsis: The unique, guitar finger-picking sound of John Fahey influenced a range of musicians – from Pete Townshend (who calls him the folk equivalent of William Burroughs or Charles Bukowski) to Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Chris Funk of The Decemberists. This documentary recounts the dynamic life of the eccentric guitarist, who transcended blues traditions, melding them with both world and classical forms. Featuring talking heads along with archive footage of performances and interviews, this film creates a vivid portrait of a true guitar pioneer.

**Following the screening will be a short solo set from folk guitarist Alasdair Roberts and the director of the film James Cullingham will take part in a Q&A.**

In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey
Cert N/C 15+, 2012 (58 mins)
The Glad Cafe
Tuesday 19 February, 8pm

The film will start at 8pm, doors at 7:30pm.
Tickets are £8.50 (£6.50 for concessions) and are available from the Glasgow Film Festival.
UPDATE: GFF HAVE SOLD OUT OF ONLINE TICKETS SO TICKETS NOW ONLY AVAILABLE IN ADVANCE IN PERSON FROM THE GLAD CAFE (or on the door on the night if we don't sell out)

All Film Club screenings are held at The Glad Cafe, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, Shawlands (opposite the five-a-side football pitches) and are usually Tuesday evenings, apart from Saturday matinees for kids. 

Check out Spring Film Club screenings:
March 19 -Beasts of the Southern Wild (12A)
April 13 Sat matinee kids screening: Arrietty (U)
April 23-The Reader (15)

We have also added an additional screening for March -a rescheduled screening of the Irish documentary double bill for St Patrick's Day weekend - at 7pm on Friday 15 March in The Glad Cafe http://www.southsidefilmfest.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/rescheduled-green-screen-double-bill.html

Face painting at Arthur Christmas

Get your face painted!

There'll be face painting for kids after the screening of Arthur Christmas on Saturday 15 December. The film starts at 3pm and is 97minutes long so facepainting will be from around 4:30 in The Glad Cafe.

November Short: The Things We Do

Before November's screening of our feature Headhunters we screened the short film 'The Things We Do'. A short about the things a father will do for his son and what he has to sacrifice to do the right thing.

It was written and directed by Jason Weidner and there was a mini Q&A after the screening.

October Short: Coffin Up

As part of our new Film Club we are showing a short film before each of the feature screenings.

At our halloween screening of Frankenstein we showed Coffin Up, the winning entry in the Edinburgh 48 Hour Film Project 2012. It was conceived, written, filmed and edited over 48 hours from 18-20 May 2012.

Short Films at Film Club

The Southside Film Festival will be continuing to support local filmmakers by screening select short films in advance of the main features at our Film Club nights at The Glad Cafe.

October: Coffin Up (4'40", 2012)
Conceived, written, filmed and edited over 48 hours for the Edinburgh 48 Hour Film Project by 'Dead Square' (Nick Forrest, Colin Moncrieff, Clark Dunn, Rhian Wright, Vic Galloway, Nick Wright, Tori Spatoula).

November: The Things We Do (5', 2012)
Written and Directed by Jason Weidner, Dir. of Photography: Ray Tallan; Cast: John McQuiston, Gerry Hay.
A short about the things a father will do for his son and what he has to sacrifice to do the right thing.

Image from Kim Stewart's blog

December: Bridge to Nowhere (4', 2012)
Written and Directed by Kim Stewart, the screening will feature a Q&A from Kim on the night.
A satirical look at the history of two of Glasgow's unfinished bridges. One, started in the 1960s, is now suspended in mid-air over a motorway. Explaining the history of the ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ and its impact on local residents, the film concludes with a tongue-in-cheek proposal for the bridge’s regeneration.