Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) drew more than 37,000 audience views for its entire 2021 programme, from across the length and breadth of the UK. Audiences from all four nations tuned in online to the 17th edition of the festival which featured 10 World premieres, 3 European premieres and 49 UK premieres, screened across 12 days. GFF opened on Wednesday 24 February with the UK premiere of Lee Isaac Chung's Golden Globe-winning Minari and closed tonight (Sunday 7 March) with the UK premiere of Suzanne Lindon's Spring Blossom. A selection of incredible film festival titles remain available to rent from Glasgow Film At Home until Wednesday 10 March. The festival will return in 2022 from 2 - 13 March.
GFF exceeded expectations and sales targets with its online edition, reaching 37,733 viewers as of Saturday night (6 March) with its online streaming platform Glasgow Film At Home. Audiences also enjoyed post-film Q&As with more than 70 filmmakers, including Kevin Macdonald, Tahar Rahim and Golden Globe winner Jodie Foster for The Mauritanian; Nick Moran and Ewen Bremner for Creation Stories; and Amir El-Masry and Ben Sharrock for Limbo. Further festival buzz was recreated with additional free events around the films which gained a further 1500 viewers, including the much loved GFF film quiz streamed live on social media with The Stayin Inn, and a DJ set to dance to in your living room from Glasgow-based DJ Nightwave, who featured in documentary Underplayed.
A selection of incredible film festival titles remain available to rent from Glasgow Film At Home until Wednesday 10 March. Expiring on Monday 8 March are: City Hall;Welcome To: A Focus on Black Female Filmmakers; Rosa’s Wedding; Tina; and Surge. Films available to rent until Tuesday 9 March include: Dreams on Fire; The Dissident; Yer Old Faither; A Brixton Tale;and Cowboys. Films available to rent until Wednesday 10 March are: There Is No Evil; Welcome To: Lineages of the Landscape; Gunda; The Man Standing Next; Killing Escobar; and our Closing Film, Spring Blossom. For more details please visit the link above.
