Live dance with Strictly Ballroom screening and Paul Merton show among first events.
The 11th edition of the Glasgow Film Festival will include comedy and live dance shows and new space-takeovers.
The festival returns to venues Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery for a live dance show and Strictly Ballroom screening, and it will take over the Gothic surroundings of Pollokshaws Burgh Hall, as composer Irene Buckley premieres a new soundtrack to 1928 classic The Fall of the House of Usher on the Hall’s original Wurlitzer Cinema Organ.
Paul Merton and award-winning silent film pianist Neil Brand will team up and pay tribute to comedy legend Buster Keaton with a live show and GFF will also host the Scottish premiere of British Sea Power’s film/live score project From The Sea To The Land Beyond.
French bassist Renaud Garcia-Fons and his live band will create an East-West fusion score to Lotte Reiniger’s 1926 animation The Adventures of Prince Achmed.
“Our special events are a large part of what makes Glasgow Film Festival distinctive: people love to experience cinema in new ways, and we’re lucky to have such a wealth of exciting venues available in the city,” said co-director of Glasgow Film Festival Allan Hunter.
“This is only the tip of the iceberg, too: we’re going to announce a different pop-up event for every night of the festival at our programme launch in January. The programming team have really let their imaginations run riot this year, so we think audiences will be pretty excited by what’s in store.”
The full programme will be launched on Jan 21.
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