Programme Updates
All changes to the printed brochure - new events, guest announcements and cancellations - will appear here.
BRAND NEW EVENTS
Side Effects
Monday 18 February (18.15), Cineworld
Mark Millar talks Kick-Ass 2
Tuesday 19 February (16.30), CCA Theatre, tickets cost £5.00
An extra screening of The Happy Lands has been programmed for Tuesday 19 February (16.00) at Cineworld.
Red Bull Catwalk Studio presents Alex Mattsson
Saturday 23 February (18.00, 19.00, 20.00, 21.00), SWG3, tickets are free and available from the venue on the day.
The King of Marvin Gardens
Saturday 23 (20.30) & Sunday 24 February (15.15)
An extra screening of The Place Beyond the Pines has been programmed for Sunday 24 February (15.45) at Cineworld.
An extra screening of Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing has been programmed for Sunday 24 February (20.45) at Cineworld.
SPECIAL GUESTS
Director Régis Ronsard, will introduce Opening Gala Populaire on Thursday 14 February (19.30, 20.15).
Director Rob Savage and cast members Oliver Malam, Hannah Wilder and Sid Akbar Ali will introduce Strings on Friday 15 February (16.15) and Saturday 16 February (21.15), followed by a Q&A session.
Producer Paul Welsh and novelist Rachel Seiffert will introduce Lore on Friday 15 February (18.00) and participate in a Q&A after the screening.
Live performances from Rachel Sermanni, Swimmer One, Wounded Knee and Big Taj will follow the screening of Whatever Gets You Through the Night on Friday 15 February (19.00).
Producer Fiona Graham, members of the cast Lorna Anderson, Ford Kiernan, Gavin Mitchell, Ross MacMahon, Olwyn Boyle, Julie Addy and the band Alabama 3 will introduce and participate in a Q&A following the screening of Songs for Amy on Friday 15 February (20.20)
Director Mark Isaacs will introduce The Road: A Story of Life and Death on Friday 15 February (21.15) followed by a Q&A session.
Director Yasmin Fedda and producer Jim Hickey will introduce A Tale of Two Syrias on Saturday 16 February (13.15) followed by a Q&A session.
Director Murray Grigor will introduce Ever to Excel on Saturday 16 February (15.00).
Director/producer Nick Higgins along with 40 of the co-directors of We Are Northern Lights will introduce the screening on Saturday 16 February (15.15) and participate in a Q&A afterwards.
Judge Dredd creator John Wagner will discuss the comic's legacy in John Wagner on Dredd with Colin MacNeil on Saturday 16 February (15.30).
Director Laura Colella will introduce Breakfast with Curtis on Saturday 16 February (17.20) and participate in a Q&A after the screening.
Director Ciaran Foy and cast member Wunmi Mosaku will introduce Citadel on Saturday 16 February (21.15) and participate in a Q&A session following the screening.
Director Brad Bernstein will introduce Far Out isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story on Sunday 17 February (13.00) and participate in a Q&A following the screening.
Director Konrad Begg will introduce Songs for Amy on Sunday 17 February (13.30).
Director Robert Rae will participate in a Q&A following the screening of The Happy Lands on Sunday 17 February (13.40).
Dr Who screenwriter Tom MacRae will introduce 50 Years of Doctor Who on Sunday 17 February (15.00) and participate in a Q&A following the screening.
Co-curator Jacqui Davies and artist Richard Billingham will discuss the relationship between artists’ film and television after the screening of Random Acts on Sunday 17 February (17.00).
Actor James D'Arcy will introduce Cloud Atlas on Sunday 17 February (19.15) and participate in a Q&A following the screening.
Director Adam Christian Clark will introduce Caroline and Jackie on Sunday 17 February (21.20) and participate in a Q&A after the screening.
Cinematographer Julian Schwanitz will introduce Pablo's Winter on Monday 18 February (16.45) and participate in a Q&A after the screening.
Robert Florence, journalist Kieron Gillen and editor of Eurogamer Tom Bramwell will review the brand new video game Aliens: Colonial Marines in Aliens: The Live Review (& Aliens in 70mm) on Monday 18 February (20.45).
Founder of Belfast record store and label Good Vibrations, Terri Hooley, will participate in a Q&A following the screening of Good Vibrations on Monday 18 February (21.15)
Director James Cullingham will introduce and participate in a Q&A after the screening of In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey on Tuesday 19 February (20.00), followed by a short solo set performed by Folk guitarist Alasdair Roberts.
Steve Niles, author of comic 30 Days of Night will look back on his career in Steve Niles in Conversation on Tuesday 19 February (20.30).
Cast member Robert Emms will introduce Broken on Tuesday 19 February (20.45) and participate in a Q&A following the screening.
Producer Christopher Young, director Ian Sellar and David Hayman will join the screening of Venus Peter on Wednesday 20 February (17.30).
Comic book artist Frank Quitely, author Steve Niles, and comic book writer Mark Millar will go head to head with comic super-fans at Kapow! Pros vs Super-fans Quiz on Wednesday 20 February (20.00).
Tangles and other lo-fi sound musicians will perform following the screening of Grandma Lo-Fi on Wednesday 20 February (20.00).
Director Kevin Cameron will participate in a Q&A with Alan Bisset following the screening of Alasdair Gray - A Life in Progress on Thursday 21 February (13.30). Author Alasdair Gray will no longer be able to attend.
Director Maria Sadowska will participate in a Q&A session following the screening of Women's Day on Thursday 21 February (18.00)
Director Rowan Athale will introduce The Rise on Thursday 21 February (18.30) and participate in Q&A following the screening.
Actor Rory McCann, The Hound in Game of Thrones, will participate in the Game of Thrones Screening and Panel Discussion on Thursday 21 February (18.30).
Director Scott Graham and actor Chloe Pirrie will introduce Shell on Thursday 21 February (20.45) and participate in a Q&A after the screening.
Mike Peters, who's real life hoax as front man of Welsh rock and roll band The Alarm inspired the writers of Vinyl, will participate in a Q&A and short acoustic set following the screening on Thursday 21 February (20.45).
Director Ricky Wood, writer Richard Wood and stars David Hayman and Gavin Mitchell will introduce Sawney: Flesh of Man on Friday 22 February (15.00).
Director Neil Jordan and actors Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan will present the UK premiere of Byzantium on Friday 22 February (20.15).
Representatives from local women's charities will take part in a discussion on the issues raised in Banaz - A Love Story on Saturday 23 February (13.30).
Writer and documentary maker Chris Nikkel will introduce Treasures from the Far Fur Country on Saturday 23 February (15.00).
Director May Miles Thomas will introduce The Devil's Plantation on Saturday 23 February (15.45) and participate in a Q&A session following the screening.
Director Terence Nance will introduce An Oversimplification of Her Beauty on Saturday 23 February (18.00) and participate in a Q&A after the screening.
Simon Rumley, Lee Hardcastle and Jake West, some of the directors of portmanteau film The ABCs of Death, will introduce the screening on Saturday 23 February (18.15), along with Lucy Clements, star of Jake West's short 'S is for Speed'.
Producer, co-writer and actor Eli Roth, director Nicolas Lopez and actor Lorenza Izzo will introduce the UK premiere of Aftershock on Saturday 23 February (21.15).
Director Patrik Syversen and stars Stig Frode Henriksen and Zahid Ali will introduce Hellfjord on Saturday 23 February (23.30).
Director Norah McGettigan will introduce Sanctuary on Sunday 24 February (15.45) and participate in a Q&A following the screening.
Director Eran Creevy and actor Peter Mullan will introduce Welcome to the Punch on Sunday 24 February (17.30) and participate in a Q&A following the screening.
Musician Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub will introduce the screening of Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me on Sunday 24 February (20.00).
Director Joss Whedon will introduce Closing Gala Much Ado About Nothing on Sunday 24 February (20.15) followed by a Q&A session.
CANCELLATIONS
Scarecrow
Saturday 23 (20.30) & Sunday 24 February (15.15), Cineworld
