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THIS SUCKS: THE MOVIE!

Glasgow Film Theatre, Starcatchers, Platform and Toad's Caravan have joined forces to produce This Sucks: The Movie, starring a talented cast of hundreds of nursery children from across Glasgow.

This Sucks: The Movie is a short film made by and starring children four-years-old and under from nurseries around the East-End of Glasgow. The film tells the story of Hetty the Hoover and the love of her life -- Mike Dust.

The concept grew from a previous, highly successful Starcatchers project, This Workshop Sucks, which premiered at the Glasgow Youth Film Festival, a fun interactive workshop, telling the same story to pre-school children combining theatre, art and moving image.

Over two weeks in February 2012, hundreds of children from Glasgow nurseries participated in making the film with directors Matt Addicott and Katy Wilson from Starcatchers and the support of Toad's Caravan.

This Sucks: The Movie! was made possible by Glasgow City Council's Area Committee Grants.

CREDITS

CAST

Hetty the Hoover
Mike Dust
The Man and his family
The Doctor and Nurses
The Dancers

STARRING CHILDREN FROM:

Barlanark Family Learning Centre
Helenslea Nursery School
Hullabaloo Children Centre
Sandaig Nursery School
Westercraigs Nursery

STORY

Matt Addicott
Katy Wilson

NARRATION

Matt Addicott

FILM PRODUCED BY

Toad's Caravan

DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY

Joanna Susskind
Marissa Keating

ANIMATION

Joanna Susskind
Bruce Cameron

FILMING

Brian Sweeney

MUSIC

Stuart Brown

PROJECT MANAGER

Paul Macgregor

Thanks to Numatic, James Dean and Rhona Matheson

© Glasgow Film Theatre / Starcatchers / Platform / Toad's Caravan


For more info on Glasgow Film, visit http://www.glasgowfilm.org

For more info on Starcatchers, visit http://www.starcatchers.org.uk/

For more on Platform, visit http://www.platform-online.co.uk/

For more on Toad's Caravan, visit http://www.toadscaravan.com/

The brand new trailer for Glasgow Film Festival 2012 is finally here!

GFF runs annually each February presenting a unique programme of feature films, shorts, special events and live and interactive happenings. We work across the city, exhibiting in cinema spaces, galleries and unusual venues and are dedicated to putting on a truly great festival for film lovers from Glasgow and festival attendees from around the world. GFF12's main programme will run from 16 - 26 February 2012.

Glasgow Youth Film Festival and Glasgow Short Film Festival sit outside the dates of the main festival programme. GYFF runs from 5 - 15 February 2012, GSFF runs from 9 - 12 February 2012.

Trailer created by Allistair Burt (Hole in my Pocket, www.holeinmypocket.com) in conjunction with Joanna Suskind (www.joannasusskind.com) and Savalas Studios (www.savalas.co.uk).

Created by Derek McQuiston using Muvizu software.

Make a short film inspired by Glasgow's Coat of Arms and your movie could be shown during Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2012!

We're running four filmmaking competitions for under 18s in the run up to Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2012. This is your chance to see your film on the big screen, be featured on our website, win special prizes and get recognised for your hard work at a special awards ceremony during Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2012.

The themes for the competitions are based on the legendary symbols in the Glasgow Coat of Arms and its famous traditional rhyme:

Here's the bird that never flew
Here's the tree that never grew
Here's the bell that never rang
Here's the fish that never swam

For more details, please visit:
http://www.glasgowfilm.org/cinema_city/weemovies

Created by John Beswick using Muvizu software.

Make a short film inspired by Glasgow's Coat of Arms and your movie could be shown during Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2012!

We're running four filmmaking competitions for under 18s in the run up to Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2012. This is your chance to see your film on the big screen, be featured on our website, win special prizes and get recognised for your hard work at a special awards ceremony during Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2012.

The themes for the competitions are based on the legendary symbols in the Glasgow Coat of Arms and its famous traditional rhyme:

Here's the bird that never flew
Here's the tree that never grew
Here's the bell that never rang
Here's the fish that never swam

For more details, please visit:
http://www.glasgowfilm.org/cinema_city/weemovies

Explore Glasgow on Film - http://www.glasgowfilm.org/cinema_city/interactive_map/glasgow_on_film

Part of Glasgow Film's Cinema City project - http://www.glasgowfilm.org/cinema_city

Created by Derek McQuiston using Muvizu software.

Make a short film inspired by Glasgow's Coat of Arms and your movie could be shown during Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2012!

We're running four filmmaking competitions for under 18s in the run up to Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2012. This is your chance to see your film on the big screen, be featured on our website, win special prizes and get recognised for your hard work at a special awards ceremony during Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2012.

The themes for the competitions are based on the legendary symbols in the Glasgow Coat of Arms and its famous traditional rhyme:

Here's the bird that never flew
Here's the tree that never grew
Here's the bell that never rang
Here's the fish that never swam

For more details, please visit:
http://www.glasgowfilm.org/cinema_city/weemovies

GFT is fully digital now we have installed the same digital projector thats in Cinema 1 the Christie CP2000X along with a Doremi Server. We also installed a DigiBeta player, a couple of Blu-Ray players and a new DVD playback system. The new sound system is amazing Dolby digital (CP650-XO Cinema Processor), an increase from 6 to 10 surround speakers, 3-way bi-amplified screen loudspeakers and new sub bass (all speakers Luis Wassman). A new matte white mini perforated screen and behind the screen acoustic treatment was the last thing to go in (see the video).

Singer Roddy Woomble (Idlewild) came to the GFT to introduce the Monorail film clubs monthly film 'Morvern Callar'. We caught up with him afterwards for an interview.