The organisers of the Glasgow Film Festival have announced Adura Onashile’s Girl as their opening film.
Other details announced so far include the first of the industry guests, the country focus (Spain), the free morning retrospective screenings (titled – In the Driving Seat) and a celebration of the actor/director Lee Grant.
Girl receives its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival later this month.
Grace (Déborah Lukumuena) and her 11-year-old daughter Ama (Le’Shantey Bonsu) are trying to build a new life in Glasgow, a city where everything feels strange and hostile. Traumatised by her past, Grace just wants to keep her daughter safe from harm. Ama is told to trust nobody. When Ama makes friends with a classmate, it only adds to Grace’s anxiety and fear that their special bond is under threat. This atmospheric and poignant tale of what it takes to escape the legacy of violence and trust in the future marks Glasgow-based writer-director Onashile as an exciting new voice in Scottish cinema. Girl is a barry crerar production, supported in production by the BFI (awarding National Lottery funding), BBC Film and Screen Scotland, in association with Great Point Media.
The full programme for Glasgow will be announced later this month.
