02/02/2016 - Festival to pay homage to the late David Bowie

Hail, Caesar! by Joel and Ethan Coen

The 12^th Glasgow Film Festival (17-28 February) will open with Joel and Ethan Coen’s Hail, Caesar! [+see also:
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The festival programme had been finalised well before the news of David Bowie’s death had been announced, and by coincidence festival audiences have several chances to pay their respects to the late musician and actor. DA Pennebaker’s concert film Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars will screen preceded by Rubika Shah’s Documentary short Let’s Dance: Bowie Down Under. And, there will be a 40th anniversary screening of Nicolas Roeg’s The Man Who Fell to Earth, starring Bowie. 

Allison Gardner, Glasgow Film Festival co-director, said, “The festival keeps moving forward, with new developments like our Industry Focus conference, whilst also maintaining our roots as an audience-focused festival where everyone can come together to share a love of cinema.”