Multi-award-winning Scottish actors Shirley Henderson and Kate Dickie will walk the red carpet and attend post-screening discussions for the Glasgow Film Festival screenings of their films Urban Hymn and Couple In A Hole.
The UK premiere of Urban Hymn screens on Friday 19th February, 8.20pm at GFT. Shirley Henderson gives one of the finest performances of her career as Kate, an experienced sociology lecturer who moves to the front line as a residential care worker in the aftermath of the London riots.
Her genteel good intentions seem unlikely to cut much ice with the teenage residents, but belligerent, ungovernable seventeen year-old Jamie (Letitia Wright), eventually joins Kate’s choir. The unlikely, unpredictable bond between these two damaged individuals lies at the core of this heartrending, human story. Henderson, Wright, director Michael Caton-Jones (Rob Roy, This Boy’s Life) and co-star Isabella Laughland will all attend the screening.
Couple in a Hole receives its Scottish premiere screening on Thursday 25th February, 6pm, at GFT. Deep in the middle of a French forest, an apparently normal and affluent Scottish couple live like savages, foraging for food and shunning modern conveniences. The mysteries of who they are and how they came to be there drive this powerful yet understated drama, starring Kate Dickie and Paul Higgins (The Thick Of It) who deliver performances that stagger with their authenticity and subtlety. The result is a haunting examination of loss and grief. Dickie will attend the screening with director Tom Geens.