The BBC’s arts documentary festival Art Screen gets underway tomorrow, Thursday 10th April, welcoming leading names from the worlds of film, broadcasting, art and music including Julien Temple, Jarvis Cocker, Kirsty Wark, Jeremy Deller and Andrew Graham-Dixon.
Boasting a diverse programme, Art Screen will screen the world premiere of Rio as its opening film on Thursday 10th April, in which acclaimed filmmaker Julien Temple returns to our screens with an exhilarating look at Rio de Janeiro, as it’s on the cusp of hosting two of the world’s most high-profile events later this year and in 2016. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Julien Temple, hosted by Kirsty Wark.
Programme highlights also include an exclusive Q&A with Brit-pop legend Jarvis Cocker following the film screening of The Big Melt on Friday 11th April, co-directed by Martin Wallace and a specially-selected documentary by legendary Hollywood director Martin Scorsese on Saturday 12th April, Italianamerican.
Taking place as part of Glasgow International 2014, Art Screen takes place in two of Glasgow’s renowned art spaces, Glasgow Film Theatre and Centre for Contemporary Arts from the 10th-13th April 2014.
Art Screen will also show two world premieres of documentaries about Glasgow; Our Glasgow on Saturday 12th April, is produced by frieze magazine co-editor Jennifer Higgie and part of their frieze Video strand, and will lead the celebrations of Glasgow as a unique hub of creativity. And in the week the new Reid Building at The Glasgow School of Art is officially opened, Art Screen will screen the world premiere of the BBC documentary Facing Up to Mackintosh on Sunday 13th April, which charts the ultimate architectural challenge – how to design a building to sit opposite a Mackintosh masterpiece.
The CCA venue will screen the Arts in the Archives strand, offering an exclusive and unmissable collection of highlights looking back at television arts documentary making at the BBC, throughout its history. The venue will also host What Is The Art of The Arts Documentary?- a panel discussion chaired by broadcaster Kirsty Wark and featuring artist Jeremy Deller, award-winning film-makers Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard and broadcasters and art critics Andrew Graham Dixon and Tim Marlow.
Art Screen at Night at the CCA follows each day of screenings and events with three nights of exclusive music and performances from special guests including a DJ set and live visuals from Jonnie Wilkes and Torsten Lauschmann on Saturday 12th April at 22:30.
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