An exciting world premiere
Glasgow Film Festival‘s 20th edition closed with a bang on Sunday night with the announcement of the winner of its prestigious Audience Award and the World Premiere of Janey – John Archer’s documentary about Glasgow stand-up Janey Godley’s final tour following her terminal cancer diagnosis.
Janey was pictured on the red carpet for the Closing Gala premiere of the film (pictured below).
Audience Award winner
Films shortlisted for the Audience Award included Viggo Mortensen’s The Dead Don’t Hurt, Aylin Tezel’s Isle of Skye-shot romance Falling Into Place and The Teacher by British-Palestinian filmmaker Farah Nabulsi, however, it was feel-good Icelandic football documentary The Home Game that took home the coveted prize.
The film garnered the highest-ever audience score in the Award’s 10 year history. It follows the amazing true story of a village football team and had its UK premiere at the festival.
Directors Smari Gunn and Logi Sigursveinsson said: “We are incredibly proud to receive this honour at Glasgow Film Festival. Being a small film from Iceland, it means so much for us to get this recognition and the opportunity to share the story of these loveable Icelandic villagers, as far and wide as possible.
“Everyone at GFF has been so welcoming to us and the audience reactions really blew us away… Thank you Glasgow!”
Allison Gardner, director of Glasgow Film Festival and CEO of Glasgow Film said: “We are delighted that The Home Game has won the audience award, our audiences are the best in the world and we can’t thank them enough.
“We have had a brilliant time welcoming guests to the festival and I want to warmly thank MUBI for their support of our Audience Award.”
Featured Image Credit: Glasgow Film
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