The Festival Directors have announced the dates of the 2009 Festival which will run from February 12th to 22nd.

GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES FANTASTIC FOURTH YEAR

The Festival has recorded another great leap forward in audience attendance with final figures expected to nudge 20,000 admissions.

The eleven-day event has seen sell out screenings across the programme from the world premiere of Paul Andrew
William's gleeful romp The Cottage to the documentary Joy Division, Uruguay comedy The Pope's Toilet and the silver anniversary screening of Local Hero.

"We have been thrilled by the audience response to this year's programme," declared Festival Co-Director Allison Gardner. "There has been a real excitement about the Festival and adventurous audiences willing to embrace a diverse range of cinema from Hollywood blockbusters to our focus on East European films."

"The Festival is continuing to build its international reputation as an event that brings the best of world cinema to Glasgow. Guests have arrived from all over the globe and been universally impressed by the warmth of the welcome and how informed our audiences are," observes Allan Hunter, co-director of the Festival. "The success of this year's Festival has only inspired us to continue the development of the Glasgow Film Festival as a world class event."