John Sayles Masterclass at the GFT!
Date: 29 Jan

Legendary American filmmaker John Sayles has confirmed his attendance as the star guest of the 2008 Glasgow Film Festival. A two time Oscar nominee, Sayles is the undisputed king of American independent cinema with an inspirational thirty year career that includes such landmark films as The Return Of The Secaucus Seven (1980), Matewan (1987), City Of Hope (1991), Passion Fish (1992), Lone Star (1996) and Sunshine State (2002). Sayles will attend the Festival with his partner and producer Maggie Renzi.

He will introduce his latest film Honeydripper and participate in a master class with Festival Co-Director Allan Hunter in which he will discuss his lengthy career as a director and as a screenwriter on such diverse films as Piranha (1978), The Howling (1981), Breaking In (1989), directed by Bill Forsyth, and The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) which will also receive a UK premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival.

Honeydripper receives its official UK premiere at the 2008 Glasgow Film Festival, screening at the Glasgow Film Theatre on Saturday February 16th at 8.00pm and again at CIneworld on Sunday February 17th at 6.15pm.

The Spiderwick Chronicles screens at Cineworld on Sunday February 17th at 1pm. The John Sayles master-class takes place at the Glasgow Film Theatre on Sunday February 17th at 4.15pm.

Tickets are available on www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk or by calling the box office on 0141 332 6535.

Honeydripper will be released by Axiom Films on April 25th. To request an interview with John Sayles please contact Tom Bell on tom@axiomfilms.co.uk or on 020 7243 3111.