Mercury Prize nominess Field Music and 90s synth-pop stars Saint Etienne are heading up a new series of film and music events run by the Glasgow Film Theatre. The Glasgow Film Festival's successful Sound & Vision programme will now be expanded into a year-round programme of events, including collaborations with the visiting Stag & Dagger Live at Glasgow festival, a special Record Store Day screening and documentaries on Kurt Cobain and Elliott Smith. Full details of the events announced so far are as follows:
Cobain: Montage of Heck, Fri Apr 10-Thu Apr 16
Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is the subject of this documentary, the first film project about the singer that's been fully authorised by his estate (daughter Frances Bean Cobain produces). The film blends home movies, animation, archive footage and interviews, all tied together by director Brett Morgen ('The Kid Stays in the Picture').
Empire Records, Fri Apr 17
A 90s nostalgia piece notable for its early appearances by Renee Zellweger and Liv Tyler (who has her own links to the music scene in dad Steve Tyler of Aerosmith), 'Empire Records' predates 'High Fidelity' in its depiction of a record store which embodies a spirit that's about more than just selling records. Suitably enough, this screening takes place on the eve of Record Store Day.
My Secret World: The Story of Sarah Records, Sun Apr 26
Documentary focusing the indiest of indie labels: Bristol-based Sarah Records, which ran from 1987-1995 and was home to the likes of Orchids, The Wake and Golden Dawn. Sarah founders Clare Wadd and David Brogan will be attending to discuss the film and the label.
Heaven Adores You, Sun May 6
Part of a series of screenings to line up with the Stage & Dagger Live at Glasgow one-dayer, this documentary pays tribute to the incendiary talent and career of Elliott Smith, who died under suspicious circumstances in 2003, aged 34.
How We Used to Live featuring Saint Etienne, Tue May 19
The synth-pop trio, accompanied by an additional five touring members, will play a live score to Paul Kelly's archive doc about London, covering the optimistic post-war 1950s through to the rise of Thatcherism in the early 1980s.
Drifters featuring Field Music, Sun May 31
The Mercury Prize nominees provide a live airing of their 2013 soundtrack to John Grierson's masterpiece of narrative documentary cinema, a 1929 film that charted the hard-wearing lives of North Sea fishermen.
Sound & Vision, Glasgow Film Theatre, Fri Apr 10-Sat May 31; for more details and tickets, check out the GFT website.