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Girl review – sensitively drawn study of social anxiety

A troubled mother’s close bond with her daughter is threatened by a school friendship in Adura Onashile’s quietly powerful Glasgow-set debut

The Guardian - UK

Girl review – claustrophobic mother-daughter drama of immigrants in Glasgow

Writer-director Adura Onashile draws out brilliant performances in story of a frightened parent restricting her child’s adventures into independence

The Guardian - UK

Haunted by past horror: the powerful film about a mother and daughter in the Gorbals

She won an award for the play Expensive Shit. Now Adura Onashile has made Girl, her debut film about a mother and daughter facing violence and racism in Glasgow. How autobiographical is it?

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Award-winning filmmaker explains why Girl had to be set in Glasgow

SHE came to Glasgow for a month’s work but award-winning actor and director Adura Onashile was so enamoured with the city she made it her home.

The National (Scotland)

Famous faces set to walk red carpet at this year's Glasgow Film Festival

A HOST of famous faces are set to grace Glasgow Film Festival’s (GFF) red carpet this year as it returns for its 19th edition.

The National (Scotland)

Movie filmed and set in Glasgow to have UK premiere in city

The film Girl tells the story of a mother and daughter trying to rebuild their life in Glasgow and will have its UK premiere here in the city after having its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow Film Festival to open with ‘powerful and poignant’ film’s UK premiere

A “POWERFUL and poignant” film telling the story of a mother and daughter trying to rebuild their life in Glasgow will have its UK premiere in…

The National (Scotland)

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Film set and made in Glasgow to receive UK premiere at city’s festival

Girl tells the story of a mother and daughter trying to make a new life for themselves and will open this year’s Glasgow Film Festival.

The Independent UK

New play seeks to give a voice to Scotland’s black history

THE question of representation of people of colour on the Scottish stage (and, for that matter, within theatre audiences) is as complex as it is…

The National (Scotland)

Edinburgh Fringe reviews: An odyssey of chaos hits the mark

The National Theatre of Scotland pulls a rabbit out of the hat with this Edinburgh International Festival production of Medea

The National (Scotland)

Medea review – Adura Onashile exudes awesome authority in bloody tragedy

Liz Lochhead’s Scots verse spits wit and venom as male power meets female determination with operatic intensity, in this National Theatre of Scotland staging

The Guardian - UK

Déborah Lukumuena: ‘To be on screen with the body and skin I have is already very political’

She is the youngest ever winner of a César, and wowed critics as Gérard Dépardieu’s bodyguard. Now Lukumuena, one of France’s best young actors, has found her spiritual sister in a Glasgow film-maker

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