Filmmakers – Matchbox Cine

Jackal Films: The Making of Stiffy

Following our Glasgow Short Film Festival retrospective programme, Two Weirds Is Too Weird: The Jackal Films of Alice Lowe & Jacqueline Wright, director Jacqueline Wright has very kindly allowed us to host The Making Of Stiffy, a behind the scenes look at her 2005 short, written by and starring Alice Lowe. Watch it now, with descriptive subtitles, on our Facebook page.

Lost and Found: LONG SHOT

We’re honoured to present Dylan Cave’s excellent article on our July film, Long Shot (Maurice Hatton, 1978), from the Sight & Sound series on overlooked films currently unavailable on DVD or Blu Ray.

Long Shot Sight and Sound — Click image to read full article

Our rare screening of Long Shot, on 35mm, is followed by a Q&A with special guests, discussing Scottish filmmaking, all from 7pm on Thursday 21st July at CCA, Glasgow. Tickets are on sale now.

Used with permission, courtesy Sight & Sound. Unauthorised use is forbidden. This article originally appeared in the June 2016 issue. www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound.

Matchbox Cine is an independent film exhibitor, specialising in cult film, and an award-winning subtitler, specialising in access provision for film exhibition & distribution. From Glasgow, Scotland, and currently based in Bristol, England, we programme, curate and promote cult film events across the UK.

As exhibitors, we specialise in celebrating the outcasts, orphans and outliers of cult cinema. Alongside our regular programming and collaborations, we’ve delivered several editions of the festivals Weird Weekend, Cage-a-rama and KeanuCon.

As access practitioners, we work with festivals, film-makers, venues and distributors to produce access materials for all professional contexts. We’ve produced descriptive subtitles for over 1,000 films and can advise on all aspects of accessibility in film exhibition and distribution.