{"id":2130,"date":"2026-02-19T16:41:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catalanfilmfestival.co.uk\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=2130"},"modified":"2026-02-23T10:59:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:59:52","slug":"opening-night-glasgow-downriver-a-tiger","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/catalanfilmfestival.co.uk\/?tribe_events=opening-night-glasgow-downriver-a-tiger","title":{"rendered":"Opening Night &#8211; Glasgow &#8211; Downriver a Tiger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We open the festival in Glasgow with an event in collaboration with the Glasgow Short Film Festival, where we will present the UK premiere of Downriver, a Tiger. A Catalan film about a photographer from Barcelona living in Glasgow seemed like an absolutely perfect combination of Scottish and Catalonian stories and couldn\u2019t be a better fit for the Catalan Film Festival. Its clever blend of fiction and archival footage from The National Library of Scotland tells a beautiful story relating to the experience of living abroad, but also to local history and Glasgow\u2019s people.<\/p>\n<p>After the screening, we will be joined by the film&#8217;s director, Victor Diago, as well as lead actors Julia Diago and Shubham Kirve, for a Q and A.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f4c5.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udcc5\" \/> Wednesday 18th March<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f562.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd62\" \/> 8.00pm<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f4cd.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udccd\" \/> Glasgow Film Theatre<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gsff.filmchief.com\/shop\/tickets?v=1140\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-720\" src=\"https:\/\/catalanfilmfestival.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CUD-ticket-button-300x93.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/catalanfilmfestival.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CUD-ticket-button-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/catalanfilmfestival.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CUD-ticket-button-600x186.png 600w, https:\/\/catalanfilmfestival.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CUD-ticket-button-768x238.png 768w, https:\/\/catalanfilmfestival.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CUD-ticket-button.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Accessibility:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This programme has Descriptive Subtitles, transcribing both dialogue and key sounds and audio information from the film, such as who is speaking or [whistle blowing]. The Q&amp;A will be BSL interpreted. The venue is wheelchair accessible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the film:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>J\u00falia arrived some time ago in Glasgow from Barcelona. She wanted to start from scratch. Years have passed and she seems stuck: in the mornings she tries to pursue her career as a photographer, at night she cleans dishes in a restaurant. One afternoon, while taking portraits of pedestrians crossing a bridge, one of her eyes begins to fail. As the illness begins to spread, J\u00falia will begin a search into the past to the depths of Glasgow and its history. The river will carry her towards a memory: the day she met a mysterious group of people who pulled objects from the depths of the river. Among them was a boy, Shubham, who also came to the city from far away in search of a new life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We open the festival in Glasgow with an event in collaboration with the Glasgow Short Film Festival, where we will present the UK premiere of Downriver, a Tiger. 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