Premiere of TAXI DRIVER + Q&A with the producer + screening of 3 animated shorts

Join us for the Glasgow premiere of TAXI DRIVER, followed by a Q&A session with producer and lead actress Effie Samara, hosted by Alison Phipps.

TAXI DRIVER is a film about the poetic reality of life behind the wheel: the beauty, the fear, the precariousness and the laughter for a woman taxi driver as night falls on the landscape of the West of Scotland. The film fearlessly meanders through a year of the Driver's life to share the times of bonding, secrets, utter terror and shared hope and laughter to show the reality of women's work under the most extreme​ conditions.

Supported by Creative Scotland and NEON NARUS Trust. TAXI DRIVER has received nominations by the Paris International Short Festival, the Paris Lady Movie-Makers Festival and the NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FESTIVAL.

Effie Samara is a doctoral researcher and UNESCO RILA Affiliate Artist at the University of Glasgow. Her work explores the dramaturges of exile in the contexts of democracy, justice and restorative art. She has written extensively in the areas of Human Rights, decolonising pedagogy and social justice and is the recipient of the Chancellor's Fund Award the European Cultural Foundation Award and the Playwrights' Studio Scotland Award. Her theatre and film work include SARTRE and the Poetic Constitution for Scotland supported by Creative Scotland, Arts Council England, the University of Glasgow and the British Academy.

More information: https://www.thinkingacts.com/taxidriver

Before the main film, we will screen three short animated films:

Resolution (05:48)
By Lina Ghaibeh, George Khoury, Ellie Smith and Melanie Klinkner

This is Everything I've Got (11:17)
By Erdem Avşar and Ümit Ünal

Unstoppable Beat (05:47)
By PositivesNegatives and Studio Gruff, Richard Hughes, Oliver Meech, Benjamin Worku-Dix, Luke & Rufus Dye-Montefiore

The location on the map below is not accurate. The building is opposite the Glasgow University Union in the Gilmorehill Centre.