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Monster Tour with Gareth Edwards in Glasgow

03 November 10

On 3 November 2010; BAFTA in Scotland welcomed up and coming film maker Gareth Edwards to the Glasgow Film Theatre where he spoke about creating his film, Monsters.

Monster Regional Tour - Nottingham
BAFTA/Camille SalesSince the film's debut screening at Cannes in 2010, Monsters has received considerable critical acclaim and Edwards has been widely applauded for achieving impressive special effects on a micro-budget.

Throughout autumn 2010, BAFTA teamed up with Edwards and several regional partners to take the film on tour across the UK. Audiences in Glasgow were shown a pre-release screening of the film followed by a Q&A session with Gareth in which he spoke about the challenges of creating the film and offered advice on the film making craft.

The 'Monster Tour' was also taken to Nottingham, Cardiff, Bristol and Newcastle.

Gareth Edwards 'Monster Tour' Features:

Monster Tour Event Gallery

Fimmaker Gareth Edwards. Pic: Jon Pountney Regional Monsters Screenings with Gareth Edwards Filmmaker Gareth Edwards. Pic: Jon Pountney Regional Monsters Screenings with Gareth Edwards Filmmaker Gareth Edwards in Cardiff. Pic: Jon Pountney Monsters Screening with Gareth Edwards: Cardiff Filmmaker Gareth Edwards in Cardiff. Pic: Jon Pountney Monsters Screening with Gareth Edwards: Cardiff Lisa Nesbitt, Director of BAFTA Cymru at the Monsters screening. Pic: Jon Pountney Monsters Screening with Gareth Edwards: Cardiff The audience at Ffresh Student Moving Image Festival of Wales. Pic: Jon Pountney. Monsters Screening with Gareth Edwards: Cardiff Gareth Edwards answers questions from Cardiff-based filmmaker Tom Betts. Pic: Jon Pountney. Monsters Screening with Gareth Edwards: Cardiff Gareth Edwards Q&A with Tom Betts; organiser of the Chapter MovieMaker screenings. Pic: Jon Pountney. Monsters Screening with Gareth Edwards: Cardiff Screening and Q&A with Monsters writer & director Gareth Edwards in Glasgow. Apart of a BAFTA regional tour. (Photograhy: Jenny Anderson) Monsters Screening with Gareth Edwards: Glasgow Creator Gareth Edwards talks on working with a tight budget for his directional debut Monsters at the Glasgow film theatre. (Photography: Jernny Anderson) Monsters Screening with Gareth Edwards: Glasgow Writer & Director Gareth Edwards answered the audience’s questions after the screening in Glasgow (Photography: Jenny Anderson) Monsters Screening with Gareth Edwards: Glasgow The regional tour landed at the Glasgow Film Theatre (Photography: Jenny Anderson) Monsters Screening with Gareth Edwards: Glasgow Writer and Director; Gareth Edwards. (Pic: BAFTA/Camille Sales) Monsters Screening with Gareth Edwards: Nottingham Gareth in preperation for the evenings screening and workshop in Nottingham. (Pic: BAFTA/Camille Sales) Monsters Screening with Gareth Edwards: Nottingham Monsters writer and director Gareth Edwards outside the Nottingham Broadway Theatre. (Pic: BAFTA/Camille Sales) Monsters Screening with Gareth Edwards: Nottingham (Pic: BAFTA/Camille Sales) Monsters Screening with Gareth Edwards: Nottingham After showcasing the film, Gareth sits down for a Q&A session (Pic: BAFTA/Camille Sales) Monsters Screening with Gareth Edwards: Nottingham Audience members got their chance to question Gareth on making his directional debut at Nottingham Broadway (Pic: BAFTA/Camille Sales) Monsters Screening with Gareth Edwards: Nottingham As apart of the regional tour with Gareth, he held a Master Class in Making Monsters at the Nottingham Broadway Theatre. (Pic: BAFTA/Camille Sales) Monsters Screening with Gareth Edwards: Nottingham Creator Gareth Edwards showcases some of the techniques to building some of the film special effects. (Pic: BAFTA/Camille Sales) Monsters Screening with Gareth Edwards: Nottingham

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