Southside Film Festival.

Great programme of events in ‘pop up’ cinemas all over the Southside of Glasgow. Plus monthly film screenings throughout the year in The Glad Cafe.
Screening a wide range of films of all genres. Watch out for Scottish films and the work of local filmmakers.

Southside Film Festival 2019

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7 – 9 June, 2019 Southside Film Festival  was started in 2011 by freelance Film & TV Producer and Project Manager Karen O’Hare.  Karen was inspired to create the festival as the Southside of Glasgow  did not have a cinema or any regular film events and Karen felt that Southsiders would really respond to a local […]

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Southside Film Festival 2018

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1st – 3rd June 2018 Bringing film back to the Southside For this year’s programme  inspiration has been taken from the Scottish Government’s Year of Young People with lots of films for young people, about young people and programmed by young people. Kids can roll out of bed in their PJs and come along to […]

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End of the Game, Southside Film Club, The Glad Cafe, 22 November, 2017

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 Q&A with director Wednesday 22nd November, 2017 The Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G41 2HG 8pm (Doors 7.30pm) Join us on a bizarre journey to Africa with a vegan filmmaker and a big game hunter! Committed vegan, David Graham Scott, follows old colonial relic Guy Wallace as he prepares to go on his last big […]

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Friday, November 17, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, Southside Film Festival

Safety Last! Southside Film Festival, 4 June, 2017

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Safety Last! 4 June, 2017 – 3 p.m. Pollokshaws Burgh Hall, 2025 Pollokshaws Road, G43 1NE (Cert U, 67 mins, 1923) **WITH LIVE WURLITZER CINEMA ORGAN** £10/£8 Come see this rarely screened silent film classic starring the comic genius of Harold Lloyd with live musical accompaniment on the Wurlitzer cinema organ in Pollokshaws Burgh Hall […]

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Southside Film Festival, ‘It Follows’, Govanhill Baths, 3 June, 2017

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Saturday 3 June, 2017 – 22.15 p.m. Govanhill Baths, 99 Calder St, Glasgow G42 7RA A seemingly innocent sexual encounter leads to a living nightmare for 19-year-old Jay when she begins to experience supernatural visions and the unshakable feeling that she is being followed. Lauded as one of the most original horror films of recent […]

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Southside Film Festival 2017: We’re All Fae Somewhere, Special Refugee Screening, Kinning Park Complex, 2 June, 2017

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Friday 2 June, 2017 Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall St, Glasgow G41 1BA An evening of film, discussion, food and music with this special refugee event presented in partnership with Refuweegee and Plantation Productions that puts a spotlight both on the refugee crisis and the resettlement of refugees and asylum seekers, particularly in Govan in […]

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Cameraman, Queens Park Camera Club, Friday 2 June, 2017

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Friday, 2 June, 2017 8 p.m. Queen’s Park Camera Club 54 Millbrae Road Glasgow G42 9UG Cert 15, 102 mins, 2016) What does it mean to film another person? How does it affect that person – and what does it do to the one who films? Documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson turns the spotlight on her […]

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Southside Film Festival 2017: 2 – 4 June, 2017

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2nd – 4th June 2017 Bringing film back to the Southside This year’s Southside Film Festival – brings you screenings in a yurt, to artist film in the beautiful House for an Art Lover – most definitely something for everyone! The Ethereal Wireless of the Dreaming Mind Opening with a bang, creak and a clatter, […]

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Dr Who and the Daleks, The Glad Cafe, Southside Film Festival , 17 May, 2017

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The Glad Cafe, 17 May, 7.30 p.m. The Glasgow Doctor Who Society presents ‘Dr. Who and the Daleks’ in association with Southside Film Festival and sponsored by CherryMan Media as part of the Southside Fringe Glasgow. First of two big screen adaptations of ’Doctor Who’ in the 60’s in the midst of ‘Dalekmania’, it’s garish, […]

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Southside Film presents: I, Daniel Blake at The Glad Cafe, Wednesday 29th March, 2017

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Wednesday 29 March, 2017   Southside Film presents a free screening of the award winning I, Daniel Blake with donations to the Glasgow South East Food Bank encouraged. Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) has worked as a joiner for most of his life in Newcastle. For the first time in his life he needs help from […]

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Muriel’s Wedding, CCA, 10 March, 2017 – Clydebank Women’s Aid, Glasgow Women’s Aid & Southside Film

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Women Only Event to Celebrate International Women’s Day Clydebank Women’s Aid, Glasgow Women’s Aid & Southside Film presents MURIEL’S WEDDING (Cert: 12, 105 mins, 1994) CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD Socially awkward Muriel Heslop (Toni Collette) wants nothing more than to get married. Unfortunately, due to her oppressive politician father (Bill Hunter), Muriel has […]

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Saturday, March 4, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, International Womens Day 2017, Southside Film Festival

Southside Film presents Wee Green Cinema 2 and 3 July, 2016

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Southside Film presents Wee Green Cinema, a bicycle and solar powered cinema tent, that will be poping up at Pollokshields Playhouse (opposite Tramway) 16 Albert Drive. On the corner of Albert Drive and Barrland Street. First weekend in July, 2016 There will be FREE film screenings and events/workshops that explore what it means to be […]

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Southside Film Festival, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 21 May, 2016

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Southside Film Festival, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Autism Friendly Screening with Chocolate Workshop Chocolate! Roald Dahl! May 21st, 2016 at 12.30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Loks Bar, 16 Newlandsfield Road, G43 2 XU Join Southside Film for an autism friendly screening of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) with a spectacular chocolate making workshop […]

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Southside Film Festival: Inside Out 15 May, 2016

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Autism Friendly Screening May 15, 2016 at 10.00 a.m. Loks Bar, 16 Newlandsfield Road, G43 2 XU Southside Film presents: Inside Out with pillows! Come along to Loks for our extra comfy autism friendly screening of new Pixar classic Inside Out, with lots of extra pillows and comfy things for everyone to lie on at […]

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Blazing Saddles Southside Film Festival Saturday, March 12, 2016

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Blazing Saddles Southside Film Festival Saturday, March 12, 2016 7 PM – 9 PM   Govanhill Baths Community Trust99 Calder Street, Glasgow G42 7RA     Find TicketsTickets Available www.seetickets.com [email protected] southsidefilm.co.uk/ Southside Film Festival Information on Facebook Govanhill Community Baths Trust Facebook  

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Duck Soup and His Girl Friday, Southside Film Festival, 12 March, 2016

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Duck Soup & His Girl Friday Southside Film Festval Govanhill Baths Community Trust Friday, 12 March, 2016 1 PM – 4 PM Widely considered to be the Marx brothers’ best film, Duck Soup (1933) sees Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) appointed the new leader of the tiny bankrupt nation of Freedonia. Committed to mayhem and […]

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Zoolander Southside Film Festval 11 March, 2016

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CANCELLED Zoolander Southside Film Festival Govanhill Baths Community Trust Friday, 11 March, 2016 7 PM – 9 PM After being eclipsed by rising star Hansel (Owen Wilson), dim-witted male supermodel Derek Zoolander (Stiller) gets drawn into the inner circle of nefarious fashion designer Jacobim Magatu (Will Ferrell), and unwittingly becomes involved in an assassination conspiracy […]

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Southside Film Festival and Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2016

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Bringing some joy and joviality to the Southside As part of Glasgow International Comedy Festival, they’re screening some much-loved comedy classics at Govanhill Baths on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th of March. Kicking us off on the Friday night will be Ben Stiller’s zany fashion spoof Zoolander. With the hotly anticipated sequel Zoolander 2 released […]

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LGBTI+ History Month… How To Survive A Plague Southside United Film Club 5 February, 2016

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LGBTI+ History Month… How To Survive A Plague Southside United Film Club Govanhill Baths Community Trust 5 February, 2016 The first screening of the year will be to mark and celebrate LGBTI+ History Month. We will be screening “How To Survive A Plague” by David France. This film charts the early years of the AIDS […]

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Southside Film Festival 8 – 11 October, 2015

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Southside Film Festival is back with a wonderful programme for 2015. Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 October. Bringing great films, exciting workshops, fantastic exhibitions and some super special events to spaces around Glasgow Southside, including a screening of Madeleine with rustic French food at Pollok House; a discussion on the condition of contemporary Scottish cinema; […]

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Man With A Movie Camera with live Wurlitzer Cinema Organ Sunday, October 11 2015 Southside Film Festival

Man With A Movie Camera with live Wurlitzer Cinema Organ Sunday, October 11, 2015 at 7:30pm Southside Film Festival          Pollockshaws Burgh Hall2025 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G43 1NE Tickets from Wegotickets        This is an extraordinary piece of filmmaking, a montage of urban Russian life showing the people of the city at work and […]

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Making in the Movies, Southside Film Festival, All Day Event, Govanhill Baths, 10 October, 2015

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Making in the Movies Southside Film Festival 10 October, 2015 Govanhill Baths Community Trust99 Calder Street, Glasgow G42 7RA Southside Film Festival Presents: 10.30am- 6pm / FREE In a festival first, in partnership with Rags to Riches, Sew La Tea Dough, Glasgow Craftivists and Govanhill Baths, join us for an afternoon focused on fashion, craft, […]

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Southside Film Festival: The Gorbals Story Friday 9 October, 2015 St Francis Hall, Gorbals.

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  Southside Film Festival: The Gorbals Story Friday 9 October, 2015         St Francis Hall, Gorbals.405 Cumberland Street, G5 0SE Glasgow Friday 9 October 8 p.m.        Tickets from wegotickets Southside Film Festival Presents: THE GORBALS STORY (PG, 74 mins, 1950)St Francis Community Centre, GorbalsGorbals, 9th OctDoors 7.30pm/film 8pm£8 full price/£6 concession Adapted from […]

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Friday, October 2, 2015 | Filed under: Cinema, Southside Film Festival

Southside Film Festival – Winter 2015

Southside Film Festival bringing film back to the Southside Various venues in Glasgow’s South Side 8 – 11 October, 2015. Download the programme (PDF) Thursday 8th October Tickets for each film are available to book at: http://www.wegottickets.com/southsidefilmfestival Please note all FREE events are unticketed; entry will be first-come-first-served, and entry cannot be guaranteed. Opening Reception: […]

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Thursday, September 17, 2015 | Filed under: Cinema, Southside Film Festival

How To Write A Film Review With Siobhan Synnot, Sunday 11 October, 2015 The Glad Foundation

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How To Write A Film Review With Siobhan Synnot Sunday, October 11, 2015 2:00pm – 3:00pm The Glad Foundation Tickets: wegottickets.com Opinionated? Eloquent? Neither? If your views on anything you watch can’t be suppressed come along to this special workshop hosted by film, arts & currents affairs journalist Siobhan Synnot. Find out how to what […]

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Call for films for Southside Film Festival 2015

The 2015 Southside Film Festival will run from Thursday 8 October to Sunday 11 October, 2015. This year’s film festival focuses on cinema going heritage of the Southside and films made in the Southside. They want to see your films and hear your memories of going to the cinema in the Southside before the last cinema […]

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Wednesday, May 13, 2015 | Filed under: Cinema, Southside Film Festival

Death Watch (12A) Southside Film Festival Tues 20th January, 2015

Death Watch (12A) Southside Film Festival Tues 20th January, 2015 The Glad Cafe1006a Pollokshaws Road, Shawlands, G41 8pm (doors 7.30pm) £6, £5 conc Buy tickets “the best dystopian sci fi you’ve never seen” -Cine-Vue Before Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror or David Cronenberg entered the Videodrome or Big Brother, Bertrand Tavernier came to Glasgow to film […]

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Friday, January 16, 2015 | Filed under: Cinema, Southside Film Festival

Spinal Tap, The Glad Cafe, Tuesday 9 December 2014

 Spinal Tap   The Glad Cafe  Tuesday 9 December  Southside Film Festival  Finishing The Glad Cafe music season on Tuesday 9 December is a film that needs no introduction: This is Spinal Tap. Rob Reiner’s cult mockumentary about the British heavy metal band is interspersed with powerful performances of Tap’s mesmerising music and profound lyrics, as the film candidly […]

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 | Filed under: Cinema, Southside Film Festival

Southside FilmFestival – The Lodger November 2, 8 p.m, Pollokshaws Hall

Southside FilmFestival – The Lodger Sunday, November 2  8 p.m. Pollokshaws Burgh Hall      The Lodger: A Story of the London FogDir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1927, PG, 82 minsSunday 2 November, 2014Pollokshaws Burgh Hall8pm (doors 7.30pm)£8/£6 concession       www.brownpapertickets.com One of Hitchcock’s first ever films is based on the story of Jack The Ripper and stars […]

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Thursday, October 30, 2014 | Filed under: Cinema, Hallowe'en in Glasgow, Southside Film Festival

We Are The Best! 4 November, 2014 The Glad Cafe

We Are The Best! 4 November, 2014 The Glad Cafe 8pm- doors 7.30pm£6/£5 concessionBuy tickets online Directed by Swedish auteur Lukas Moodysson, We Are the Best! revolves around three girls in 1980’s Stockholm who decide to form a punk band despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead. “A […]

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014 | Filed under: Cinema, Southside Film Festival

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