Glasgow loves cinema and offers a wide selection of entertainment to film goers and movie buffs alike. You can see all the latest big releases or catch an art house movie, participate in film quiz nights and enjoy special screenings.Frankenstein at GFT
24 October – 6 November, 2025 Jacob Elordi, Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz shine in Guillermo del Toro’s imaginative and elemental retelling of Mary Shelley’s groundbreaking novel. Few contemporary filmmakers are as adept at balancing attention to detail and technical prowess with genuine emotional heft as Academy Award-winning filmmaker Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, The Shape of Water). His […]
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Thursday, October 16, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Hallowe'en in Glasgow
One Battle After Another
27 September – 16 October, 2025 GFT 122 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB When their evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years, a band of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own. Leonardo DiCaprio stars alongside Teyana Taylor, Regina Hall, and Alana Haim (who starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s last film, 2021’s Licorice Pizza) in this latest blistering satire […]
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Monday, October 13, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema
CinemaAttic Colombia Presente! – Short Films
Wednesday 15 October, 2025, 7 p.m. CinemaAttic returns to the CCA with Colombia Presente!, the fourth edition of its annual short film programme highlighting Colombian cinema. This year’s showcase features the magnificent and thoughtful About Happy Hippos and Sad Peacocks, with more short films to be revealed soon. What do hippos and peacocks have to say about […]
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The Mastermind at GFT
Tuesday 14 October 2025. 8.20 p.m. Josh O’Connor is superb as a rudderless everyman out of step with his immediate environs and the country at large, in Kelly Reichardt’s funny, shaggy heist film. 1970s America has witnessed a generational chasm and a society torn apart by Vietnam. But JB is oblivious to these cultural changes as he bumbles […]
Rental Family at GFT
Thursday 16 October, 2025, 8.20 p.m. After his Oscar success with The Whale, Brendan Fraser returns to LFF, starring in HIKARI’s rich and heartwarming tale of a struggling American actor searching for a connection in Tokyo. Phillip Vanderpleog (Fraser) lives in the Japanese capital. Looking for any work opportunities, he is employed by a ‘rental family’ company, which provides clients […]
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Souleymane’s Story at GFT
17 – 23 October, 2025 Every second of Souleymane’s new life in France is precious. Having fled Guinea, his asylum interview looms. He powers through the streets of after dark Paris as a delivery rider, sleeps in hostels and prepares for his make-or-break appointment. Pressure builds as his date with destiny approaches. Boris Lojkine’s portrait […]
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The Smashing Machine at GFT
3 – 22 October, 2025 In one of the year’s most surprising pairings, Dwayne Johnson and indie icon Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems) team up in The Smashing Machine, the powerful story of pioneering mixed martial arts/UFC fighter Mark Kerr. Kerr helped grow the sport’s popularity in its early days, but the fights’ brutal demands took a toll, eventually leading to […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
A House of Dynamite at GFT
3 – 16 October, 2025 When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond. ★★★★★ ‘Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear endgame thriller is a terrifying, white-knuckle comeback’ – The Guardian Buy tickets GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB
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Urchin at GFT
3 – 16 October, 2025 The stunning directorial debut from Harris Dickinson, powered by an outstanding, award-winning performance from Frank Dillane. Mike (Dillane), a rough sleeper on the streets of London, is trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he attempts to turn his life around. Moving between short-term jobs and small-time hustles, he must balance the […]
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Document Human Rights Film Festival, Glasgow
Saturday 18 October, 2025 at 4 p.m. Park Lane Market, 976 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 2HA Re-launch of Document Human Rights Film Festival Everyone welcome. Details of programme to be announced
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Gone Too Far plus discussion
Monday 20 October, 2025, 5.30 p.m. Screening of Gone Too Far! and discussion at GFT. The discussion will be co-hosted by Amy Rich, Communities and Campaigns Officer at the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights and Angie Mwafulirwa, director of Sharpen Her: the African Women’s Network. Along with some of the members of Sharpen Her, […]
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Sunday, October 12, 2025 | Filed under: Black History Month Glasgow, Cinema
The House of Mirth at GFT
25th, 27th and 29th October, 2025 Adapted from Edith Wharton’s classic novel, Terence Davies’ BAFTA-nominated drama features an acclaimed performance by Gillian Anderson as a young woman looking to make a good marriage, drawn into a downward spiral when her honour and her love for another prevent her from accepting the advances of a wealthy banker. The film proved […]
October 2025 Programme at GFT
Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) – the city’s home of cinema for over 85 years – has revealed its October 2025 programme. Highlights include: Exclusive preview screenings from BFI London Film Festival, in partnership with American Express. A mammoth season celebrating big screen melodrama. Special screenings to mark Black History Month, in partnership with the Coalition […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog
Woodlands Community – Anti Racist Film Club
Film Screenings at Woodlands Community Autumn / Winter 2025 Tuesday 28 October, 2025 – Khartoum – Booking and Information at Eventbrite Tuesday 25 November, 2025 – Dahomey-Booking and Information at Eventbrite Tuesday 16 December, 2025 – All We Imagine As Light – Booking and Information Come and be a part of Woodlands Community monthly Anti-Racist […]
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Saturday, October 11, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Community event, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Woodlands Community
Kenny Dalglish at GFT
Tuesday 28 October, 2025, 7.50 p.m. Kenny Dalglish narrates his own journey, joined by his wife Marina and closest footballing friends Graeme Souness and Alan Hansen and other fans. Drawing from hundreds of hours of archival footage, including never-before-seen personal clips from his playing career and home life, the film reveals his remarkable story-a great player […]
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Friday, October 10, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema
I Swear at GFT
10 – 23 October, 2025 Shot in Scotland, I Swear is the powerful true-life story of Tourette’s Syndrome campaigner John Davidson MBE – brilliantly portrayed by Game of Thrones and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power actor, Robert Aramayo. Performances tagged ‘Relaxed Screening’ will be less formal, with audience members allowed to make noises and leave their seats […]
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Giant at GFT
Saturday 18 October, 2025, 8 p.m. Amir El-Masry and Pierce Brosnan star in the thrilling real-life story of world champion boxer Prince Naseem ‘Naz’ Hamed and his trainer Brendan Ingle. Inspired by real events and featuring tremendous performances by the two leads, Giant follows Hamed from his humble beginnings in 1980s and 1990s Sheffield, where he was exposed to Islamophobia […]
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Scotland Loves Anime 2025
31 October – 4 November, 2025 Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgfow G3 6RB An essential season for any anime fans. The programme includes UK Premieres, rarely screened agfems and even a special mystery film. Friday October 31st 2:20 pm – Mystery Film 5:00 pm – Lupin the IIIrd: The Immortal Bloodline + […]
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Resilience – The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope film screening G20Youth
Tuesday 21st October, 2025 – 3.30pm – 5pm Book a space: Emailor text 07762029663 G20, 21 Dunbeith Place , GlasgowG20 8HS You are invited to a community screening of Resilience, a powerful documentary exploring how childhood stress and trauma (ACEs, Adverse Childhood Experiences) shape long-term health.“This issue is very real for our community” G20Youth on Facebook […]
Thursday, October 9, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: Elio at GFT
Saturday, 11 October, 2025 11.30 a.m. Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be. GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Buy tickets
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Wednesday, October 8, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
Samizdat: Eastern European Film Festival
30 September – 3 October, 2025 Named after the practice of clandestine dissemination of censored and forbidden texts in communist states, Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival is returning for 2025 with an as-ever eclectic mix of some of the most exciting, powerful, thoughtful, weird and wonderful filmmaking from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus. […]
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Friday, October 3, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog
Take 2: Natures Resources at GFT
Saturday 4 October, 2025 11.30 a.m. Fashion curator Isabella Coraça will guide children through this special programme of animations showcasing the harmonious collaboration between humans and non-human species. Across the history of cinema, children’s animated films have conveyed profound wisdom by exploring the cooperation of human and non-human species and contemplating the uncertain boundary where […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
The Wiz plus introduction
Monday 6 October, 2025, 7.45 p.m. Legendary music producer Quincy Jones teamed up with Charlie Smalls to bring the 1974 Broadway musical The Wiz to the big screen, with the help of an all-star African American cast. Directed by Academy Award nominee Sidney Lumet, this lively retelling of The Wizard of Oz stars Diana Ross as Dorothy, while music […]
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| Filed under: Black History Month Glasgow, Cinema
Ocean with David Attenborough: Community Screening & Q&A at GFT
Monday, October 13, 2025 at 10am – 12pm Doors at 9:45 a.m. By Marine Conservation Society Afree screening of Ocean with David Attenborough, hosted by the Marine Conservation Society and followed by a Q &A. The Marine Conservation Society are hosting a free screening of Ocean with David Attenborough – a stunning documentary showing us […]
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It Was Just An Accident at GFT
Saturday 11 October, 2025 at 5.20 p.m. Jafar Panahi’s critically acclaimed and deserving Palme d’Or winner is a muscular thriller and an engaging morality tale for our times. A minor traffic accident reunites two men with a shared past. One is set on revenge, but then doubts set in. Panahi (Crimson Gold, 3 Faces, No Bears) […]
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema
Chasing the Light – screening at CCA
Saturday 8 November, 2025, 5 p.m. -7 p.m. CCA., 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD Scottish Mental Health and Arts Festival 2025 An idealistic dream becomes a world-renowned centre of Tibetan Buddhist practice on an Irish peninsula in Chasing the Light, a hopeful and inspiring feature documentary from director, Maurice O’Brien. Set amongst the spiritual community […]
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Tuesday, September 30, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Gentle, Angy Women at GFT
Wednesday 1 2.10 p.m. and Thursday 2 October 3.10 p.m., 2025 A new generation of young female activists awakens to a powerful, forgotten chapter of women’s history. As they navigate the complexities of teenage life and social activism, three young women – Poppy (16), Xanthe (17), and Evie (19) – discover the remarkable Greenham Common […]
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Saturday, September 27, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema
The Lost Bus at GFT
26 September – 2 October, 2025 From director Paul Greengrass and inspired by real events, The Lost Bus is a white-knuckle ride through one of America’s deadliest wildfires as a wayward school bus driver (Matthew McConaughey) and a dedicated school teacher (America Ferrera) battle to save 22 children from the terrifying inferno. ‘White knuckle riveting’ — Roger Ebert Buy tickets GFT […]
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Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2025
Friday 26 until Sunday 28 September, 2025 This year’s Glasgow Youth Film Festival programme is bursting with special screenings and educational events. See full programmme GYFF 2025 Opening Film On Friday 26 September, GYFF25 opens with the Scottish Premiere of Plainclothes, the Sundance award-winning romantic thriller starring Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey. Closing Event […]
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Friday, September 26, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: Fantastic Mr Fox at GFT
Saturday 27 September, 2025 11.30 a.m. Fantastic Mr Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family. Part of Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2025. Every child attending a Take 2 screening receives […]
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| Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
Related Pages
- Frankenstein at GFT
- One Battle After Another
- CinemaAttic Colombia Presente! – Short Films
- The Mastermind at GFT
- Rental Family at GFT
- Souleymane’s Story at GFT
- The Smashing Machine at GFT
- A House of Dynamite at GFT
- Urchin at GFT
- Document Human Rights Film Festival, Glasgow
- Gone Too Far plus discussion
- The House of Mirth at GFT
- October 2025 Programme at GFT
- Woodlands Community – Anti Racist Film Club
- Kenny Dalglish at GFT
- I Swear at GFT
- Giant at GFT
- Scotland Loves Anime 2025
- Resilience – The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope film screening G20Youth
- Take 2: Elio at GFT
