Bleak Week at GFT: Grave of the Fireflies
Sunday 21 June, 2026, 7.20 p.m. In the final months of the Second World War, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their […]
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Saturday, June 20, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema
Bleak Week at GFT: Twin Peaks S3 – Episode 8
Saturday 20 June, 2026, 9 p.m. Twenty-five years after Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) disappeared into the Black Lodge, filmmaker David Lynch and his co-writer Mark Frost returned to the world of Twin Peaks and created one of the greatest TV comebacks the small screen has ever seen. Arguably the crowning achievement of the series was the 8th episode, also […]
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Threads plus intdroduction to Bleak Week at GFT
Friday 19 June, 2028, 7.10 p.m. Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization. Widely acclaimed as a terrifying masterpiece of British television. Screening as part of GFT’s Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair season, […]
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Friday, June 19, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: Young Sherlock Holmes
Saturday 20 June, 2026, 11.30 a.m. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move […]
Nino at GFT
19 – 25 June, 2026 It’s the eve of Nino’s 29th birthday when he is diagnosed with cancer. Told by his doctor that he has three days before his treatment begins and, having also lost the keys to his apartment, he embarks on an odyssey across Paris. Pauline Loquès’ sensitive debut feature mixes humour and poignancy as […]
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Lesbian Space Princess at GFT
19 – 25 June, 2026 A laugh-out-loud adventure through the far reaches of queer outer space, Lesbian Space Princess showcases the incredible talents of South Australian writers/directors, Leela Varghese and Emma Hough Hobbs. Princess Saira has just been dumped by her impossibly cool girlfriend Kiki for being too needy. Her sulking takes a sharp turn when her new ex calls […]
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Effi o Blaenau at GFT
19 – 25 June, 2026 Up-and-coming star Leisa Gwenllian (On the Sea) is magnetic as hard-partying Effi, a young woman in rural Wales whose life largely revolves around drinking vodka with her mates and eating instant noodles to cure her subsequent hangovers. We’re invited to walk a mile in Effi’s shoes after a night on the town […]
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Operation Recomply at GFT
Tuesday, 14 July, 2026 Doors: 17:45 Film:18:10 Director Q & A (TBC): 19:30 Operation Recomply, the name given to the counter-terror policing operation, is an independent documentary which follows the events surrounding the Filton 25 case: a group of British activists who entered an Elbit Systems facility in Filton, exposing Israeli drones being manufactured on British soil. […]
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Thursday, June 18, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema
CinemARC – Refugee Week
Thursday 18 June, 2026 5.30 p.m. – 7.45 p.m. ByThe ARC Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW Showcasing a selection of films which speak to migration, displacement and the experiences of those seeking refuge. Based on Refugee Festival Scotland 2026 themes of celebration, collaboration and building a shared future, this CinemARC […]
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Tuesday, June 16, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Dreamers Screening at The Pyramid
Monday 15 June, 2026, 5.30 p.m. The Pyramid at Anderston, 759 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8DS Part of the Monday Night Film Club collection Join us for a free community cinema screening, as part of The Pyramid’s Monday Night Film Club with Refugee Week Film Festival 5:30pm Doors open 6:00pm Film start Register for Tickets: […]
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Friday, June 12, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2 Access: Beauty and the Beast at GFT
Saturday 13 June, 2026 at 11.30 a.m. Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who’s been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle’s enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all — that true beauty comes from […]
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Saturday 23 June, 2026, 4.45 p.m. Spielberg Double-bill Discount: receive a £4 discount when you buy a ticket each for Artificial Intelligence and Close Encounters of the Third Kind in the same transaction. Cinecard/Cinecard+ members receive a £7 discount when purchasing (including standard £1.50 member discount per film). Tickets In the midst of a series of unexplained events, […]
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Thursday, June 11, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
10 Rillington Place at GFT
Monday 22 June, 2026, 8.30 p.m. The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans. This disturbing drama is based on one of the most notorious criminal cases in British legal history, even taking dialogue […]
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Planet Israel at GFT
Thursday, 18 June, 2026, 8.10 p.m. British-American Jewish filmmaker Gillian Mosely investigates factors that have shaped Israeli public discourse surrounding the conflict in Gaza and asks more widely how moral disengagement allows atrocities to happen all over the world? This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Gillian Mosely and Dr Philippa Whitford, Former MP and Breast Surgeon […]
Archive Gems – Wee Dementia Film Fest
Saturday, 27 June, 2026 – 2.30 p.m. – 5.15 p.m. The National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AW A “technicolor” programme from the National Library of Scotland’s film collections. Part of the Dementia Fest – WestFest 2026 Three light-hearted films from the 1950s to 1970s showcase the […]
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No Place For Football – The Untold Story of Greenland B67’s Artic Champions Dream – review
Directors, Brandon Scott Smith and Derek Sullivan Smith Brandon Scott Smith and Derek Sullivan Smith’s documentary ‘No Place For Football – The Untold Story of Greenland B67’s Artic Champions Dream’ premieres at DocLands Film Festival on Wednesday 3 May, 2026. Just before the Fifa World Cup kicks off on 11th June. Of course, football is a […]
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Intolerable Cruelty at GFT
Monday 29 June, 2026, 8 p.m. A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce. Starring George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Intolerable Cruelty is the June screening in our long-running Coen Brothers of the Month season. GFT 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G12 0AP Buy tickets
David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet at GFT
Sunday 7 June, 2026 (1 p.m) and Monday 8 June, 2026 (5.30 p.m.) One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. This unique feature documentary is his witness statement. Over the past century, David Attenborough has visited every continent on the globe, exploring the wild places of our planet and documenting the living […]
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Friday, June 5, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Access Film Club: Legally Blonde 25 year anniversary
Monday 8 June, 2026. 6p.m. GFT, together with The National Autistic Society Scotland, is delighted to provide Access Film Club: a screening and post-film discussion in a friendly and welcoming environment. 25th Anniversary screening of Legally Blonde, the cult comedy with beauty and brains starring Reese Witherspoon. The screening will be of the new 4K restoration. […]
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Take 2: The Magic Faraway Tree at GFT
Saturday 6 June, 2026, 11.30 a.m A modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They’re transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures. Please note that this is a captioned screening. Every child attending a Take 2 screening receives a free ticket for themselves […]
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Take 2: The Lizzie McGuire Story at GFT
Saturday 30 May, 2026, 11.0 a.m. GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Lizzie McGuire has graduated from middle school and takes a trip to Rome, Italy with her class. And what was supposed to be only a normal trip, becomes a teenager’s dream come true. very child attending a Take 2 screening receives a free […]
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Friday, May 29, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Marilyn Monroe 100: The Misfits at GFT
Monday 1 June, 2026, 12.15 p.m. and 8.15 p.m. Experience The Misfits in stunning 4K. John Huston’s haunting modern western brings together an unforgettable ensemble — Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift and Eli Wallach — in a powerful meditation on love, freedom and the end of an era. Screening on what would have been Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday, this is a rare opportunity to […]
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Leonora in the Morning Light
Saturday 30 May – Thursday 4 June, 2026 Screening on Wednesday 3 June (8.05 p.m.) will include an in-person Q&A with directors Thor Klein and Lena Vurma. Elegant and handsomely shot biopic of the surrealist artist Leonora Carrington, portrayed with impressive nuance by newcomer Olivia Vinall. Directors Thor Klein and Lena Vurma, adapting Elena Poniatowska’s novel, focus on two key periods. In […]
Glasgow Film Festival reveals attendance growth for 2026 and festival dates 2027
Glasgow Film Festival’s 2026 attendance grew by 12%, attracting new audiences and filmmakers from around the UK Cinema admissions up 5% with new daily admissions records set across both weekends of the festival Opening and Closing Gala titles, Everybody to Kenmure Street and California Schemin’, received global coverage following their UK premieres at Scotland’s flagship film festival Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) attendance grew by 12% this year, reaching 37,215 across the 2026 programme of premieres, special pop-up screenings, youth and community initiatives, and Press and Industry events. Guests Attending GFF26 The 22nd edition of Scotland’s largest film festival brought film talent and audiences together in a celebration of cinema, […]
Thursday, May 28, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2026, Pat's Home Page Blog
Wee Dementia Film Festival – Screening and Q & A
Saturday 6 June, 2026, 2.30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Glasgow Museums at Kelvin Hall A special screening of three curated films followed by a Q&A with BAFTA-winning film-maker Ian Bustard A screening as part of the Wee Dementia Film Festival. A special screening of The Demented Poets, Caught In This Moment In Time and The […]
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Wee Dementia Film Fest, Kelvinhall
Part of Dementia Fest at WestFest 2026 With – Dementia Heroes Saturday 6 June, 2026 2.30 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. Wee Dementia Film Festival Screening and Q &A A special screening of three curated films followed by a Q&A with BAFTA-winning film-maker Ian Bustard A screening as part of the Wee Dementia Film Festival. Kelvinhall, 1445 […]
Take 2: The Flight of the Dragons
Saturday 23 May, 2026, 11.30 a.m. Love Studio Ghibli? Don’t miss this extra rare chance to watch classic 1982 animation The Flight of the Dragons this Saturday for our Take 2 screening. With gorgeous animation from seminal Japanese studio Topcraft, which would later evolve into Studio Ghibli, and featuring the voice of Darth Vader himself, the legendary […]
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Saturday, May 23, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Day Innocence Died: Bloody Sunday and the Fight for Justice
Sunday 7 June, 2026, 7 p.m. Inclinations Film Club presents the Scottish premiere of The Day Innocence Died. Derry, 1972. As the civil rights movement across the North of Ireland begins to secure unprecedented wins, the British state responds with lethal force, murdering 14 people and sparking a 60 year fight for justice and accountability […]
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Friday, May 22, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Maryhill Burgh Halls Sunday 17 May 2026
Loads happening at the Halls Sunday 17 May, 2026 Maryhill Burgh Halls, 24 Gairbraid Ave, Glasgow G20 8YE Here’s the rundown Glasgow Coat of Arms exhibition 11am–5pm Our Neighbours’ photo exhibition on Kenmure Street 11am–7pm Repair Cafe: bring your broken items and get them repaired for free 12pm–3pm Everybody to Kenmure Street screening + Q&A […]
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Thursday, May 14, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Our Land – GFT
11 – 14 May, 2026 Our Land dares to tread where few have trespassed before, asking the timely question of who has the right to roam in the English countryside? The UK is a wild and beautiful place, but the vast majority of it is off limits to the general public, with 92% of land and […]
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Monday, May 11, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema
Related Pages
- Bleak Week at GFT: Grave of the Fireflies
- Bleak Week at GFT: Twin Peaks S3 – Episode 8
- Threads plus intdroduction to Bleak Week at GFT
- Take 2: Young Sherlock Holmes
- Nino at GFT
- Lesbian Space Princess at GFT
- Effi o Blaenau at GFT
- Operation Recomply at GFT
- CinemARC – Refugee Week
- Dreamers Screening at The Pyramid
- Take 2 Access: Beauty and the Beast at GFT
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- 10 Rillington Place at GFT
- Planet Israel at GFT
- Archive Gems – Wee Dementia Film Fest
- No Place For Football – The Untold Story of Greenland B67’s Artic Champions Dream – review
- Intolerable Cruelty at GFT
- David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet at GFT
- Access Film Club: Legally Blonde 25 year anniversary
- Take 2: The Magic Faraway Tree at GFT
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.