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.Idrish – Glasgow Short Film Festival
Saturday, 21 May, 2022 at 2 p.m. Idrish (ইদ্রিস) presented by Glasgow Short Film Festival A Film Screening and Q&A A special one-off screening of Glasgow director Adam Lewis-Jacob’s film Idrish, to mark a year after the remarkable act of community solidarity and resistance on Kenmure Street, at Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, Glasgow G41 2PE […]
Read the full article: Idrish – Glasgow Short Film Festival
Thursday, May 19, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Wake Up Punk at Glasgow Film Theatre
Monday 9 – Thursday 12 May, 2022 Has the legacy of punk been distorted and commodified beyond all recognition? Joe Corre most definitely thinks so. In 2016 the son of Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood burnt millions of pounds worth of punk-era memorabilia in protest. Nigel Askew’s freewheeling documentary recalls the energy and anarchy of the punk era and […]
Read the full article: Wake Up Punk at Glasgow Film Theatre
Thursday, May 5, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema
Cabaret – 50th Anniversary at Glasgow Film Theatre
6 – 12 May, 2022 An iconic, incredibly stylish study of the hedonism and sexual ambiguity of pre-war Berlin, Cabaret was a huge, multi Oscar-winning hit for choreographer and director Bob Fosse in 1972, and made Liza Minnelli (who won Best Actress) a star. Often described as a musical for people who don’t like musicals, it sets its scene […]
Read the full article: Cabaret – 50th Anniversary at Glasgow Film Theatre
| Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Wild Men at Glasgow Film Theatre
6 – 12 May, 2022 Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB If the Coen brothers made a film in Danish it might look a little like Wild Men. Thomas Daneskov’s immensely entertaining crime story/mid-life crisis caper is marbled with comic moments and set amidst some spectacular scenery. Martin (Rasmus Bjerg) has fled his family and the […]
Read the full article: Wild Men at Glasgow Film Theatre
| Filed under: Cinema
Particle Wave – Glasgow Science Festival 2022
Friday 10 June, 2022 at 7 pm Part of Glasgow Science Festival Glasgow Science Centre 50 Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1EA Buy Tickets Under the spectacular dome of the Planetarium at Glasgow Science Centre you can immerse yourself in Particle/Wave. Directed and produced by Alicia Sometimes, in collaboration with artists, poets, and scientists, and using […]
Read the full article: Particle Wave – Glasgow Science Festival 2022
SCCAN Communicating Climate Change: Working with Arts & Culture 3-5.30pm 12th May
12 May, 2022 Online at 3 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. This session is run by Creative Carbon Scotland, a charity working on the roles of arts and culture in addressing climate change since 2011. It will provide a comprehensive introduction to this area followed by workshop time to help you develop your own ideas. The […]
Javed Iqbal + Q and A at GFT
Wednesday 11 May, 2011 at 8 p.m. A harrowing tale of one of Lahore’s most notorious serial killers is brought to life in this UK Asian Film Festival premiere. Javed Iqbal recounts the true story of a criminal who abducted and murdered more than 100 young boys between 1998 and 1999. Author Abu Aleeha adapts […]
Read the full article: Javed Iqbal + Q and A at GFT
Friday, April 29, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema
Encounters Presents: Ukrainian Shorts
Saturday 30 April, 2022 at 6.20 p.m. In light of the horrific attacks perpetrated against Ukraine, Encounters have curated a programme of short films to highlight, celebrate and support Ukrainian filmmakers and artists. From a stylised sport drama, to a funky animated short about the body expectations that mostly befall cisgender women, this programme welcomes […]
Read the full article: Encounters Presents: Ukrainian Shorts
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Sound of Metal at GFT
3 – 7 May, 2022 Riz Ahmed is superb in Sound of Metal, the remarkably assured feature debut from Darius Marder about a heavy metal drummer who is forced to re-evaluate his place in the world after losing his hearing. Ex-addict Ruben (Riz Ahmed) is on tour with his girlfriend and band-mate Lou (Olivia Cooke), hammering out ferocious sets […]
Read the full article: Sound of Metal at GFT
| Filed under: Cinema
The Velvet Queen at GFT
29 April – 5 May, 2022 High up on the Tibetan plateau amongst unexplored and inaccessible valleys lies one of the last sanctuaries of the wild world, where rare and undiscovered fauna lives. Vincent Munier, one of the world’s most renowned wildlife photographers, takes the adventurer and novelist Sylvain Tesson (In the Forest of Siberia) with […]
Read the full article: The Velvet Queen at GFT
| Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent at GFT
29 April – 6 May, 2022 Nicolas Cage stars as… Nick Cage in the action-comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalised version of Cage must accept a $1million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan (Pedro Pascal). Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by […]
Read the full article: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent at GFT
| Filed under: Cinema
Chopper – 20 Anniversary at GFT
1 – 4 May, 2022 The no holds barred story of the notorious Aussie criminal Mark ‘Chopper’ Read. Told in flashback as Read (Eric Bana) serves one of his many prison sentences, this extreme biography charts the brutal carnage and wicked sense of humour of a man who allegedly committed 19 vicious murders and got […]
Read the full article: Chopper – 20 Anniversary at GFT
| Filed under: Cinema
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly at GFT
30 April and 2 May, 2022 The Man With No Name (Clint Eastwood) and Tuco (Eli Wallach) are gunmen who admire each other professionally, but dislike each other personally. Encountering a group of dying soldiers, Tuco learns the location of the graveyard where Confederate treasure is buried, while the Man With No Name learns the […]
Read the full article: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly at GFT
| Filed under: Cinema
Your Mum and Dad at GFT
Friday 29 and Saturday 30 April, 2022 Inspired by Philip Larkin’s poem ‘This be the Verse’, Your Mum and Dad is an exploration of the powerful dynamics of family relationships and the way they shape our lives. After 17 years documenting one man’s struggle to heal from a generational wound, Klaartje Quirijns turns the camera on herself to […]
Read the full article: Your Mum and Dad at GFT
| Filed under: Cinema
Community Consultation: My Historic Neighbourhood – the Barras
Saturday 30 April, 2022 at 12 Noon The Pipe Factory, 42 Bain Street, Glasgow G40 2LA Barras 100th Anniversary Commemoration – Community Consultation Event Film Launch at the Event My Historic Neighbourhood Barras Market are commemorating and recording for future generations phrases that depict the Barras with carvings in the pavement. The project began in […]
Read the full article: Community Consultation: My Historic Neighbourhood – the Barras
Sunday, April 24, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema, Community event, Free Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Murina at GFT
11 – 14 April, 2022 Tensions rise between restless teenager Julija and her oppressive father Ante when an old family friend arrives at their Croatian island home. As Ante attempts to broker a life-changing deal, their tranquil yet isolated existence leaves Julija wanting more from this influential visitor, who provides a taste of liberation over […]
Read the full article: Murina at GFT
Monday, April 11, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema
Small Body at GFT
11 – 14 April, 2022 A young woman embarks on a mythic odyssey to save her daughter’s soul in writer-director Laura Samani’s captivating feature debut. Northeastern Italy, 1900: Agata (Celeste Cescutti) gives birth, but the baby is stillborn. The priest of her seaside village – in which Catholicism, mysticism and superstition form a heady local brew – […]
Read the full article: Small Body at GFT
| Filed under: Cinema
NT Live: Henry V at GFT
21 April, 2022 at 7 p..m. Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) plays the title role in Shakespeare’s thrilling study of nationalism, war and the psychology of power. Fresh to the throne, King Henry V launches England into a bloody war with France. When his campaign encounters resistance, this inexperienced new ruler must prove he is fit […]
Read the full article: NT Live: Henry V at GFT
| Filed under: Cinema
CODA at Glasgow Film Theatre
15 – 21 April, 2022 Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screen Play and Best Supporting actor for Troy Kotsur, CODA returns to GFT. Seventeen-year-old Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) is the only hearing member of a deaf family – a CODA, Child of Deaf Adults. Her life revolves around acting as interpreter […]
The Outfit, GFT
8 – 14 April, 2022 Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game, turns director with this twisty Coen Brothers-style yarn – a gripping tale of deception, double-dealing, murder and some very fine threads. Leonard (Mark Rylance) is a master tailor who left England to run an unassuming little shop in the windy city of […]
Read the full article: The Outfit, GFT
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Wings at GFT with introduction – Ukraine Fundraiser
Wednesday 13 April, 2022 6.30pm Audio Description available Ukraine Fundraiser Screening All box office income for this screening will be donated to ICFR’s (International Collation for Filmmakers at Risk) Solidarity With Ukraine campaign ABOUT THE FILM During the Second World War, Nadezhda flew daring combat missions as a pilot. Now, she struggles to adapt to […]
Read the full article: Wings at GFT with introduction – Ukraine Fundraiser
Revolution of Our Times at GFT
Tuesday 5 April, 2022, 7.40 p.m. Revolution of Our Times smashed box office records in Taiwan in the first weeks of its release. Coming to GFT for this one-off special screening. Over the past 50 years, Hongkongers have fought for freedom and democracy but have yet to succeed. In 2019, the Extradition Bill, which would […]
Read the full article: Revolution of Our Times at GFT
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2022
23 – 27 March, 2022 Glasgow Short Film Festival (GSFF) is back in venues for the first time in three years, 23-27 March, bringing a selection of their brilliant programme of home-grown and international cinema to GFT. See the full programme and buy tickets for all films at Glasgow Film Theatre, CCA and Civic House. […]
Read the full article: Glasgow Short Film Festival 2022
Wednesday, March 23, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Her Way – Glasgow Film Festival review by Pat Byrne
UK Premiere – 5 – 8 March, 2022 GFT and At Home 6 – 9 March, 2022 Laure Calamy (Call My Agent) plays the demanding role of Marie, a militant sex worker, fighting for her rights, and a mother desperate to find the fees to pay for her teenage son, Adrien (Nissim Renard), to attend […]
Read the full article: Her Way – Glasgow Film Festival review by Pat Byrne
Sunday, March 6, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2022, Pat's Home Page Blog
‘Ashgrove’ World Premier GFF2022 review by Pat Byrne
Ashgrove – Glasgow Film Festival 2022 Ashgrove is very much a film of our time about the world threatened by a pandemic when the water supply is affected. People are dying of toxicity caused by consuming too much water so everyone has to carefully monitor the amount they drink each day. | It’s a plot […]
Read the full article: ‘Ashgrove’ World Premier GFF2022 review by Pat Byrne
Thursday, March 3, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2022, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Glasgow Film Festival 2022 – Kicks Off Today 2 March
It’s been a long time coming but Glasgow Film Festival is back, and it’s good to be back home at GFT! Tonight Glasgow Film Festival 2022 launches, and it does so with a bang. Starting off a 12-day film feast featuring just over 90 different Premieres and over 50 guests is the UK Premiere of […]
Read the full article: Glasgow Film Festival 2022 – Kicks Off Today 2 March
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2022, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Outfit review by Pat Byrne
The Outfit was the film chosen for the Opening Gala at Glasgow Film Festival 2022 The UK Premiere, from Graham Moore, academy award winning writer of The Imitation Game, and starring academy award winning actor Mark Rylance (Leonard), is a stylish gangster movie set in Leonard’s tailor shop in Chicago in the 50’s. Leonard is […]
Read the full article: The Outfit review by Pat Byrne
| Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2022, Pat's Home Page Blog
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde at Glasgow Film Theatre
Sunday 27 February, 2022 at 7 p.m. Live from Leith Theatre – A First from National Theatre of Scotland Within the century-old walls of historic Leith Theatre, something sinister is stirring. A gothic tale of double lives and inner demons, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde takes on its own hybrid identity in this […]
Read the full article: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde at Glasgow Film Theatre
Thursday, February 24, 2022 | Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
In the Family at Glasgow Film Theatre
Sunday 27 February, 2022 at 3.45 p.m. Patrick Wang’s directorial feature debut is an extraordinarily accomplished slice-of-life drama, told with warmth, humour, sensitivity and heart. Featuring an excellent ensemble cast, In the Family explores the dynamics of love, loss and family with a keen sense of truth. In the town of Martin, Tennessee, Chip Hines, a precocious six-year-old, […]
Read the full article: In the Family at Glasgow Film Theatre
Petrov’s Flu at Glasgow Film Theatre
25 – 28 February,2022 From controversial Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov, this Cannes prize-winner is a deadpan, hallucinatory romp through post-Soviet Russia, based on the novel The Petrovs In and Around the Flu by Alexey Salnikov. The film details a surreal and fantastic day in the life of a comic book artist and his family. With the city in […]
Related Pages
- Idrish – Glasgow Short Film Festival
- Wake Up Punk at Glasgow Film Theatre
- Cabaret – 50th Anniversary at Glasgow Film Theatre
- Wild Men at Glasgow Film Theatre
- Particle Wave – Glasgow Science Festival 2022
- SCCAN Communicating Climate Change: Working with Arts & Culture 3-5.30pm 12th May
- Javed Iqbal + Q and A at GFT
- Encounters Presents: Ukrainian Shorts
- Sound of Metal at GFT
- The Velvet Queen at GFT
- The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent at GFT
- Chopper – 20 Anniversary at GFT
- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly at GFT
- Your Mum and Dad at GFT
- Community Consultation: My Historic Neighbourhood – the Barras
- Murina at GFT
- Small Body at GFT
- NT Live: Henry V at GFT
- CODA at Glasgow Film Theatre
- The Outfit, GFT
