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.Opening GYFF Gala: The Farewell (PG)
Friday 13 September, 2019 Preview Screening – Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2019 Opening Gala Chinese-born Billi (a heart-felt performance from Awkwafina, Crazy Rich Asians) lives in New York City with her parents. When her beloved grandmother, matriarch Nai Nai, is diagnosed with terminal cancer, the family decide not to tell her. To spend time with Nai […]
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Sunday, September 15, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2019
13 – 15 September 2019 Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2019 Full Programme Announced: preview screening of The Farewell, late night Heathers, immersive pop-up screening of Scott Pilgrim vs The World and more One of the most innovative youth film festivals in Europe, Glasgow Youth Film Festival (GYFF) returns from 13 – 15 September 2019, plus […]
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Friday, September 13, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog
For Sama GFT
13 – 19 September, 2019 For Sama is an intimate, urgent documentary about the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth […]
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Drag Kids, GFT Glasgow Youth Film Festival
14 September, 2019 8.30 p.m. UK Premiere Screening part of Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2019 Four young drag queens, Queen Lactatia, Laddy GaGa, Suzan Bee Anthony and Bracken Hanke, meet and perform together for the first time in Montreal. This uplifting documentary looks at the world of pre-teen drag and highlights how important this meet-up […]
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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;Surrection GFT
14 September, 2019 Brought to you in partnership with Scotland Loves Anime! The sequel to the original series, brand new anime Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;Surrection sees the return of fan favourite Lelouch. After losing Lelouch to bring about peace, his friends face a new struggle that threatens his legacy. The lost hero must return in […]
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Cleek the movie – Tannahill Arts Festival
Sunday 22nd, September, 2019 – 7.30pm Stow Brae Kirk, 82 Causeyside St, Paisley PA1 1YP A chance to see a film on the big screen shot in and around Paisley. An exciting thriller from local screen-writer Christina Littleson and director Gary J. Hewitt. Jacob Cleek is a quiet, well presented artist, who keeps himself to himself, […]
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Thursday, September 12, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Take One Action Film Festival 2019 CCA
Thursday 19 September — Saturday 28 September 2019 takeoneaction.org.ukTake One Action, Scotland’s global change film festival, returns to Glasgow this September to bring audiences, filmmakers, artists and campaigners together, and premiere the most acclaimed international documentaries focusing on social and environmental justice. With a range of screenings, workshops and events on offer, join us to celebrate the […]
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Women’s Support Project – Abused: The Untold Story, GFT
18 September, 2019 5.50 p.m. This powerful documentary was produced in the wake of recent celebrity child abuse scandals. The film brings together survivors, alongside journalists, police officers and charity workers. It explores the devastating long-term effects of abuse, mistakes that were made in dealing with these cases and what has been done to reform some […]
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Kaleidoscope Realms, Matchbox Cine Club
14 September, 2019 7 – 8.30 p.m. CCA Kaleidoscopic Realms: Japanese experimental shorts of the ’70s & ’80s A programme of short films by directors Naoto Yamakawa, Nobuhiro Aihara and Toshio Matsumoto. The films, spanning from 1975 up until the mid ‘80s, range from abstract experimentalism to more recognisable narrative structures, but all distort and […]
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USA 1982 Koyannisqatsi – with live score HGY
16 September, 2019, 6.30p.m. Neoclassical post-rockers We Stood Like Kings bring a new soundtrack to Godfrey Reggio’s cult movie Koyaanisqatsi. Reggio’s debut as a film director and producer, Koyaanisqatsi is the first film of the Qatsi trilogy, essays of visual images and sound which chronicle the destructive impact of the modern world on the environment. The title is […]
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Ad Astra GFT
18 – 26 September, 2019 Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of Earth. His journey will uncover secrets that challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos. Buy tickets GFT […]
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Die Tomorrow, GFT
16 – 19 September, 2019 The latest film from Thai auteur and social media sensation, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, Die Tomorrow is a poetic and profoundly moving meditation on the brevity of life. Lyrical vignettes from the penultimate days of individuals, unaware they are soon to die, are interspersed with documentary footage of subjects young and old ruminating […]
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Mrs Lowry and Son, GFT
13 – 19 September, 2019 Beloved British artist LS Lowry (Timothy Spall) lived all his life with his overbearing mother Elizabeth (Vanessa Redgrave). Bedridden and bitter, Elizabeth actively tried to dissuade her bachelor son from pursuing his artistic ambitions, whilst never failing to voice her opinion at what a disappointment he was to her. Buy […]
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Sorry We Missed You + Q & A Paul Lavery
28 September, 2019 Three years after I, Daniel Blake (TOAFF16), Ken Loach and his long-term collaborators (screenwriter Paul Laverty and producer Rebecca O’Brien) return with another devastatingly powerful portrait of contemporary Britain. The 2008 financial crash cost Ricky, a father of two, both his work in construction and his mortgage – but a better future may be […]
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Preview: The Day Shall Come + Q & A Chris Morris
Tuesday, 17 September, 2019 Master satirist Chris Morris makes a welcome return to the cinema with The Day Shall Come, his first feature since Four Lions. In Miami, where poverty and wealth sit uneasily together, unstable preacher Moses (Marchánt Davis) leads a small band of African-American locals who are angered by racial injustice and preparing for a […]
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Preview: The Last Tree GFT
19 September, 2019 Femi, a British boy of Nigerian heritage, moves to inner London to live with his mum after a happy childhood in rural Lincolnshire. Struggling with the unfamiliar culture and values of his new environment, teenage Femi has to figure out which path to adulthood he wants to take, and what it means […]
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Scotland Loves Anime 10 Anniversary at GFT
11 – 13 October, 2019 This year marks a decade of Scotland Loves Anime, bringing one of its strongest line-ups to date as it continues to bring a varied look at the world of Japanese animation. In 2019 the special guest is Yuhei Sakuragi, who returns to deliver a Q&A session following the UK premiere […]
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Monday, September 9, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Careers in Film – Glasgow Youth Film Festival
Saturday, 14 September, 2019 – 12 Noon. Interested in a career in film? Not how to get started or what role would suit you best? Scotland’s young filmmakers share their experience and advice on finding your feet in the film industry. Places are free but must be booked in advance 0141 332 6535 Details of […]
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Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2019 Announces Full Programme
Wednesday 2 until Sunday 6 October, 2019 SQIFF celebrates its fifth birthday in style with a big screen showing of Janelle Monae’s Dirty Computer, a toast to Latinx Legends, a SQIFF X Vogue Scotland WERX extravaganza of ballroom culture, a night of queer porn made by and about Deaf and Disabled people and a look […]
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Pain and Glory, GFT
23 August, – 12 September, 2019 Pain and Glory tells of a series of re-encounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in physical decline. Some encounters are in person, others remembered: his childhood in the 1960s, when he emigrated with his parents to a village in Valencia in search of prosperity; his first desire; his […]
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Sunday, September 8, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
The Shiny Shrimps GFT
6 – 12 September, 2019 When World Swimming Championship silver medallist Matthias Le Goff makes a homophobic remark on TV, he is tasked with coaching the flamboyant Shiny Shrimps, a gay water polo team, motivated more by partying than competition. This explosive coach-and-team combo sees The Shiny Shrimps head to Croatia to take part in […]
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Hail Satan GFT
6 – 12 September, 2019 Chronicling the extraordinary rise of one of the most colourful and controversial religious movements in American history, Hail Satan? is an inspiring and entertaining new feature documentary from acclaimed director Penny Lane (Nuts!, Our Nixon). When media-savvy members of the Satanic Temple organise a series of public actions designed to advocate for religious […]
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Saturday, September 7, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Rojo GFT
6 – 12 September, 2019 A gripping, noir-like thriller which mercilessly exposes the rotten heart of 1970s Argentina, Benjamín Naishtat’s subtle, twisting tale initially focuses on respected provincial lawyer Claudio (Darío Grandinetti) who is a pillar of the community. One night, he is confronted by a stranger in a busy restaurant, where verbal sparring leads to physical violence. We […]
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Friday, September 6, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Pity Party Film Club CCA
Pity Party Film Club Times Square | Suitable Women: Films of Female Friendship Vol. 2 Sat 7 September 2019 12:30pm, £5 + 98p booking fee / Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Pity Party Film Club Fort Tilden | Suitable Women: Films of Female Friendship Vol. 2 Sat 7 September 2019 Pity Party Film Club […]
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Vincent Price: Master of Menace, Lover of Life + The Abominable Dr Phibes GFT
Sunday 8 September, 2019 Author and inspirational speaker Victoria Price presents ‘Master of Menace, Lover of Life’ – an intimate glimpse at her famous father’s life and career. As Vincent Price’s daughter and biographer, Victoria will share rare photos and stories about the King of Horror, who was a true Renaissance man. Victoria will have copies of […]
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The Farewell Opening Gala GYFF 2019
13 September, 2019 8.30 p.m. Preview Screening – Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2019 Opening Gala Chinese-born Billi (a heart-felt performance from Awkwafina, Crazy Rich Asians) lives in New York City with her parents. When her beloved grandmother, matriarch Nai Nai, is diagnosed with terminal cancer, the family decide not to tell her. To spend time with […]
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Pity Party Film Club CCA
Muriel’s Wedding | Suitable Women: Films of Female Friendship Vol. 2 Sat 7 September 2019 6pm, £5 + 98p booking fee / Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Pity Party Film Club Times Square | Suitable Women: Films of Female Friendship Vol. 2 Sat 7 September 2019 Pity Party Film Club Fort […]
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Margaret Atwood – Live in Cinemas
10 September, 2019 GFT On Tuesday, September 10th, the wait is over…. The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, is revealed. The momentous literary event will be celebrated with an exclusive live cinema broadcast, as Fane Productions present an evening with the Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic and inventor. The publication of Atwood’s The […]
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Access Film Club: Blinded by the Light at Glasgow Film Theatre
Tuesday 10 September , 2019 at 8.00 p.m. From Gurinder Chadha, the director of Bend it Like Beckham, Blinded by the Light is a joyous coming-of-age story. Set in 1987, during the restrained days of Thatcher’s Britain, the film follows a teenager who learns to live life, understand his family and find his own voice through the […]
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Bait, GFT
30 August – 5 September, 2019 Modern-day Cornish fisherman Martin (Edward Rowe) is struggling to buy a boat while coping with family rivalry and the influx of London money, Airbnb and stag parties to his harbour village. The summer season brings simmering tensions between the locals and newcomers to boiling point, with tragic consequences. Stunningly […]
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Saturday, August 31, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Related Pages
- Opening GYFF Gala: The Farewell (PG)
- Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2019
- For Sama GFT
- Drag Kids, GFT Glasgow Youth Film Festival
- Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;Surrection GFT
- Cleek the movie – Tannahill Arts Festival
- Take One Action Film Festival 2019 CCA
- Women’s Support Project – Abused: The Untold Story, GFT
- Kaleidoscope Realms, Matchbox Cine Club
- USA 1982 Koyannisqatsi – with live score HGY
- Ad Astra GFT
- Die Tomorrow, GFT
- Mrs Lowry and Son, GFT
- Sorry We Missed You + Q & A Paul Lavery
- Preview: The Day Shall Come + Q & A Chris Morris
- Preview: The Last Tree GFT
- Scotland Loves Anime 10 Anniversary at GFT
- Careers in Film – Glasgow Youth Film Festival
- Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2019 Announces Full Programme
- Pain and Glory, GFT
