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.Nickel Boys at GFT
3 – 16 January, 2025 Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South. He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all Turner. The two Black teens strike up an alliance: […]
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Tuesday, December 24, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema
A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things at GFT
Friday 20 December 3.20 p.m. Monday 23 December 12.20 p.m. One of the most important women in British modern art, the painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham was a highly inspirational figure, whose work was deeply impacted by a pivotal event in her life. In May 1949, this leading representative of the modernist St Ives group of artists […]
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Thursday, December 19, 2024 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Cinema
The Universal Theory at GFT
20 – 30 December, 2024 1962. Against the towering landscape of the post-war Swiss Alps, a gifted young physicist meets an elusive pianist – one who knows things about him that he’s never told another living soul. Before he knows it, his curiosity traps him inside a mind-bending metaphysical web of murder and mystery. Drawing […]
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| Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Cinema
Comfort and Joy, GFT Christmas 2024
Friday 20 December 12.20 p.m. Sunday 22 December 2.30 p.m. Hero. Comfort and Joy is a comedy gem about ice cream van wars in Glasgow. Bill Paterson stars as Glasgow radio host Alan Bird, who, after witnessing an ice cream van being attacked, becomes embroiled in a feud between two Italian families: a turf war over who […]
Fanny and Alexande at GFT
Friday 27 and Sunday 20 December, 2024 Drawing heavily on director Ingmar Bergman’s own memories, Fanny and Alexander is an epic, dreamlike chronicle of an extended family in early 20th century Sweden. Told through the eyes of 10-year-old Alexander (Bertil Guve) and his sister Fanny (Pernilla Allwin), the film begins with a Christmas Eve celebration and goes on […]
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Saturday, December 14, 2024 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
White Christmas 70th Anniversary at GFT
14, 16, 20 and 23 December, 2024 Buy tickets Singers Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) join sister act Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera-Ellen) to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. While there, they run into General Waverly (Dean Jagger), the boys’ commander during the Second World War, who […]
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Friday, December 13, 2024 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Queer at GFT
Friday 13 – Tuesday 24 December, 2024 Luca Guadagnino (Challengers, Call Me By Your Name) is back with this tale of an age-gap gay romance unfolding in post-war Mexico City, adapted from the autobiographical novel by William Burroughs and featuring a dazzling performance from Daniel Craig. 1950. William Lee (Daniel Craig), an American expat in […]
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Super/Man The Christopher Reeve Story
16 – 19 December, 2024 The story of Christopher Reeve is an astonishing rise from unknown actor to iconic movie star, and his definitive portrayal of Clark Kent/Superman set the benchmark for the superhero cinematic universes that dominate cinema today. Reeve portrayed the Man of Steel in four Superman films and played dozens of other […]
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Glasgow Film Festival 2025 – Country Focus
Glasgow Film Festival 2025 Announces Country Focus, Special Events, and UK Wide Screenings GFF25 announces its Country Focus will be Austria with a host of films from Michael Haneke masterpieces The Piano Teacher (2001) and Hidden (2005) to groundbreaking new works such as the UK premieres of mockumentary Piggy Bank and absurdist drama Peacock GFF25 will hit […]
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
Elf at CinemaArc, University of Glasgow
Wednesday 11 December, 2024 at 5.30 p.m. CinemaArc, Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW The ARC is excited to present Elf (2003) for this year’s festive film screening. In this much loved family favourite, Buddy, an oversized elf, travels from the North Pole to New York City to spread the Christmas […]
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Tuesday, December 10, 2024 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Cinema, Free Events, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Free Movie Afternoon and Popcorn
Sunday 1 December, 2024 11 a.m. The Grinch Plus letters to Santa G20 Group, 21 Dunbeith Place, Wyndford, Glasgow G20 8HS
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Saturday, November 30, 2024 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Cinema, Free Events
Maya and the Wave at GFT
29 November – 2 December, 2024 After a brush with death, Maya Gabeira makes history in the male- dominated world of big wave surfing. Maya and the Wave tells the extraordinary story of Maya Gabeira, the first woman to surf the giant wave in Nazaré, Portugal. She nearly drowns – and is ridiculed by the male […]
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Friday, November 29, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema
All We Imagine as Light at GFT
Friday 29 November – 12 December, 2024 All We Imagine as Light is a beautiful, sweeping, emotional film that explores the complexities of female friendship and captures the frantic pace, the vibrant colours and the heady atmosphere of modern Mumbai. In the city, thoughtful Nurse Prabha’s routine is upset when she receives an unexpected gift from […]
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Take 2: Wolfwalkers at GFT
Saturday 30 November, 2024 at 11.30 a.m. n a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild native girl, their friendship leads her […]
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| Filed under: Film Reviews by Calum Maclean, Kids and young people
Elf – Seamore Neighbourhood Community Cinema
Wednesday, 11 December, 2024 at 7 p.m. Seamore Neighbourhood Cinema invites you to the screening of Elf! Get ready for a night of laughter and holiday cheer at this classic Christmas movie. The Seamore Neighbourhood Community Cinema, Community Central Halls, 304 Maryhill Road Glasgow G20 7YE Enjoy a fun-filled evening. Bring your friends and family for […]
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Tuesday, November 26, 2024 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Cinema, Community event, Free Events, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Run Lola Runar GFT
Tuesday 26 November, 2024 – 8,30 p.m. Lola (Franka Potente) answers a red phone the same colour as her punk rock hair. It’s her boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), a small time courier for a big time gangster. He is at a pay phone with a big problem. His boss is coming to pick up 100,000 […]
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Friday, November 22, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
I Am Cuba – 60th Anniversary at GFT
Monday 25 November, 2024, 7.50 p.m. “They’re going to be carrying ravished film students out of the theatres on stretchers.” – New Yorker To celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of one of cinema’s most beguiling gems, see this beautiful 4K restoration of Mikhail Kalatozov’s panorama of Cuban life. I Am Cuba’s subject is revolution, with four tales of […]
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NT Live: Prima Facie
Sunday, 24, November, 2024, 4.20 p.m. Wednesday, 27 November, 2024, 8.00 p.m. Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play returns to cinemas. Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; […]
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French Film Festival at GFT
Friday 15 – Thursday 28 November, 2024 French Film Festival UK Vive le cinéma! The much-loved French Film Festival UK returns to GFT, bringing latest and greatest in French cinema as well as some golden oldies. The programme kicks off with Robert Guédiguian’s charming romantic drama And the Party Goes On, and a special screening […]
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Thursday, November 14, 2024 | 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
Polite Society at GFT
Monday 11 November, 2024 at 6 p.m. Access Film Club – Autism Friendly We Are Lady Parts creator Nida Manzoor directs this wickedly funny crowd-pleaser brimming with hi-jinks, high kicks and some Bollywood style razzle-dazzle. Back at GFT following its sold-out screening as Glasgow Film Festival Closing Gala 2023. British Pakistani schoolgirl Ria (Priya Kansara) is an […]
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Monday, November 11, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
D.E.B.S plus Special Event
Saturday 9 November, 2024 5.45 p.m. This screening will be introduced by Reclaim the Frame’s Sandra Kinahan. Following the screening, actor and stunt performer Tamaira Hesson will speak about her experiences in the film industry and perform an in-person stunt demonstration. Recruited through a covert test in the SATs, Max (Meagan Good), Dominique (Devon Aoki), […]
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Friday, November 8, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema
Disruption: Contemporary Shorts by Iranian Women Filmmakers
Wednesday 13 November, 2024, 5.40 p.m. ‘Disruption’ is a curated selection of short fictional films crafted by Iranian women, predominantly based within Iran. Set against the backdrop of Iran’s deeply patriarchal society, these films serve as a much-needed disruption. At the heart of this programme, two interwoven themes emerge: the experiences of women and children. […]
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Take 2: Ozi: Voice of the Forest
Saturday 16 November, 2024 at 11.30 a.m. Meet Ozi, a little orphan orangutan who’s about to make a big difference when she goes on an epic adventure to save her forest home. Separated from her parents when their forest home is destroyed, Ozi is taken in by kind wildlife sanctuary owners who keep her safe […]
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Black Box Diaries at GFT
8 – 14 November, 2024 Black Box Diaries follows director and journalist Shiori Ito’s courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Unfolding like a thriller and combining secret investigative recordings, vérité shooting and emotional first-person video, Shiori’s quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country’s […]
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Blitz at GFT
8 – 22 November, 2024 Steve McQueen’s visually dazzling tour de force is a moving and expansive tapestry of British life during the decisive moments of the Second World War. In the face of nightly air raids, East End mum Rita (yet another impressive turn by Saoirse Ronan) grows increasingly worried about her son George’s […]
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Bird at GFT
8 – 21 November, 2024 A 12-year-old girl’s fractured home life is transformed when she encounters a mysterious stranger seeking out his own family in Andrea Arnold’s striking tale. Young Bailey feels caged in her Gravesend squat home. Reckless, wannabe drug dealer dad Bug plans to marry his new girlfriend. Older brother Hunter plots to […]
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Anora at GFT
8 – 28 November, 2024 Sean Baker won the Palme d’Or at Cannes with this enthralling drama, featuring a star-making performance from Mikey Madison. Baker (Florida Project, Red Rocket) presents a modern-day Cinderella story about Ani, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, meeting Vanya, a spoiled son of a Russian oligarch, who offers her a […]
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Taiwan Film Season: Shape of Home
7 – 28 November, 2024 GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgfow G3 6RB This November, explore the rich and diverse storytelling of Taiwan through Shape of Home, a film season at Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) that celebrates the universal search for belonging and identity. Featuring four compelling films by acclaimed Taiwanese directors, each screening delves into […]
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Monday, November 4, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
RECLAIM THE FRAME PRESENTS: CALL TO ACTION: Women of Colour On and Behind The Camera
9 – 30 November, 2024 CALL TO ACTION: Women of Colour On and Behind The Camera is a curated programme by Reclaim The Frame, a charity championing marginalised perspectives in cinema, connecting with audiences through community building and conversation. This season centres women of colour working in the action genre from the 1990s to the […]
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Small Things Like These
1 – 14 November, 2024 Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy delivers a stunning performance as devoted father Bill Furlong in this film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Claire Keegan. While working as a coal merchant to support his family, he discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent — and uncovers truths […]
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