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.GFT: The Surrogate
24 – 29 July, 2021 ‘One of the most thought-provoking movies centered about parenting in recent memory – bar none.’ – The Playlist Jess Harris, a 29-year-old web designer, is ecstatic to be the surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend Josh and his husband Aaron. Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, a prenatal test comes […]
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Saturday, July 24, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
GFT: Sisters with Transistors
24 and 26 July, 2021 The remarkable world of electronic music has been constantly evolving since its inception in the early 20th century. From the unlimited possibilities of digital synthesisers, to the recent analog recording revival; from the impossibly perfect pitch of Auto-Tune, to the democratisation of music-making for a generation of ‘bedroom’ producers – […]
GFT: Girlfriends
24 – 28 July, 2021 When her best friend and roommate abruptly moves out to get married, Susan, trying to be an artist while making ends meet as a bar mitzvah photographer on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, finds herself adrift in both life and love. Newly restored in crisp 4K, we are delighted to bring […]
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GFT: Riders of Justice
24- 29 July, 2021 Long a favourite of GFT audiences, Anders Thomas Jensen (Men And Chickens, The Green Butchers, etc) returns with an inspired cocktail of uproarious black comedy and shocking violence. Seething with barely suppressed anger, military veteran Markus (Mads Mikkelsen) cannot deal with a tragedy in his life. When Otto (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) suggests a […]
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GFT: Night of the Kings
Night of the Kings Friday 23 – Thursday 29 July, 2021 Captions & Audio Description available Spectacular, thrilling and absolutely unique, Night of the Kings is both an exhilarating tale of survival in one of the world’s most unforgiving environments, and a beautiful ode to the power of storytelling. Following the 7.20pm screening on Sunday […]
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Glasgow – Open Air Bed Cinema Online
17 July, 2021 – 6.30 p.m. Picture this groups of friends relaxing in beds, bean bags and fluffy blankets, drinking fizz and craft beers, watching cult classic movies under the stars! We couldn’t imagine a more magical evening! The UK’s ONLY Open Air-BED Cinema! Expect all the classic binge-worthy needs: popcorn, sweets, chocolates, pizza, round-the-clock […]
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Saturday, July 17, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, Zoom and online events
The French Dispatch, GFT
Sunday 2 + Wednesday 5 July, 2023 Wes Anderson’s delightful, star-studded homage to journalism and literary magazines is a feast for the eyes and a whip-smart comic delight. The French Dispatch, a high-brow magazine based in the imagined Gallic town of Blasé-sur-Ennui, has reached its end. Its founder (Bill Murray) has died and his beloved creation looks […]
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Monday, June 28, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema
Minari at GFT – big screen release
25 June – 1 July, 2021 The Opening Film of Glasgow Film Festival 2021, Minari has stolen all of our hearts and is finally getting its big screen release at GFT. A tender and sweeping story about what roots us, Minari follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American […]
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Wednesday, June 23, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Sweat, GFT
Friday 25 – Thursday 1 July, 2021 What is the cost of fame? Magnus van Horn’s impressive second feature explores life for an archetypal Instagram star over the course of three eventful days. The resulting film is one of the first to fully engage with the era of social media in a meaningful way. Buy tickets […]
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Nashville at GFT – restored in 4K
Saturday 26 June – Thursday 1 July, 2021 Robert Altman’s masterpiece set in country music’s capital as America approached its bicentennial, is now gloriously restored in 4K. A magnum opus offering a sceptical commentary on modern America, Nashville follows a host of credibly colourful characters – musicians, agents, fans, journalists, politicians, locals – over five […]
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Supernova GFT
Supernova Friday 25 June – Sunday 4 July, 2021 Captions & Audio Description available After 20 years together, Sam and Tusker’s blissful life has been shattered following Tusker’s diagnosis with early onset dementia. Intent on spending as much precious time together as they can, the pair travel across England in their old campervan, visiting loved […]
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Moving Image Archive, National Library of Scotland, Kelvin Hall
The National Library at Kelvin Hall, including the Moving Image Archive, is now open with revised opening hours. (May, 2021) Tuesday: 10.00-16.00 Thursday: 10.00-16.00 Saturday: 10.00-16.00 Moving Image Archive Scotland’s Moving Image Archive has been collecting and preserving films since 1976. All of Scots life can be seen: adverts, documentaries, home movies, promotional films, amateur comedies, […]
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Monday, June 14, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog
Mandabi, GFT
12 – 17 June, 2021 Ousmane Sembène was once asked if his films were understood in Europe. Sembène’s response? ‘Let’s be clear. Europe is not my centre. Europe is the outskirts.’ With his startlingly funny but clear-eyed satire Mandabi, Sembène made a bid for the world to reorient itself towards Africa as the heart of cinema. […]
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Thursday, June 10, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Ammonite, GFT
14 – 17 June, 2021 Francis Lee follows up God’s Own Country with a film that is every bit as immersive, tactile and emotionally powerful, aided by the devastatingly good Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. A fictionalised account of the life of the 19th century palaeontologist Mary Anning, Winslet plays the pioneering scientist with Ronan as the […]
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Earwig and the Witch at GFT
11 – 17 June, 2021 Growing up in an orphanage in the British countryside, Earwig has no idea that her mother had magical powers. Her life changes dramatically when a strange couple take her in, and she is forced to live with a selfish witch. As the headstrong young girl sets out to uncover the […]
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First Cow, GFT
5 – 13 June, 2021 Award-winning director Kelly Reichardt (Meek’s Cutoff, Wendy and Lucy) returns with the eagerly awaited First Cow, a gripping and glorious story of friendship and petty crime in the Old West. A taciturn loner and skilled cook (John Magaro) has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon Territory, though he […]
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The Father at GFT
11 – 24 June, 2021 Anthony (Anthony Hopkins) is 81 years old. He lives alone in his London apartment and refuses all of the nurses that his daughter, Anne (Olivia Coleman), tries to impose upon him. Yet such a necessity is becoming more and more pressing for her, as she can’t see him every day […]
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Football Themed Movie Night at Glasgow Green EURO 2020 Fanzone
Monday 5 July, 2021 – opens 5 p.m. Glasgow Film Festival will be part of the programme for the Glasgow UEFA EURO 2020 fan zone at Glasgow Green. Football-themed movie night at Glasgow Green Fanzone on Monday 5 July with screenings of Gregory’s Girl and Diego Maradona. Free tickets are available from EURO 2020 website.
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Nomadland, GFT
Saturday 5 – Thursday 17 June, 2011 Captions & Audio Description available Winner of three Oscars and four BAFTAs, Nomadland is a celebration of humanity, hope, independence and adventure starring the unparalleled Frances McDormand. An intimate film set within expansive Western landscapes that are a delight to behold on the big screen. Special re-opening night […]
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Wednesday, June 2, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema
Sheffield Doc Festival 2021 at GFT
Saturday 5 – Sunday 13 June, 2021 Sheffield Doc/Fest is an international film and arts festival with a mission to spark imaginations and empower capacity for change by celebrating, championing and debating documentary film. Glasgow Film Theatre is delighted to be a host venue for the festival this year, giving Glasgow film fans the chance […]
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Gunda, GFT
5 – 10 June, 2021 If Babe stole your heart and changed your eating habits, then wait until you meet Gunda. Master director Viktor Kossakovsky’s labour of love is a beguiling ode to sow Gunda (the name means female warrior) and her adorable newborn piglets. Filmed in black and white on farms in Norway, Sweden and the UK, […]
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Sound of Metal GFT
5 – 8 June, 2021 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 […]
After Love, GFT
5 – 10 June, 2021 Mary Hussain (Joanna Scanlan) converted to Islam when she married her husband Ahmed, and has a close and loving relationship with both her husband and his family. When Ahmed dies suddenly and unexpectedly, Mary finds herself a widow in her early 60s. A day after burying her husband, she discovers […]
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Scotland’s Untold Story of Colonialism, Slavery and Resistance
The Hunterian, University of Glasgow 2 June, 2021 at 12 noon – 1.30 p.m. Free Event – Register for Ticket Old Ways New Roads event, featuring a film screening of ‘1745’ and discussion around colonialism, slavery and resistance About this event In 1745, while the Jacobites were fighting for the restoration of the Stuarts to the […]
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Sunday, May 23, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, Free Events, Zoom and online events
Rams at home with Glasgow Film Theatre
In remote Western Australia, two estranged brothers, Colin (Sam Neill) and Les (Michael Caton) are at war. Raising separate flocks of sheep descended from their family’s prized bloodline, the two men work side by side yet haven’t spoken in 40 years. When Les’s prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order […]
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Sunday, May 2, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, Zoom and online events
Glasgow Film Theatre – reopening May 2021
Doors will be swinging open on Monday 24 May, 2021 subject to government guidelines. With the Oscars giving us a tantalising glimpse of what we’ve all been missing these past few months, staff at GFT are sure you’re as eager as they are to see this year’s slate of award-winning films in all their big […]
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Africa in Motion – Notions of Citizenship
Africa in Motion Launches New Film Series on Notions of Citizenship 29th April – 1st May 2021 With guest filmmakers and speakers including Bazi Gete, Dr Ophira Gamliel, Dr Awol Allo, Victor Opeyokun and Ellie Foumbi. New film series titled Transgressing Citizenship in the Black Imagination. Drawing on the concepts of citizenship, the relationship to […]
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Tuesday, April 27, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Femspectives Film Festival 2021 announces full programme
Femspectives Online Festival Week 23 – 25 April, 2021 The third annual Glasgow-based feminist film festival will host international feature films, short films, discussions and a Feminist Film Quiz Alongside a programme of international features and shorts, the festival will host a range of live discussions and a special Feminist Film Quiz. Highlights Highlights include […]
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Saturday, April 24, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, Zoom and online events
Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint – GFT AT Home
£4.99 to rent Documentary • 1h 34m 3 day rental 24 hour playback window. Once rented, your film will be available in your account for 3 days. Once you press play, the watch window begins and you have 24 hours to watch the film as many times as you like. Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint For […]
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Wednesday, April 14, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, Zoom and online events
Beats – GFT At Home
Rent to watch at home £3.49 3 day rental 24 hour playback window. Once rented, your film will be available in your account for 3 days. Once you press play, the watch window begins and you have 24 hours to watch the film as many times as you like. The much-anticipated screen version of Kieran Hurley’s award-winning play is […]
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Wednesday, April 7, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, Zoom and online events
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