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.UKJF Why the Jews? + Starboy CCA
Sunday 15 December 2019 2.30pm, £8 + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Modesty may be a virtue but the stats don’t lie: 22% of all Nobel prizes have been won by Jews, and don’t get us started on Jewish accomplishments in literature, film and art. This fascinating documentary turns to Jewish luminaries, […]
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Saturday, December 7, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Southern Exposure Utu CCA
Thu 12 December 2019 7pm, £5 (£3) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 It’s the 1870s, and charismatic Māori leader Te Wheke is fed up by brutal land grabs. He takes up arms and leads a bloody rebellion against the colonial NZ Government. In the process he provokes everyone affected by his actions […]
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So Long, My Son GFT
7 – 12 December, 2019 So Long, My Son traces the lives of two families over three decades of social, political and human upheaval in China. Following the loss of a child in a tragic accident, their paths separate. Destinies ebb and flow, and fortunes are transformed under the impact of a country’s changing face. Yet […]
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Honey Boy GFT
7 – 12 December, 2019 From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf based on his own experiences, award-winning filmmaker Alma Har’el brings to life a young actor’s stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father through cinema and dreams. Fictionalising LaBeouf’s childhood ascent to stardom, and subsequent adult crash-landing into […]
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The Forgotten Screening and Q & A
18th December, 2019, 7 p.m. The Deep End Govanhill Baths Community Trust, 21 Nithsdale Street, Glasgow G41 2PZ ‘Everyone has their own ghost story.’ This short film by University of Glasgow postgraduate student Lindsey Kennedy explores the people and places of Glasgow who refuse to be forgotten. Followed by Q&A. Whether or not you believe […]
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Take 2: How the Grinch Stole Christmas, GFT
Saturday 9 December, 2023 – 11.30 a.m. Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Whos, an almost mutated sort of Munchkin-like people. All the Whos love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty creature that hates Christmas, and plots to […]
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Take 2: Miniscule Adventure GFT
Saturday 30 November, 2019 11.30 a.m. When a curious ladybug is accidentally shipped to the Caribbean it’s up to his fellow insects to save the day and go on a journey of a lifetime. Dive into this luscious miniscule world of bugs as they travel across land and sea in their latest adventure. Tickets GFT […]
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Friday, November 29, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
The Great Hack Screening and Discussion CCA
Monday 2 December 2019 6pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema 18+ / F-rated Book online / 0141 352 4900 The Great Hack uncovers the dark world of data exploitation through the compelling personal journeys of players on different sides of the explosive Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data scandal. Join us for a free screening of this groundbreaking Netflix documentary. Hosted by Open […]
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The Biggest Little Farm GFT
29 Nov – 5 Dec, 2019 John and Molly Chester, together with their beloved dog Todd, move from LA to Apricot Lane where they intend to turn 200 acres of barren land into a sustainable farm. Featuring breathtaking cinematography, captivating animals, and an urgent message to heed Mother Nature’s call, John Chester’s award-winning documentary The Biggest […]
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In Diamond Square GFT
1 December, 2019 Set during the Second Republic and the Spanish Civil War, In Diamond Square tells the story of a young woman called Colometa’s struggles in Barcelona before, during and after the war. Adapted from the celebrated 1962 novel La Plaça del Diamant by exiled Catalan author Mercè Rodoreda, the film follows Colometa’s progression from almost complete submission […]
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Shooting the Mafia, GFT
29 November – 5 December, 2019 In the streets of Sicily, beautiful, gutsy Letizia Battaglia pointed her camera straight into the heart of the Mafia that surrounded her and began to shoot. The striking, life-threatening photos she took documenting the rule of the Cosa Nostra define her career. Shooting The Mafia weaves together Battaglia’s striking black-and-white photographs, […]
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Moving Image Makers Collective On The Move CCA
Image: Richard Ashrowan Saturday 7 December 2019 4pm, £3 (£2) on the door, Cinema All ages / F-rated 0141 352 4900 Image: Jessie Growden Image: Jason Moyes A touring programme of experimental artists’ films from the Scottish Borders-based Moving Image Makers Collective. This programme of short films is conditioned by a felt response to the […]
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Pity Party Film Club Urgh! A Music War CCA
Sat 7 December 2019 8pm, £6.00 + £1.06 booking fee, Cinema All ages Book online / 0141 352 4900 Pity Party Film Club presents a screening of Urgh! A Music War, the seminal new wave concert film from 1981. Unabashed propaganda for the new wave of rock ’n’ roll on the rise as the Reagan era reared its […]
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Sunshine on Leith GFT
2 December, 2019 Get with the beat and revisit the feel good factor of Sunshine on Leith. A jubilant, heartfelt musical about the power of home, family and love, it is the tale of one tight-knit family, and the three couples bound to it, as they experience the joys and heartache that punctuate all relationships, all […]
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CinemaAttic – Catalan Film Festival CCA
Cinema Catalan Film Festival 27 November 2019 – 5 December 2019 CCA Film & Well-being on set: Director’s Talk with Irene Moray Wed 27 November 2019 4pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema All ages / F-rated Book online / 0141 352 4900As part of CinemaAttic’s Catalan Film Festival, director Irene Moray visits Scotland. Irene will share the particular […]
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The Two Popes GFT
29 Nov – 5 Dec 2019 An intimate story of one of the most dramatic transitions of power in the last 2,000 years. Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio (Jonathan Pryce) requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict (Anthony Hopkins). Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons […]
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Judy and Punch, GFT
22 November – 1 December, 2019 Famous puppeteers Judy (Mia Wasikowska) and her husband Punch (Damon Herriman), live in the town of Seaside. A strange place that is located nowhere near any sort of coastline, the town and its inhabitants are in thrall to a frenzy of witch hunts and superstition. But whilst the townspeople […]
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Friday, November 22, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
The Report plus Short Glasgow Film Theatre
22 – 28 November, 2019 In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, CIA agents began using extreme interrogation tactics on potential suspects. Idealistic FBI agent Daniel J Jones (Adam Driver) is tasked with leading an investigation into the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program. Jones’ relentless pursuit of the truth leads to explosive findings that uncover […]
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Take 2: Mary Poppins GFT
Saturday 23 November, 2019 – 11.30 a.m. With her trademark umbrella and a spoonful of sugar Mary Poppins is here to take care of the Banks children in this 1964 musical classic. Grab your chimney sweep and tuppence because it’s going to be supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Screening as part of BFI Musicals! The Greatest Show on Screen, […]
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Singing Lovebirds, GFT
26 November, 2019 – 6.30 p.m. Directed by Masahiro Makino, the ‘Busby Berkeley of Japan’, Singing Lovebirds is the most frequently revived pre-war musical in Japan. Daughter of a former rōnin (masterless samurai), Oharu (Haruyo Ichikawa) is in love with Reisaburō Asai (Chiezō Kataoka), another rōnin who lives next door. But she faces steep romantic competition from […]
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Marriage Story GFT
22 – 28 November, 2019 Noah Baumbach’s latest film, shot on gorgeous 35mm, is an incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together. Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver play an actor and her stage director husband, who find they both want different things out of life and for their […]
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It’s A Wonderful Life Seamore Neighbourhood Cinema Glasgow
28 November, 2019 The Seamore Neighbourhood Cinema, 304 Maryhill Rd, Glasgow G20 7YE Difference By Design Presents…IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE Get into the festive spirit early by supporting the brand new social enterprise DIFFERENCE BY DESIGN in coming along to see IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, a tale of the constantly changing fortunes of well meaning […]
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| Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Cinema, Pantos and Christmas Shows in Glasgow
Cooking Pot Biting the Hand that Feeds, CCA
Sunday 24 November 2019 2pm – 5pm, Free (unticketed), Theatre All ages, 0141 352 4900 ‘Biting the Hand that Feeds is a video installation by artist and filmmaker Zev Robinson. Using footage from his six documentaries on Scottish food and sustainability, this new work uses images, sounds and music to convey the diversity, cycles and […]
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Artists Moving Image Festival The Tramway
16 and 17 November, 2019 ‘Hanging Out’, this year’s artists’ moving image festival, is programmed by artists Emmie McLuskey, Ima-Abasi Okon and Kimberley O’Neill. As part of their ongoing conversation, the programmers have continually returned to what it means to ‘hang outside’ typical moving image conventions and social structures. The work included in the festival […]
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Saturday, November 16, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
First a Girl, GFT
19 – 20 November, 209 Aspiring actors Victor (Sonnie Hale) and Elizabeth (Jessie Matthews) both want a part in a musical show, but the casting people are quick to turn Elizabeth away. Victor, meanwhile, gets offered the role of a man who disguises himself as a woman. However, when he unexpectedly loses his voice, he […]
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Friday, November 15, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool GFT
15 – 17 November, 2019 Miles Davis: horn player, bandleader, innovator. Elegant, intellectual, vain. Callous, conflicted, controversial. Magnificent, mercurial. Genius. The very embodiment of cool. The man with a sound so beautiful it could break your heart. The central theme of Miles Davis’s life was his restless determination to break boundaries and live life on […]
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2040 at GFT
16 and 17 November, 2019 Concerned about the planet his 4-year-old daughter would inherit, award-winning director Damon Gameau embarked on a global journey to meet innovators and changemakers in the areas of economics, technology, civil society, agriculture, education and sustainability. Drawing on their expertise, he sought to identify the best solutions, available to us now, […]
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Pity Party Film Club I Shot Andy Warhol CCA
Wed 20 November 2019 8pm, £6 + £1.06 booking fee via Eventbrite, Cinema 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Pity Party Film Club presents a screening of Mary Harron’s 1996 debut, I Shot Andy Warhol. Mary Harron has made movies about power-crazed murderers (American Psycho) and iconic sex symbols (The Notorious Bettie Page), but her first feature […]
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Queer Classics & Matchbox Cineclub City of Lost Souls CCA
Monday 18 November 2019 7.30pm, Free/£2/£4/£6/£8 via Matchbox Cineclub, Theatre 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900Rarely screened punk musical about Berlin’s queer cabaret community, with an introduction by local drag performer Pollyanna! Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3JD
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Alan Ereira ALUNA – screening and talk CCA
Sunday 17 November 2019 7pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema All ages Book online / 0141 352 4900Director/Producer Alan Ereira presents and talks about ALUNA, the follow up to his 1990 film The Heart Of The World. Alan Ereira’s influential film From The Heart Of The World: The Elder Brothers’ Warning, brought global attention to the Kogi people of Colombia, […]
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