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.Movie Memories: Jaws GFT
Thursday 15 August, 2019 11 a.m. Autism / Dementia Friendly Movie Memories is GFT’s dementia friendly film programme. Designed to enable people affected by dementia to socialise in a safe and social environment. Everyone is welcome. When peaceful Amity Island is terrorised by a great white shark, a brave team led by police chief Brody […]
Read the full article: Movie Memories: Jaws GFT
Monday, August 5, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Boogie at the Botanics, Open Air Cinema
15 – 18 August, 2019 Dirty Dancing, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Saturday Night Fever & Singin’ in the Rain Open air cinema screenings return to the Botanic Gardens. Dirty Dancing (1987) Thursday 15 August, 2019 The Rocky Horror Picture Show Friday 16 August, 2019 Saturday Night Fever Saturday 17 August, 2019 Singin’ in the […]
Read the full article: Boogie at the Botanics, Open Air Cinema
| Filed under: Cinema
Inside Man GFT
18 – 20 August, 2019 Lee’s fourth and most recent collaboration with Denzel Washington also remains his biggest box office hit to date. Lee’s energetic directing style works perfectly for this story of a Manhattan bank heist where nothing is what it seems. Underneath the slick and entertaining surface this is a story of corrupted […]
Read the full article: Inside Man GFT
| Filed under: Cinema
Transit GFT
16 – 22 August, 2019 Christian Petzold’s adaptation of the Anna Seghers novel is both historical and strikingly contemporary. The setting may be the Marseilles of the Vichy era but by eschewing period detail Petzold underlines the timeless nature of a story about the plight of refugees. Georg (Franz Rogowski) has fled Paris for Marseilles, […]
Read the full article: Transit GFT
Sunday, August 4, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Preview: Hoop Dreams, GFT
Sunday 18 August, 2019 1.15 p.m. Steve James’ landmark documentary Hoop Dreams, now restored, tells the story of two African-American dreamers determined to one day play professional basketball. Originally intended as a short film and seven-and-a-half years in the making, this intimate reflection of contemporary American inner-city culture follows William Gates and Arthur Agee on […]
Read the full article: Preview: Hoop Dreams, GFT
| Filed under: Cinema
Animals, GFT
2 – 15 August, 2019 Laura (Holliday Grainger) and Tyler (Alia Shawkat) are soulmates: 30-something best friends and revellers residing in Dublin, they are ingrained in the fabric of each other’s lives; dating, partying, drinking and living their life without limitations. When Laura meets Jim, a tee-total classical pianist, the girls’ hedonistic lifestyle finds itself […]
Read the full article: Animals, GFT
Saturday, August 3, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Do The Right Thing CineMasters Spike Lee at GFT
Do the Right Thing (15) 2-4 August One of Spike Lee’s greatest works On the hottest day of the summer in the Bedford-Stuyvesant district of Brooklyn, Italian-American Sal Fragione opens his pizza parlour in the same way he has for the past 25 years. But on this day, the simmering racial tensions between Sal’s Italianate […]
Read the full article: Do The Right Thing CineMasters Spike Lee at GFT
Thursday, August 1, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
CineRoma at Govanhill International Festival – EVENT POSTPONED
Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 August, 2019 Queens Park Arena, Glasgow G42 9QL Southside Film Festival and Romano Lav present CineRoma, the UK’s first ever Roma film festival, featuring award-winning films from around the world along with UK premieres. The festival, over the weekend of 3-4 August at Queens Park Arena, focuses on Roma people’s […]
Read the full article: CineRoma at Govanhill International Festival – EVENT POSTPONED
| Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Oldboy GFT
2 and 4 August, 2019 Imprisoned in a cell for 15 years, Oh Dae-su has no knowledge of the identity of his captor or the motives behind his imprisonment. When he finds himself suddenly released from captivity, Oh sets off to find answers and ultimately seek retribution against those who robbed him of his freedom. […]
Read the full article: Oldboy GFT
| Filed under: Cinema
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese GFT
6 – 8 August, 2019 We are delighted to present a limited run of screenings of this unique film. It captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975, and the joyous music that Bob Dylan performed that autumn. Master filmmaker Martin Scorsese creates a one-of-a-kind movie experience: part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream. […]
Read the full article: Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese GFT
| Filed under: Cinema
The Current War GFT
26 July – 3 August, 2019 Three brilliant visionaries set off in a charged battle for the future in The Current War, the epic story of the cutthroat competition that literally lit up the modern world. Benedict Cumberbatch is Thomas Edison, the celebrity inventor on the verge of bringing electricity to Manhattan with his radical new […]
Read the full article: The Current War GFT
| Filed under: Cinema
Holiday, GFT
2 – 5 August, 2019 Young and beautiful Sascha discovers her dream life of luxury, recklessness and fun comes at a price when she is welcomed into the “family” of her drug lord boyfriend at his holiday villa in the port city of Bodrum on the Turkish Riviera. Physical and psychological violence are a way […]
Read the full article: Holiday, GFT
| Filed under: Cinema
Diego Maradona GFT
3 – 7 August, 2019 On 5th July 1984, Diego Maradona arrived in Naples for a world-record fee, and for seven years all hell broke loose. The world’s most celebrated football genius and the most dysfunctional city in Europe were a perfect match for each other. Maradona was blessed on the field, and the charismatic […]
Read the full article: Diego Maradona GFT
| Filed under: Cinema
Princess Mononoke at Studio Ghibli Season GFT
6 and 7 August, 2019 One of Miyazaki’s finest works, Princess Mononoke is brimming with imagination, beauty and tragedy on an epic scale. Afflicted by a deadly curse, a young warrior named Ashitaka sets out for the forests of the west in search of the cure that will save his life. He becomes entangled in […]
Read the full article: Princess Mononoke at Studio Ghibli Season GFT
| Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog
Indiana Jones Trilogy at GFT
5th August, 2019 Catch all three adventures in one incredible day at GFT! Raiders of the Lost Ark (PG) Monday 5 August, 2019 (13.00) Steven Spielberg created an icon with Raiders. Indiana Jones has delighted and enthralled audiences for decades and now you can see the original trilogy on the big screen once more. Jones […]
Read the full article: Indiana Jones Trilogy at GFT
| Filed under: Cinema
Walkabout GFT
29 – 30 July, 2019 Two white children are stranded in the harsh environment of the Australian outback. Lost in the wilderness, their only chance of survival is with the help of a young Indigenous man that they meet, who is performing a ritual solo wandering to mark his entrance into manhood. The development of […]
Read the full article: Walkabout GFT
Monday, July 29, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Preview Balance not Symmetry Biffy Clyro GFT
1 August, 2019 at 8,30 p.m. Plus Biffy Clyro recorded acoustic set and Q & A After her father’s funeral, American student Caitlin (Laura Harrier) leaves her grieving mother (Kate Dickie) behind to return to her third-year studies at the Glasgow School of Art. There she juggles her grief and end-of-year presentation with meeting a […]
Read the full article: Preview Balance not Symmetry Biffy Clyro GFT
| Filed under: Cinema
Eatfilm at Sloans presents Black Panther
Tuesday, July 30, 2019 – 6:30 PM 10:00 PM Eatfilm presents Black Panther After the death of his father, T’Challa returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king. When a powerful enemy suddenly reappears, T’Challa’s mettle as king — and as Black Panther — gets tested when he’s drawn […]
Read the full article: Eatfilm at Sloans presents Black Panther
Sunday, July 28, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Of Fish And Foe review Pat Byrne
Andy Heathcote’s documentary follows the Pullar family, who have traditionally fished in Scottish waters for decades and are now threatened by environmentalists among others. The film follows John and Kevin Pullar and their crew as they lay their nets to catch salmon as the fish head to Scottish rivers. Their methods, including the killing of […]
Read the full article: Of Fish And Foe review Pat Byrne
Saturday, July 27, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema, Film reviews, Film Reviews
Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love GFT
26 July – 1 August, 2019 The new documentary from Nick Broomfield (Whitney: Can I Be Me) profiles the beautiful yet tragic love story between Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen. Their love began on the idyllic Greek island of Hydra in 1960 as part of a bohemian community of foreign artists, writers […]
Read the full article: Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love GFT
Friday, July 26, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Grateful Dead Meet Up 2019 GFT
Thursday 1 August, 2019 at 8.15 p.m. Come one, come all! Join Dead Heads in your neighbourhood – and around the world – to celebrate the 9th Annual Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the movies. This can’t-miss event features the previously unreleased complete June 17, 1991 concert from Giants Stadium. Widely considered one of the greatest […]
Read the full article: Grateful Dead Meet Up 2019 GFT
Thursday, July 25, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Glasgow Film celebrates record-breaking admissions in another successful year of dynamic growth
Glasgow Film comprises Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT), Glasgow Film Festival (GFF), Glasgow Short Film Festival (GSFF) and Glasgow Youth Film Festival (GYFF), as well as an extensive range of engagement, outreach and educational programmes that aim to reach people of all ages and backgrounds. In 2018/19, GFT achieved 193,218 admissions, the fourth busiest year on […]
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Africa in Motion Film Festival Foreign Body CCA
Saturday 27 July 2019 7pm, £6 (£3) + £1 booking fee, Cinema / 12+ F-rated Book online / 0141 352 4900 After three highly-acclaimed feature films (Red Satin, Buried Secrets and Tunisian Spring), Foreign Body is Raja Amari’s fourth film. Seeking refuge from her radical Islamist brother, Samia arrives in France illegally. She discovers another world […]
Read the full article: Africa in Motion Film Festival Foreign Body CCA
| Filed under: Cinema
Africa in Motion Africa 3.0: Vanity CCA
Saturday 27 July — Sunday 28 July 2019 On loop in CCA foyer / Free (unticketed) Africa in Motion Film Festival | Africa 3.0: Vanity These films are part of Africa 3.0 a touring package of films that shows obsession as represented in cinema from across the African continent and the diaspora, focused on joy, vanity and infatuation. Vanity: In the age […]
Read the full article: Africa in Motion Africa 3.0: Vanity CCA
Saturday, July 20, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
My Friend the Polish Girl at GFT plus Q & A
26 July, 2019 at 6.15 p.m. This unique fiction film takes the form of a first-time filmmaker’s documentary told through the eyes (and lens) of amateur filmmaker Katie: an American rich kid following Alicja, an erratic unemployed Polish actress. The film is intentionally provocative, challenging the audience to consider if they are comfortable with what […]
Read the full article: My Friend the Polish Girl at GFT plus Q & A
| Filed under: Cinema
Obsession: Double Bill Safe/To Die For GFT
Sunday 28 July, 2019 at 1.45 p.m. This double bill brings together two mid-90s arthouse classics that each centre on very different kinds of obsession, and connect with each other in fascinating ways. In Todd Haynes’ Safe, the main character Carol becomes obsessed with possible (and actual) infection from her surroundings, neighbours and family. Meanwhile in To […]
Read the full article: Obsession: Double Bill Safe/To Die For GFT
| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Cinema
Africa in Motion Film Festival Foreign Body CCA
Saturday, 27 July 2019 7pm, £6(£3) + £1 booking fee, Theatre / 12+ F-rated Book online / 0141 352 4900 In the fourth feature from acclaimed Tunisian director Raja Amari (Satin Rouge), a young illegal immigrant creates a new life for herself in France while becoming the centre of tangled romantic relationships. Seeking refuge from her radical Islamist […]
Read the full article: Africa in Motion Film Festival Foreign Body CCA
| Filed under: Cinema
Close Encounters of the Third Kind plus Quiz GFT
28 July, 2-19 6.30 p.m. In the midst of a series of unexplained events, electrical lineman Roy Neary encounters a UFO on a deserted road whilst investigating a large-scale power outage. Roy becomes increasingly obsessed with UFOs and subliminal messaging following his experience, distancing himself from his wife and children but drawing him closer towards […]
Read the full article: Close Encounters of the Third Kind plus Quiz GFT
| Filed under: Cinema
Only You GFT
19 – 25 July, 2019 Spending Hogmanay in Glasgow is the beginning of a beautiful romance for office worker Elena (Laia Costa) and PhD student Jake (Josh O’Connor). A chance encounter and an instant attraction soon starts to feel like something more meaningful. Is this the real deal? A relationship develops in which the modest age gap […]
Read the full article: Only You GFT
Friday, July 19, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Tell It To The Bees GFT
19 – 25 July, 2019 The Scotland of 1952 is no place for the faint-hearted. When mill worker Lydia (Holliday Grainger) is abandoned by her philandering husband, she struggles to pay the rent and feed herself and son Charlie (Gregor Selkirk). Local doctor Jean (Anna Paquin) is one of the few to help and a friendship develops […]
Read the full article: Tell It To The Bees GFT
| Filed under: Cinema
Related Pages
- Earth’s Greatest Enemy film review Pat Byrne
- Everbody to Kenmure Street at GFT
- Glasgow Film Festival Takeover Day 2026 review Pat Byrne
- Mermaids at GFT – Mother’s Day
- Couture Glasgow Film Festival 2026 review by Pat Byrne
- Effi O Blaenau review Pat Byrne – Glasgow Film Festival 2026
- Super Nature Glasgow Film Festival 2026
- Glasgow Film Theatre Announces Programme for March 2026
- Earth’s Greatest Enemy at GFT
- Jaripeo at Glasgow Film Festival 2026
- Sailm nan Daoine (Psalms of the People)- Glasgow Film Festival 2026
- It’s A Fine Thing To Sing – Songs and Singers of Inishowen Peninsula Documentary
- Midwinter Break – Glasgow Film Festival 2026 Review
- Everybody to Kenmure Street – GFF2026 Review
- Big vs Small, Film Night, Arlington Baths Club
- Free and Low-Cost Activities at Glasgow Film Festival 2026
- Broken English – Glasgow Film Festival 2026
- Lynne Ramsay to receive Cinema City Honorary Award at Glasgow Film Festival 2026
- Take 2: Pets on Trains at GFT
- Glasgow Film Festival 2026 – filmaking talent galore attending
