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.Vox Lux GFT
3 – 11 May, 2019 An electric and powerful sophomore feature from Brady Corbet (Childhood of a Leader) merges tragedy and satire through the incredible life story of a pop superstar. The film charts the life of Celeste (a career-defining performance from Natalie Portman), who survives a school shooting at the age of 13 to find early success as a teen […]
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Thursday, May 9, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Amazing Grace GFT
10 – 16 May, 2019 In 1972, Aretha Franklin, the undisputed Queen of Soul, brought producer Jerry Wexler, her backup singers and the legendary Atlantic Records rhythm section to The New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, to record an album of gospel music before an enthusiastic live audience. The result, ‘Amazing Grace’ went […]
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Nobody Knows GFT
13 May, 2019 5.45p.m. Four children are left to fend for themselves in a Tokyo apartment by their scatterbrained and selfish mother. Their well-being and survival depends on the oldest son, 12-year-old Akira. Filmed over the course of a year, Kore-eda’s heartbreaking study of childhood destroyed by neglect and societal indifference boasts superb naturalistic performances. […]
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The Legend of Hamish MacInnes GFT
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes 10 – 16 May, 2019 Legendary mountaineer Hamish MacInnes is no stranger to a challenge. He has pitted himself against the elements and conquered the highest peaks. More recently, he fell ill, was declared a danger to himself and sectioned. Final Ascent follows his determination to regain his freedom, reclaim his past and […]
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Woman at War GFT
3 – 16 May, 2019 Of Horses and Men director Benedikt Erlingsson makes a welcome return with a playful, wonderfully quirky charmer that addresses urgent issues with the lightest of touches. Halla (Halldóra Geirhardsdóttir) is a mildmannered choirmaster secretly waging war on the heavy industry that is ruining the rugged landscapes of her beloved Iceland. Her acts of sabotage grow increasingly […]
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High Life GFT
10 – 16 May, 2019 In deep space, Monte (Robert Pattinson) and his daughter Willow live together aboard a spacecraft, in complete isolation. A man whose strict self-discipline is a shield against desire, Monte fathered her against his will. His sperm was used to inseminate the young woman who gave birth to her. They were […]
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Madeline’s Madeline GFT
10 – 16 May, 2019 Madeline (newcomer Helena Howard) has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theatre troupe. When the workshop’s ambitious director (Molly Parker) pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother (Miranda July) into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin […]
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NT Live: All My Sons GFT
Tuesday, 12 May, 2019 6.45 p.m. Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama All My Sons. America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They have […]
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Preview: Sunset GFT
Sunday 12 May, 2019 – 7 p.m. 1913, Budapest, in the heart of Europe. Young Irisz Leiter arrives in the Hungarian capital with high hopes to work as a milliner at the legendary hat store that belonged to her late parents. But those hopes are quickly dashed when the new owner, Oszkár Brill, refuses to […]
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Glasgow Film Theatre celebrates 80 Years of Cinema
Thursday 9 May – Sunday 12 May 2019 Free screenings include Booksmart preview, Mulholland Drive in 4K and family favourite The Wizard of Oz in 4K. Glasgow Film Theatre will celebrate 80 Years of Cinema with a weekend of free screenings open to all. In 1939, Scotland’s first art-house cinema and only the second purpose-built […]
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May 2019 at Glasgow Film Theatre
NEW RELEASES This month, as Glasgow Film celebrates 80 Years of Cinema at Rose Street, the GFT programme is packed with hotly anticipated new releases, including: Brady Corbett’s follow up to Childhood of a Leader, Vox Lux, starring Natalie Portman; Aretha Franklin in the spectacular documentary Amazing Grace, directed by Oscar-winner Sydney Pollack and Alan […]
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Il Postino The Shed
12 May, 2019 2 p.m. Cinema – L’Amore Del Cinema Italiano IL Postino recounts the story of a diffident postman and a world renown poet, set against a backdrop of conflicting social-political issues! £3 Buy tickets About this Event PRIZE draw at the event!!! 1. Lunch for 2 at Dimora Newton Mearns!!! 2. Surprise from […]
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Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Movie Memories: Rebecca GFT
Dementia Friendly Event – 16 May, 2019 Alfred Hitchcock’s Academy Award-winning gothic thriller. A newly-married woman discovers that Rebecca – her husband’s first wife – exerts a sinister grasp over the family. Hitchcock’s atmospheric masterpiece from 1940, packed with a stellar cast, is a slow-burning drama full of twists and turns. Please note that all wheelchair […]
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SCOTTISH FILM & TV TALENT ANNOUNCED FOR DEVELOPMENT RESIDENCY ON SKYE
Six aspiring filmmakers have secured a week’s summer residency in Skye where they’ll be coached by some of the country’s top Film and TV professionals. Congratulations to the finalists: Daisy Costello, Glasgow, Emma Lennox, Glasgow, John Murdo MacAulay, Isle of Lewis, , Omar Raza, Glasgow, Michael Lee Richardson, Glasgow and Ali Taylor, Glasgow Writers, producers and directors behind shows like Poldark, Derry […]
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Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2019
Friday 3 May — Monday 6 May 2019 mhfestival.com The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, led by the Mental Health Foundation, aims to support the arts and challenge preconceived ideas about mental health. The International Film Awards ceremony takes place at the CCA on the evening of Friday 3 May, celebrating the best in mental health filmmaking. Winning films […]
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Friday, May 3, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Take Access 2: Bumblebee
Saturday 4 May, 2019 12,00 After fleeing his home planet Cybertron, a young Autobot finds refuge hiding as a Volkswagen Beetle in a junk yard. 20 years later, Charlie Watson is celebrating her 18th birthday when she is given the car as a present. In her attempts to fix the car, the Autobot reveals himself and […]
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SMHAF19 Scottish Connections CCA
Monday 6 May 2019 5.30pm, Free/£2/£4/£6/£8 via Eventbrite, Theatre 14+ accompanied by an adult / F-rated Book Online / 0141 352 4900 A family divided between England and Skye, a meaningful bond repaired in Glasgow, and a chance encounter with a Syrian artist, are just three of the stories explored in this selection. These shorts, featuring animation, […]
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Thursday, May 2, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Vacas GFT
Sunday 5 May, 2019 5 p.m. Set in the Basque region, this epic portrayal of feuding families begins with a single act of cowardice that shapes the lives of three generations and fuels an intense rivalry. Told in four related short stories, Vacas director Julio Medem continues the work of Armendariz in Tasio, rethinking how Basque landscapes shape […]
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Full Metal Jacket GFT
5 – 8 May, 2019 Kubrick’s scathing attack upon the Vietnam War and its destruction of a generation of people from both sides of the conflict is as ruthless and disturbing today as it was on release. We follow Private Joker (Matthew Modine) as he navigates Boot Camp, with its de-construction of its recruits. Then watch as he becomes an awful instrument […]
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Woman at War
RELEASED IN CINEMAS ON 3 MAY 2019 a film by Benedikt Erlingsson starring Halldóra Geirharõsdóttir ‘Is there anything rarer than an intelligent feel-good film that knows how to tackle urgent global issues with humor as well as a satisfying sense of justice? Look no further than Woman at War’ VARIETY Picturehouse Entertainment are proud to announce […]
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Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Prince Under the Cherry Moon Matchbox Cinema
Under The Cherry Moon | Film Screening Friday, 7 June, 2019 Information Under The Cherry Moon | Friday 7th June at CCA, Glasgow Backseat Bingo & Matchbox Cineclub present a rare screening of Prince’s Under the Cherry Moon, on His Royal Badness’ birthday. Fashion historian Casci Ritchie will introduce the film with an illustrated […]
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The King of Paparazzi GFT
Saturday 1 June, 2019 3 p.m. Among the many lasting legacies of Federico Fellini’s 1960 film La Dolce Vita is its creation of the term ‘paparazzo’ which has come to describe a particular type of relentless celebrity photographer. Massimo Spano and Giancarlo Scarchili’s fittingly star-studded documentary focuses on Rino Barillari, arguably Italy’s most famous ‘paparazzo’. After arriving […]
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Petra GFT
Monday, 29 April, 2019 The atmosphere of Greek tragedy comes to contemporary Spain in this brooding portrait of a broken family suffering the consequences of secrets, lies and violence. Petra, a fatherless young woman, embarks on a search that leads her to Jaume, a famous artist and a powerful, ruthless man (remarkably portrayed by 77-year […]
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Friday, April 26, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Pond Life – GFT
26 April – 2 May, 2019 The first feature from acclaimed theatre director Bill Buckhurst is set in a quiet mining village just outside Doncaster during the summer of 1994. A giant carp is said to inhabit a local pond, inspiring its own Loch Ness Monster-style legend. One night, Trevor (Tom Varey) assembles friends, families and neighbours to embark on a fishing […]
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Styx GFT
26 April – 2 May, 2019 A determined and confident doctor, Rike (played with utter conviction by Susanne Wolff) attempts to escape the pace of her everyday life with a well-deserved solo sailing trip to the volcanic island of Ascension. However, her plans are scuppered when she discovers a sinking fishing boat, with hundreds of people fighting for […]
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¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Film Festival 2019 Glasgow Film Theatre
25 March – 29 April, 2019 Glasgow Film Festival, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB ¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Film Festival brings the best new cinema from Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America to Manchester every year; at GFT we are delighted to host a selection of highlights from the main festival through April. From […]
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Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley Permanent Green Light plus Q & A
Thursday 2 May, 2019 6p.m. – 8 p.m. Andrew Stewart Cinema, Gilmorehill, Univesity of Glasgow, 9 University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ A very special opportunity to see ‘Permanent Green Light’, a film by Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley + a Q and A after the screening. A young guy wants to explode. He wants to […]
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Beatson Gin and Sing: Grease at OranMor
2nd May, 2019, Doors 7 p.m. Starts 8 p.m. The Venue at Òran Mór Doors 7pm (show starts 8pm) ‘Don’t say we’re not hopelessly devoted to you… you voted for the next Beatson Gin & Sing movie and they listened – Grease is the one that you want!’ OranMor present another evening of singing and dancing. This time, […]
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KeanuCon 2019 CCA
KeanuCon 2019 Sat 27 April — Sun 28 April 2019 From the makers of Cage-a-rama Weird Weekend, KeanuCon is Scotland’s first Keanu Reeves film festival. Join Matchbox Cineclub to celebrate the most triumphant Wyld Stallyn himself and trace his career from babe to baba yaga. Expect nine films over two days, special guests and lots of bonus […]
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Eighth Grade GFT
26 April – 2 May 2019 Eighth Grade is everything you would hope for from stand-up comic and YouTube sensation Bo Burnham. Scalpel-sharp in its observations and painfully funny, it follows 13-year-old Kayla (Elsie Fisher) as she embarks on her incredible journey towards high school. Crippled by self-loathing and insecurity, she creates YouTube advice vlogs that present a calmly confident […]
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