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.The Vice of Hope, GFT
28 May, 2019 5.50 p.m. Edoardo De Angelis’ fourth feature unfolds in the infamous, eerily dilapidated coastal town of Castel Volturno (around 20 miles north of Naples) which has for several years been the site of violent clashes between Italian and migrant crime gangs. The story centres on Maria (Pina Turco), a young woman involved […]
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Friday, May 24, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Tolkein GFT
24 – 30 May, 2019 Tolkien explores the formative years of the renowned author’s life as he finds friendship, courage and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including Tolkien’s tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the […]
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DOCMA DocKlub, CCA
Wednesday 29 May, 2019 CCA DocKlub: Scotland’s Collective of Documentary Filmmakers. Come along and meet your doc peers, share works-in-progress, watch films & make docs together. Established in Edinburgh in 2015, DocKlub has hosted dozens of filmmakers screening their works-in-progress. These have included directors from around Scotland, presenting in person, as well as Skype sessions with filmmakers […]
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Take 2: The Secret of Kells
Saturday, 25 May, 2019 . 11.30 a.m. Celebrate ten years of this beautiful animation about the origin of the famous Book of Kells. Filled with Celtic references, the film follows young Brendan trying to escape the boring life of the monastery by helping Brother Aiden finish the Book of Kells, a task that becomes harder […]
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Shoplifters GFT
28 May, 2019 8.20 p.m. After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money […]
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Daughter of Mine, GFT
Thursday 30 May, 2019 8.20 p.m. Laura Bispuri’s transgender-themed 2015 feature Sworn Virgin was one of the most ground-breaking Italian debuts of the past decade, and the director makes an eagerly-awaited return with this Sardinian-set film. It follows a 10-year-old girl’s changing relationship with her biological and adoptive mothers as they become rivals for her affections. Bispuri […]
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Cleo from 5 – 7 GFT
25 May, 2019, 3.20 p.m. In celebration of Agnès Varda, pioneering feminist filmmaker of the French New Wave, join us for a screening of Cleo from 5 to 7. Varda skilfully captures Paris at the height of the 1960s in this intriguing tale, expertly presented in real time, about a singer whose life is in turmoil as she awaits […]
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Beats GFT
24 – 30 May, 2019 The much-anticipated screen version of Kieran Hurley’s award-winning play is a gallus, bittersweet coming-of-age rollercoaster: imagine Fellini’s I Vitelloni set to a throbbing techno beat. It is 1994 and new legislation effectively outlaws raves or “public gatherings around amplified music characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats”. The party is […]
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Ash Is Purest White GFT
27 – 30 May, 2019 In a bleak industrial city, young dancer Qiao (played by Zhangke’s long-time collaborator, Zhao Tao) falls in love with mobster Bin (Liao Fan). When Bin’s ballroom dancing-obsessed boss is killed, he takes on leadership of the ‘Jianghu’, a brotherhood of honourable criminals. But the old codes of honour are out […]
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Yikes Film Club presents Grand Budapest Hotel
Thursday, 23 May, 2019 The Flying Duck,142 Renfield Street Glasgow G2 3AU ‘Join YiKES! Film Club on the 23rd of May as we check in at The Grand Budapest Hotel (or The Flying Duck in this case) as we explore the mad world of Wes Anderson with a cast filled to brim with talent featuring […]
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Sunday, May 19, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
The Bolshoi Ballet: Carmen Suite / Petrushka Live
19 May, 2019 – 3.45 p.m. Carmen is as sultry as ever, as the passionate and free-spirited woman in this one act ballet. Presented alongside Petrushka, a new creation of the Bolshoi which encapsulate the soul of Russian Ballet. Choreographer / ComposerAlonso / Bizet, Shchedrin Choreographer / ComposerClug / Stravinsky GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Buy tickets
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Friday, May 17, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Arctic GFT
17 – 23 May, 2019 Stranded in a bleak, unforgiving frozen wilderness would you have what it takes to survive? Joe Penna’s intense, slow-burning adventure yarn tells of endurance against impossible odds and is all the more chilling for virtually dispensing with dialogue. Mads Mikkelsen plays Overgard, the sole survivor of a plane crash who has refused to surrender to despair. […]
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Birds of Passage
17 – 23 May, 2019 A gripping tale of narcos set among Colombia’s Wayúu people, Birds of Passage spans three decades of a family pushed to the brink by the drug trade. Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra follow up their Oscar-nominated Embrace of the Serpent with an unusually clear-eyed and empathetic depiction of indigenous peoples and the impact of outside […]
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Slow Food Glasgow Food, Class and Transformation in Glasgow
Wednesday 22 May 2019 – 7 p.m. Project Cafe After directing a dozen documentaries about food, agriculture and sustainability since 2008, focusing on Scotland over the last couple of years, Zev Robinson is now developing one looking at the transformation of the culture of food in Glasgow. He will film and interview restauranteurs, chefs who […]
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Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Havana Glasgow Film Festival Bailando Con Margot: An Encore Screening CCA
Friday 17 May 2019 7:30pm, Free/£1/£3/£5/£7 + £1 booking fee, Cinema All ages Book Online / 0141 352 4900 To mark the six-month countdown to HGFF19 we are hosting an encore screening of Arturo Santana’s 2015 film, Bailando Con Margot. It’s Havana late 50s, Revolution is brewing, Bailando Con Margot follows the story of wealthy widow and femme […]
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Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock n Roll GFT
22 May, 2019 – 8.05 p.m. Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock ‘n’ Roll tells the story of the long-troubled town of Asbury Park, and how the power of music can unite a divided community. A once storied seaside resort, Asbury Park erupted in flames during a summer of civil unrest, crippling the town for the next […]
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Donbass GFT
21 – 23 May, 2019 This satirical drama follows a series of events during the separatist conflict in the Donbass, a region of Eastern Ukraine, in 2014. In the Donbass, a hybrid war takes place, involving an open armed conflict alongside killings and robberies on a mass scale perpetrated by separatist gangs. War is called […]
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Submissions Glasgow Film Festival
Submissions for Glasgow Film Festival 2020 are now OPEN. Click the button to submit now! Accepting submissions exclusively through FilmFreeway ‘Thank you for considering Glasgow Film Festival. We are committed to supporting emerging talent and providing audiences with the opportunity to see the best of world cinema. We’re currently on the lookout for fiction, documentary, animation […]
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Wild Rose Review Pat Byrne
Wild Rose, directed by Tom Harper, screenplay by Glasgow born Nicole Taylor, was one of the films I’d marked out as a ‘must see’ at Glasgow Film Festival but it wasn’t to be. It’s back at Glasgow Film theatre and I was determined to catch it this time round. (The film runs until 25 April, 2019). […]
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80 Years of Cinema Glasgow Film Theatre
80 Years of Cinema celebrated at GFT Thursday 9 May – Sunday 12 May Glasgow Film Theatre will hold a weekend of special free screenings, open to all. Glasgow Film Theatre is celebrating 80 Years of Cinema on Rose Street with a selection of special screenings, free to audiences, to mark the anniversary of Scotland’s original […]
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Thursday, May 9, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
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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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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