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Cinema Listings Glasgow

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.

Barry Lyndon 50th Anniversary at GFT

18 – 24 July, 2025 The tale of a rogue who conned his way to the top and back again… returning to our screens in a ravishing 4K restoration to celebrate its landmark 50th anniversary! Ryan O’Neal and Marisa Berenson star in Stanley Kubrick’s lavish adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s classic 18th-century novel about the […]

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Thursday, July 17, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema

Rafiki, GFT

rafiki

20 July, 2025, 5 p.m. With beautiful scenes connected through shades of fuchsia and violet, reflecting the femininity of the characters, this gentle film follows the development of love between two young women. Set against the backdrop of the bustling streets of Nairobi, the two very different girls must choose between love and safety, surrounded […]

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The Other Way Around at GFT

the other way around

11 – 17 July, 2025 After 15 years together, Ale and Alex have come up with the crazy idea of throwing a party to celebrate their break-up – like a wedding but the other way around. While their friends and family are sceptical, they seem to be sure of their decision. Or are they really? […]

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Hot Milk at GFT

4 – 17 July, 2025 The directorial debut from award-winning screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Ida, Disobedience), Hot Milk is an intimate exploration of self-discovery, desire, and the complex bonds that shape us, based on the acclaimed novel by Deborah Levy. Set in the scorching heat of a Spanish summer, Sofia (Emma Mackey, Emily, Sex Education) and her ailing mother, […]

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Dead Ringers at GFT

dead ringers

Sunday 20, 7.20 p.m. and Thursday 24, 2025 8.20 p.m. Elliot and Beverly are world-renowned gynaecologists and identical twins. Both are troubled by the seemingly unbreakable bond between them as they share everything from their clinic to their women – until they meet Claire. Whilst Elliot enjoys seducing her, Beverly falls in love and wishes […]

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Hidden Master – The Legacy of George Platt Lynes at GFT

hidden master

12 – 17 July, 2025 GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB George Platt Lynes began his career in the 1930s photographing celebrities, and it’s for those portraits along with his extravagant fashion work that he is best remembered today. However, Lynes’ heart and his greatest passion was focused in his private work with the male […]

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GFT Programme for July 2025

the brutalist

Glasgow Film Theatre announces a month of cinematic classics, director showcases, Pride celebrations and unmissable screenings followed by Q & As at Glasgow’s original independent cinema.  Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) — has been the city’s home of film for over 85 years — its packed July programme means that film lovers can enjoy a fabulous […]

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Raising Arizona at GFT

raising arizona

28 July, 2025, 8.20 p.m. The July edition of GFT Coen Brothers of the Month season brings a chance to enjoy the duo’s early slapstick cult hit Raising Arizona in 35mm. When a childless couple of an ex-con and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of another family’s quintuplets, their lives become more complicated […]

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Eastern Promises at GFT

30 July, 2025, 8.30 p.m. Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen), who is both ruthless and mysterious, has ties to one of the most dangerous crime families in London. He crosses paths with Anna (Naomi Watts), a midwife who has come across potentially damaging evidence against the family, which forces him to set in motion a plan of […]

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Holloway at GFT

Holloway

Tuesday 22 July, 2025, 8.10 p.m. Six women return to the now-abandoned Holloway Prison — once the largest women’s prison in Europe — to take part in a women’s circle. Sharing the most intimate experiences of their lives, they unravel what led them to prison, revealing a powerful portrait of systemic failure and trauma, and […]

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My Beautiful Laundrette and Desi Queers Book Launch

31 July, 2025, 8 p.m. Come along to GFT for the launch of Desi Queers, a landmark book on South Asian queer communities in Britain and how they have helped to shape LGBTQ+ movements since the 1970s, written by Churnjeet Mahn, Rohit K. Dasgupta and DJ Ritu. The book launch will be accompanied by a […]

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Take 2: The Adventures of Prince Achmed

the adventures of prince achmed

Saturday 12 July, 2025 11.30 a.m. Take 2: The Adventures of Prince Achmed + Live Score SAT 12 JUL, 11.30AM Take 2: The Adventures of Prince Achmed + Live Score Lotte Reiniger’s beautiful 1926 silhouette animation, The Adventures of Prince Achmed, brings to life magical tales from the Arabian Nights. The earliest surviving animated feature […]

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Lost in Translation at GFT

lost in translation

Monday 14 July, 2025, 6 p.m. GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 5RB GFT, together with The National Autistic Society Scotland, is delighted to provide Access Film Club: a screening and post-film discussion in a friendly and welcoming environment. A lonely, aging movie star named Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and a conflicted newlywed, Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), […]

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Videodrome at GFT

videodrome

Friday 11th July, 8.20 p.m. and Tuesday 15 July, 8.00 p.m. GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon Videodrome, a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the […]

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Love and Trouble at GFT

Love and Trouble

12 – 16 July, 2025 GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Kenny and Kerry marry with secrets that almost blow their young family apart. After their new baby is born, Kenny’s PTSD is triggered by his crying. Kenny no longer knows what is real, and calls it ‘the screams’. It seems the marriage is over. […]

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High Fidelity and Almost Famous at GFT

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Saturday 12 July, 2025, 5 p.m. Double Trouble at Glasgow Film Theatre Enjoy summer at the cinema with this extra special double-bill of two iconic music dramas that both celebrate their 25th Anniversary this year! High Fidelity Rob Gordon (John Cusack) is the owner of a semi-failing record store located on one of the back […]

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Pride and Prejudice at GFT

11 – 16 July, 2025 In this adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel, Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) lives with her mother, father and sisters in the English countryside. As the eldest, she faces mounting pressure from her parents to marry. When the outspoken Elizabeth is introduced to the handsome and upper-class Mr. Darcy (Matthew MacFadyen), […]

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Monday, June 30, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema

The Shrouds at GFT

4 – 10 July 2025 GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Inconsolable since the death of his wife, Karsh, a prominent businessman, invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor their dear departed in their shrouds. One night, multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated, and he sets out […]

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Silent Comedy Classics with Live Music

Silent Comedy Classics Britannia Panopticon

Wednesday, 2 July, 2025, 7 p.m.  The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall 113-117 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD Enjoy a night of laughter with silent film legends Stan Laurel and Buster Keaton. Classic Comedy Screenings with Live Music Gladstone’s Bag returns to the world’s oldest music hall with two classic comedy screenings featuring live music! Dr. Pyckle […]

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Windrush Caribbean Film Festival – Women of Colour

windrush caribbean film festival

Saturday 28 June, 2025, 4.30 p.m. – event sold out Windrush Caribbean Film Festival x Women of Colour Scotland – Glasgow Screening Curated by Women of Colour Scotland in partnership with GFT, this special screening as part of Windrush Caribbean Film Festival 2025 showcases four powerful short films that explore identity, resilience, memory and heritage […]

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As The Tide Comes In at GFT

as the tide comes in

Wednesday 2 July, 2025 6.20 p.m. The 27 residents of the tiny island of Mandø are used to severe weather and flooding, but climate change is making things worse and serious catastrophe looms. Yet the island’s last farmer, Gregers, whose family has lived there for eight generations, hasn’t given up. He refuses to build a […]

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Searching for Amani at GFT

Searching for Armani

Sunday 29 June, 2025 at 7.30 p.m. A 13-year-old aspiring journalist finds himself on a dangerous odyssey as he investigates his father’s mysterious murder within the boundaries of one of Kenya’s largest wildlife conservancies. As a ravaging drought encroaches, his quest to find the killer shifts, and an activist is born as the collateral damage […]

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From Hilde, With Love

From Hilde, With Love

27 June – 3 July, 2025 A polished biopic of Hilde Coppi, a German resistance fighter with the Red Orchestra anti-fascist group, whose resilience is tested to the limit when she is arrested in 1942 while pregnant. Andreas Dresen’s polished and evocative period drama, set in 1942, tells the true story of one woman’s resilience […]

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Sudan, Remember Us

Sudan, Remember Us

27 June – 3 July, 2025 Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese young people risked […]

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Clueless – 30th Anniversary

Clueless

27 July –  3 July, 2025 Thirty years later, Clueless remains a smart, charming, and hilarious classic that truly captures what it was like to be a teen in the 1990s. Alicia Silverstone shines as the 15-year-old Beverly Hills High School student who thrives on shopping, enjoys the perfect social life, and plays matchmaker to all […]

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Take 2: Ernest and Celestine at GFT

Ernest and Celestine

Saturday 21 June, 2025 at 11.30 a.m. Celestine is a little mouse trying to avoid a dental career while Ernest is a big bear craving an artistic outlet. When Celestine meets Ernest, they overcome their natural enmity by forging a life of crime together. Please note: This film is in French with English subtitles. Take […]

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema

Collateral at GFT

Collateral

Saturday 21st June,  5.10 p.m. and Thursday, 26 June, 8.20 p.m., 2025 After a long day, LA taxi driver Max (Jamie Foxx) is about to knock off when sharp-suited Vincent (Tom Cruise) offers him $600 to make five stops. Sounds good until Vincent turns out to be a merciless hitman and each one of those […]

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Hidden at GFT

Hidden

20 – 26 June, 2025 A married couple’s comfortable lifestyle begins to implode after they start to receive surveillance tapes of their home in Michael Haneke’s gripping psychological thriller, starring Juliette Binoche and Daniel Auteuil. Four years after The Piano Teacher won a trio of prizes in Cannes, Michael Haneke’s disturbing psychological thriller opened the festival – […]

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Miller’s Crossing plus Introduction

Miller's Crossing

Monday 23 June, 2025 8 p.m. This special 35mm screening for the June edition of GFT’s Coen Brothers of the Month will be introduced by film critic and programmer Allan Hunter. Miller’s Crossing is a 1920s gangster movie that only the Coen Brothers could concoct. When the Italian Mafia threatens to kill a crooked bookie (John Turturro), […]

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Red Path at GFT

Red Path

Friday 20th, Sunday 22 and Monday 23 June, 2025 In the shadow of Tunisia’s Mghila Mountains, 13-year-old Achraf endures a harrowing ordeal when jihadists attack him and his cousin, Nizar. Forced to carry a gruesome warning back to their village, Achraf embarks on a journey that blurs the lines between trauma and resilience. Based on […]

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