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.Edith Walks, GFT, 19 July, 2017
Inspired by a walk from Essex to St Leonards-on-Sea, the latest film from Andrew Kötting (Gallivant, By Our Selves) documents a pilgrimage in memory of Edith Swan-Neck. Edith was King Harold’s common-law wife, and a remarkable sculpture can be seen of the tragically fated paramours on the seafront in St Leonards. Edith Walks imaginatively re-connects […]
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Friday, July 7, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Midwife, GFT, 7 – 13 July, 2017
Two of French cinemas finest actresses headline this bittersweet drama. Claire (Catherine Frot) is a wonderfully gifted midwife, who, over the years, has found her sense of pride and responsibility clashing with the more efficiency-driven methods of modern hospitals. Just as she is beginning to feel she has lost her place in the world, she […]
Sofia Coppola’s La Traviata, GFT, Sunday 9 July, 2017
Acclaimed director Sofia Coppola and designer Valentino combine their talents to create one of the most ambitious productions of the renowned opera La Traviata. Working together with a world-class team, the duo’s production breathes spectacular new life into Giuseppe Verdi’s enduring story of tempestuous love and heartbreak. Coppola’s La Traviata has already become one of […]
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Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2017 – call for programmers
Call for GYFF Young Programmers Glasgow Youth Film Festival (GYFF) will take place 22 – 24 September 2017. GYFF is one of the most innovative and creative youth film festivals in Europe, and GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL are looking for young people to help programme it! Could you be one of GYFF Young Programmers for 2017? For the […]
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Le Havre, GFT, 8 and 12 July, 2017
The first in an envisioned trilogy of films about port cities (followed by The Other Side of Hope), Kaurismäki’s 2011 comedy-drama tells the story of a shoeshiner who saves an immigrant child in the port city of Le Havre. When the police discover a group of illegal African immigrants inside a freight destined for London, […]
The Virgin Suicides, GFT, 8 and 11 July, 2017
Before Cannes 1999, Sofia Coppola was known only for being the daughter of Francis Ford Coppola. However, upon the premiere of The Virgin Suicides she quickly became one of America’s most interesting filmmakers, delicately exploring themes of identity, angst and awkwardness in young women with melancholy and balanced humour. One dreamy ‘70s summer, 13-year-old Cecilia […]
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Tommy’s Honour, GFT, 7 – 13 July, 2017
GFT, 12 Rose St, G3 6RB A heartfelt family drama, Tommy’s Honour is based on the true story of the challenging relationship between “Old” Tom and “Young” Tommy Morris, the dynamic father-son team who founded the modern game of golf. As their fame grew, Tom and Tommy were touched by drama and personal tragedy. Tommy’s […]
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Risk, GFT, 30 June – 6 July, 2017
Academy Award winning director Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) returns with a complex and volatile character study that collides with a high stakes election year and its controversial aftermath. Cornered in a tiny building for half a decade, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is undeterred; even as the legal jeopardy he faces threatens to undermine the organization he leads and fracture the movement he inspired. Capturing this story […]
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Thursday, June 29, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
VSF17 – A Long Line of Glitter, CCA, Wednesday 5 July 2017
Wed 5 July 2017 6pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema 15+ Book via Eventbrite / 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Village Storytelling Festival 2017 Tue 4 July — Sat 8 July 2017 You are cordially invited to the grand opening of A long line of glitter, a new short film created and shaped by a […]
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A Man Called Ove, GFT, 30 June – 6 July, 2017
Based on the international best-selling novel by Fredrick Backman, this offbeat Swedish comedy drama won awards at film festivals all over the world before earning two Oscar nominations earlier this year. Ove is a 59-year-old widower who rules over his housing block with an iron fist and a dirty scowl. However, his past happiness and heartbreaks are revealed […]
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Chubby Funny, GFT, 30 June – 6 July, 2017
Moving to London, Oscar gives himself a year to make it as an actor, but ends up waylaid by the same old problems: friendships, flings, and finding ultimate fulfillment. Armed only with a streak of narcissism and a Christmas onesie, he risks losing the people closest to him as he navigates the woes of a quarter-life crisis. The feature debut from writer, […]
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Kedi, GFT, 30 June – 6 July, 2017
Hundreds of thousands of cats freely roam the metropolis of Istanbul, Turkey. For years they’ve wandered in and out of people’s lives, becoming an essential part of the communities that make the city so rich. Claiming no owners, these animals live between two worlds, neither wild nor tame – and they bring joy and purpose to those people they choose to adopt. […]
By The Time It Ges Dark, GFT, 30 June – 2 July, 2017
Taking the Thammasat University student massacre of 1976 as its starting point, this beguiling second feature by writer/director Anocha Suwichakornpong, intricately weaves together the lives of various characters. The lives of a documentary filmmaker and her subject, a former a student activist, a waitress who constantly drifts from one job to another, an actor and an actress are all loosely connected, hinging on a […]
Read the full article: By The Time It Ges Dark, GFT, 30 June – 2 July, 2017
Silent Movie Night, The Britannia Panopticon, 5 July, 2017
Silent movies with live musical accompaniment by Gladstone’s bag! July’s films will have a fantasy theme. Tickets can be bought from Tickets Scotland The Britannia Panopticon, 113 – 117 Trongate, G1 5HD Event on Facebook
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Edinburgh Film Festival, 21 June – 2 July, 2017
BOOK NOW: GOD’S OWN COUNTRY ANNOUNCED FOR EIFF OPENING GALA EIFF is delighted to announce that Francis Lee’s debut feature God’s Own Country will open the 71st edition of the Festival on 21 June, 2017. Shot entirely on location in West Yorkshire,God’s Own Country is a contemporary tale of self-discovery and emotional-awakening set on the […]
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema
Berlin Syndrome, GFT, 10 – 22 June, 2017
GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Cate Shortland (Somersault, Lore) turns her craftsperson’s eye to a gripping psychological thriller based on the acclaimed novel by Melanie Joosten. Australian photographer Clare (Teresa Palmer from Hacksaw Ridge) is on a trip to Berlin when she meets charismatic charmer Andi (Max Riemelt). There is an instant attraction and Andi invites her […]
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Thursday, June 22, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Refugee Week:Take One Action Film Festival Global Stories, Local Actions: Echoes from Home, CCA, 23 June, 2017
Fri 23 June 2017 6pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema 12+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 In celebration of Refugee Week Scotland join Take One Action for a special screening of three films, followed by an audience conversation, exploring how we can support refugees, asylum seekers and migrants locally and globally. The evening’s films are: […]
Take One Action Film Festival Power to Change – The Energy Rebellion, CCA, Tue 27 June 2017
Tue 27 June 2017 6.30pm, £6 (£4.50) via TOA, Cinema 12+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 Can our advanced industrial civilisation meet the needs of a growing population without wrecking our planet? At a crucial time for the transformation of Scotland’s energy landscape, Take One Action present this informative and entertaining documentary which explores […]
Slack Bay, GFT, 16 – 22 June, 2017
Bruno Dumont’s (Li’l Quinquin, GFF15) absurd comedy follows the bourgeois Van Peteghem family on their annual holiday in Slack Bay. One summer in 1910, over the course of five days, a romance begins to blossom between oyster farmer Ma Loute and the young and mischievous Billie Van Peteghem. Meanwhile two bumbling police inspectors investigate the inexplicable disappearance of scores of tourists, and soon make […]
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Visible Cinema: Britain on Film, Black Britain, GFT, 27 June, 2017
Yvonne Connikie, founder of the Black Film Festival Wales and founder member of New Black Collective will introduce the screening and participate in a post film Q&A. This third installment of the ICO’s Britain on Film on Tour season offers an incredible archive, sharing a history of black Britons from 1901 to 1985, revealing new voices from […]
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Don’t Look Now, GFT 25 and 27 June, 2017
Famed for a controversial sex scene that was explicit for its time, Nicolas Roeg’s psychological horror Don’t Look Now was adapted from du Maurier’s occult-themed short story. John (Donald Sutherland) and his wife Laura (Julie Christie) take a trip to Venice shortly after a traumatizing incident at their home resulting in the death of their young daughter. Roeg’s trademark visual style and innovative […]
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Drifting Clouds, GFT, 26 and 28 June, 2017
Released in 1998, Drifting Clouds continues Kaurismäki’s sardonic yet sympathetic look at ordinary people who simply want to survive in the face of huge social and economic turmoil. Following the dwindling fortunes of restaurant hostess Ilona and her tram driver husband Lauri, who both find themselves unemployed at the same time in recession-hit Helsinki, this […]
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Churchill, GFT, 16 – 22 June, 2017
Brian Cox delivers a cantankerous, uncompromising take on arguably the most famous and revered Prime Minister in Britain’s history, in this fascinating historical drama. As tensions mount in the days leading up to the Allied D-Day landings in France, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill feels the pressure to embark on a large-scale campaign. But his instincts tell him to resist, placing him in direct […]
Dispossession, The Great Social Housing Swindle, GFT, 24 June, 2017
This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Paul Sng, Lisa McKenzie and some of the other subjects featured in the film. For some people, a housing crisis means not getting planning permission for a loft conversion. For others it means, quite simply, losing their home. In this new documentary, narrated by Maxine Peake, we see […]
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Wilson, GFT, 23 – 29 June, 2017
A brilliant adaptation of Daniel Clowes’ (Ghost World) graphic novel of the same name, Wilson is a touching, funny tale of a dysfunctional family from the director of The Skeleton Twins. Woody Harrelson stars as Wilson, a lonely, neurotic and hilariously honest middle-aged misanthrope who, after 17 years, reunites with his estranged wife Pippi (Laura Dern) when he discovers he has a teenage daughter […]
The Seasons in Quincy, Four Portraits of John Berger, GFT, 23 – 29 June, 2017
A fascinating collective effort, The Seasons in Quincy is a frank exploration studying four different insights into the late John Berger’s life, thoughts and writing. Tilda Swinton, Colin MacCabe, Christopher Roth and Bartek Dziadosz each compose a personal and intimate portrait of the reclusive artist, painter and critic. Tied together with a meditative score from Simon Fisher Turner, The […]
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¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Festival, GFT, 7 – 28 June, 2017
¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Festival is presented by HOME, Manchester, with the support of the BFI Film Festival Fund, awarding funds from The National Lottery, AC/E, and the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs, Embassy of Spain in the UK. 7 June To Steal from a Thief (N/C 15+) A stylish Spanish crime thriller Part of […]
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The Gaelic King, Scots Brothers’ Budget Braveheart On Sale Worldwide
THE Gaelic King, is a historical fantasy action film set in Scotland – made by five brothers from two Scots families – it goes on sale worldwide next month (July 10, 2017). The 90-minute-long film was shot entirely on location in Scotland, including scenes in the brothers’ parents’ manse home in Stirlingshire. It is being […]
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Friday, June 16, 2017 | Filed under: Cinema
Dance Explosion: a film by Ripple Arts & Goat Media CCA Sun 18 June 2017
The Work Room & Dance House Glasgow Dance Explosion: a film by Ripple Arts & Goat Media Sun 18 June 2017 3pm, £4 (£2) + £1 booking fee, Cinema All ages / F-Rated Book online / 0141 352 4900 This documentary celebrates Scotland as a world leader in community dance. Structured around the 12 violin […]
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The Birds, GFT, 18 and 21 June, 2017
Loosely based on the 1952 du Maurier novelette, Hitchcock’s 49th film is one of his most enduringly strange and expertly constructed. Wealthy San Francisco socialite Melanie (Tippi Hedren) follows love interest lawyer Mitch (Rod Taylor) to a small Northern California town to play out a practical joke. Soon after her arrival, a seagull attacks her. The situation in the sleepy town slowly takes […]
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