Glasgow Film Festival 2025 wraps up
GFF25 marked the final festival under director Allison Gardner The 21st edition of Glasgow Film Festival finished in style on Thursday 9 March with the sold-out World premiere of Scottish documentary Make it to Munich. The winner of the 2025 Audience Award was announced and a heartfelt farewell went out to Glasgow Film Festival director […]
Nocturnal at Glasgow Film Festival
7 and 8 March, 2025 Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Gritty thriller follows a former gang member whose fresh start is threatened after his brother’s death. While investigating, he discovers an author had disturbingly predicted the circumstances of his demise. Former gang member Min-tae (Ha Jung-woo) has made a fresh start […]
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Thursday, March 6, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2025, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Neon Dreaming at Glasgow Film Festival 2025 review by Pat Byrne
Neon Dreaming is written and directed by Marie-Claire Marcotte It is the story of an eight year old girl, Billie (Maélya Boyd), who lives with her father and grandmother and is preoccupied by thoughts of her absent mother. She treasures a photograph of a ballet dancer, whom she believes is her mum.When she has to […]
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2025
Mistress Dispeller at Glasgow Film Festival review by Pat Byrne
I ‘m not sure that it will catch on here! Mistress Dispellers are hired in China as undercover professionals, their job it is to intervene when a partner is cheating on a spouse, bring the affair to an end and repair the damage done to relationships. Elizabeth Lo’s documentary has full consent of the three […]
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Monday, March 3, 2025 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2025
On Falling, Glasgow Film Festival 2025 review by Pat Byrne
Laura Carreira is a Portuguese filmmaker based in Edinburgh. ‘On Falling’, her debut drama, has deservedly already won awards: the Sutherland Award for Best Debut at BFI London Film Festival 2024 and Best Director at San Sebastian Film Festival 2024. The film follows the life of Aurora (Joana Santos), a migrant worker, who works as […]
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Tornado – Glasgow Film Festival 2025 review by Pat Byrne
The World Premiere of ‘Tornado’ will be screened at the Opening Gala, Glasgow Film Festival 26 February, 2025. Director John Maclean’s exciting survival thriller is set in 1790s UK. Tornado (Kōki,) is a young Japanese woman travelling with her father (Takehiro Hira) – both are performers in his Samurai puppet show. When she seizes the […]
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2025, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
I Do Not Come To You By Chance
3 March, 6 p.m. and 4 March, 1.15 p.m. Glasgow Film Festival 26 February – 9 March, 2025 Kingsley has the smarts but no prospects for a job after university. Burdened with family responsibilities, he turns to his charismatic uncle, who lures him into a web of deceit – a decision that will change the […]
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Ebony and Ivory, Glasgow Film Festival
Wednesday 3 March, 2025, 6.15 p.m. Thursday 4 March, 2025, 1.15 p.m. A cinematic document of the first meeting between Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder at a Mull of Kintyre farmhouse ahead of their potential collaboration on what may in fact become a global chart-topping plea for racial harmony. It topped the charts and earned […]
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Monday, February 24, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2025, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Stationed at Home, Glasgow Film Festival 2025
Sunday 9 March, 2025 The lives of a group of strangers intersect with cab driver Ralph, who is eagerly awaiting the sight of the International Space Station, in this humorous and humanistic offbeat drama. It’s Christmas Eve 1998 in Binghamton, New York, and cab driver Ralph (Erik Bjarnar) can’t wait to finish his night shift, […]
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Spilt Milk at Glasgow Film Festival 2025
Friday 28 February, 2025, 3.20 p.m. An 11-year-old searches for his missing brother in 1980s Dublin, in this ambitious debut that views the harsh realities of housing estate life through a child’s eyes. In 1980s Dublin, 11-year-old Bobby (Cillian Sullivan) dreams of being a detective, just like his TV idol, Kojak. Offering to hunt down […]
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Zero at Glasgow Film Festival 2025
Thursday 6 March, 2025, 6 p.m. Friday 7 March, 2025, 3.45 p.m. Buy tickets The clock is ticking in this break-neck thriller. Two Americans wake up with bombs strapped to them and face a twisted treasure hunt to stop them detonating 10 hours later. Two American strangers are about to join up for a life-or-death […]
Gazer at GFT
Saturday, 1 March, 2025 – 8.15 p.m. and Sunday, 2 March, 2025 – 5.30 p.m. Nerve-jangling indie thriller sees a woman, who suffers from a degenerative disorder that means she loses track of time, become mixed up in a dangerous mystery that could prove deadly. Frankie (Ariella Mastroianni, who co-writes) suffers from a degenerative brain […]
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The Popcorn Archive – Glasgow Film Festival
During Glasgow Film Festival, come and share your favourite cinema memories at The Popcorn Archive and grab some free popcorn while you’re at it! The Popcorn Archive is a participatory project by local artist Sean Wai Keung, who will be offering freshly popped popcorn in exchange for your memories of GFT, Sauchiehall Street, and cinema in […]
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The Craft– Special Event GFF2025
Thursday 6 March, 2025 at 8 p.m. Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU Have you ever heard of invoking the spirit? Come along to Cottiers and unleash your inner witch with a very special screening of Andrew Fleming’s feminist horror classic. When troubled new girl Sarah Bailey befriends a group of local, teenage witches, […]
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Muriel’s Wedding – Special Event GFF25
Screening as part of GFF25 Special Events Friday 7 March, 2025 – 7.45 p.m. Doors open 7 p.m. Thirty years of Australia’s most endearing anti-hero, journey from Porpoise Spit to Glasgow for a front row seat at Muriel’s Wedding. Social outcast and high-school dropout Muriel Heslop is a no-hope nobody with an unhealthy ABBA addiction. With […]
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Sunday, February 23, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2025
FrightFest 2025
FrightFest, the UK’s No.1 horror & fantasy film event, is back at the renowned Glasgow Film Festival for its 20th year, running from Thursday 6 March to Saturday 8 March 2025 Be prepared for mayhem, menace and monstrosity as this year’s FrightFest three-day event, housed at the iconic Glasgow Film Theatre, presents a curated programme […]
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Full programme announced for Glasgow Film Festival 2025 (GFF25)
The 21st edition of Scotland’s largest film festival will open on 26 February,2025 with the World premiere of Scottish director John Maclean’s hotly anticipated survival thriller Tornado starring Tim Roth, Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira and Kōki, shot on location in Scotland. GFF25 will close on 9 March with the World premiere of Scottish documentary filmmaker […]
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Glasgow Film Festival 2055 Guests Announced
A raft of big screen stars and famous favourites are set to tread the red carpet for the 21st edition of Glasgow Film Festival. Opening Gala ‘Tornado’ Pulp Fiction star Tim Roth, Japanese model, musician and actor Kōki, Shogun star Takehiro Hira and Edinburgh director John Maclean will attend the World premiere of their hotly-anticipated survival thriller Tornado, which will open GFF25 on 26 February. […]
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025 | Filed under: Glasgow Film Festival 2025, Pat's Home Page Blog
Zero at Glasgow Film Festival
6 and 7 March, 2025 UK Premiere at Glasgow Film Festival 2025 – festival runs 26 February – 9 March, 2025 The clock is ticking when two Americans wake up with bombs strapped to them and face a twisted treasure hunt to stop them detonating 10 hours later, in this break-neck thriller from Saloum director […]
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Monday, February 3, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2025
Full Programme Announced for Glasgow Film Festival 2025 – Industry Focus
Industry Focus returns for its 10th edition running 3-6 March, 2025 The event will host a packed programme of talks, workshops and networking opportunities for industry professionals at every stage of their screen career. Highlights across the four days include a talk from Oscar-nominated producer Nicky Bentham, a look at copyright in the age of […]
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Tuesday, January 28, 2025 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2025
