Couture Glasgow Film Festival 2026 review by Pat Byrne
Alice Winocour’s film sees Angelina Jolie starring as Maxine, a filmmaker at Paris Fashion Week to shoot the film which will launch the show. She is on top of her game but working to a very tight schedule; there are a few hitches but she is not too vexed by clashes of opinion within the […]
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Monday, March 9, 2026 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Cinema, Film Reviews, Film reviews, Glasgow Film Festival 2026
Effi O Blaenau review Pat Byrne – Glasgow Film Festival 2026
Marc Evans’ Welsh language film Effi O Blaenau had its world premiere at Glasgow Film Festival 2026. An adaptation of Gary Owen’s critically acclaimed play, Iphigenia in Splott, Evans shifts the location to Blaenau Ffestiniog, a rundown town in rural North Wales. This is where we meet Effi (Leisa Gwenllian) an angry young woman who spends […]
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Friday, March 6, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Film reviews, Film Reviews, Glasgow Film Festival 2026, Pat's Home Page Blog
Super Nature Glasgow Film Festival 2026
Saturday 7 March 1 p.m. GFT then Adelaide Place Super Nature will also be screened at free cinema event, created with and for communities around Glasgow, with a special screening of Ed Sayers’ stunning debut nature documentary Super Nature, plus food, music and activities! The event is completely free, just collect your ticket from Garnethill […]
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Jaripeo at Glasgow Film Festival 2026
1st March (4.15 p.m.) and 2nd March(8.15 p.m.) Glasgow Film Thetre, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB The world of jaripeo – a traditional Mexican-style rodeo, which sees many from the Mexican diaspora return to visit family – might seem like a hypermasculine space where machismo rules supreme. Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig guide us into another world beneath […]
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Sunday, March 1, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2026
Sailm nan Daoine (Psalms of the People)- Glasgow Film Festival 2026
Sunday 1 March (3.45 p.m.) & Monday 2 March (2 p.m.) Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Join Scottish Gaelic psalm precentor Rob MacNeacail on an uplifting musical journey from his Carlops singing group in the Borders across Scotland and Ireland as he celebrates the cultural heritage of psalm singing. In addition to lifting […]
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Friday, February 27, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2026
Midwinter Break – Glasgow Film Festival 2026 Review
Based on the novel of the same name by Glasgow based, Northern Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty, the film follows Stella and Gerry, a retired teacher and architect living in Glasgow, as they go on a city break to Amsterdam. Apart from taking in the sites Stella reflects on past trauma experienced during ‘The Troubles’, problems […]
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Thursday, February 26, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Film reviews, Glasgow Film Festival 2026, Pat's Home Page Blog
Everybody to Kenmure Street – GFF2026 Review
Everybody to Kenmure Street – Documentary by Felipe Bustos Sierra Felipe Bustos Sierra is a Glasgow based, BAFTA winning documentarian; his powerful film ‘Everybody To Kenmure Street’ opened Glasgow Film Festival 2026. The film recreates the spontaneous response by neighbours and activists who came together in this multi-cultural community in Glasgow’s Pollokshields on 13 […]
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Wednesday, February 25, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Film reviews, Glasgow Film Festival 2026, Pat's Home Page Blog
Broken English – Glasgow Film Festival 2026
Thursday 26 February 5.15 p.m. & Friday 27 February, 3.45 p.m. 2026 A collaborative documentary which turned unexpectedly into a posthumous memorial, this unorthodox portrait of rock icon Marianne Faithfull is a richly layered mixtape of first-hand interviews, rare archive material, musical performances and star guests. Faithfull, who died midway through the project, looks back candidly on […]
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Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2026, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Lynne Ramsay to receive Cinema City Honorary Award at Glasgow Film Festival 2026
Friday 6 March, 2026, 12.15 p.m. ‘From Page To Pulse’, Glasgow Film Festival Adelaide Place, 188 Pitt St, Glasgow G2 4HZ Glaswegian director Lynne Ramsay will receive Glasgow Film Festival’s Cinema City Award at a public In Conversation event, From Page to Pulse. Critically acclaimed writer-director Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin, Die […]
Monday, February 23, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2026, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Glasgow Film Festival 2026 – filmaking talent galore attending
There’s filmmaking talent galore at GFF26! Check out the highlights. James McAvoy who will attend GFF’s closing gala for the UK premiere of his directorial debut, California Schemin’. McAvoy will be joined on the red carpet by film cast Samuel Bottomley, Séamus McLean Ross and Lucy Halliday. Glasgow-based director Felipe Bustos Sierra (Nae Pasaran) will […]
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Friday, February 20, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2026, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Glasgow Film Festival 2026 – Take 2 Screenings
Glasgow Film Theatre believes every child in Glasgow should be able to enjoy the best big screen experience and during GFF this is no different. In keeping with regular Take 2 screenings that happen year-round, during GFF26 there will be two very special Take 2 film screenings. The Children of Bullerby Village – Saturday 28 […]
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Wednesday, February 18, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Glasgow Film Festival 2026, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Glasgow Film Festival 2026 – Marilyn Monroe 100
Celebrating the legendary life of Marilyn Monroe in the 100th year of her birth. Five films at Glasgow Film Festival 2026 showcasing her wit, vulnerability and the star quality that left an indelible mark on cinema. Thu, 26 Feb The Asphalt Jungle Start Time: 1:30pm Learn MoreBuy Tickets Mon, 2 Mar Don’t Bother to […]
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Saturday, February 14, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2026, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Rebuilding GFF26 Glasgow Youth Takeover
Friday 6 March, 2026, 8 p.m. The GFF Youth Takeover returns! Join us at Adelaide Place for a night of FREE food, live music and exceptional cinema, curated by the Glasgow Film Festival Young Ambassadors. This event is FREE but ticketed. It is exclusively for GFT 15-25 card-holders, and young people referred by GFT partner […]
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Friday, February 13, 2026 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2026
Glasgow Film Festival 2026 – James McAvoy will attend Closing Gala
Homegrown superstar James McAvoy will attend GFF’s closing gala for the UK premiere of directorial debut, California Schemin’ on 8 March. McAvoy will be joined on the red carpet by film cast Samuel Bottomley, Séamus McLean Ross and Lucy Halliday Glasgow-based director Felipe Bustos Sierra (Nae Pasaran) will return to GFF for the opening gala […]
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Glasgow Film Festival 2026 Industry Focus – Full Programme Announced
2 – 6 March, 2026 Scotland’s biggest conference for screen industries expanded to five days with a programme of talks and networking opportunities Halon CEO Chris Ferriter, Jen Davies and Graham Fulton from Conic, and Zaratan co-founder Andrew Pearce to feature in Made in Glasgow, a full day of events showcasing the strength of Glasgow’s […]
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Wednesday, January 28, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2026, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Programme Announced Glasgow Film Festival 2026
The 22nd edition of Scotland’s largest film festival will showcase 126 films from 44 countries, with 16 World, European, and International premieres, 68 UK premieres and 18 Scottish premieres taking place between 25 February and 8 March UK premieres include humanistic drama Rebuilding starring Josh O’Connor, high-fashion title Couture featuring Angelina Jolie, relationship drama Erupcja […]
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