Glasgow Film Festival 2026.

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The 2026 edition of Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) takes place from 25 February to 8 March.

The programme includes 16 World, European and International Premieres, 68 UK Premieres, and 18 Scottish Premieres.

Celebrating the our 22nd edition by spotlighting films from Sweden, with the Country Focus theme ‘Take a Chance on Me: Swedish Cinema’, which includes both UK and Scottish premieres for a selection of titles.

Programme and Tickets

Couture Glasgow Film Festival 2026 review by Pat Byrne

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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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Effi O Blaenau review Pat Byrne – Glasgow Film Festival 2026

Effi o Blaenau

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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Super Nature Glasgow Film Festival 2026

Super Nature

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

Jaripeo

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

Sailm nan Douaine

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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Midwinter Break – Glasgow Film Festival 2026 Review

Midwinter Break 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

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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

broken english

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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Lynne Ramsay to receive Cinema City Honorary Award at Glasgow Film Festival 2026

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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 […]

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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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Glasgow Film Festival 2026 – Take 2 Screenings

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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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Glasgow Film Festival 2026 – Marilyn Monroe 100

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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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Rebuilding GFF26 Glasgow Youth Takeover

Rebuilding

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

California Schemin

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

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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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Programme Announced Glasgow Film Festival 2026

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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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