Glasgow Film Theatre’s 50th birthday and they are celebrating with a programme of special screenings throughout May.Special Screenings to Mark Anniversary Year at Glasgow Film Theatre
May 2024 Scotland’s leading independent cinema will celebrate a bumper year of anniversaries with a programme of special screenings taking place throughout May. The programme will showcase films that have been hugely popular with audiences and have played a unique role in the history of Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) over the past five decades. Glasgow’s […]
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The Lives of Others – 35mm, Special 50 Anniversary Screening GFT
Thursday 9 May, 2024 7 p.m. GFT is one of the few Scottish cinemas still equipped to project 35mm and 70mm film. As the perfect showcase for this expertise, audiences can enjoy Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Oscar-winning thriller The Lives of Others on 35mm to mark Europe Day on Thursday 9 May. In 1984, in […]
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Cinema Paradiso – Special 50th Anniversary Screening GFT
Monday 6 May, 2024, 3.00 p.m. highlight of 20th Century European cinema, the Oscar and BAFTA award-winning Cinema Paradiso captures the spirit and communal power of film and has unsurprisingly been embraced by GFT audiences time and time again. It will make a welcome return for a special screening on the Monday 6 May Bank Holiday. Giuseppe […]
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Jean de Florette + Manon des Sources (Double-bill) – 50th Anniversary Screening GFT
Sunday 5 May, 2024 2.30 p.m. Since its inception, GFT has been the destination to watch foreign language films in Glasgow, and the anniversary programme will give audiences a chance to revisit some of our greatest international hits. Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources are two of the most popular French films of all time and […]
Late Night: Escape from New York
Special Screening 50th Anniversary GFT Friday, 3 May, 2024, 10.30 p.m. A key element of our programme since the cinema first opened in 1974, our Late Night screenings have recently relaunched as a regular monthly event. In recent years the programming for the Late Night slot has leaned into cult classics and we’re delighted to […]
Fellini’s Roma + Introduction
Thursday, 2 May, 2024 5.30 p.m. The anniversary programme will begin with Roma – Federico Fellini’s ode to the Italian capital – which was the first film to screen at GFT on the day we opened in 1974. Fellini’s monumental and outlandish tribute to his beloved Rome, The Eternal City, begins with Fellini as a youngster living […]
