Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2025
Friday 26 until Sunday 28 September, 2025 This year’s Glasgow Youth Film Festival programme is bursting with special screenings and educational events. See full programmme GYFF 2025 Opening Film On Friday 26 September, GYFF25 opens with the Scottish Premiere of Plainclothes, the Sundance award-winning romantic thriller starring Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey. Closing Event […]
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Saturday, September 13, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: The Smurfs at GFT
Saturday, 13 September, 2025 STANDARD SCREENING: 11:30AM AUTISM-FRIENDLY SCREEing 12PM When Papa Smurf is mysteriously taken by evil wizards, Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette leads the Smurfs on a mission into the real world to save him. With the help of new friends, the Smurfs must discover what defines their destiny to save the universe. How […]
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Friday, September 12, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Autumn Fun Day – The Children’s Wood
Friday, 26 September 2025, 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. Clouston/Sanda/Kelbourne Street, Glasgow G20 8QW Event by The Children’s Wood and Meadow Science Centre and RSPB Mosaic Workshop Second Hand Book Stall Apple Pressing Charlie’s Harvest Soup Admission Free
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Kids and young people, North Kelvin Meadow and Children's Wood, Glasgow, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: Azur and Asmar: The Princes’ Quest at GFT
Saturday 6 February, 2025 at 11.30 a.m. Raised on tales of a Djinn fairy princess, Azur, a young Frenchman goes to North Africa in search of the sprite, only to discover that his close childhood friend, Asmar, an Arab youth whose mother raised both boys also seeks the genie. Tickets. Every child attending a Take […]
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Friday, September 5, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
Take 2: Treasure Planet at GFT
Saturday 30 August, 2025 at 11.30 a.m. When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)discovers a map to an intergalactic “loot of a thousand worlds,” a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure. Tickets Every child attending a Take 2 screening receives […]
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Friday, August 29, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
Take 2: How To Train Your Dragon at GFT
Saturday 23 August, 2025 – 11.30 a.m. From three-time Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Dean DeBlois, the creative visionary behind DreamWorks Animation’s acclaimed How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, comes a stunning live-action reimagining of the film that launched the beloved franchise. On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter […]
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Friday, August 22, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday at GFT
Saturday 9 August, 2025 at 11.30 a.m. Autism Friendly Screening at 12 p.m. Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the […]
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Thursday, August 7, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: Labyrinth at GFT
Saturday 2 August, 2025 at 11.30 p.m. When Sarah is forced to babysit her half-brother Toby, she inadvertently summons the Goblin King and he whisks Toby away to his castle at the centre of a labyrinth. Sarah enters into a bargain with the Goblin King where she is given just thirteen hours to solve the […]
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Friday, August 1, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: A Minecraft Movie
Saturday 25 July, 2025 – 11.30 a.m. GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits — Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Myers) and Dawn (Brooks) — find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when […]
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Friday, July 25, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
Take 2: Matilda at GFT
Saturday 19 July, 2025 at 11.30 a.m. This adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl tale tells the story of Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson), a gifted girl forced to put up with a crude, distant father (Danny DeVito) and mother (Rhea Perlman). Worse, Agatha Trunchbull (Pam Ferris), the evil headmistress at Matilda’s school, is a terrifyingly […]
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Thursday, July 17, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
Take 2: The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Saturday 12 July, 2025 11.30 a.m. Take 2: The Adventures of Prince Achmed + Live Score SAT 12 JUL, 11.30AM Take 2: The Adventures of Prince Achmed + Live Score Lotte Reiniger’s beautiful 1926 silhouette animation, The Adventures of Prince Achmed, brings to life magical tales from the Arabian Nights. The earliest surviving animated feature […]
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Thursday, July 10, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: Flow at GFT
Saturday 14 June, 2025 at 11.30 a.m. GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Wunderkind director Gints Zilbalodis has taken the animation world by storm with his beautifully crafted sophomore feature Flow, winner of the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. The mystical world he creates in Flow is in peril. There are traces of human inhabitants, but they are […]
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Friday, June 13, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
Movement Park Superhero School at Glasgow BMX Centre
Saturday 7 June, 2025, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Knightswood BMX, 72 Archerhill Road, Glasgow, G13 3LS Unleash Your Inner Hero! If you want to be a superhero for the day, join Movement Park Superhero School to actively unleash your potential! The action-packed day of superhero training at Glasgow BMX Centre includes: Parkour Playground – […]
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Monday, June 2, 2025 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Kids and young people, Sport, Walks, Cycling in Glasgow
Robots and Oranges – Alan Windram
Saturday, 21 June, 2025, 2.30 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW Join Alan Windram, award-winning author, in this highly interactive, fun-filled children’s event with his latest One Button Benny picture book. ‘One Button Benny and the Dinosaur Dilemma’ plus his brand new book ‘Kevin The Orange’. Come along […]
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Sunday, May 25, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog, University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre, WestFest 2025, WestFest Glasgow's Cultural and Community Festival, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Access Film Club – Pee Wee’s Big Adventure at GFT
Monday 12 May, 2025 at 6 p.m. Access Film Club is Glasgow Film Theatre’s monthly autism-friendly film event, offering relaxed screenings in a welcoming environment, in partnership with the National Autistic Society Scotland. GFT celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Tim Burton’s first feature film starring Paul Reuben’s as quirky character Pee-wee Herman. It is a […]
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Thursday, May 8, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people
Take 2: Dog Man at GFT
Saturday, 3 May, 2025 at 11.30 a.m. Captioned Screening Part dog, part man, all hero. From DreamWorks Animation — creators of the beloved blockbuster franchises Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon and The Boss Baby —comes the canine-crime-fighting film adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s New York Times bestselling literary phenomenon: Dog Man. When a […]
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Thursday, May 1, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog
G20 Youth – Kilt Walk
Saturday 26 April, 2025 G20 Youth, 21 Dunbeith Place, Glasgow G20 8HS G20 youth project will be taking part in the Kilt walk. ✨ To raise funds for G20 project. 🫶🏻 They will be walking the 14 mile big stroll from Clydebank to Balloch on Saturday 26th April. If you would like to join them and […]
G20 Weekly Gardening Sessions
G20 Youth Glencloy Street, Glasgow, G20 Every Wednesday 12 – 2 p.m. starting 30 April, 2025 Come and help G20 create a mini Children’s Wood and garden at their G20 Community Garden in Maryhill. They’ll be building raised beds, planting, taking part in conservation activities and creating a mud kitchen. They’ve already cleared up the […]
Take 2 at GFT: School of Rock
Saturday 12 April, 2025 at 11.30 a.m. A special edition of GFT’s regular Take 2 programming to mark Record Store Day on Saturday 12 April! Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where […]
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Friday, April 11, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Saturday 5 April, 2025 11.20 a.m. Every child attending a Take 2 screening receives a free ticket for themselves and one free tickets for their accompanying adult. Free tickets are only issued on the day of the screening. Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Additional tickets and/or tickets purchased […]
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Friday, April 4, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Spring Fling 2025 at ARC University of Glasgow
7 – 18 April, 2025 Come to the ARC during the School Holidays for this FREE public programme of events and activities for all ages. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW SPACE AND PLACE ARC SPRING FLING 2025 Spring Fling – Space and Place What areas do you […]
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Thursday, April 3, 2025 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog, University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Creating Awesome Community Spaces, Spring Fling University of Glasgow
Monday 14 April, 2025 Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Part of Spring Fling 7 – 18 April About this event In this fun session, you find out a bit more about the idea of ‘place-making’, which is all about people creating the best possible spaces to make them […]
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Where We Are From storytelling with Anna Lehr
Wednesday 9 April, 2025, 12pm, 1 pm and 2 pm Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Part of Spring Fling 7 – 18 April Join storyteller Anna Lehr for tales from all over the world and beyond! Telling and listening to stories makes us human and we all have […]
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My Dog Max with Alan Dapré- Spring Fling – University of Glasgow
Saturday 12 April, 2025, 11 a.m.- noon and 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane, University of Glasgow, G11 6EW Part of Spring Fling 7 – 18 April Alan Dapré shares My dog Max, his latest picture book about a determined girl who really wants a dog! A hilarious story of hope, home […]
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CinemARC The Wild Robot
Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 5 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. A screening of the Oscar nominated animation The Wild Robot and the chance to interact with robots in real life! Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW The ARC is excited to present a free, family friendly screening of The Wild Robot […]
Partick Film Festival Kids Drama Workshop with Halo Arts (FREE)
Kids Drama Workshop with Halo Arts (FREE) Saturday 1 February, 2025, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Partick Library, 305 Dumbarton Road Partick G11 6AB FREE drama workshop for kids (5-12) by Halo Arts at Partick Library. The event is FREE but ticketed, with spaces limited to 20 participants. Book at Eventbrite Halo Arts is a […]
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Wednesday, December 25, 2024 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Kids and young people, Partick Film Festival, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Super/Man The Christopher Reeve Story
16 – 19 December, 2024 The story of Christopher Reeve is an astonishing rise from unknown actor to iconic movie star, and his definitive portrayal of Clark Kent/Superman set the benchmark for the superhero cinematic universes that dominate cinema today. Reeve portrayed the Man of Steel in four Superman films and played dozens of other […]
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Friday, December 13, 2024 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Cinema, Kids and young people, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Elf at CinemaArc, University of Glasgow
Wednesday 11 December, 2024 at 5.30 p.m. CinemaArc, Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW The ARC is excited to present Elf (2003) for this year’s festive film screening. In this much loved family favourite, Buddy, an oversized elf, travels from the North Pole to New York City to spread the Christmas […]
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Tuesday, December 10, 2024 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Cinema, Free Events, Kids and young people, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Take 2: Wolfwalkers at GFT
Saturday 30 November, 2024 at 11.30 a.m. n a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild native girl, their friendship leads her […]
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Friday, November 29, 2024 | Filed under: Film Reviews by Calum Maclean, Kids and young people
Winter Warmer Family Fun Day University of Glasgow
Saturday 14 December, 2024, 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW University of Glasgow (ARC) annual, free Winter Warmer Family Day, this year with a focus on Winter Stories. A host of festive activities. All activities are FREE and most are drop-in. You’ll find extra […]
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Thursday, November 28, 2024 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Classes and Workshops, Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Kids and young people
Related Pages
- Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2025
- Take 2: The Smurfs at GFT
- Autumn Fun Day – The Children’s Wood
- Take 2: Azur and Asmar: The Princes’ Quest at GFT
- Take 2: Treasure Planet at GFT
- Take 2: How To Train Your Dragon at GFT
- Take 2: Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday at GFT
- Take 2: Labyrinth at GFT
- Take 2: A Minecraft Movie
- Take 2: Matilda at GFT
- Take 2: The Adventures of Prince Achmed
- Take 2: Flow at GFT
- Movement Park Superhero School at Glasgow BMX Centre
- Robots and Oranges – Alan Windram
- Access Film Club – Pee Wee’s Big Adventure at GFT
- Take 2: Dog Man at GFT
- G20 Youth – Kilt Walk
- G20 Weekly Gardening Sessions
- Take 2 at GFT: School of Rock
- Take 2: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
