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.
The festival closes on Sunday 28 September with a special event screening of Sing Street – John Carney’s Dublin-set crowd pleaser with a killer 1980s soundtrack.
Scottish Premieres
The festival also boasts the Scottish Premieres of two of the year’s finest documentaries: Runa Simi and Strange Journey:The Story of Rocky Horror
Modern Classics
Modern classics, including Submarine, Lingua Franca, Fantastic Mr Fox and Train to Busan.
Queer Cinema
Sunday 28 September, GYFF will take over GFT’s Queer Cinema Sundays slot with a special screening of But I’m A Cheerleader.
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