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November Programme at GFT, 2026

Glasgow Film Theatre Announces Packed Programme for November 2026

At GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB

Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT), the home of film in Glasgow, has announced its programme for November, featuring the return of the French Film Festival and Scotland Loves Anime, Havana Glasgow Film Festival, a season celebrating Hungarian filmmaker Márta Mészáros, special previews and filmmaker Q&As, and a packed programme of new releases, repertory classics and family-friendly screenings.

November also sees GFT welcome a host of acclaimed new films from around the world, alongside anniversary restorations, special guest events, accessible cinema screenings and a programme exploring mental health, resilience and human connection as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival.

Special Events and Seasons

On 10 November, GFT will screen a documentary following the Just Stop Oil protestors, We, The Hated, followed by a Q&A with director Rich Felgate. Then, on 15 November, comedian and star of It’s Nice Up North, Graham Fellows, will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A.

Glasgow audiences can discover an exciting selection of contemporary international cinema as the French Film Festival returns to GFT throughout November. The programme brings together new releases, celebrated filmmakers and classics from French cinema, with highlights including A Man of His Time, All of a Sudden, Another Day, Any Number Can Win, Comédie-Française, Coward, De Gaulle: Liberté, De Gaulle: Résistance, Jacquot de Nantes, Jim Queen, Maya Give Me a Title, Nina and the Hedgehog’s Secret, The Birthday Party, Violette, Words of Love and The Money Maker featuring a Q&A with director Jean-Paul Salomé.

Scotland Loves Anime

 6-8 November, 2026

Bringing a vibrant selection of international anime titles, including UK Premieres, to the big screen. The programme opens on Friday 6 November with The Obsessed, To You in the Beyond, Grotesqqque and a 4K presentation of Ninja Scroll. Saturday 7 November features the 10th Anniversary screening of A Silent Voice, alongside Ghost and A New Dawn. The festival concludes on Sunday 8 November with Samurai Ballerina, We Are Aliens and Cocoon featuring a Q&A with Kensuke Ushio, the composer of the film’s original soundtrack.

GFT also welcomes Havana Glasgow Film Festival, celebrating Cuban cinema, international solidarity and stories of resistance. Highlights include Comrade Tambo’s London Recruits, followed by a Q&A with Gordon Main and Sean Hosey, and Reading the World / Lendo o Mundo, followed by a Q&A with editor Renato Maia. The latter screening will be preceded by a short documentary Maestras Voluntarias / Volunteer Teachers.GFT’s CineMasters season turns its attention to acclaimed Hungarian filmmaker Márta Mészáros, celebrating a distinctive body of work that explores women’s lives, identity, family and social change. The season, curated in collaboration with Invisible Women, runsthroughout the month and includes The Girl; Adoption; Don’t Cry, Pretty Girls!; Nine Months; and Diary for My Children.

Another collaboration, with Inclinations Film Club and Goethe-Institut Glasgow, presents Malina on 16 November, featuring an extended introduction by programmer Rastko Novaković.

The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival returns to GFT with a programme exploring mental health, representation and human connection through cinema. On Monday 2

November, audiences can enjoy a special preview of I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning, the highly anticipated new film from acclaimed British filmmaker Clio Barnard, followed by a Q&A with award-winning photographer, director and filmmaker Chris Leslie. On Wednesday 4

November, Thorntree screens with a post-film discussion, while Sunday 8 November sees a screening of John Cassavetes’ celebrated A Woman Under the Influence, followed by a discussion exploring the history of women’s mental health representation in film.

Audiences can also experience nature documentary Whispers in the Woods from 13-19 November, with a special screening on 13 November accompanied by a pre-recorded Q&A with director Vincent Munier.

New Releases and Repertory Highlights

November brings an exciting selection of new releases and returning festival favourites to

GFT. From 6 November, audiences can catch London Film Festival favourites La Bola

Negra and Wild Horse Nine. These are followed by a diverse selection of new and

international titles throughout the month, including Being Heumann; Palme D’Or Award-

winner Fjord; Josephine; The World of Love; Minotaur; Peter Asher: Everywhere Man; The

Boy and the Suit of Lights; Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother; and acclaimed

documentaries American Doctor and You Can See Everything.

Josh O’Connor stars in the NT Live screening of Golden Boy on 5 November, and critically

acclaimed stage production GIANT – The Play, starring John Lithgow as Roald Dahl, hits the big screen on 19 and 22 November.

Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette returns to the big screen to mark its 20th Anniversary, while Rocky celebrates its 50th anniversary alongside David Bowie’s iconic science-fiction film The Man Who Fell to Earth — all with 4K restorations. GFT will also offer audiences a rare opportunity to catch Robert Altman’s cult favourite Short Cuts on 35mm.

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