Film Festivals
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FilmGlasgow Short Film Festival opens with film celebrating Hot Mess
GSFF25 will open with the world premiere of Alex Hetherington’s The Disco - A Portrait of Simon Eilbeck, an experimental documentary about the founder of Scottish queer club night Hot Mess Read more »| 05 Feb 2025 -
FilmGlasgow Film Festival announces guests for 2025
Actors Tim Roth, Ed Harris and George MacKay, directors John Maclean and Laura Carreira, and Formula One star Damon Hill are just some of the talent coming to Glasgow Film Festival this year Read more »| 05 Feb 2025 -
FilmHippFest returns for its 15th edition
Scotland's silent film festival – HippFest – is back with another crackerjack lineup of classics and recently uncovered gems that will be accompanied by some brilliantly talented musicians Read more »| 04 Feb 2025 -
FilmGlasgow Film Festival 2025: Ten Films to See
Ahead of the 2025 edition of Scotland's biggest film festival, our film editor picks out some highlights from the Glasgow Film Festival programme Read more »| 31 Jan 2025 -
FilmGlasgow Film Festival reveals its 2025 programme
The 21st edition of GFF returns with a programme rich with Scottish talent this year, including the world premiere of John Maclean’s second feature and an on-stage talk with James McAvoy Read more »| 21 Jan 2025 -
FilmGlasgow Film Festival reveal special events and Austria focus for 2025
More programme details from Glasgow Film Festival have emerged, with next year’s Country Focus and Special Events revealed. Plus Edinburgh International Film Festival has announced its 2025 dates Read more »| 11 Dec 2024
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FilmFirst details of Glasgow Film Festival 2025 revealed
Glasgow Film Festival celebrates its 21st edition next year, and to mark this coming-of-age milestone, the festival will be treating audiences to a free retrospective of fantastic coming-of-age films from across cinema history Read more »| 30 Oct 2024 -
FilmPuppet Masters: Two great stop-motion films at French Film Festival UK
New stop-motion films from directors Alain Ughetto and Claude Barras, which screen at French Film Festival UK, tell intensely personal stories and harness the revolutionary potential of this old-school animation technique Read more »| 29 Oct 2024 -
FilmKnow Your Anime: Scotland Loves Anime 2024 preview
Scotland Loves Anime returns with a mouthwatering programme of mint-fresh anime and a smattering of classics. We take a look at what's on offer Read more »| 23 Oct 2024 -
FilmInverness Film Festival reveals 2024 programme
Inverness Film Festival is back with another packed lineup that should delight Highland audiences – highlights include new films from Mike Leigh, Sean Baker and Andrea Arnold Read more »| 11 Oct 2024 -
FilmSicko Mode: Weird Weekend returns to Glasgow
Weird Weekend, Matchbox Cine's celebration of strange and wonderful cinema, is back – we take a look at the 2024 programme Read more »| 10 Oct 2024 -
FilmRoad Trip: Queer East On The Road preview
Queer East, the festival of Asian LGBTQ+ cinema, heads on a UK tour this month – we look at the programme ahead of a batch of Edinburgh screenings Read more »| 03 Oct 2024 -
FilmOpen Hearts, Open Minds: SQIFF 2024 preview
We hear from SQIFF director Indigo Korres ahead of the ninth edition of this fantastic, forward-thinking film festival celebrating LGBTQ+ cinema Read more »| 01 Oct 2024 -
FilmEdinburgh Spanish Film Festival returns for 2024
Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival brings some of Spain's most exciting recent filmmaking to Scotland – we look at this year's programme Read more »| 30 Sep 2024 -
FilmSubversive Shorts: How Eastern Bloc animators evaded Soviet censors
This year's Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival opens with a programme of animation made during the tail end of Soviet rule. Czech filmmaker Michaela Pavlátová tells us how artistic freedom and creativity for animation flourished during this era Read more »| 24 Sep 2024