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Glasgow Film Festival

The 21st edition of Glasgow Film Festival, Scotland's largest film festival, will run from 26th February to 9th March at Glasgow Film Theatre and venues across Glasgow and beyond!

Glasgow Film Festival

About Glasgow Film Festival

GFF25 will open with the World premiere of Scottish director John Maclean’s hotly-anticipated survival thriller Tornado starring Tim Roth and Jack Lowden, shot on location in Scotland, and close with the World premiere of Scottish documentary filmmaker Martyn Robertson’s Make It To Munich, following remarkable Scots teenager Ethan Walker as he defies life-threatening injuries to cycle from Glasgow’s Hampden Park to Munich Football Arena for Scotland’s opening Euro24 match.

GFF25 will bring you 11 World and European premieres, 66 UK premieres and 10 Scottish premieres from 38 countries to the big screen at Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) and venues across Glasgow and beyond, including special events, free retrospective screenings and more. We’re also excited to bring you two very special live In Conversation events with James McAvoy and Jessica Lange no less!

Community and Youth Takeovers
Glasgow Film Festival Community Takeover Day is a free, fun-filled cinema event, created with and for communities around Glasgow. Residents have already attended Community Planning Meet-Ups to select the film, food and activities for the wider community to enjoy on Saturday 8 March. The Community Takeover is open to all age groups.

The Glasgow Film Young Ambassadors will host the Glasgow Film Festival Youth Takeover, a free pop-up cinema event on Friday 28 February with activities and food for under-25s, all selected by the Young Ambassadors. This event will feature the film, Boys Go To Jupiter, a unique animation from the GFF programme.

Both Takeovers are made possible with the help of the Glasgow 850 Festival Fund. This support allowed the festival to include additional programming that celebrates and showcases the richness and diversity of Glasgow talent, engages children and young people in the city and delivers community outreach activities. The Glasgow 850 Festival Fund is a £100,000 cultural fund launched as part of Glasgow's 850th celebrations in 2025.

GFF is one of the leading film festivals in the UK and is run by Glasgow Film, a charity which also runs Glasgow Film Theatre. Glasgow Film Festival is made possible by support from Screen Scotland, the BFI Audience Projects Fund, awarding National Lottery funding and Glasgow Life.

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