Film Events
Stay up to date with current and upcoming film events. Here you’ll find info on approaching film festivals, and interviews with festival curators.
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Film EventsScottish Film Events: November 2026
So many film festivals in November – Scotland Loves Anime, French Film Festival UK, Inverness Film Festival – plus noir double bills at Filmhouse, All Night Horror Madness at Cameo and a 35mm roadshow of Robert Altman's Short Cuts Read more »| 30 Oct 2026 -
FestivalsFrench Film Festival UK announces 2026 programme
The long-running French Film Festival UK has revealed the lineup for its 34th edition, with Oscar contenders, festival darlings, new discoveries and bona fide classics all rubbing shoulders in a bustling programme Read more »| 26 Oct 2026 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: September 2026
It's a busy month, with several festivals, a Sam Neill weekender, a Rogue Hollywood films lineup, a mini Claude Chabrol season; and a celebration of Jane Austen on screen Read more »| 03 Sep 2026 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: August 2026
EIFF dominates the cinema calendar in Scotland this month, but there's also a celebration of summer horror movies at GFT, Andrei Tarkovsky receives a full retrospective at DCA, and Filmhouse gets excited for the new meta work from Jane Schoenbrun Read more »| 03 Aug 2026 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: June 2026
Filmhouse 2.0 celebrates its first birthday, cinema get pretty depressing in June with Bleak Week, and The Cineskinny are teaming up with Queer Cinema Sundays for a screening of Gregg Araki's Nowhere followed by a live podcast recording Read more »| 02 Jun 2026 -
FestivalsSolidarity and Escape: Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival 2026
At the latest edition of the mighty Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, we found an event filled with comrades rather than schmoozers, where the films were akin to protest songs and the rat race seemed to stop for a while Read more »| 15 May 2026
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Film EventsScottish Film Events: May 2026
Dundead returns with a horror programme featuring lots of hungry women, GFT celebrates its birthday with a bumper programme of classics and Doc’n Roll Film Festival is back! Read more »| 04 May 2026 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: April 2026
April sees the arrival of a new folk horror festival, John Waters favourite Mink Stole brings her IDOL WORSHIP show to Edinburgh, and there's lots and lots of repertory cinema Read more »| 01 Apr 2026 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: March 2026
This month choose between two great film festivals (HippFest and GSFF), explore the films of John Schlesinger and Andrzej Wajda, and check out GSA's new cinema season Read more »| 27 Feb 2026 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: February 2026
Look out for celebrations for Valentine's Day (and Galentine’s Day), a tribute to the foreboding cinema of Béla Tarr and so many great screenings at Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 03 Feb 2026 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: January 2026
Filmhouse and GFT celebrate the French New Wave in a big way, the Goethe Institute presents Fokus, the first film festival of 2026, and Ben Wheatley takes his new experimental feature BULK on tour Read more »| 06 Jan 2026 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: December 2025
Lots of Christmas movies screen this month – but they aren't all cosy. Plus, Charlie Shackleton is on tour with his ingenious Zodiac Killer Project and Louise Weard presents part two of her DIY epic Castration Movie Read more »| 02 Dec 2025 -
Film EventsFrench Film Festival UK 2025: Top Five Picks
The long-running and much-loved French Film Festival UK has an exceptional lineup this year. Over 60 films screen at over 40 different locations across the UK. We suggest five films to seek out Read more »| 04 Nov 2025 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: November 2025
This month's highlights include Noirvember double bills at Filmhouse, Melodrama practically everywhere and possibly too many film festivals Read more »| 03 Nov 2025 -
Film EventsScotland Loves Anime 2025: Our Top Five Picks
Scotland Loves Anime returns with a mouthwatering lineup of Japanese animation. Over 20 features screen across four venues in three cities – here are five of our favourites Read more »| 31 Oct 2025