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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FestivalsFive films to see at Scotland Loves Anime 2021
Scotland Loves Anime returns with the very best of Japanese animation, new and old. We pick out some of the highlights, from a cyber-fairytale riffing on Beauty and the Beast to a goofy espionage caper Read more »| 24 Sep 2021 -
FestivalsAfrica in Motion: 2021 Festival Preview
Africa in Motion goes online-only this year with a huge programme of over 90 films and events shining a light on the brilliance and diversity of African cinema Read more »| 22 Sep 2021 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: September 2021
Some of our favourite film fests – Alchemy, Berwick, Take One Action and Glasgow Youth Film Festival – return in this month's film events guide Read more »| 01 Sep 2021 -
FestivalsTake One Action returns for 2021
Take One Action, the UK’s leading global change film festival, opens with a film about Scotland’s relationship to the global climate crisis and closes with the sequel to 2003 documentary The Corporation Read more »| 31 Aug 2021 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: August 2021
This month, a low-key Edinburgh International Film Festival is on the horizon while the tactile cinema of Wong Kar Wai continues to dazzle Glasgow cineasts Read more »| 03 Aug 2021 -
FestivalsMovie Magic: Edinburgh Film Festival 2021 preview
Edinburgh International Film Festival returns to its original August slot with an eye-catching opening film starring Nicolas Cage, two much-anticipated musicals and plenty of classics Read more »| 28 Jul 2021
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FestivalsAlchemy Film and Moving Image Festival returns
Ahead of the 11th Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, we catch up with the festival's co-directors to hear what they've been up to during lockdown and how this year's programme has embraced the circular nature of the COVID-era Read more »| 28 Apr 2021 -
FestivalsFemspectives returns online for 2021
Femspectives, the annual Glasgow-based feminist film festival, is back with a virtual edition. Among the highlights are the 50th feature by renowned documentary maker Alanis Obomsawin and sci-fi tinged Georgian drama Comets Read more »| 12 Apr 2021 -
FestivalsIberoDocs' 8th edition celebrates Art as a Need
IberoDocs returns with an online edition of the festival celebrating Ibero-American culture, with a programme of over twenty documentaries, filmmaker Q&As and a virtual exhibition Read more »| 30 Mar 2021 -
FestivalsGlasgow Short Film Festival announce 2021 programme
Scotland’s premier short film celebration returns with new programmes and old favourites. Some films directly address the strange times we're living in, while others feature cool dogs and reminisce about messy nights out Read more »| 10 Mar 2021 -
FestivalsFrench Film Festival brings more films online
French Film Festival UK bring us a sequel to their COVID-curtailed 2020 edition, with some of the most anticipated films from last year available online Read more »| 08 Mar 2021 -
FestivalsHippodrome Silent Film Festival goes online for 2021
HippFest takes its tenth edition online, with films featuring silent-era icons like Marlene Dietrich, Louise Brooks and Rudolph Valentino, and music from the likes of jazz composer Wycliffe Gordon, the Graves Brothers and HippFest fave Neil Brand Read more »| 08 Mar 2021 -
FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival returns online in 2021
Irvine Welsh's biopic of infamous music impresario Alan McGee and a brilliant tragicomedy about a refugee trapped on a remote Scottish island are just two highlights from this year's fully-online Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 14 Jan 2021 -
Film EventsFokus: Films from Germany 2020 Preview
Fokus returns for its sixth edition with a slimmed-down but no less nourishing programme of features and documentaries giving a snapshot of the best of Germany filmmaking over the last year Read more »| 27 Nov 2020 -
FestivalsTen Films to Catch at London Film Festival 2020
The 64th London Film Festival will be a hybrid affair, with the majority of the programme being presented online along with a scattering of IRL screenings around the UK, including at Glasgow Film Theatre. Here are our highlights Read more »| 05 Oct 2020