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FestivalsEdinburgh Film Festival will open with Saoirse Ronan in The Outrun
The much-anticipated adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s The Outrun will open EIFF, and the festival also announced that its short film prize will be named in honour of Oscar-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker Read more »| 09 May 2024 -
NewsHow Cinema for Gaza channels cinephilia into activism
More huge names from the film world – including Olivia Colman, Paul Mescal, Tessa Thompson, Spike Lee and Susan Sarandon – join the Cinema for Gaza campaign, which has raised over £90,000 so far Read more »| 08 Apr 2024 -
NewsGFT's 50th Anniversary Screenings: What to See
The much-loved Glasgow Film Theatre celebrates its 50th anniversary with a wide-ranging programme of screenings, including double bills, modern classics, arthouse favourites, late-night cult movies and special 35mm and 70mm presentations Read more »| 03 Apr 2024 -
NewsGlasgow Short Film Festival 2024: The Award Winners
Annabel Moodie’s empathetic Friends on the Outside takes the top prize in Glasgow Short Film Festival’s Scottish Competition while Saleh Kashefi's And How Miserable is the Home of Evil won the Bill Douglas Award for Best International Short Film Read more »| 26 Mar 2024 -
NewsGlasgow Short Film Festival 2024: Archive, community and folklore
GSFF is back with a sparkling programme including newly-unearthed Bill Douglas shorts, little-seen work from a Mexican feminist group, some subversive folklore films and a strand in defiance of oppression Read more »| 20 Feb 2024 -
NewsViggo Mortensen, George Mackay set for Glasgow Film Festival
Rose Glass, Maxine Peake, George Mackay and Viggo Mortensen are among the stars set to appear at the 20th edition of the Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 15 Feb 2024
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NewsEdinburgh Film Festival announce £50,000 Sean Connery Prize
The Edinburgh International Film Festival has announced two huge prizes for this year’s edition: one for best short film and one for best feature Read more »| 14 Feb 2024 -
NewsGlasgow Film Festival 2024: Industry Focus and After Dark events
Scottish filmmaker Kevin Macdonald headlines Glasgow Film Festival’s increased Industry Focus this year, and new strand After Hours introduces a GFF karaoke night, ceilidh and 2005 disco Read more »| 06 Feb 2024 -
NewsHippFest 2024 programme revealed
The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival is back with another knockout lineup of silent cinema, featuring early cinematic visions of Scotland, some of the biggest stars of the silent era and loads of rarities, all performed with live music Read more »| 06 Feb 2024 -
NewsGlasgow Film Festival reveals 2024 programme
This year’s GFF opens with much-anticipated new thriller Love Lies Bleeding starring Kristen Stewart, and closes with the world premiere of a new documentary on Glasgow comedian Janey Godley Read more »| 24 Jan 2024 -
FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival and GSFF team up to celebrate Bill Douglas
One of Scotland’s greatest filmmakers, Bill Douglas, will receive much love at the upcoming Glasgow Film Festival and Glasgow Short Film Festival, as GFF hosts new documentary Bill Douglas: My Best Friend while GSFF opens with some of Douglas's 8mm shorts Read more »| 16 Jan 2024 -
FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival: Pop-up Screenings return in 2024
Glasgow Film Festival reveals the first programme details for its landmark 20th edition, including a bunch of pop-up screenings and their annual free morning retrospective Read more »| 08 Dec 2023 -
NewsGet The Skinny presents... Indie Cinema Guide!
Looking for a copy of our new Indie Cinema Guide? Here's where to find it in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and beyond Read more »| 15 Sep 2023 -
NewsFilmhouse: Former staff launch reopening campaign
A fundraising campaign to reopen Filmhouse in Edinburgh is underway, while in Aberdeen, the council has approved plans for a community group to take over the Belmont cinema Read more »| 14 Sep 2023 -
NewsEdinburgh Film Festival: The 2023 programme
Edinburgh Film Festival reveals its 2023 programme, which includes a documentary on Irvine Welsh, a patricide thriller set in the Highlands and possibly the year's best film, alongside new work from Kelly Reichardt, Christian Petzold and Ira Sachs Read more »| 06 Jul 2023