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Festivals
SQIFF unveils 2020 programme
The mighty SQIFF – Scottish Queer International Film Festival for the uninitiated – returns with queer dystopia, stories of QTIPOC activism, LGBTQIA+ disruptions in sport and a queer horror icon setting the record straight Read more »| 09 Sep 2020 -
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Glasgow Short Film Festival 2020 goes online
Glasgow Short Film Festival present edition 'twelve-and-a-half' of the groundbreaking and always-exciting festival Read more »| 29 Jul 2020 -
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Dive In: Glasgow Short Film Festival's free online fest
Joined by some of Scotland's best film programmers and festivals, GSFF present two weeks of free online screenings Read more »| 09 Jul 2020 -
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Glasgow Short Film Festival goes online
The Glasgow Short Film Festival was meant to begin today (18 March) but has been among the many events cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The show will go on though… online that is Read more »| 18 Mar 2020 -
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Edinburgh’s Filmhouse planning ambitious new six-screen cinema
New Filmhouse you say? Ambitious plans to replace the much-loved arthouse theatre with a multi-story, state-of-the-art cinema on neighbouring Festival Square have been announced today, with a consultation process taking place over the coming 12 weeks Read more »| 11 Mar 2020 -
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Jason Connery to head up Scottish film studio
The son of Sean Connery, along with producer Bob Last, has been appointed to develop and run First Stage Studios in Leith Read more »| 10 Mar 2020
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Glasgow Short Film Festival: The 2020 programme
The newly independent Glasgow Short Film Festival announces its jam-packed five-day programme of over 180 screenings Read more »| 13 Feb 2020 -
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The French Dispatch looks like Wes Anderson to the max
The trailer for Wes Anderson’s latest star-studded movie, The French Dispatch is here, featuring Frances McDormand, Saoirse Ronan, Tilda Swinton, Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Anderson’s talisman Bill Murray... and Timothée Chalamet in the bath Read more »| 12 Feb 2020 -
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Parasite comes to Glasgow Film Festival in black & white
Glasgow film fans will be the first to see the new black and white version of Best Picture-winner Parasite, Bong Joon-ho’s wildly inventive class satire, the colour version of which is currently going great guns in UK cinemas Read more »| 12 Feb 2020 -
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Parasite causes a glorious upset at the Oscars
Bong Joon-ho’s Palme d’Or-winning satire comes up trumps at the Oscars, beating bookies’ favourite 1917 to the top prize. It’s the first foreign-language film ever to do so Read more »| 10 Feb 2020 -
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Scottish Film and Streaming Highlights: February 2020
A look at this month's top film events, from a Fellini season in Edinburgh to the return of IberoDocs and Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 04 Feb 2020 -
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The Skinny at Glasgow Film Festival 2020
We're presenting a chat on the future of cinema at Glasgow Film Festival – and helping throw a whopper of a party as well... Read more »| 29 Jan 2020 -
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Glasgow Film Festival 2020: Programme revealed
The GFF 2020 programme features new films from Anthony Baxter, Mark Cousins and Hirokazu Kore-eda Read more »| 29 Jan 2020 -
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Days of the Bagnold Summer set for Glasgow Film Festival
The Skinny are teaming up with Glasgow Film Festival for the Scottish premiere of the new film by Simon Bird, with a soundtrack by Belle and Sebastian Read more »| 24 Jan 2020 -
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Glasgow Short Film Festival unveils 2020 opening film
Glasgow Short Film Festival opens with a hybrid of film and performance, with the 2020 edition also hosting a rare gig from synth pioneer Felix Kubin Read more »| 23 Jan 2020