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#GFF26
25 February – 8 March 2026
This year at GFF26 we brought film talent and audiences together in a celebration of cinema, earlier this year. Guests included James McAvoy, Alice Winocour, George Mackay, Peter Mullan, Felipe Bustos Sierra and Lynne Ramsay.
The 22nd edition of Scotland’s largest film festival will showcase 126 films from 44 countries, with 16 World, European, and International premieres, 68 UK premieres and 18 Scottish premieres taking place between 25 February and 8 March.
BAFTA-winner Felipe Bustos Sierra’s documentary about one of Scotland’s most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory will open the festival’s 22nd edition on 25th February.
Shot on location in Scotland, the film will close our 22nd edition of GFF on 8th March.
First Announcements Ahead of the 22nd Edition
Acclaimed as one of the greatest actresses of her generation, Jessica Lange has dazzled the screen with over 30 credits to her name. Lange has won a Tony Award, two Academy Awards, three Emmys, five Golden Globes, and one SAG Award.
We're excited to announce that our 2025 Country Focus will be Austria. The From the Heart of Europe: Austria on Screen programme brings an eclectic mix from hard-hitting drama to absurdist comedy. Josef Hader’s tragic comedy Andrea Gets a Divorce about a policewoman whose life is turned upside down after an accident with her ex-husband, is joined by Gina, directed by Ulrike Kofler, which explores the impact of generational poverty, satirical mockumentary Piggy Bank directed by and starring Christoph Schwarz takes a swipe at performative activism and middle class…
Announcing the first films from our 21st edition, taking place 26 February to 9 March 2025. Here are the titles in our popular and highly-anticipated retrospective strand, 10 free screenings which give audiences the chance to watch back catalogue classics on the big screen.
“Three chords and the truth” — this is the principle that supposedly all country music songs are founded on. The same can arguably be said for cinema, needing three strong acts (and a hell of a lot of gumption) to ride a story home while maintaining a true sense of meaning. With this in mind, the two together are typically a recipe for uniquely special viewing, something which is undoubtedly felt in James Mangold’s Walk the Line.
The only award voted for by you - the Audience Award!
A Window into our Reality Documentary at GFF26.
This year marks an exciting year for documentaries at the Glasgow Film…
The Global Pulse of Glasgow South Asian cinema at GFF26.
There is an undeniable electricity to the Glasgow Film Festival.…
World Cinema The global perspective.
Advising on world cinema for this year's programme has seen the GFF spotlighting exceptional film…
Homes in Motion Movements in stationary locations.
The home is an image returned to time and time again in cinema.…
European Premiere at GFF23 TODAY
Jonas Chernick (Ashgrove, James vs. His Future Self) returns to GFF starring alongside the wonderful Emily Hampshire (Schitts Creek) in Sean Garrity’s latest comedy about a married couple desperate to reignite the spark in their now routine marriage.
When Josh and Emma send their kids off to camp for the week, they are quickly faced with the realisation that their sex life has grown stale. In a bid to reinvigorate their relationship, the pair embark…
UK Premiere
Following the capers and misfortunes of Icelandic female punk collective The Post Performance Blues Band, blends fact and fiction to delightful ends.
'Bandmates Álfrún, Saga and Hrefna give themselves one year to make it big or leave the business for good, with the film documenting their make-it-or-break-it pursuit for unattainable fame. Spinal Tap meets Flight of the Conchords meets Bjork in Örnólfsdóttir’s sometimes deep but always hilarious docu-allegory'
See the film then see the band! At #GFF23 The…
Lee Grant's documentaries are rich portraits on trailblazing subjects - taking a direct and empathetic eye to the systematic and cultural horrors being perpetuated in contemporary America.
The year in which the film was made, 1,500 women were being killed each year in America by a husband or a boyfriend. BATTERED offers an unflinching portrait of this epidemic of domestic violence.
Grant's documentaries bring a voice to the voiceless and you can see them soon at GFF23 as part of our retrospective honouring her work.
Mmm yeah, Damon Albarn is still sexy. When I die I want to come back as the cat who lives on his farm
I guess it makes sense: in the same year we get Oppenheimer and Killers of the Flower Moon, two historical epics that break conventions of the genre and try and do something interesting with it, there has to be the reply, the formulaic, shallow, episodic, expensive bloater that reassures Hollywood, "it's okay, people will still come and see the usual empty spectacle, we don't need to start actually working on our scripts". Paging Ridley Scott!
They missed a bit off the title - it should have been called Napoleon: Old Hat.
david fincher should make a film about me going on a 2+ hour wikipedia deep dive at 3am
This auspicious and enigmatic second feature from French filmmaker Léa Mysius unfurls like an ethereal remix of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining in its fantasy-flecked exploration of a pre-teen girl attempting to comprehend the romantic affiliations of her parents. It’s perhaps not as cut-and-dried as that description makes it sound, and there are fewer explosions of violence. Passion, yes; violence, no.
The Glasgow Film Festival 2026 Programme is here!
GFF26
25 February - 08 March 2026
What Movies are Made for.
Take a look at the FULL GFF26 Programme! (Please note not all films in the programme are on Letterboxd. Check out glasgowfilm.org for the full lineup).