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25 February – 8 March 2026

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The film festival for audiences: Glasgow Film Festival 2024 dates to be announced soon

🚨 Come join our team at Glasgow Film Festival 🚨We are looking to hire a Programme Coordinator to support in the curation...
19/06/2026

🚨 Come join our team at Glasgow Film Festival 🚨

We are looking to hire a Programme Coordinator to support in the curation of Glasgow Film Festival's public programme as part of GFF27.

If you love film and want to work behind the scenes at GFF, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing date: Wednesday 15 July at 10am.

Apply here: https://bit.ly/4xDrLSV

Did you sit in on this years Animatic Live Pitches at GFF26? If not, let us catch you up 🎤 We closed out our third year ...
12/06/2026

Did you sit in on this years Animatic Live Pitches at GFF26? If not, let us catch you up 🎤

We closed out our third year of the Animatic Talent Lab with live pitches showcasing 15 in-development Features, TV Shows, and Shorts from our incredible group of emerging talent & studios part of Animatic 2025/26.

Before the live pitches, the selected 15 projects from this year’s cohort participated in a six-month training programme that included sessions and workshops delivered by executives from leading animation and screen organisations.

As Industry Focus 2026 drew to a close, our group of panellists chose their favourite projects and awarded:

🎥 Best Features Pitch to Kristina Tsenova for Flavio 📺 Best Series TV Pitch to Ashley Dick for Skinners
🎞️ Best Short Pitch to Jenny Jokela for Eat With Your Eyes

For those looking to further the development of animation projects of their own, keep an eye out for Animatic 2026/27 applications, which open later this Summer.

Photography by Ingrid Mur 📸

Did you sit in on this years Animatic Live Pitches at GFF26? If not, let us catch you up 🎤We closed out our third year o...
12/06/2026

Did you sit in on this years Animatic Live Pitches at GFF26? If not, let us catch you up 🎤

We closed out our third year of the Animatic Talent Lab with live pitches showcasing 15 in-development Features, TV Shows, and Shorts from our incredible group of emerging talent & studios part of Animatic 2025/26.

Before the live pitches, the selected 15 projects from this year's cohort participated in a six-month training programme that included sessions and workshops delivered by executives from leading animation and screen organisations.

As Industry Focus 2026 drew to a close, our group of panellists chose their favourite projects and awarded:

🎥 Best Features Pitch to Kristina Tsenova for Flavio
📺 Best Series TV Pitch to Ashley Dick for Skinners
🎞️ Best Short Pitch to Jenny Jokela for Eat With Your Eyes

For those looking to further the development of animation projects of their own, keep an eye out for Animatic 2026/27 applications, which open later this Summer.

Photography by Ingrid Mur 📸

Calling all Volunteers 📣 Thank You!!!We have some of the best volunteers in world 🌍 Whether they are welcoming audiences...
03/06/2026

Calling all Volunteers 📣 Thank You!!!

We have some of the best volunteers in world 🌍 Whether they are welcoming audiences and guests, adding the final touches to our festival venues, or even going fully method while scanning tickets (photo 3 might explain more 👽), they are a key part of every year at GFF.

In honour of , we wanted to shout out all the friendly faces who helped us welcome over 37,000 attendees and filmmakers from across the UK, Europe and the rest of the World, this year at .

If you haven't heard yet, GFF27 will take place 24 February - 7 March 2027, so keep an eye out later this year for when volunteer applications open.

Learn more about our typical volunteer roles here: https://bit.ly/4uegAxm

Photography by Amy Muir and Ingrid Mur.

Still not over GFF26? Neither are we. Relive it all and pull back the curtain to find out what's next 📣 Over 37,000 of y...
29/05/2026

Still not over GFF26? Neither are we. Relive it all and pull back the curtain to find out what's next 📣

Over 37,000 of you joined us for the GFF26 programme of premieres, special event screenings, youth and community initiatives, and Press & Industry events. Our programme contained 127 titles including 16 World, European and International Premieres, 68 UK Premieres, and 18 Scottish Premieres. Highlights included Gaelic-language documentary Sailm nan Daoine (Psalms of the People) directed by Glasgow-based Jack Archer, and Effi o Blaenau, a Welsh drama directed by BAFTA Cymru-winning Marc Evans. GFF also secured the European premiere of the instant cult classic Nirvana - the Band the Show the Movie, with two sold out shows in the festival’s largest venue.

The Industry Focus programme returned to The Social Hub in Merchant City and welcomed 745 press and industry delegates. Admissions for the Industry Focus conference also increased to 4,155 across the five-day programme, which included panel discussions, live pitches and networking, designed to cover topics critical to the screen sector, whilst also serving as a vital hub for film professionals across the UK.

And GFF will return 24 February - 7 March 2027, with submissions opening in July this year. We can't wait to see you there!

To read the full details and find out more about our record-breaking year at GFF26, click here: https://bit.ly/4dS0Ycw

Photography by Eoin Carey, Amy Muir, Erika Stevenson, Ingrid Mur, and Ryan Rutherford. 📸

Introducing the Black Filmmakers Community Network (BFCN) 📣A new quarterly event series dedicated to supporting Black fi...
20/04/2026

Introducing the Black Filmmakers Community Network (BFCN) 📣

A new quarterly event series dedicated to supporting Black filmmakers across Scotland.

Created following a period of consultation with Black filmmakers working in Scotland, the series has been designed to help the community grow their creative careers while driving meaningful change across the sector.

We’re delighted to announce that the first workshop, Pitch Yourself: A Fundamentals of Pitching Your Film, will take place on Saturday 9 May 2026.

This workshop has been honed over 10 years across industries, and specially developed to help Black communities share their stories without leaning into trauma narratives or stereotypical tropes. You’ll develop your own unique pitching style, alongside film industry-specific tips.

FREE tickets are available here: https://bit.ly/4egNWr9

Announcing the selected shorts for our first ever Scotland & LA Showcase! 🎬 🌍 On Wednesday 15 April, we are thrilled to ...
03/04/2026

Announcing the selected shorts for our first ever Scotland & LA Showcase! 🎬 🌍

On Wednesday 15 April, we are thrilled to be showcasing 17 animated shorts from incredible filmmakers based across Scotland and LA, in partnership with Silver Lake Shorts and Animation Scotland. A screening will be hosted at Glasgow Film Theatre and El Cid.

The Glasgow screening will start at 5:45pm at the GFT and will be followed by networking. Your ticket to the screening will allow you access to the networking.

Get your Glasgow screening tickets from our link in bio 🔗

For our LA friends, the screening will also be on Wednesday 15 April and will take place at El Cid (4212 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, California, 90029.) Doors open at 7pm, Screening starts at 8pm. Free entry. People will be able to RSVP via the link on Silver Lake Short’s instagram bio.

Full list below of the films:

1. Solstice (Luke Angus)
2. Distance to the Moon (Victoria Watson & Sacha Kyle) 3. You & Me (Joe Hogan)
4. Living with It (Holly Summerson)
5. Fried! (Lizzie Watts)
6. GodDamn’s Great Big Adventure: The Dating Crisis (LuLu McKown)
7. Wolpie Of The Woods: A Silver Lake Shorts Fellowship Film (Kat Messing)
8. The Sycamore (Jared Weiss)
9. Airpoints (Anca Vlasan)
10. Tax Day (Chike Robinson)
11. Meeble And Creeble: The Fool (Christina Fidler)
12. Hungry Hollow (Sarah Ruyle)
13. Roommates (Kat Ball)
14. Lil Gibbos Hot Drop - A Silver Lake Shorts Fellowship Film (Arius Ziaee)
15. Silver Lake Shorts Paper Interstitial (Maria Norris)
16. The Hives: Roll Out The Red Carpet (Cissi Efraimsson)
17. My Breakfast With Barf (Peter Javidpour)

Looking to bring a touch of GFF to your home? We've got you covered 🏠✨Our GFF26 Special Event A3 prints are now availabl...
01/04/2026

Looking to bring a touch of GFF to your home? We've got you covered 🏠✨

Our GFF26 Special Event A3 prints are now available to buy, after previously being exclusive to our Carrie and Moulin Rouge! special screenings.

Artwork created by Ryan Rutherford.

Visit the link in our bio to shop our entire collection 🛍️

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