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  • Scottish Competition Films Announced

    Scottish Competition Films Announced

    We’re excited to share the films selected in the 2026 Scottish Competition of GSFF’s 19th edition, as well as the Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize shortlist. To see the all Scottish Short Film Competition and Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize screenings, and to book your tickets, visit the ticket shop.

  • Delegate & Volunteer Registration Open!

    Delegate & Volunteer Registration Open!

    Join us in March as an industry delegate, or assist in the running of the festival as a GSFF25 volunteer.

  • Shorts of the Year 2025

    Shorts of the Year 2025

    As is tradition, we asked the team to pick a short film that resonated with them this year. The standard of filmmaking we saw in 2025 continues to reaffirm our belief in film as a tool of collective resistance, action, liberation and artistic expression. Thank you to every filmmaker who submitted a film, and to…

  • Announcing the GSFF25 Award Winners

    Announcing the GSFF25 Award Winners

    The 18th annual celebration of short film finished last night with the awards ceremony, following a packed five day programme of events across the city Glasgow Film Festival 2025 finished its 18th edition in style last night, as it announced the winners of its two prestigious annual competitions plus the coveted Scottish and International Audience…

  • GSFF25 Industry Programme Announcement

    GSFF25 Industry Programme Announcement

    We’re pleased to announce our programme of industry events for this year. For the most up-to-date industry info, visit our Industry page.

  • GSFF25 Full Programme Announcement

    GSFF25 Full Programme Announcement

    Festival Favourites includes a selection of big hitters and darlings from 2024’s international festival circuit, and we welcome back essentials such as comedy programme For Shorts & Giggles, Family Shorts, Visible Cinema and, after a year off, our acclaimed-by-the-true-horror-freaks strand, Scared Shortless. Last year, GSFF were proud to be able to present six of Bill Douglas’s unearthed Super 8 amateur shorts…

  • GSFF25 Opening Night Announcement

    GSFF25 Opening Night Announcement

    Join us for the world premiere of Alex Hetherington’s The Disco – A Portrait of Simon Eilbeck, an experimental documentary about the founder of Scottish queer club night Hot Mess

  • The Brutalist Buildings of Glasgow

    The Brutalist Buildings of Glasgow

    As The Brutalist hits cinemas, we talk to Brutal Glasgow curator Rachel Loughran about her exhibition with Natalie Tweedie, which shines a light on the our city’s relationship to the architectural style

  • Delegate Registration & Volunteer Applications Open!

    Delegate Registration & Volunteer Applications Open!

    Join us in March as an industry delegate, or assist in the running of the festival as a GSFF25 volunteer.

  • Shorts of the Year 2024

    Shorts of the Year 2024

    As the year comes to a close, we asked our team to each pick a short film that stayed with them this year. There was certainly no shortage of favourites all-round, but running through the eventual results (presented in no particular order) were themes that speak to the past 12 months: themes of perseverance, in…