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Bill Douglas Award 5: Because It Became Impossible to Breathe – Programme Notes
Revolutionary acts drive the fifth Bill Douglas Award programme, so we pay homage to Frantz Fanon in its title. In Suddenly TV we are taken into an important moment in Sudan’s ongoing struggle for liberation through the eyes of young revolutionaries, while the eco-resistance leaders in Terra Mater, clad in electronic waste, highlight colonial and capitalist damage through…
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Open Call for Too Happy Studios in Collaboration with Glasgow Short Film Festival
Too Happy Studios is excited to launch a new Artist Moving Image Commission. The commissioning model will focus on production, mentorship, collaboration, and more effective integration of the visual arts and traditional screen industries. The artist will be based within our studio in Glasgow and will have a network of support for the duration of the commission…
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Bill Douglas Award 4: In Your Image Its Future Is Made – Programme Notes
Friday 22 March (15:30) GFT Cinema 3 // 1h45m // 15+ Saturday 23 March (10:30) passholders only CCA Cinema // 1h20m // 15+ Saturday 23 March (20:45) GFT Cinema 3 // 1h45m // 15+ Tying in with wider threads throughout this year’s festival (see Jyoti Mistry, Cine Mujer, and Until Liberation 4), the films in…
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Bill Douglas Award 3: Between Every Imagined Present – Programme Notes
Personal and collective memory and imagination, traces of what was and seeds of how things could be. Our third Bill Douglas Award programme spends time lingering on the past but also gently simmers with possibility. Nothing But Shadows, abouta woman’s dealings with mortality and grief, dips into a subtle magical realism with an enigmatic lead performance, while Pacific…
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Bill Douglas Award 2: Where We Find Ourselves – Programme Notes
All films in our second Bill Douglas Award programme are led by ideas and characters that cannot be detached from a sense of place or defined location. The intriguing 2720 provides a lively but sensitive insight into a Lisbon community that suffers from poverty and overpolicing – a generous piece of docufiction. In the experimental documentary The despair…
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Bill Douglas Award 1: Suspended Futures – Programme Notes
This programme looks at futures dreamt of and futures taken away in contexts of immigration, exposing wider inequalities and tragedies. A Haitian father’s loss and imagination are complicated by a single cassette recording in the poetic Dreams like paper boats, while the captivating and almost strangling cinematography of I promise you paradise immerses us in the love and refuge story…
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GSFF Presents: 2024 Industry Programme
Calling all film folks! We’re excited to announce the return of our Industry Events to GSFF24 Alongside our jam-packed lineup, we’ll run a series of industry-focused events. This year we’re thrilled to offer a variety of talks, masterclasses, screenings and more throughout our festival. Our talks and panels will feature experts talking on a range…
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Welcome to #GSFF24! Full Programme Announcement
Our programme has officially landed! This March, we’re back with a packed programme featuring a deep dive into the archives with unseen, live-scored short films from Bill Douglas, rediscovered work by Mexican feminist group Cine Mujer and experimental reappropriation of archive footage by Jyoti Mistry; a retrospective screening and installation by Moroccan filmmaker Randa Maroufi,…
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GSFF24 Opening Night Announcement
Renowned Scottish Filmmaker, Bill Douglas, will be celebrated with premiere of never-before-seen short films made by the artist in the 60s. We are so pleased to announce that the Opening Gala for the 17th edition of Glasgow Short Film Festival will feature six never before seen 8mm shorts made by Bill Douglas, alongside lifelong friend…
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Farewell 2023: Looking Back at Team GSFF’s Shorts of the Year
As we kick off the new year, we want to take a moment to thank you for all the support and encouragement you shared with us in 2023 . We loved every minute of #GSFF23 and we can’t wait to announce programme plans for our 17th edition (20 – 24 March 2024).
