Programme
Welcome to the full public programme of Glasgow Short Film Festival 2023!
Programmes
Alchemy Film & Arts presents: Islands that Come and Go
Meanings drift and flow, cultures adapt and grow, islands come and go: seven shorts explore the familiar and the unfamiliar.
Artist Talk: Benjamin de Burca
Join Benjamin de Burca for an in depth discussion of his practice with Bárbara Wagner.
Award Ceremony and Winners' Screening
Join us for the closing event of GSFF23, where we announce and screen the winners of our competitions.
Bill Douglas Award 1: Soon what remains?
Questions of deterioration and decay, all-consuming absorption and climate crisis.
Bill Douglas Award 2: What we leave lingering
Memory, legacy and family tensions are explored in the second Bill Douglas Award selection.
Bill Douglas Award 3: We will not act accordingly
The third international competition programme considers the roles we take on and the roles that are forced upon us.
Bill Douglas Award 4: Absurdity of labour, pt. 2
In the fourth selection, the impact of ceaseless economic growth extends beyond the human workforce.
Bill Douglas Award 5: History teaches, but has no pupils
Exploring the violence of borders, imperial expansion and the traces of crimes against communities and nations.
Bill Douglas Award 6: Each their own frontiers
The final international competition selection turns to visions and constructions of imagined futures and remembered pasts.
Camino to COP26
Can one footprint imprint on our collective consciousness and create change? A walk; a pilgrimage, an odyssey…for the planet.
Dania Bdeir Masterclass
The Lebanese-Canadian director of multi-award-winning Warsha discusses her career to date.
Family Shorts
Glasgow Short Film Festival presents a showcase of the most exciting new animation from around the world, chosen with families in mind.