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Welcome to GSFF23! Full Programme Announcement
It’s finally time to unveil the mighty programme we’ve been crafting all year! This March, we’re back with a focus on contemporary Lebanese short films and a rare live performance from Beirut-based gender-defying queer dancer Khansa, a retrospective of award-winning artist duo Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca, wild world-building animations and cinematic existentialism through innovative A.I. collaborations. Our 16th annual festival will…
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Interview: Sean Lìonadh, director of Too Rough
GSFF speaks to poet, writer, musician and filmmaker Sean Lìonadh about his new film Too Rough. With unsettling, handheld cinematography, the short film depicts the dilemma of an adolescent boy and explores the inner conflict between his love and relationship, and his dangerous family home. Sean concentrates on the inextricable correlation between the individual and the…
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Santiago Àlvarez
In the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, one of the greatest challenges was how to educate the population in the ideals and potential embodied by the revolutionary process. Due to the massive inequalities which had prevailed under the Batista regime, many of the population were illiterate, and film was determined to be one…
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The full GSFF22 programme is here!
Welcome to the 15th edition of GSFF! We are back in venues for the first time in three years and delighted to be bringing programmes of home-grown and international cinema to Glasgow, between 23-27 March. Alongside the previously announced Scottish and International Competition selections, GSFF22 will show programmes of films that hold revolution in subtle and grand ideas;…
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2021: Where Did That Go?
If 2020 was – for film festivals and exhibitors – about learning new digital skills, rethinking engagement with our audiences and reinforcing networks of support, 2021 has mostly been about treading water, waiting for the vaccine to allow us to return to some form of business as usual, enhanced by these newfound engagement tools, and…
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Announcing the GSFF 2021 Competition Titles
We’re delighted to launch our first wave of programmes for Glasgow Short Film Festival’s 14th edition as well as our festival trailer. GSFF21 will take place 22-28 March and entirely online – a return to our festival hub after the success of GSFF 2020 Online in August. Our GSFF21 festival trailer is directed by James Price,…
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2020: That Was the Year That Was
It’s very hard at this point to think of anything new to say about 2020. Part of what has made the year extraordinary is that our experience of it, in general terms, has seemed so universal. We’ve all undergone loss and confinement. We’ve all had to learn new skills, new ways of communicating, new ways…
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GSFF Online: Family Shorts Week 4
It’s not easy staying in when it’s this sunny outside, and we know it must be particularly hard for those kids without easy access to outdoor space. But still, we have to keep safe for now, and we hope this next selection of Family Shorts will help a little bit! This week’s films are all…
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GSFF Online: Family Shorts Week 3
The Easter Holidays are coming to an end, but the current lockdown will continue for at least three more weeks. Far from ideal, but all the more reason to bring you another week of entertaining Family Shorts. This week our selected animations are all about parent-child relationships and how we learn from each other. Sure, parents care…
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GSFF Online: Family Shorts Week 2
We feel for all the young ones who can’t spend their holidays outside exploring and discovering new worlds, so for this second week of GSFF Online: Family Shorts we’ve chosen seven stories about characters on a mission. From a zebra trying to find his stripes to a stubborn cat with musical aspirations; and from a granny chasing her…
