Glasgow Short Film Festival 2026: The Award Winners - The Skinny Klarissa Webster and Elisabeth Subrin took home the top prizes as Glasgow Short Film Festival came to a close this weekend.

Congratulations to @glasgowshort.bsky.social and all of their award-winners – here's @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social's recap of the GSFF competitions...

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Glasgow Short Film Festival: James Ley on Sleazy Tiger – The Skinny Celebrated playwright James Ley discusses his debut short film, Sleazy Tiger, ahead of it competing in the Scottish Competition at the Glasgow Short Film Festival. We discuss queer crisis, flagrant…

"The script just became super gay and pushed me out of my comfort zone."

Playwright James Ley discusses his debut short film SLEAZY TIGER ahead of it competing at @glasgowshort.bsky.social – read @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social's interview

www.theskinny.co.uk/film/intervi... @jley.bsky.social

Scottish Film Events: March 2026 - The Skinny This month choose between two great film festivals (HippFest and GSFF), explore the films of John Schlesinger and Andrzej Wajda, and check out GSA's new cinema season.

In March's film round-up, @glasgowshort.bsky.social and HippFest return, @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social celebrate John Schlesinger and Andrzej Wajda, and @dcadundee.bsky.social + @sqiff.bsky.social bring Sleepaway Camp to the big screen

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Glasgow Short Film Festival reveals 2026 programme - The Skinny The much-loved GSFF returns for its 19th edition with a spotlight on Iranian filmmaker Gelare Khoshgozaran, an archive programme celebrating the Clyde, and the festival’s usual expert curation of…

The much-loved GSFF returns for its 19th edition with a spotlight on Iranian filmmaker Gelare Khoshgozaran, an archive programme celebrating the Clyde, and the festival’s usual expert curation of shorts from across the world

www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/gl... @glasgowshort.bsky.social

GSFF reveals Scottish Competition films for 2026 - The Skinny Glasgow Short Film Festival has announced the films competing in its always-popular Scottish Competition for 2026, with GSFF favourites like Duncan Cowles, Will Anderson and Leyla Coll-O'Reilly among…

Glasgow Short Film Festival is back; @glasgowshort.bsky.social's Scottish Competition includes new films by Miranda Stern, Duncan Cowles, Will Anderson and Leyla Coll-O'Reilly among others...

www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/gs... [by @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social]

Tickets for the 2026 Scottish Competition and Young Scottish Filmmaker prize are now on sale! 🎬

This year’s programme features new works from GSFF regulars, alongside the premiere of a film from BAFTA Risman scholar Daniel Kelly.

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60 days to go until GSFF26! 😍

Our 19th edition runs from 18-22 March 📆

📸: Ingrid Mur

Delegate registration and volunteer applications are now open 🥳

The 19th edition of GSFF runs from 18-22 March 2026 and we would love for you to join us as an industry delegate or volunteer!

For more information and to apply, visit our website

📸: Ingrid Mur and Erika Stevenson

Marty Supreme In the 1950s, Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet) — a young man no one respects who dreams of becoming a champion table-tennis player — goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness. We are delighted to...

Is Marty Supreme on your watch list? 🏓

Roll in early to catch Fridtjof Stensæth Josefson and Morten Borgestad’s ‘Ball’, playing before all GFT screenings of the film - part of our Shorts in Support scheme!

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Huge congratulations to Lisa Clarkson (Paternal Advice) and Laura Carreira (On Falling) on their recent Scottish BAFTA wins! 🏆

🎬The Scottish Short Film Award went to Paternal Advice at GSFF25
🎬The Shift - Laura Carreira’s precursor to On Falling - had its Scottish premiere at GSFF21

#GSFF #BAFTA

Submission for the Young Scottish Filmmakers Prize close this Friday! 🎬

Submit your short by Nov 14 for the chance to screen it at GSFF, join emerging talent from across the country, and receive £1k in funding for your next steps in film

education.glasgowfilm.org/young-scottish-filmmakers-prize/

Glasgow Short Film Festival 2025: The Award Winners - The Skinny Lisa Clarkson’s Paternal Advice won this year’s Scottish Competition while Iranian filmmaker Maryam Tafakory won the Bill Douglas Award for best international short film.

As this year's @glasgowshort.bsky.social wraps up, @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social reports on this year's award winners...

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Delighted to have you! A sold out screening, no less!

Delighted to be playing some music at @glasgowshort.bsky.social tonight. It's such a special festival with amazingly diverse and exciting work on show. We're absolutely delighted to be a part of it.

Film still from The Disco: A Portrait of Simon Eilbeck (Director: Alex Hetherington)

Really touched by this beautiful write-up for Alex Hetherington’s The Disco: A Portrait of Simon Eilbeck, ahead of its world premiere at GSFF25 tomorrow night

glasgowuniversitymagazine.co.uk/articles/features/the-disco-a-portrait-of-simon-eilbeck/

If you're in Glasgow on Friday night do come @glasgowshort.bsky.social 📺

Neonatal Unit Riar Rizaldi Germany/Indonesia, 2021

Kasiterit Riar Rizaldi Indonesia, 2019

Fossilis Riar Rizaldi Indonesia, 2023

Mirage - Eigenstate Riar Rizaldi United Kingdom/Indonesia, 2024

Indonesia-born and based, Riar Rizaldi’s body of work harnesses the power of speculative science-fiction. Curated by Ren Scateni, GSFF25 features a two-part career retrospective with an additional live performance 🗓️ March 21 - 23 🔗 glasgowshort.org

The films in this programme explore themes of substance abuse, mental health, trans experience, and diasporic existence. Queer and trans voices take center stage to reclaim their narratives in the face of marginalisation 🔗 gsff.filmchief.com/shop/tickets...

I Don't Want To Be Just A Memory Sarnt Utamachote Germany, 2024

Aliens in Beirut Raghed Charabaty Canada, 2024

Le récit d'A Le Récit d'A Esther Valiquette Canada, 1990

The Source Is a Hole Angelo Madsen United States, 2017

Grieving Tomorrows: Discourses on Ontology, or Resisting Erasure 🗓️ Thurs March 20, Civic House at 6pm

I Don’t Want To Be Just A Memory (Sarnt Utamachote, 2024)
The Source Is a Hole (Angelo Madsen, 2017)
Aliens in Beirut (Raghed Charabaty, 2024)
Le Récit d’A (Esther Valiquette, 1990)

GSFF25 kicks off in two weeks! We open our international award competition with shorts centring on how media affects how we see, dream and take action

Razeh-del راز دل Maryam Tafakory Iran, 2024

UNDR Kamal Aljafari Germany/Palestine, 2024

Happy New Year Weipeng Huang China, 2024

400 Cassettes Thelyia Petraki Greece, 2024

We open our international competition with Bill Douglas Award 1: Our Being in Transmission 🗓️ Thurs March 20, GFT Cinema 3 / Sat March 22, Grosvenor Picture Theatre

🎬:
Can You Hear Me?
Happy New Year
UNDR
Razeh-del
400 Cassettes

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The cover for the March 2025 issue of The Skinny. A collage of still images from the film 'The Disco', altered with various duotone effects in pink, green, purple, red and orange.

March issue out now – @glasgowshort.bsky.social opening film THE DISCO on the cover, @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social, Hippfest, @404ink.bsky.social, RSA New Contemporaries and more inside...

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Xuanlin Tham on the power of the sex scene – The Skinny We chat with author and film curator Xuanlin Tham about Revolutionary Desires, an incisive and intricate exploration of the politics of the sex scene.

Great interview with @xuanlintham.bsky.social in @theskinnymag.bsky.social, about their new @404ink.bsky.social book Revolutionary Desires

'Your Body, Dissolving into Me', a programme which Xuanlin has curated for GSFF25, is at Civic House on Thursday, March 20 - available now from glasgowshort.org

Wishing a happy festival launch on our GFF pals! Lots we’re looking forward to catching at the glorious GFT @glasgowfilm.bsky.social 🎬

Glasgow Short Film Festival reveals 2025 programme - The Skinny GSFF is back with a programme including films from the Gaza Film Unit, a spotlight on Indonesian filmmaker Riar Rizaldi, and shorts exploring sex, grief and the multiverse.

Glasgow Short Film Festival @glasgowshort.bsky.social returns next month with a Gaza Film Unit programme, spotlight on Riar Rizaldi, Frank Sweeney's reimagining of Irish TV history + more...

www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/gl... by @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social

🎥 The Glasgow Short Film Festival has launched its full programme, featuring a line-up of diverse, inclusive and engaging films from first-time and established directors.

Find out what else GSFF has planned ➡️ list.co.uk/news/46216/g...

🎥 Up next 🎥

Sat 22 Feb 7.30pm - THE TASTE OF THINGS

Rated 12A | Screened in French with English subtitles | Running Time 135 min

+GSFF SHORT - The Role

🎟 £5 for all. Book online via www.universalhall.co.uk or pay on the door on the night 🎟

@filmhubscotland.bsky.social @glasgowshort.bsky.social

Full GSFF25 programme on-sale now 🎬

Highlights from the packed five day programme include dispatches from Indonesia, Gaza and Ireland, as well as brand-new curated strands and the return of our international and local competitions. For more details, visit glasgowshort.org

Bring Them Down Director/Writer Christopher Andrews will join us for a Q&A at the 6.30pm screening on Sunday 9 February. Michael (Christopher Abbott), the last son of a shepherding family, lives with his ailing fat...

Bring Them Down is now playing at the GFT, with all screenings preceded by Holly Summerson’s ‘Living With It’ (7 min) - part of our Shorts in Support programme for cinemas 🍿

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We are thrilled to be opening this year's festival with the World Premiere of Alex Hetherington's portrait of Queer d/Deaf DJ Simon Eilbeck. Formed from 16mm film, The Disco encounters members of the Queer communities who gather at Simon's monthly disco Hot Mess.