For a fifth year, we continue expanding our education programme to enable school pupils to attend screenings, workshops and events during our annual festival. Primary and Secondary school pupils from […]
The long-awaited return to fiction filmmaking from Academy Award-winner Andrea Arnold (American Honey, Fish Tank), BIRD is a tender, striking and extraordinarily surprising coming-of-age fable about marginalised life in the […]
Visionary sustainable designer Jeff Garner, attending the festival to present his new documentary “Let them be naked”, will introduce school students to the art of creating costume and his sustainable […]
A selection of short films from our youth programme, screened to school pupils from various Glasgow areas.
Do you know what’s in your clothing? An audacious exploration into the presence of toxic and often harmful chemicals in the fabrics and materials used by the fashion industry. Since […]
Short Films from the 2024 selection. View individual film listings for more details. Still from DAMMI by Yann Mounir Demange starring Riz Ahmed.
Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the soldiers they have become. Defiantly finding beauty amid […]
Reel Tasty is back for a third season! This time, we have teamed up with the Italian Culture Institute in Edinburgh and the Eusebi Deli, an institution for Italian foodies […]
The 2024 selection of short films in our Female Perspectives Competition.
Ten drag performers find solace in each other as they rebel against their oppressive reality and those who control it. -See individual listings for Balkan Focus Short Films.