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The Glasgow Film Festival, now the UK's third biggest film event, is back for its 12th edition in 2016, with Richard Gere, Ben Wheatley, Natalie Dormer, Peter Greenaway and legendary stuntman Vic Armstrong among the stars planing to attend. It will open with the UK Premiere of Hail, Caesar! by Ethan and Joel Coen, and close with the UK Premiere of Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s Oscar-nominated Anomalisa. As always, we will be bringing you full coverage throughout.
The festival runs from 17 to 28 February.
View Films by Strand:
- Anniversaries
- CineMasters
- Crossing the Line
- Discovering Duvivier
- Dream Teams
- Frightfest
- Galas
- Local Heroes
- Modern Families
- Nerdvana
- Pioneer
- Roads To The South: Argentine Cinema
- Sound And Vision
- Special Events
- Stranger Than Fiction
- Window on the World
View previous years coverage of the Glasgow Film Festival festival:
Glasgow Latest Reviews

The true story of the Puccio Clan. A family who kidnapped and killed people in the 80s.

Following the star as she undergoes treatment for cancer and tries to mount a comeback.

Seismic rumblings in the Norwegian fjords threaten to start a chain reaction that will destroy the local area.

Five interlocking tales of terror follow the fates of a group of weary travellers who confront their worst nightmares - and darkest secrets - over one long night on a desolate stretch of desert highway.

Drama about social change in France in the early 1970s.

Black comedy about a pair of brothers who discover a dark family secret.

A squad of unsuspecting cops goes through a trapdoor to Hell after stumbling upon a Black Mass in an abandoned building.

A careless politician struggles to stay out of the grip of a ruthless crime lord who knows a little too much about him for comfort.

An English mother and son preparing their French summerhouse for sale both face emotional challenges as nostalgia and first love pull them in different directions.

A devoted wife lets her husband, who drowned at sea three years ago, take her on a journey.
Glasgow Film Festival Features
Glasgow Film Festival News

Filming sensations Mathieu Amalric on Pierre Léon, Jeanne Balibar and the sounds and colours of Barbara
Character arc Seth A Smith on filming with a two-year-old and bringing marbling to life in The Crescent
Keeping up appearances Marcello Martinessi on cultural conservatism and filmmaking honesty in The Heiresses
A different space Kelly Macdonald on working with Marc Turtletaub on Puzzle
Out of the past Susanna Nicchiarelli on Trine Dyrholm and the costume design in Nico, 1988
The iconic man Jonathan Baker on Becoming Iconic and Inconceivable
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