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Glasgow Film Festival

2 March – 13 March 2022

The Glasgow Film Festival is back this year with a hybrid event, and will also screen some of its gala premières simultaneously at cinemas across the UK, from London to Stornoway. It will celebrate the contemporary cinema of Africa and showcase a retrospective of Edith Carlmar, Norway's first female film director, as well as including the ever-popular Glasgow Frightfest horror showcase.

The festival will run from 2 to 13 March.

We're still adding details here, so please bear with us, and watch out for more.

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  • Nobody Has To Know
    Review preview for Nobody Has To Know

    Lanners has a surprising amount of unexpected turns of events up his sleeve considering the remote setting, although none of them feel unbelievable.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    After a man loses his memory after a stroke, he embarks on an unexpected relationship.
  • Vortex
    Review preview for Vortex

    The most restrained and yet audacious, unadorned and still intelligent picture the Argentinian auteur has made.

    Levan Tskhovrebadze · 4 out of 5
    Drama focused on a handful of dark days in the lives of an elderly couple in Paris.
  • Moon, 66 Questions
    Review preview for Moon, 66 Questions

    This is impressionistic filmmaking and the young director handles it with extraordinary confidence.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    When a grave illness strikes down her father Paris, Artemis decides to return home to Greece after an absence of some years and the pair embark on a new beginning.
  • Dreaming Walls
    Review preview for Dreaming Walls

    Dreaming Walls is less a documentary than an attempt at a sense memory.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Documents a critical juncture in the Chelsea Hotel's history, as it prepares to evict longtime residents and transform into a luxury hotel.
  • Monstrous
    Review preview for Monstrous

    The whole film hinges on Ricci’s performance and as such it provides a means for her to demonstrate that she’s still got what it takes.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A woman who is traumatised by an abusive relationship runs away from her former husband with her seven-year-old son, but in their new, idyllic and remote sanctuary, they find they have another, bigger and more terrifying monster to deal with
  • Rebel Dread
    Review preview for Rebel Dread

    One of the most satisfying viewing experiences of the year to date.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    The story of Don Letts, the iconic cultural mover and shaker, filmmaker, musician and raconteur.
  • Superior
    Review preview for Superior

    We’re all so used to seeing onscreen twins played by the same actor that there’s something disconcerting about seeing them played by two, especially in a film so concerned with the blurring of identities.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    On the run, Marian returns to her hometown in upstate New York to hide out with her estranged identical twin sister, Vivian. Struggling to put the past behind her, Marian lies about the reason for her return, leaving her sister in the dark until their two worlds begin to collide.
  • Wake Up Punk
    Review preview for Wake Up Punk

    Across the whole of the film, Askew strikes a good balance between historical analysis, political polemic and human interest, drawing out the characters of his interviewees.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A documentary exploring the legacy of punk and questioning its latter-day commercial influences.
  • Blue Moon
    Review preview for Blue Moon

    Chitu gives a quietly dignified performance, gradually letting us see Irina’s strength through her resilience.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A young woman struggles to access higher education and escape the violence of her dysfunctional family.
  • Let The Wrong One In
    Review preview for Let The Wrong One In

    With memorable characters, skilled acting and great comic timing, this film is entertaining throughout.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    When Matt’s estranged older brother Deco turns up at his flat looking terrible one morning, Matt figures he’s just on another typical loser bender. But Deco’s symptoms turn out to be more than a wicked hangover, and his newly grown fangs leave little doubt he’s fallen victim to a group of vampires terrorizing Dublin.

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