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Glasgow Film Festival · 2026

Glasgow Film Festival 2026

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10 films · 7 reviews

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Atropia

Review preview for Atropia

While Gates has found an intriguing setting for her war satire, it’s less clear what she wants to say with it.

Jeremy Mathews · 2.5 out of 5
When an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent, their unsimulated emotions threaten to derail the performance.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Hailey Gates; Writer: Hailey Gates; Stars: Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny, Tim Heidecker, Jane Levy)

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Bouchra

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This isn’t about rejection but about navigating the difficulties full acceptance bring.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A New York-based filmmaker writes an autobiographical script about a fictional double, while also appearing in animated form as a coyote moving through a city of furry creatures.

(Country: Italy, Morocco, US; Year: 2025; Director: Orian Barki, Meriem Bennani; Writer: Orian Barki, Meriem Bennani; Stars: Orian Barki, Meriem Bennani)

Full review See: Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki on making animation Bouchra

First Light

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A thoughtful and lyrical film unafraid to do things differently.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
An elderly nun witnesses the aftermath of a young construction worker's fatal accident, compelling her to question the ethical principles of the institution she has devoted her life to.

(Country: Philippines, Australia; Year: 2025; Director: James J Robinson; Writer: James J Robinson; Stars: Ruby Ruiz, Kare Adea, Maricel Soriano, Emmanuel Santos)

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The Last One For The Road (Le Citta Di Pianura)

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Blends a shaggy dog story with a road trip.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Carlobianchi and Doriano, two broke fiftysomethings with a “never skip the last drink” philosophy, meet Giulio, a shy architecture student adrift in life. What starts as a chance encounter turns into a chaotic road trip through the Venetian plains.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2025; Director: Francesco Sossai; Writer: Adriano Candiago, Francesco Sossai; Stars: Filippo Scotti, Pierpaolo Capovilla, Roberto Citran, Andrea Pennacchi, Sergio Romano)

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Live A Little (Leva Lite)

On a couch surfing trip through Europe, Laura wakes up in a guy's bed without any memories of what happened.

(Country: Norway, Sweden; Year: 2025; Director: Fanny Ovesen; Writer: Fanny Ovesen; Stars: Embla Ingelman-Sundberg, Aviva Wrede, Oscar Lesage, Beatriz Abrisqueta)

Nino

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Nino offers a glimpse into an ordinary, possibly unfulfilled life and the psyche of a contemporary man trying to reconfigure things in the wake of a challenge.

Marko Stojiljkovic · 3.5 out of 5
Seventy-two hours before Nino's chemotherapy, he must complete the two missions given to him by his doctor.

(Country: France; Year: 2025; Director: Pauline Loquès; Writer: Pauline Loquès; Stars: Théodore Pellerin, Salomé Dewaels, Jeanne Balibar, Camille Rutherford, Victoire Du Bois, William Lebghil, Mounir Belhidaoui, Estelle Meyer, Mathieu Amalric)

Full review See: Director talks of a personal tragedy that inspired her first feature

On A String

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There is no grand adventure, no melodramatic pathos, no broad comedy, just life as an eternal struggle for survival and for the chance of thriving, but also with a sense of warmth.

Marko Stojiljkovic · 4 out of 5
Fresh out of Juilliard, a young violist returns home to live with her parents in the heart of New York City. Now it’s time to play gigs in the homes of strangers and make art with friends - nothing can go wrong, right?

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Isabel Hagen; Writer: Isabel Hagen; Stars: Dylan Baker, Eric Bogosian, Frederick Weller, Charlotte Ray Rosenberg, Jamie Lee, Joy Suprano, Peter Reeves, DeLaney Harter Rosenthal, Renée Stork, Isabel Hagen, Jordan Galland, Haven Stashenko, John Kroner, Jon Lonoff, Ling Ling Huang)

Full review See: On A String director Isabel Hagen on moving from viola player to stand-up and filmmaker

Pasa Faho

A shoe salesman struggles to save his small business and pass on his values to his son.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2025; Director: Kalu Oji; Writer: Kalu Oji; Stars: Okey Bakassi, Tyson Palmer, Laureta Idika Uduma, Idika Mba Uduma)

A Place For Her (La Maison Des Femmes)

Everyday challenges and triumphs of the staff and attendees at a women’s healthcare and support centre.

(Country: France; Year: 2025; Director: Melisa Godet; Writer: Melisa Godet, Catherine Paillé; Stars: Oulaya Amamra, Juliette Armanet, Aure Atika, Jean-Charles Clichet)

Rebuilding

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It could not be more apposite in exploring how whose who have lost everything in such environmental disasters, find resilience in human connections.

Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
After a wildfire takes the family farm, a rancher seeks a way forward.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Max Walker-Silverman; Writer: Max Walker-Silverman; Stars: Josh O'Connor, Meghann Fahy, Amy Madigan, Kali Reis, Jefferson Mays, Lily LaTorre, Jules Reid, Binky Griptite, Sam Engbring, Nancy Morlan)

Full review See: Interview with Max Walker-Silverman about Rebuilding