Glasgow Youth Film Festival opens

Mr. Peabody And Mr. Sherman has Scots première.

by Jennie Kermode

The Glasgow Youth Film Festival team.
The Glasgow Youth Film Festival team. Photo: Max Crawford

The Glasgow Youth Film Festival opened this afternoon with a family gala screening of Mr. Peabody And Mr. Sherman, the story of a brilliant inventor who also happens to be a dog. With a gala showing of youth punk hit We Are The Best! scheduled for tonight, it's already pulling in the crowds.

Film highlights this year include Mark Cousins documentary A Story Of Children And Film, thoughtful odyssey Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors and much-loved comedy horror classic Beetlejuice.

Special events this year include a movie poster design workshop, a cosplay red carpet parade and a comedy writing master class with Burnistoun alumnus and first time film director Robert Florence. There will also be a closing night showcase of local bands for the over-12s, with visual contributions from Edinburgh experimental filmmaker Ania Urbanowska.

The festival runs until 12 February.

Share this with others on...
News

Action woman Kelsey Egan on stars, stunts, world building and the 11 year journey of making The Fix

Star fixer who can 'make or break' a film Casting agent Francine Maisler reveals her secrets - from The Bikeriders to Succession

Why Soderbergh became hooked by Jaws Karlovy Vary guest reflects on Spielberg, Kafka and 'retirement'

Susan in Wonderland Susan Seidelman on her memoir, films, Billy Wilder and Smithereens

'If I find people who are really talented...they become my muses' Nicole Holofcener on Gandolfini, Allen and Aniston, Sex And The City and the threat of AI

A new vision Sofia Alaoui on deconstruction, interconnectedness and Animalia

More news and features

We're bringing you news, reviews and interviews from the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.



We're looking forward to the Fantasia International Film Festival.



We've recently covered Frameline48, Docs Ireland, Sheffield DocFest, the Tribeca Film Festival, the Muslim International Film Festival, Inside Out, Cannes, Fantaspoa, Queer East, Visions du Réel and New Directors/New Films.



Read our full for more.


Visit our festivals section.

Interact

More competitions coming soon.


DJDT

Versions

Time

Settings from settings.local

Headers

Request

SQL queries from 1 connection

Templates (11 rendered)

Cache calls from 2 backends

Signals