Glasgow Short Film Festival

Scotland's leading short film event | 19th edition: 18-22 March 2026 | #GSFF26

[Glasgow Short Film Festival @GlasgowShort]

Is Marty Supreme on your watch list? 🏓

Roll in early to catch Fridtjof Stensæth Josefson and Morten Borgestad’s ‘Ball’, playing before all GFT screenings of the film as part of our Shorts in Support scheme!

https://t.co/F1eA51rgQe

[BAFTA Scotland @BAFTAScotland]

The Short Film & Animation winner is...

🏆 Paternal Advice

#BAFTAScotAwards

[Glasgow Short Film Festival @GlasgowShort]

Congrats Lisa Clarkson (Paternal Advice) and Laura Carreira (On Falling) on their Scottish BAFTA wins! 🏆

🎬The Scottish Short Film Award went to Paternal Advice at GSFF25
🎬The Shift - Laura Carreira’s precursor to On Falling - had its Scottish premiere at GSFF21

#GSFF #BAFTA

[Glasgow Short Film Festival @GlasgowShort]

Submissions close on Friday this week! 🗓️

[GFT @glasgowfilm]

🎬 Aged 18–25 & into film? Submissions are open for the Young Scottish Filmmakers Prize 2026!

📅 Deadline: 14 Nov
🏆 £1,000 prize
🎞 Screen at Glasgow Short Film Fest
🤝 Join a national film cohort

Apply now ➡️ https://t.co/OeZZfsrgmR

[The Skinny @theskinnymag]

The award winners at this year's @GlasgowShort included a vivid Janice Galloway adaptation and a striking tale of an unexpected crush... @jamiedunnesq runs through this year's GSFF prizes

https://t.co/j8EXL3CdJd

[Glasgow Short Film Festival @GlasgowShort]

Really touched by this beautiful write-up for Alex Hetherington’s ‘The Disco: A Portrait of Simon Eilbeck, ahead of its world premiere at GSFF25 tomorrow night

https://t.co/TcBUMYDunb

[GFT @glasgowfilm]

We're so excited to host the Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize screening during @GlasgowShort on Saturday 22 March, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.

Join us for this celebration of the best new talent in Scottish filmmaking!

🎫https://t.co/4OcyqmNpCy

[GFT @glasgowfilm]

We're so excited to welcome @GlasgowShort back to GFT from 19 - 23 March 🥳

Join us for a groundbreaking programme of visual storytelling, kicking off with the World Premiere of Alex Hetherington's THE DISCO on 19 Mar

Explore GSFF screenings at GFT here: https://t.co/1XpFQLx09B

[Piyush Thakur @haathwalathakur]

‘The First Film’ screens as part of Visible Cinema at Scotland’s premier short film event, @glasgowshort!

📽️ 22nd March
⏰ 12:30 PM
📍 GFT - 3, Glasgow, Scotland

@RCStweets @glasgowfilm

#TheFirstFilm #VisibleCinema #GSFF #Glasgow #Scotland #UK

[Glasgow Short Film Festival @GlasgowShort]

@Nickfromupnorth Thanks Nick!

[Glasgow Short Film Festival @GlasgowShort]

Indonesia-born and based, Riar Rizaldi’s body of work harnesses the power of speculative science-fiction. Curated by Ren Scateni, GSFF25 features a two-part career retrospective with an additional live performance 🗓️ March 21 - 23 🔗 https://t.co/AMzyTWNA14

[Glasgow Short Film Festival @GlasgowShort]

Queer and trans voices take centre stage to reclaim their narratives in the face of marginalisation, in the first of our three-part ‘Grieving Tomorrows’ strand 🔗 https://t.co/L89hoadugs

[Glasgow Short Film Festival @GlasgowShort]

Grieving Tomorrows: Discourses on Ontology, or Resisting Erasure 🗓️ March 20, Civic House at 6pm

I Don’t Want To Be Just A Memory (Sarnt Utamachote, 2024)
The Source Is a Hole (Angelo Madsen, 2017)
Aliens in Beirut (Raghed Charabaty, 2024)
Le Récit d’A (Esther Valiquette, 1990)

[Glasgow Short Film Festival @GlasgowShort]

Grieving Tomorrows: Discourses on Ontology, or Resisting Erasure 🗓️ March 20, Civic House at 6pm

I Don’t Want To Be Just A Memory (Sarnt Utamachote, 2024)
The Source Is a Hole (Angelo Madsen, 2017)
Aliens in Beirut (Raghed Charabaty, 2024)
Le Récit d’A (Esther Valiquette, 1990)

[The Cineskinny @thecineskinny]

a bumper podcast this week...

- We love ON FALLING (@conicfilm)
- @jamiedunnesq chats to John Maclean re: new film TORNADO (@glasgowfilmfest)
- Chat on @glasgowshort @hippfest @thepeoplesjoker @beaversfilm

SPOTIFY: https://t.co/7LmffsvVpD
APPLE: https://t.co/wRHXda9XUK

[Glasgow Short Film Festival @GlasgowShort]

GSFF25 kicks off in two weeks! We open our international award competition with shorts centring on how media affects how we see, dream and take action

[Glasgow Short Film Festival @GlasgowShort]

We open our international competition with Bill Douglas Award 1: Our Being in Transmission 🗓️ Thurs March 20, GFT Cinema 3 / Sat March 22, Grosvenor Picture Theatre

🎬:
Can You Hear Me?
Happy New Year
UNDR
Razeh-del
400 Cassettes

🎟️ https://t.co/TGfmDKsjPE

[Glasgow Short Film Festival @GlasgowShort]

We open our international competition with Bill Douglas Award 1: Our Being in Transmission 🗓️ Thurs March 20, GFT Cinema 3 / Sat March 22, Grosvenor Picture Theatre

🎬:
Can You Hear Me?
Happy New Year
UNDR
Razeh-del
400 Cassettes

🎟️ https://t.co/TGfmDKsjPE

[Glasgow Short Film Festival @GlasgowShort]

Great interview with @xuanlintham in @theskinnymag, about their new @404Ink book Revolutionary Desires

'Your Body, Dissolving into Me', a programme which Xuanlin has curated for GSFF25, is at Civic House on Thursday, March 20 - tickets available now

https://t.co/snhYM5sWXy

[Glasgow Short Film Festival @GlasgowShort]

Including a Funders' Roundtable at GSFF25!

[TheDocSociety @TheDocSociety]

Attention all UK filmmakers with a bold, cinematic idea for a non-fiction short film:

The BFI Doc Society Made of Truth Fund opens again on 1st April for one month!

Find us various events in March where you can find out more & connect with our team: https://t.co/fDwHeMqdkO

[Glasgow Short Film Festival @GlasgowShort]

GSFF25 full trailer reveal! 🎬

We've also just announced our industry events programme over at https://t.co/AMzyTWNA14

Thanks to our industry events partners @NFTSFilmTV, Scottish Documentary Institute, The Documentary Society, GMAF Film, Culture Ireland & Talking Shorts

[Glasgow Short Film Festival @GlasgowShort]

Loads we’re looking forward to catching at GFF! Wishing everyone a great festival 🎬

[Glasgow Film Festival @glasgowfilmfest]

Lights, camera, action! It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for, Glasgow Film Festival 2025 commences today!

Starting with our sold out Opening Gala screening of Tornado tonight, we’re ready for 12 days of unforgettable stories on the silver screen!

We'll see you all there!