Film Events in Glasgow in May 2025
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Events in Glasgow
Mimesis: African Soldier
GoMA's next main gallery exhibition is Sir John Akomfrah's Mimesis: African Soldier, a film installation which will be shown across three screens.
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Glasgow 850
2025 will be a big year for Glasgow as we celebrate the city's 850th birthday. It's a milestone and everyone who has or does call Glasgow home is invited to the party!
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Take 2: Family-Friendly Films
Everything from kid-friendly classics to family foreign language and the latest blockbuster releases, Take 2 screenings at Glasgow Film Theatre will keep even the littlest film fans entertained!
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EatFilm at Sloans
Your favourite movie night is back! Enjoy a line-up of feel-good films and movie classics plus a meal, popcorn and drink, all set up in the stunning Grand Ballroom at Sloans!
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The Lotus Club: Documentary Series
The Lotus Club regularly screens documentaries, curated by two Glasgow-based Japanese journalists, at the National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall.
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Tummy Monster + Q&A
Tummy Monster kicks off a tour of the UK at Glasgow Film Theatre on May 1st, the screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Ciaran Lyons and actor Lorn Macdonald.
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Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One in IMAX
Before Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning get back into the heart-pounding action and experience 2023’s Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One in IMAX at Glasgow Science Centre!
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Simon Fisher Turner: In the Shadow of the Sun
For this special, one-off event screening of In the Shadow of Sun, Simon Fisher Turner will present new music to accompany a stretched version of the film.
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The Spy Who Quizzed Me!
Do you know your Bond from you Hunt? Are you team Spy Kids or Austin Powers? Dig out your favourite gadgets and book your best spy team together for R-CADE's latest Quiz Night!
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50 years since Scottish Daily News: where next for co-operative journalism?
Come along and learn about co-operative journalism past, present and future, as part of the Glasgow Trades Council May Day 2025 programme.
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Vincent Price Double Bill
Enjoy a double bill of Vincent Price's House on Haunted Hill and The Last Man On Earth at the Grosvenor Picture Theatre on Wednesday 7th May!
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A Complete Unknown: Bob Dylan Story
Join Stopgap Community Cinema CIC for a screening of the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown on Thursday 8th May!
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Creatives Of Colour Festival
Creatives of Colour Festival is a three-day event celebrating creatives of colour, with workshops, film screenings, performances, and discussions!
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DIG 2025: Elyla Artists’ Film Programme (Nicaragua)
As part of Tramway's Dance International Glasgow festival their gallery programme presents an exhibition of three performance films by multi-disciplinary artist and activist Elyla.
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Trash Cinema Presents - Dracula A.D.1972
Join Trash Cinema at the Old Hairdressers on Monday 12th May for a screening of one of Hammer's very finest of horrors - Dracula AD 1972!
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Fungi: Web of Life 3D
Join Glasgow Science Centre to celebrate Glasgow Climate Week by experiencing Fungi: Web of Life in stunning IMAX 3D.
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Wes Ander-Season
Join the Grosvenor Picture Theatre every Thursday between 15th May and 5th June for screenings of some of Wes Anderson's most iconic films!
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INTERSTELLAR: Tribute to Hans Zimmer
Join Mystery Ensemble for one of their most beloved programmes: soundtracks of the renowned film Interstellar, directed by Christopher Nolan, at Glasgow University Union!
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Julie Brook, An Artist who works in the Landscape, Artist Talk and Screening
The House Arts Collective are thrilled to welcome Julie Brook for an artist talk, presentation and screening of a short selection of some of her work on film.
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DIG 2025: Asim Abdulaziz - 1941 (Yemen)
As part of Tramway's Dance International Glasgow festival their gallery programme presents Asim Abdulaziz - 1941 (2021), a short experimental film directed and produced by the Yemeni artist.
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Mission: Impossible Final Reckoning in IMAX at Glasgow Science Centre
Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, don't miss it in IMAX at Glasgow Science Centre!
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Exhibition On Screen: The Dawn of Impressionism Paris 1874
Stopgap Community Cinema CIC bring Exhibition On Screen's The Dawn of Impressionism Paris 1874 to Helensburgh Civic Centre on Thursday 22nd May!
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The Glasgow Telly Festival: 1 Minute Pilots
Join R-CADE on Saturday 31st May for an evening to celebrate the best in independent Scottish television talent as part of the Glasgow Telly Festival!
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Film Events in East Renfrewshire
Here's a selection of Film Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:
Cinema Screening: Royal Ballet and Opera - Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works being screened at Eastwood Park Theatre!
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Cinema Screening: The Royal Opera: Wagner’s Die Walkure
Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner's Ring cycle when Eastwood Park Theatre screens The Royal Opera's production of Die Walkure!
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Here's a selection of Film Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Edinburgh:
Falastin Film Festival: Bye Bye Tiberias
Hiam Abbass returns home with her filmmaker daughter, in this intimate documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation.
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Falastin Film Festival: Reclaiming Rhythms
Two beautiful and powerful medium-length films on the coloniality of archives, reclamation of Palestinian music and dance, and the ethnographic underpinnings of colonization.
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Falastin Film Festival: From Ground Zero
From Ground Zero is a collection of 22 short films made in Gaza during the ongoing genocide and showing as part of the Falastin Film Festival at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
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Here's a selection of Film Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:
Anster Cinema: Venus Peter
Don't miss this very special screening of Venus Peter, a beautiful film about a young boy growing up in a fishing village in the 1940s, at Dreel Halls on Sunday 4th May!
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Here's a selection of Film Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
Screening: Bonnie & Clyde The Musical
Recorded live at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane, discover the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire nation!
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Sing-Along Wicked
It's time to try the high notes of Defying Gravity for yourself! Get your witches together for two special sing-along screenings of Wicked at Lanark Memorial Hall!
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Cinema: Wagner’s Die Walkure
Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner's Ring cycle when Airdrie Town Hall screens The Royal Opera's production of Die Walkure!
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Here's a selection of Film Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote
Cult hit event Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote returns to Beacon Arts Centre, with an interactive screening of the classic Murder, She Wrote episode 'Paint Me a Murder'!
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Erskine Arts Cinema Screenings
Erskine Arts are bringing affordable cinema to Renfrewshire! With a genre spanning line up of films from family sing-alongs to cult classics, there's something for everyone.
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Here's a selection of Film Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:
Dahomey Film Screening
Join Creative Stirling on Saturday, 10th May for a screening of Mati Diop's award-winning film Dahomey!
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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story Screening & Roundtable
Join Creative Stirling on 8th May for a screening of Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, followed by a discussion on feminist media with film and media experts.
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All of Us Strangers: Screening and Discussion
Come along to Creative Stirling on Thursday 22nd May for a free screening of Andrew Haigh's film All of Us Strangers (2024), followed by a post-screening discussion!
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