Film Festivals

Play Poland Film Festival screens Polish cinema UK-wide

Little Rose, General Nil and Mystification among highlights

3 Aug 2011

Film-lovers have reason to be cheerful this month, following news that mobile filmfest Play Poland has landed on our shores. Screenings and events, which began on 2 Aug, will run until 25 Sep throughout Scotland, mostly at the Glasgow Film Theatre and…

Bo’ness Festival of Silent Cinema - Neil Brand interview

Screening highlights include films by Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd

6 Mar 2011

One imagines the two women who dreamed up The Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema must have kept quiet about it until they launched it. Scotland’s first silent film festival in Scotland’s first purpose-built cinema? That idea’s so good it’s a wonder no…

2011 Glasgow Short Film Festival showcases Japanese auteur Naomi Kawase

Festival dedication to imprisoned Iranian director Jafar Panahi

2 Feb 2011

Returning for its fourth year, the Glasgow Short Film Festival presents a packed weekend of local and international films, workshops, panel discussions and parties with a special emphasis on bringing undiscovered and rare work to the fore. New York’s…

Le Hérisson and La Petite Chambre among highlights of French Film Festival 2010

Pierre Etaix also presents his own Le Grand Amour

2 Nov 2010

France has one of the most prolific film cultures in the world yet for every A Prophet, Heartbreaker and Carlos there are countless fine films that never see the inside of a British cinema. The raison d’etre for the annual French Film Festival (FFF) is…

Edinburgh International Film Festival announces programme

6 May 2009

The Edinburgh International Film Festival was announced today. The programme Includes 135 features from 33 countries and includes 23 World Premieres. Highlights from the programme include opening film Away We Go from British director Sam Mendes on 17…

Berlin Film Festival 2009 - selected highlights

1 Mar 2009

List Film contributor and programmer Selina Robertson's selects 10 films making waves at the Berlin Film Festival 2009 The Exploding Girl US indie rising star writer-director Bradley Rust Grey’s delivers a low-key character study of a young girl’s…

Glasgow Film Festival programme 2009

3 Feb 2009

The List is proud to support and be associated the Glasgow Film Festival 2009. You can download a copy of the programme using the link below. I terms of what to expect from the programme, in addition to the Audrey Hepburn season and new Mexican cinema…

Festival express

22 Jan 2009

February used to be particularly problematic for the Scottish-based film obsessive. With the Rotterdam, Berlin and Sundance festivals running back to back from the end of January through February, it used to seem like the whole world was getting to…

Gaelic film festival announced as part of Celtic Connections

8 Jan 2009

Film companies Craic and MG ALBA have announced details of an all Gaelic film festival to be held between 22–24 Jan at the CCA in Glasgow, presented as part of this year’s Celtic Connections festival. Held over three days, the festival will showcase…

Tilda Swinton to be jury president at Berlin International Film Festival

27 Nov 2008

Oscar winner Tilda Swinton has been announced as the jury president at the Berlin International Film Festival in February. The Oscar-nominated Scottish actress is a Berlinale regular, with 14 of her film screened across Berlin festivals in past years.

Edinburgh International Film Festival short film highlights

10 Jun 2008

Edinburgh-based short film organisation Shoot First pick out their highlights from the Edinburgh International Film Festival short film programme.

Glasgow Film Festival sales soar

8 May 2008

Glasgow Film Festival has announced a 35% increase in box office admissions, in comparison with last year. GFT director, Jaki McDougall, said of the boom: ‘The most effective way for us to satisfy audience demand was to concentrate on a 'long-tail…

Short film competition winners announced

8 May 2008

The List and Metro Ecosse are pleased to announce the winners of our short film competition. They are Heather Day with Big Mistake, wildlife guide Jan Storie’s Learning Curves and schoolteacher Margherita Still's Milk Girl. Their films will premiere…

Africa in Motion

18 Oct 2007

Mark Cousins In the 90s, when I first fell in love with African movies, I’d jump on a cheapo train or plane to London or Paris if either city was showing the classics. Films like Ousmane Sembene’s astonishing satire on impotence, Xala, or his pioneering…