21 Feb 2025
March is a busy month at Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT). Glasgow Film Festival, one of the top film festivals in the UK, will take over the independent cinema’s screens from 26 February to 9 March with a programme of premiere screenings, special events and guest appearances from many actors and directors. The rest of the month will see GFT launch several new seasons devoted to the work of filmmakers Chantal Akerman, Derek Jarman and the Coen Brothers, as well as marking Mother’s Day with two special screenings.
Seasons and Festivals
GFT’s popular CineMasters season will resume in March with a celebration of the maverick Belgian auteur Chantal Akerman, best known for her minimal masterpiece Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. GFT will screen nine of Akerman’s features through March and April, alongside several of the director’s short films, in this season made possible thanks to the BFI.
GFT has also teamed up with The Hunterian, University of Glasgow to curate Derek Jarman: Modern Nature on Film — a season focused on the work of one of the most influential filmmakers of the past 50 years. Screening throughout March and April, the season coincides with an exhibition focused on Jarman’s work in painting, film, queer activism and writing, open at the Hunterian Art Gallery until 4 May 2025.
March also heralds the arrival of a new long-running season at GFT. Following on from the huge success of the cinema’s Scorsese of the Month series, which ran from June 2022 to December 2024 and screened 31 of Martin Scorsese’s films, GFT will launch Coen Brothers of the Month, giving film fans the chance to enjoy every film created by the celebrated filmmaking siblings Joel and Ethan Coen. The programme will begin with a 25th Anniversary screening of O Brother, Where Art Thou at Glasgow Film Festival on Monday 3 March, continuing Monday 24 March with a screening of the duo’s debut feature, Blood Simple, introduced by GFT’s Programme Manager, Paul Gallagher.
GFT will play host to four screenings from the Catalan Film Festival, which returns for its 10th edition in March with one of the richest programmes of award-winning Catalan films ever brought to Scotland. The films playing at GFT include dark comedy A House on Fire (Casa En Flames), psychological thriller Salve Maria, audacious indie They Will Be Dust (Polvo serán), and moving drama Glimmers (Los Destellos), which will be followed by a Q&A with Goya Award-winning director Pilar Palomero on Wednesday 26 March.
Special Screenings
The perfect destination for a Mother’s Day out, GFT has programmed Steel Magnolias and the GFT Youth Board has selected 20th Century Women — two films that celebrate motherhood — to mark Mother’s Day on Sunday 30 March.
Known for its insightful Q&As with filmmakers, GFT will welcome The Guardian's William Fotheringham for a Q&A after a rare screening of A Sunday in Hell — Jørgen Leth's classic documentary on Paris-Roubaix, cycling's toughest one-day race. Fotheringham is the author of a behind-the-scenes book on the making of the film, and many other acclaimed cycling books. The cinema will also screen Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, the new documentary about the South African photographer who was the first to expose the horrors of apartheid to a world audience, with a recorded Q&A with director Raoul Peck on Friday 14 and Sunday 16 March. Having taken the world by storm last year, cult hit Hundreds of Beavers will return to GFT on Saturday 22 March, followed by a Q&A and signing with star Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, and maybe a couple of beavers.
Music fans will enjoy a special screening of Dig! XX on Tuesday 25 March, the 20th anniversary extended edition of the rock documentary DIG!, which adds new narration by The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Joel Gion and features never-before-seen footage, bringing this epic tale through to today.
FrightFest co-director Alan Jones will also be at GFT on Saturday 29 March to celebrate the publication of his autobiography Discomania — an ultimate dance odyssey that reviews 100+ Disco movies from 1974-2024, reveals why they are musically important and what uncensored memories they spark of his life as a pioneering horror film critic, being a seminal part of The Sex Pistols revolution, working alongside designer Vivienne Westwood and becoming a Disconnoisseur. Following a Q&A with Jones, the audience can enjoy the new Severin Films 4K restoration of The Music Machine, Britain’s 1979 answer to Saturday Night Fever.
GFT’s Glasgow Film Club — an informal monthly club for film fans to socialise and chat about films — will host a takeover from local community group, Glasgow City Mission, who have programmed a ’Pay What You Can’ screening of Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk for the Club’s March edition, where audience members can choose the amount they pay for their ticket. Established in 1826, Glasgow City Mission supports individuals in Glasgow who are impacted by homelessness, poverty, and addiction. Anyone who has seen the film is welcome to attend the Glasgow Film Club discussion, which will take place at Garnethill Multicultural Centre after the screening of Dunkirk on Wednesday 19 March. Those wishing to attend can meet Nicola Scott, GFT’s Engagement Coordinator, in the cinema’s foyer when the film ends at 8.17pm.
New Releases
Some of the most anticipated new releases of 2025 arrive at GFT in March, including Mickey 17, the new sci-fi epic from Parasite director Bong Joon Ho, starring Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Mark Ruffalo and Toni Collette. Film fans can enjoy a fearless lead performance from Michael C. Pitt in boxing drama Day of the Fight, with knockout support from Nicolette Robinson, John Magaro, Steve Buscemi, Ron Perlman and Joe Pesci. The cinema will also screen The Last Showgirl, which features Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista and an incredible comeback performance from Pamela Anderson, and post-apocalyptic musical The End, starring Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay.
Other must-see new releases and re-releases playing at GFT in March include On Falling, The Summer with Carmen, Sister Midnight, Flow, Oh My Goodness!, Just Another Girl on the I.R.T., Opus, All Happy Families, Santosh and Misericordia.
Accessible Screenings
In addition to an extensive programme of captioned and audio described screenings, GFT has announced the March editions of its long-running accessible film events.
Access Film Club, delivered in partnership with the National Autistic Society Scotland, includes a film screening and post-film chat in a friendly and welcoming environment. The March Access Film Club screening will be 1990s dark comedy Drop Dead Fred, with tickets available for just £6.90. The screening will include a comedy set from Dean T Berine before the film.
Visible Cinema, GFT’s monthly Deaf-friendly film event, will present RCS Curates Deaf Shorts — a creative collaboration between the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s BA Performance in BSL and English students, Glasgow Film Theatre and Glasgow Short Film Festival, promoting Deaf culture and championing Deaf-led/interest film. The screening will have descriptive subtitles, and the introduction and discussion will have Live Captioning and BSL interpretation. Tickets are available for £6.90.
Movie Memories, GFT’s dementia-friendly film event, will screen the James Bond classic Goldfinger in a new 4K restoration. Designed to enable people living with dementia to socialise in a safe and welcoming environment, tickets for Movie Memories cost £3 and include free refreshments and live music.
Tickets for GFT’s March programme are on sale now from glasgowfilm.org and the GFT Box Office.
GFT is operated by Glasgow Film, an educational charity which also runs the award-winning Glasgow Film Festival and Glasgow Youth Film Festival, and is the lead organisation for Film Hub Scotland. GFT is the city’s original independent arthouse cinema and the home of film in Glasgow. Glasgow Film is funded by Creative Scotland, Screen Scotland and Glasgow City Council.
