Glasgow Short Film Festival

This summer we’re taking part in the Glasgow 2026 Festival, a city-wide celebration of culture taking place in the lead-up and during the Commonwealth Games. In Glasgow Toons!, a programme designed for our youngest film fans, we’re bringing vibrant animations from participating countries to venues across Glasgow – and tickets are free of charge.

Glasgow Short Film Festival 2026 announces award winners Each To Their Own World by Klarissa Webster and Manal Issa, 2024 by Elisabeth Subrin take jury prizes. The 19th annual celebration of short film finished last night with the awards ceremony, following a packed five day programme of events across the city.

Aaaand action! We can finally show you what we’ve been cooking up for the 19th edition of the festival, running at GFT, Civic House and Grosvenor Picture Theatre.

We’re excited to share the films selected in the 2026 Scottish Competition of GSFF’s 19th edition, as well as the Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize shortlist. To see the all Scottish Short Film Competition and Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize screenings, and to book your tickets, visit the ticket shop.

Join us in March as an industry delegate, or assist in the running of the festival as a GSFF25 volunteer. The post Delegate & Volunteer Registration Open!

As is tradition, we asked the team to pick a short film that resonated with them this year. The standard of filmmaking we saw in 2025 continues to reaffirm our belief in film as a tool of collective resistance, action, liberation and artistic expression.

The 18th annual celebration of short film finished last night with the awards ceremony, following a packed five day programme of events across the city Glasgow Film Festival 2025 finished its 18th edition in style last night, as it announced the winners of its two prestigious annual competitions plus the coveted Scottish and International Audience

Festival Favourites includes a selection of big hitters and darlings from 2024’s international festival circuit, and we welcome back essentials such as comedy programme For Shorts & Giggles, Family Shorts, Visible Cinema and, after a year off, our acclaimed-by-the-true-horror-freaks strand, Scared Shortless. Last year, GSFF were proud to be able to