Glasgow Short Film Festival

Glasgow Short Film Festival Scotland's leading short film event | 19th edition: 18-22 March 2026 |

With GSFF approaching its 20th edition, it felt like the perfect time to spotlight some of ’s posters from years gone b...
02/04/2026

With GSFF approaching its 20th edition, it felt like the perfect time to spotlight some of ’s posters from years gone by in our street-level poster campaign

A huge thank you to JACK Arts Scotland ( ) for supporting this idea 💐

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Congratulations to .lucky.gates and who received a special mention from our jury and the International Audience Award f...
02/04/2026

Congratulations to .lucky.gates and who received a special mention from our jury and the International Audience Award for CUL-DE-SAC ! , excellent taste all round! 💐

A huge thank you to everyone who came along to our Bill Douglas Award screenings and cast votes!

The 2026 Scottish Audience Award went to for Ritchie 🏆Thank you to everyone who came along to our Scottish Competition ...
01/04/2026

The 2026 Scottish Audience Award went to for Ritchie 🏆

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Scottish Competition screenings and voted for your favourite films

The jury were equally as charmed, and awarded Ritchie a special mention for the Scottish Short Film Award, saying: We would like to give a Special Mention to a film we found genuinely funny, well-written with great acting. It was heartfelt and had some good singing! We can’t wait to see Anton’s next project

Asking our juries to select from such a high calibre of films was a tall order, and this year they decided to give a joi...
01/04/2026

Asking our juries to select from such a high calibre of films was a tall order, and this year they decided to give a joint special mention for the Bill Douglas Award for International Short Film

Alongside CUL-DE-SAC !, the jury awarded a special mention to for Daria’s Night Flowers

Comprised of Naziha Arebi, and , the jury said: For its incisive and vivid use of archive, mythic associations and sensual imagery to tell a visceral tale about resistance against patriarchal control, the erasure of desire and censorship, we’d like to award Daria’s Night Flowers a special mention. We, as a jury, would also like to express our support for the people of Iran in the face of the ongoing, criminal US-Israeli bombardment of their country

Congratulations to , who also took home the Bill Douglas Award for International Short Film at GSFF25 with Razeh-del 💐

The 2026 Bill Douglas Award for International Short Film was won by for Manal Issa, 2024 💐The jury, comprised of Naziha...
31/03/2026

The 2026 Bill Douglas Award for International Short Film was won by for Manal Issa, 2024 💐

The jury, comprised of Naziha Arebi, and , said: We commend the winning film for its moving, bold, yet simple form, using minimal means and a powerful interplay between absence and presence, to question what it means to make images (and to withdraw them) in an era of genocide unfolding live on our phones. Reflecting on the capitalist control over cinema and how the image is shaping the world, it encourages us as filmworkers to assert more autonomy over our art

For its original and complex worldmaking, the jury awarded a special mention to CUL-DE-SAC! directed by .lucky.gates and

Congratulations Elisabeth, Clyde and Gabriel 👏

The GSFF26 Scottish Short Film Award went to .with.a.k for Each To Their Own World! 🏆Our jury, comprised of , Jen Davie...
31/03/2026

The GSFF26 Scottish Short Film Award went to .with.a.k for Each To Their Own World! 🏆

Our jury, comprised of , Jen Davies and said: This was a unanimous decision. This film is an emotionally resonant and beautifully crafted documentary, singled out by a direction which initially appeared simple but gradually revealed impressive depth and nuance, showing how welcoming Scotland can be and the importance of finding one’s own community

The jury awarded a special mention to Ritchie, directed by

Congratulations Klarissa and Anton! 💐

The 2026 Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize went to for We Walk and Night and for Mother’s Influence 💐The judges awarded a...
30/03/2026

The 2026 Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize went to for We Walk and Night and for Mother’s Influence 💐

The judges awarded a special mention to Blueland by

The competition was open to young filmmakers aged 18-25, and judged by festival programmers and a jury of young people

Congratulations Meg, Agnes and Fran!

26/03/2026

Thank you to everyone who came along to GSFF26! 💐

See you next year, 17-21 March 2027 🥳

Thanks as always to for joining us at our saturday networking drinks during the festival, and for the brilliant tour of...
25/03/2026

Thanks as always to for joining us at our saturday networking drinks during the festival, and for the brilliant tour of the distillery itself 🥃

Learn more about their range of drinks at tours at theclydeside.com

The Glasgow 2026 festival will take place from 23 May - 9 August, in the lead up to and during the Commonwealth GamesWe‘...
24/03/2026

The Glasgow 2026 festival will take place from 23 May - 9 August, in the lead up to and during the Commonwealth Games

We‘re delighted to be involved in this programme of family friendly events and community activities across the city 🥳

Proudly announcing our award winners 🏆 From 4000+ submissions and sold out screenings to an awards ceremony that saw two...
23/03/2026

Proudly announcing our award winners 🏆 From 4000+ submissions and sold out screenings to an awards ceremony that saw two of the filmmakers come up twice to receive special mentions from jury AND the audience awards, we couldn’t have done it without you: you the filmmakers, who turned out, you who voted, you who make GSFF so special year on year 🎬👏

🏆Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize 2026
Special mention: Blueland, Fran Spaeth
Category 1 winner: We Walk at Night by Agnes Athley
Category 2 winner: Mother’s Influence by Meg Wriggles

🏆Scottish Short Film Award 2026
Special Mention: Ritchie by Anton McPhilemy
Winner: Each To Their Own World by Klarissa Webster

🏆Scottish Audience Award 2026
Winner: Ritchie by Anton McPhilemy

🏆Bill Douglas Award for International Short Film 2026
Special Mentions: CUL-DE-SAC ! By Clyde Gates and Gabriel Sanson, Daria’s Night Flowers by Maryam Tafakory
Winner: Manal Issa, 2024 by Elisabeth Subrin

🏆International Audience Award 2026
Winner: CUL-DE-SAC ! by Clyde Gates and Gabriel Sanson

More despatches from an amazing few days to come. For now, time to recharge our batteries. See you again for the 20 edition, 17-21 March 2027!

📸: Ingrid Mur

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