Must See Films at 2024 Glasgow Film Festival

In 10 days time, Glasgow Film Festival will return for their 2024 edition. This year’s festival will be a special one as it will be the 20th anniversary, when it takes place between 28th February and 10th March.

This year, Glasgow Film festival offers 12 packed days that boasts 11 world and international premieres. Next to that  69 UK premieres and 15 Scottish premieres, from 44 countries.

What should we watch? Good question. Below we have created a list of ‘must see’ films we think you should check out. Off course no list is perfect or complete, if you are going hopefully this may help you.

At time of posting all these films still had tickets available. Best thing to do is head over to Glasgow Film Festival website for full details and to book tickets. Glasgow is our local festival and we’ll be there, stay tuned for reviews!

LOVE LIES BLEEDING (18) 28th February [Sold Out], Thursday 29th February

The excitement for Rose Glass‘ sophomore release has been extraordinary. We are stoked Lionsgate Films gave Glasgow an opportunity to host UK Premiere and open this year’s festival. It stars Kristen Stewart as a gym owner Lou and Katy O’Brian as bodybuilder Jacky. The pair strike up an romance, quickly things slide into the danger zone when the pair get caught up in Lou’s family criminal activities. Completely different from the British filmmaker’s Saint Maud which wowed audiences at Glasgow a few years previously. Stylish, romantic and violent

THE G (15) 29th February, 2nd March

Starring the brilliant Dale Hickey whom many of you might know from Sons Of Anarchy, Breaking Bad as well as Winter Bone. In this gritty Canadian indie revenge thriller she plays a foul mouthed grandmother better known as The G. Who thanks to a corrupt legal guardian finds her home and loved one targeted. Pushed into a care home, she plans her way to take back control with help from her grand daughter. Hell hath no fury like a grandmother scorned! Dale will be in town for a Q&A.

MARTINEZ (NC 15) 29th February, 1st March

Old age will come to us all, we all have dreams and aspirations. In Spanish comedy from Lorena Padilla a soon to retired office worker discovers there’s more to life. Francisco Reyes plays an officer worker who will be retiring soon from his solitary dull work routine. After the unexpected death of his neighbour, he decides to fulfil her dreams. Through this he experience there is still fun in life, charming and dry sense of humour!

BLEEDING LOVE (15) 2nd March, 3rd March

When acting parents whose children also become actors, it’s only a matter of time they will star together in a film. In Bleeding Love Ewan McGregor stars alongside his daughter Clara in Emma Westenberg‘s debut feature. This one takes shape of a road trip, of a father on an impromptu road trip. Reconnecting with estranged now-adult daughter after a near-fatal drug overdose, this is more than a family reunion.

ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS (15) 4th March, 5th March

We love neo-noir and when it comes Noir crime thrillers, Asia has given us some of the best. Shujun Wei‘s film looks a moody film with some dark humour. When a detective hunts down a serial killer in rural China, a investigation which finds him drowning in his own delusions.

SORCERY (15) 2nd March, 3rd March

If you loved the eerie unsettling tone of Jonathan Glazer’s Under The Skin, Christopher Murray’s dark coming of age fable will be a must watch. We find ourselves in 1880 Chile and the Chiloé Island, German settlers overtake the island. A young Indigenous girl embraces witchcraft in a bid for justice for her people. Christianity and witchcraft clash in this tense atmospheric fantasy inspired by true events.

SURPRISE FILM 6th March
Regardless if we like the film or not, the Surprise film is one of our favourites parts of The Glasgow Film Festival. The fun of trying to guess what it might be, a blockbuster? Horror? Fantasy? Western? Social Drama? re-issue? No one knows apart from the projectionist, one other. Last year it was Riley Keough‘s War Pony, Gloria Bell, Lost City Of Z, The Novice, Promising Young Woman to name a few. We’ve got our tickets have you?

JERICHO RIDGE (15) 9th March, 10th March

Fans of Assault On Precinct 13, might want to check out Will Gilbey‘s crime action thriller starring Nikki Amuka-Bird (Knock At The Cabin, The Outfit). She is is deputy sheriff in a small town whose office targeted by murderous attackers. She finds herself trapped inside with her son and both will do anything to survive.

THE DEAD DON’T HURT (15) 3rd March [sold out], 4th March

Viggo Mortensen stars and directs his homage to the classic Western genre. Vicky Krieps stars as Vivienne who moves to Nevada when Civil War in the U.S is about to kick-off. Her love interest Holger (Mortensen) a Dansh immigrant decides to fight for the union she faces a threat from the corrupt town mayor (Danny Huston). If you are one of the lucky people attending the sold out performance on 3rd March, Viggo himself will be in town for a Q&A.

TEACHERS LOUNGE (15) 1st March, 2nd March

It’s awards season and Glasgow Film Festival has Germany’s official entry to 96th Academy Awards aka The Oscars. The film has been touring the festival circuit since it’s world premiere at Berlinale in 2023. lker Çatak’s tense drama is all about a school teacher who finds her good intentions falling apart attempting to find student suspected of theft.

Also check out: Disco Boy, La Chimera, Sometimes I Think About Dying, Big Banana Feet, Opus: Ryuichi Sakamoto

Please beware, all the above films had tickets available at time of posting and may now be sold out.