Free and low cost acitvities at Glasgow Film Festival 2026

Julia Reagan’s For the Love of Strippers examines strip labour, stigma and organising, centring racialised dancers, care, survival and collective power.

Sam Raimi’s Send Help mixes horror and comedy with energetic direction and strong performances, delivering a chaotic, character-driven survival thriller that marks a return to his splatter-inflected style.

An in-depth interview with Ellis David, founder of Ellis David Knitwear, on slow fashion, sculptural silhouettes, material process, neurodivergence and building a one of a kind knitwear practice in Yorkshire after graduating and showing at York and West Yorkshire Fashion Week.

Mark Fischbach’s Iron Lung is an ambitious single-location horror thriller adapted from David Szymanski’s indie game. It delivers flashes of claustrophobic tension, strong sound design, and grisly visual fun, Féroce Magazine reviews Iron Lung 2026.

The Bone Temple continues the 28 Years Later story with a darker, more visceral lens, examining humanity’s capacity for cruelty and compassion. Directed by Nia DaCosta, the film explores blind faith, violence, and hope through cult terror and quiet moments of tenderness, offering a deeply unsettling yet thoughtful evolution of the series.

Glasgow Film Theatre’s February 2026 programme brings together auteur cinema, queer histories, international filmmaking and inclusive access events. With seasons dedicated to Jean-Luc Godard, German cinema and radical queer film, alongside major new releases and accessible screenings, GFT continues to position cinema as both archive and living cultural space.

Aimee Grant & Rebecca Ellis discuss just how realistic Mattel’s new Autistic Barbie is, and the value of autistic representation in mainstream toy markets.

Gio Dolcecore Assistant Professor, Social Work, Mount Royal University gives a brief history of ‘lavender marriages’ and discusses the survival implications of the arrangement.

Joe Sheldon, Postgraduate Researcher, Department of Sociology, Social Policy, and Criminology, University of Liverpool, discusses the importance of queer representation in male sports.

Kelly Fincham, Programme director, BA Global Media, Lecturer media and communications, University of Galway discusses why people choose to believe misinformation despite information being proven otherwise.

Seven Dials Playhouse has announced the first 2026 recipients of first steps and Next Step, two funded initiatives supporting theatre-makers developing new work across speculative theatre, drag, musical performance and archival practice.

Yang Ding Lecturer in Marketing, University of Reading and Xuchang Chen, Lecturer in International Business and Strategy, Henley Business School, University of Reading discuss why consumers continue to purchase fast fashion, even when they hate it.

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Author Lee Mattocks - Senior Lecturer, Fashion, Knitwear and Textile design, Nottingham Trent University discusses how our emotional connection to clothing can help combat textile waste.

A digital illustration project by Natasha Björnsson-Merrick exploring surreal portraiture, psychological themes and symbolic form through disciplined line work and contemporary visual language.

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