Glasgow Film Festival 2025 reviews and top picks







In Vitro

On a struggling cattle farm some years in the future, a woman discovers the unsettling consequences of her husband's animal breeding technology.







Mr K

After spending the night in a remote hotel, Mr. K is stuck in a claustrophobic nightmare when he discovers that he can't leave the building.







Ghost Killer

After being possessed by the ghost of vengeful hit man Kudo, college student Fumika Matsuoka agrees to help him finish his quest for vengeance from beyond the grave.







My Dead Friend Zoe

Engaged in a mysterious relationship with her dead best friend from the Army, a female Afghanistan veteran comes head to head with her Vietnam vet grandfather at the family's ancestral lake house.







Went Up the Hill

A man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. When he is humiliated by a group of locals, the man is drawn into a conflict that keeps rising and pushes him to his breaking 
point.







From Hilde, With Love

A polished biopic of Hilde Coppi, a German resistance fighter with the Red Orchestra anti-fascist group, whose resilience is tested to the limit when she is arrested in 1942 while pregnant
point.





Spilt Milk

An 11 year-old boy dreams of becoming a great detective like his TV hero Kojak. He sets up a private investigation with his best friend, but the disappearance of his older brother sets them off down a dark path.







Neon Dreaming

8-year-old Billie leans on her vivid imagination, and her loyal best friend Sherry, to unravel the web of secrets shrouding her mother's true identity







The Surfer

A man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. When he is humiliated by a group of locals, the man is drawn into a conflict that keeps rising and pushes him to his breaking 
point.







Stealing Pulp Fiction

A pair of best buddies plan to steal Quentin Tarantino's personal copy of Pulp Fiction - with a little bit of unexpected help from their therapist.








Zero

The clock is ticking in this break-neck thriller. Two Americans wake up with bombs strapped to them and face a twisted treasure hunt to stop them detonating 10 hours later.







Sew Torn

A seamstress gets tangled in her own thread after stealing a briefcase from a drug deal gone bad. In an escalating game of cat and mouse, her different choices lead to drastically different outcomes along the way.







Restless

A middle-aged empty nester's mundane life is upended when raucous new neighbors move in next door, unleashing potential danger and disruption.