Tickets are selling fast for the Glasgow Film Festival Shorts Weekend on Friday 15th to Sunday 17th Feb. Please book now to avoid disappointment! BOOK NOW!

Tickets £6/£5 or £25 for entry to all screenings, panel discussions, drinks receptions and networking evenings from the GFT Box Office, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB. By phone on 0141 332 8128. Or online at www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk  

Highlights from the weekend will be:

From The Archives... on the Friday night featuring rarely seen early work by Wim Wenders, Chantal Akerman, Lindsay Anderson and Margaret Tait. Followed by drinks and a preview of the CCA's new exhibition featuring a specially commissioned film by Sarah Tripp.

Saturday opens with a panel discussion 'Why Make A Short' chaired by journalist and producer Kaleem Aftab and will include industry experts Robbie Allen from Scottish Screen, Karen O'Hare from GMAC, Moira Jeffrey critic and former Scottish Arts Council Officer, and acclaimed local filmmaker Zam Salim.

Saturday's programmes will also include award winning films 'Soft' by Simon Ellis, 'The Tube With A Hat' by Radu Jude (Best Short Sundance), UK Film Council winning short 'Shell' by Scott Graham, among others.

Concluding with a retrospective programme of Zam Salim's shorts, with post-screening drinks reception.

Sunday opens with another panel discussion: 'How to Make A Short' chaired by film programmer Kate Taylor and will include independent producer David Smith, Development Executive Paul Welsh, and filmmakers Matt Palmer and Alice Nelson.

Sunday's programmes will include Paddy Considine's 'Dog Altogether', and BAFTA Scotland winner Alice Nelson's 'Losing Myself' among others.

The Shorts Weekend will close with a programme curated by MAP magazine of artists film and video, followed by drinks.

Curated by The Magic Lantern Working in collaboration with the CCA, artist Sarah Tripp and MAP magazine, The Magic Lantern presents a cross-genre weekend packed full of inspiring films, events and workshops for all those passionate about short film.

The Magic Lantern presents thematically grouped programmes that combine the best new films from the UK alongside innovative new international work. The weekend will launch alongside the preview of the CCA's exhibition Let Me Show You Some Things with new commissions by Sarah Tripp and Robert Orchardson (above) and will conclude with Map Magazine's Visible Cinema - continuing their annual focus on contemporary artists' films.