Industry Focus 2025
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Industry Focus 2025 returns from Monday 3 March to Thursday 6 March, serving as the central hub for Scotland’s screen sector.
This year’s programme continues to match the exponential growth of industry Focus, featuring a host of panels, live pitches, and networking events with leading industry professionals from across the UK and beyond.
For the first time, we’re introducing an all-in-one Industry Hub, where all networking receptions, panels, one-to-one meetings, and live pitches will take place under one roof. Located in the heart of Merchant City, our new venue, The Social Hub, will be the centre of Industry Focus activity and events.
Our Industry Programme is at the heart of the festival, creating a bustling hub of activity during the festival dates and continuing all year round. This is where we forge connections, share fresh new thinking and nurture the filmmakers of tomorrow.
Industry Focus 2025 will run from 3 – 6 March 2025, and delegate passes are now on sale.
Head over to Accreditation to find out more.
Head over to Accreditation to find out more.
Industry Focus 2025
Mon 3 Mar - Thu 6 Mar
The full programme has been announced for Glasgow Film Festival’s annual Industry Focus. The four-day event brings together Film and TV professionals from the UK, Europe and worldwide for a packed programme of panel discussions, workshops, screenings and networking.
GFF Industry Focus highlights a range of topics geared towards all levels and sectors of the industry - from individuals seeking pathways into the industry, to established professionals - with a programme that provides a platform for professional development and a meeting place to help connect creatives with business delegates.
Highlights across the four days include talks from Creative Executive Sam Lavender whose work includes The Lobster and The Favourite, a keynote investigating the use of copyright in the age of AI, the inaugural Funny Features Live Pitch, and the return of the Book to Screen and Animatic live pitches.
Events are open to all Industry and Filmmaker delegates. To find out more about attending GFF as a delegate, head over to Accreditation.
To view the full programme, please download our event listings below:
P&I Schedule
Please note, this schedule is subject to change.
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Our Industry Programme is at the heart of the festival, creating a bustling hub of activity during the festival dates and continuing all year round. This is where we forge connections, share fresh new thinking and nurture the filmmakers of tomorrow.
Industry Focus will run from 3 - 6 March 2025.
Delegate passes will be available to purchase soon.
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Events Timings
Sunday 3rd March:
- Book to Screen, 13:00 – 15:00, The ARC
- EXPO Workshops, 10:00 – 17:00, Hilton Clyde, (CLOSED EVENT)
- BBC Scotland Comedy Showcase, 19:00 – 21:20, The Glee Club
Monday 4th March:
- Coffee Morning, 10:30 – 12:00, Adelaide Place
- Fireside Chat with Asia Muci, 10:45 – 11:45, Hilton DoubleTree, Clyde Suite
- Scotland & Europe: Screen Talent Europe, 12:30 –13:30, Adelaide Place
- Working Differently Panel & Networking, 12:30 – 14:00, Hilton DoubleTree, Clyde Suite
- Case Study: Falling into Place, 14:00 – 15:00, Adelaide
- Script Spotlight with BAFTA, 14:30 – 15:45, Hilton DoubleTree, Clyde Suite
- Animatic Live Pitch, 16:00 – 17:30, Adelaide Place. This event is expected to be very busy, please arrive 15 minutes before to avoid disappointment.
- Networking Reception, 18:00 – 19:30, Adelaide Place
Tuesday 5th March
- Little Pictures Showcase, 10:00 – 12:00, Cineworld
- Coffee Morning, 10:30 – 12:00, Adelaide Place
- Fireside Chat with UK Global Screen Fund, 10:30 – 11:30, Hilton DoubleTree, Clyde Suite
- Current Climate: The Distribution & Exhibition Landscape, 12:30 – 13:15, Adelaide Place
- Keep Keeping It Short with NFTS Scotland, 12:30 – 13:30, Hilton DoubleTree, Clyde Suite
- Working in Hostile Environments, 14:00 – 15:30, Adelaide Place
- Seeing the Whole Picture: how to make productions more safe, inclusive and efficient with the Film & TV Charity, 14:00 – 15:00, Hilton DoubleTree, Clyde Suite
- Filmonomics Welcome Session, 15:30 – 19:30, Hilton DoubleTree, Clyde Suite (CLOSED EVENT)
- Documentary Filmmaking with Kevin MacDonald, 16:00 – 17:00, GFT 1
- Networking Reception, 17:30 – 19:30, Adelaide Place
- After Hours: GFF Film Quiz, 19:00 – 23:00, The Glee Club
Wednesday 6th March
- ScreenSkills Film Skills Fund and GFF breakfast, 9:00 – 10:15, (Closed event),
- Coffee Morning, 10:00 - 11:00, Adelaide Place
- FilmHub Scotland Members Day, 10:00 - 17:30, Robert Burns Suite, Hilton DoubleTree
- Filmonomics, 10:00 - 16:30, Hilton DoubleTree, Clyde Suite (CLOSED EVENT)
- Fireside Chat, 10:30 – 11:30, Hilton DoubleTree, Lomond Suite
- Short Circuit: Journey Through a Low-Budget Short, 11:30 - 12:30, Adelaide Place
- The Small Print, 12:00 - 14:00, Hilton DoubleTree, Lomond Suite
- Short Circuit: Scotland’s Got Talent (Development), 13:00 - 14:00, Adelaide Place
- Reaching Audiences & Creating Impact with Reclaim the Frame, 13:30 - 14:55, Hilton DoubleTree, Clyde Suite
- Short Circuit: Mistakes Were Made, 2:30 - 3:30pm, Adelaide Place
- Sharp Shorts Showcase, 15:30 - 17:30, GFT
- Short Circuit: To Short or To Feature, That is the Question, 16:00 - 17:00, Adelaide Place
- Networking Reception, 17:30 – 19:30, Adelaide Place
Thursday 7th March
- Coffee Morning, 10:30 – 12:00, Adelaide Place
- Changing Role of the Sales Agent with Sophie Green, 11:00 – 12:00, Hilton DoubleTree, Clyde Suite
- Industry Focus 10 Year Vision, 12:30 – 13:00, Adelaide Place
- Town Hall, 13:30 – 14:30, Adelaide Place
- Think Tank: Future of Shorts to Feature Pipeline, 14:00 – 16:00, Hilton DoubleTree, Clyde Suite, (CLOSED EVENT)
- Next Gen, 15:00 – 16:00, Adelaide Place
- Screen Scotland Strategy Launch, 16:30 – 17:30, Adelaide Place
- Networking Reception, 17:30 – 19:30, Adelaide Place
- After Hours: GFF Ceilidh, 19:00 – 23:00, The Glee Club
Accreditation is now open
Industry accreditation is now open for GFF 2024. Head over to Accreditation to find out more.
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Industry@GlasgowFilm.org
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Our Industry Programme is at the heart of the festival, creating a bustling hub of activity during the festival dates and continuing all year round. This is where we forge connections, share fresh new thinking and nurture the filmmakers of tomorrow.
Industry Focus would not be possible without the support of our major funders Screen Scotland, British Film Institute and Glasgow Life.
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Our Industry Programme is at the heart of the festival, creating a bustling hub of activity during the festival dates and continuing all year round. This is where we forge connections, share fresh new thinking, and nurture the filmmakers of tomorrow.
Industry Focus 2025 will run from 3 – 6 March 2025, and delegate passes are now on sale. Head over to Accreditation to find out more.
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