A festive film schedule has been released by an independent Glasgow cinema.

Glasgow Film Theatre celebrates its 50th year this year and its much awaited Christmas line-up has been revealed.

The GFT continues its long-running annual screenings of the Frank Capra classic, It’s A Wonderful Life, are again the cornerstone of the programme, having earned their place as one of the hottest tickets in Glasgow’s Christmas calendar. In the last 17 years.

Only four films have ever beaten It’s A Wonderful Life’s sales figures at the GFT Box Office. Classics fans can also look forward to the return of The Bishop’s Wife and White Christmas, whilst families can enjoy Elf and The Muppet Christmas Carol.

Debatable Christmas movies Die Hard and Gremlins make it on to the  schedule and Alexander Payne’s Oscar-winning The Holdovers, Martin McDonagh's darkly comic In Bruges, Bill Forsyth's Glasgow urban fairy tale Comfort and Joy, and Stanley Kubrick's surreal thriller Eyes Wide Shut are also on offer.

Special Q&A screenings have also been added with  the new documentary The Contestant to be followed by a recorded Q&A with the contestant himself, Nabusi.

Director Daniel Draper and photographer Simon Murphy will visit the cinema for a Q&A following a screening of their new documentary, Liverpool Story – a year-in-the-life portrait that allows the city of Liverpool to take centre stage.

And the GFT will also welcome co-writer/co-director Sam Crane for a Q&A following a special screening of Grand Theft Hamlet, which tells the remarkable story of two actors who became immersed in the video game Grand Theft Auto during lockdown and decided to stage a full production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet with the game.