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Glasgow Film Festival Spotlights Cinematic Statements of Resistance
11 Nov, 2025
Summary
- Glasgow Film Festival to feature "Truth to Power" retrospective of classic films
- Lineup includes Dr. Strangelove, Selma, and All the President's Men
- Festival also spotlights Swedish cinema with political satire and sci-fi

The 2026 edition of the Glasgow Film Festival, taking place from February 25 to March 8, is set to feature a retrospective program under the theme "Truth to Power." This program will showcase 10 classic films from the 1930s to the present day that stand as cinematic statements of resistance or feature characters rising against the machines of power.
Highlights from the "Truth to Power" retrospective include the Stanley Kubrick-directed satire Dr. Strangelove (1964), starring Peter Sellers, the Oscar-nominated civil rights epic Selma (2014) from director Ava DuVernay, and the 50th anniversary of the political thriller All the President's Men (1976), which follows the journalists who broke the Watergate scandal and stars and was produced by Robert Redford.




