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Daniel Harkins & Carla Jenkins

Glasgow Film Festival turns virtual during new lockdown

The annual Glasgow Film Festival will take place virtually this year due to current lockdown restrictions, organisers have announced.

The festival had planned a hybrid approach, screening films at the Glasgow Film Theatre and at 23 partner cinemas across the UK, as well as streaming online.

But lockdown measures have forced cinemas to close.

In December, all of mainland Scotland was placed into Tier 4 - the highest level of coronavirus restrictions.

On Monday, additional measures were introduced until at least the end of January.

Cinemas can only open in Tiers 0-2 in Scotland (Tiers 1-2 in England), and festival organisers said they do not expect this to happen before events begin.

The festival will now take place online only from February 24 to March 7.

Plans to show in-cinema screenings will be reviewed if changes to restrictions allow cinemas to reopen.

Allison Gardner, chief executive of Glasgow Film and co-director of Glasgow Film Festival, said: "While we are very disappointed not to be screening this year's Glasgow Film Festival in cinemas, the hybrid nature of GFF21 means we are still able to offer the majority of the premieres originally included in the programme for people to watch at home.

"Audiences can look forward to the same high quality of choice as they'd normally expect from GFF, as well as the opportunity to see the best new, independent films from Scotland and around the world."

Tickets for the festival's online premieres will go on sale on January 18.

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