Galoshans Mini Film Festival

Organiser: RIG Arts and The Waterfront Cinema Greenock
Date: Friday 24th – Thursday 30th October 2025
Time / duration: Various – see events in description
Ticket type: Ticketed
Recommended age: Various
Event type: Film

Description

The Galoshans Mini Film Festival will showcase 12 films carefully selected by local young people and volunteer curators supported by RIG Arts, each offering something outside of mainstream or commercial genres. The films will explore themes of horror, heritage, and homegrown talent, with the aim of providing Inverclyde audiences with unique cultural experiences.

Sweet Sixteen (18), Friday 24th October, 6pm – buy tickets

Sitting Tight: The Story of the Lee Jeans Sit-In (12a), Friday 24th October, 8.30pm – buy tickets

Shallow Grave, Saturday 25th October, 4pm – buy tickets

Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands (15), Saturday 25th October, 6.15pm – buy tickets

Stopmotion (18), Saturday 25th October, 8.30pm – buy tickets

From Scotland With Love(U), Sunday 26th October, 2pm – buy tickets

Ghost in the Shell, Sunday 26th October, 4.15pm – buy tickets

The Lost Boys, Sunday 26th October, 6.45pm – buy tickets

The Water Horse (PG), Wednesday 29th October, 6pm – buy tickets

Dog Soldiers (15), Wednesday 29th October, 8.15pm – buy tickets

Little Bone Lodge, Thursday 30th October, 6pm – buy tickets

Tummy Monster (15), Thursday 30th October, 8pm – buy tickets
With Q&A with the Filmmaker Ciaran Lyons

£4 full price and £2 concession 

If tickets are purchased online there will be a 50p booking fee

Company Bio

RIG Arts is a socially engaged, multi-award-winning arts charity based in Inverclyde that leads the renowned Galoshans Festival each year. RIG Arts uses creativity to connect professional artists with communities to inspire positive change in people’s lives and their environments. 

The Waterfront Cinema Greenock is a family-run cinema focused on providing the best affordable movie experience for the local community. Offering regular discounts, their mission is to make cinema more accessible and ensure that entertainment is both enjoyable and budget-friendly.

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Credits

The festival will take viewers on a cinematic journey that broadens appreciation for diverse film styles and expands cultural horizons. 

The curated programme will run alongside the Waterfront Cinemas Greenock’s more mainstream Halloween screenings, offering a perfect balance of commercial and independent cinema. A RIG Arts project Supported by Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network, awarding funding on behalf of Screen Scotland and the BFI National Lottery. 

Waterfront Cinema Greenock 

10 Custom House Way 

Greenock, PA15 1EG

  • Greenock Central Train Station – Glasgow to Gourock Line 
  • Greenock Bus Station, Kilblain St – Bus stops at Tesco’s on Clarence St & Dalrymple St, Greenock
  • Free parking outside venue. Disabled spaces available
  • Travel time 30-40 minutes from Glasgow City Centre (depending on traffic!)

Free parking outside venue, disabled spaces available

All on ground level. 

There are wheelchair bays in all cinema halls.

Toilets available. There is a DDA accessible toilet in the main area of the cinema.

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