Central Scotland Documentary Festival

📣 Submissions are now open for #CSDF26 We are inviting documentary and non-fiction filmmakers to submit their recent work for Central Scotland Documentary Festival 2026. Full details ⬇ filmfreeway.com/CentralScotl...

🎬 Submissions open in 5 days!

We’re getting ready to open submissions for this year's Central Scotland Documentary Festival.

Documentary and non-fiction filmmakers are invited to submit recent work for the 2026 edition of the festival.

Full details ⬇️
filmfreeway.com/CentralScotl...

We're bringing cinema to the city! Join us at The Book Nook for The Librarians, a powerful doc on fighting book bans.

🍰 Café open from 7pm
📆 Fri 31 Oct, 7.30pm | 24 Upper Craigs, Stirling
🎟️ Tickets from £5: bit.ly/4nH8Hhj

Mystery solved… it’s Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars!

Join us for an immersive, standing screening packed with lights, sound & Bowie magic.

📆 Sat 1 Nov, 8pm
🎟️ Tickets from £5: bit.ly/4pFitlu

Big news! We’re celebrating award-winning British filmmaker Jeanie Finlay with the Stirling 900 Award for Achievement in Documentary at this year’s A Doc, A Dinner and A Drink.

📆 Sun 2 Nov, 5.30pm
🎟 Tickets from £11*: bit.ly/3W7H2Kf
*Festival pass holders, £6 supplement.

Clue #2 for our Mystery CSDF screening: 🌟 Something glam. Something loud. Something out of this world. 🌟

Will you wait to find out… or take the gamble and grab a ticket?

❓Mystery 'Gig-Like' Screening
📅 Sat 1 Nov, 8.00pm
🎟 Tickets [from £5.00] available via: bit.ly/4pFitlu

... And we are delighted to host you!

🎥 VOLUNTEER CALLOUT 🎥

We’re on the lookout for festival volunteers to join us from Thu 30 Oct to Mon 3 Nov. No experience needed – just a friendly face and a can-do spirit.

📅 Dates: 30 Oct – 3 Nov
📝 Apply by Wed 8 Oct, 12 noon: bit.ly/4o6H0OV

🎥🍴🍺 A Doc, A Dinner & A Drink: The Great Hip Hop Hoax -
two fake Scottish rappers in a wild music scam.

Plus, see @jeaniefinlay.com honoured with the Stirling 900 Award for Achievement in Documentary.

📆 Sun 2 Nov, 5.30pm
🎟 Tickets from £11*: bit.ly/3W7H2Kf
*Festival pass holders, £6 supplement.

✨ Closing night #CSDF25! 🍍

The story of Dene Michael, 80s pop star, Agadoo legend, and eternal optimist.

Screening followed by a Q&A with Kim Hopkins & Margareta Szabo.

🎥 Still Pushing Pineapples
📆 Mon 3 Nov, 7.30 pm
📍Macrobert Arts Centre
🎟 Tickets [from £5.00] via: bit.ly/4pHjgT1

The Marbles — FILM REVIEW David Nicholas Wilkinson’s documentary makes a strong case for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece.

Our festival opener has just received a glowing ★★★★★ from Film Review Daily.

David Wilkinson’s The Marbles – a powerful documentary exploring the controversy around the Parthenon Marbles.

Read the full review here: bit.ly/46l6vpH

The line-up for #CSDF25 has landed 🌍✨

From The Marbles to Still Pushing Pineapples, Jeanie Finlay masterclass to a brand new Sessions & Events Programme, it’s our biggest and boldest year yet.

📅 30 Oct – 3 Nov @ Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling
🎟️ Full lineup + tickets: bit.ly/3I32Qn3

🌍 WORLD PREMIERE TRAILER 🌍

We're proud to share the official trailer for The Marbles - the #OpeningFilm of Central Scotland Documentary Festival 2025, and its World Premiere!

🎥 The Marbles
📍 Macrobert Arts Centre
📅 Thu 30 Oct, 7.30pm

#CSDF25 #TheMarbles #ParthenonMarbles #Documentary

That's a wrap! Thank you @sheffdocfest Fab docs, great connections and a whole lot of new perspectives!

We're excited to open Central Scotland Documentary Festival 2025 with THE MARBLES by David Nicholas Wilkinson - a powerful look at the Parthenon marbles and Greece’s long fight for their return.

🎥Thu 30 Oct, 7.30pm
🎟Tickets on sale Aug 2025.
📰Info: bit.ly/4ldW1x1

#TheMarbles #CSDF25