Film clubs and subcultural cinephile spaces

Abstract

This chapter focuses on cine-clubs and film societies as forms of independent exhibition practice founded on cinephilia and offering alternative currencies of cultural value. The discussion of historical trajectories within subcultural exhibition is grounded in examples from Glasgow ranging from the 1920s to the present. This long-term view of cinephile presence in Scotland’s largest city is contextualized in relation to urban transformation and the music and visual art scenes. The chapter considers institutional support, venues, and intermediality in these forms of non-theatrical programming and screening.