Check out our upcoming events at Refractive
Join us for the first of our Refractive Industry Sessions: Wednesday 2nd April 2025 at 1.30pm. Discover practical ways to make your film and digital work more sustainable. Our speakers for the afternoon session are Dan Bernard of Fast Familiar (Digital Story Studio) and Sarah Hamilton recently appointed Screen Sustainability Consultant, at Climate for […]
Exciting Guest at Our Next Artist Meet Up – Wilma Smith! We’re delighted to welcome Wilma Smith, a brilliant writer, director, and stop motion animator originally from Coatbridge, to our next Refractive meet-up. Wilma began making films as a teenager and went on to study at Glasgow School of Art. She started on […]
Join Refractive for a screening of the award-winning documentary Make it to Munich by Director Martyn Robertson. The film screening will take place at the Weavers Paisley on Thursday 11th September, 7pm (doors from 6.30pm). Make it to Munich | Martyn Robertson | 2025 | UK | English (with English Subtitles) | BBFC Rating: 12A In […]
Join Refractive for a screening of the Oscar Winning Flow by Gints Zilbalodis. The film screening will take place on Saturday 20th September at The Wynd Centre Paisley, 2pm (doors open 1.45pm).
Refractive are delighted to welcome filmmakers and digital artists to participate in a Filmmaking Masterclass with Director Luke Fowler as part of Paisley Docs: Rebels and Innovators. The Masterclass will take place at the Refractive Hub in the UWS Witherspoon Building (Paisley) on Saturday 11th October, 1-3pm. This event will be followed by a screening of Luke and co-director Corin Sworn's film On Weaving at Johnstone Textile Space, 5pm (doors from 4.30pm).
Join Refractive and Johnstone Textile Space for a screening On Weaving by Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival's Artists and Residence Luke Fowler and Corin Sworn. The film screening will take place at Johnstone Textile Space on Saturday 11th October, 5pm (doors from 4.30pm).
Join Refractive for a screening of the moving documentary Talk About Lonely by director Charles Wilkinson. The screening will take place on Friday 7th of November at The Wynd Centre Paisley, 7pm (doors from 6.30pm).
Join Refractive for a screening of the incredible All the Mountains Give by director Arash Rakhsha. The screening will take place on Saturday 22nd of November at The Wynd Centre Paisley, 7pm (doors from 6.30pm).
The November Refractive Artist Meet Up Friday 28th November 2025 at 7.30pm Our featured artist is Sam Healy Sam Healy is a digital artist, creative coder and musician based in Edinburgh. He is technical director at the creative-tech studio Ray Interactive, as well as a founder-member of electro-rock group North Atlantic Oscillation and the improvised […]
Join Refractive and Johnstone Textile Space for a celebration of the iconic Twiggy in a new portrait directed by Sadie Frost at Johnstone Textile Space on Saturday 6th December, 6pm (doors from 5.45pm).
Join Refractive for an evening with Artist and Director Daniel Gough as part of the Paisley Docs: Rebels and Innovators programme. The Artist Meet up will take place on Saturday 20th of December at the Refractive Hub, 7-9.30pm.
Join Refractive for a screening of the moving documentary North Sea, Nature Untamed by director Mark Verkerk. The screening will take place on Saturday 17th of January 2026 at The Wynd Centre Paisley, 7pm (doors from 6.30pm).
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