A POP-UP cinema event hosted by Glasgow Film Festival will be expanded across the city as it celebrates its cinematic reputation.

The event will see a variety of venues included, from the Drygate Brewery to the Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed church, Mackintosh Queens Cross.

The festival has also teamed up with the Glasgow IMAX for three events which will take place over the course of the screenings February 18 to March 1.

The Cinema City strand of the event will pay tribute to Glasgow's role as a backdrop in Hollywood movies, such as World War Z and Cloud Atlas.

This year's festival goers have also been promised the chance to vote for the winner of a brand new award to be presented at the closing gala.

The Audience Award will be presented to one of the 10 films by either first or second-time directors have been nominated to showcase up-and-coming talent.

Audiences are guaranteed to be the first to witness more than 40 new films, including the European premiere of the festival's opening film, While We're Young, starring Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts.

Other highly anticipated films make up the festival's 11th programme, including the UK premiere of Force Majeure and Still Alice, a film expected to earn Julianne Moore an Academy Award next month.

Allan Hunter, a co-director of the festival, said: "It's a huge honour for GFF to be chosen for the European premiere of Noah Baumbach's bittersweet delight While We're Young, and Ruben Ostlund's Force Majeure is an utterly brilliant film.

"This is a festival for everyone who loves the movies."

Tickets for the festival go on sale on Monday, January 26, at 10am.

The Glasgow Youth Film Festival is also making some changes and will now last for a whole weekend, taking place from February 6 to 8.

It is not the only festival to be extended as this year the Glasgow Short Film Festival will now take place over five days, from March 11 to 15.

Fiona Hyslop, cabinet secretary for culture, Europe and external affairs said: "It's fantastic to watch Glasgow Film Festival continue to grow."