Glasgow's ‘Everyone To Kenmure Street’ Wins at Sundance Festival

By Ally Collingham

‘Everyone To Kenmure Street’ will kick off the opening gala Glasgow Film Festival. The Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) will play director Felipe Bustos Sierra’s latest Scottish documentary on Wednesday 25 Feb 2026 at 7pm. 

Sierra’s latest Scottish documentary ‘Everyone to Kenmure Street’ captures community resistance, resilience, and solidarity against a Home Office raid in the south side of Glasgow.  

The upcoming documentary is based on a historic event in May 2021, when immigration officers raided a flat, removed two residents and detained them in a van. News of the attempt to take the local men was spread within the local area, and hundreds of protestors, made up of both neighbours and activists, descended on the area and surrounded the van.  

The intense scene of solidarity and stand off against the enforced removal lasted eight hours, with one person even lying down underneath the vehicle. It was only then the Home Office backed down and released both men. 

The documentary uses a mixture of crowd-sourced footage with set designed scenes and archived material.  

Included as part of the Docs in Progress Scotland showcase at Cannes Film Festival on 17th May, Sierra’s film has been awarded the prestigious accolade of ‘World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance.’ 

This is not Sierra’s first award, or his first attempt to tackle difficult and challenging material. In 2018, ‘Nae Pasaran’ won Sierra the best Feature Award for his portrayal of four Scotsmen from East Kilbride, who downed tools in a protest at Chilean military dictatorship. 

Sierra said: “Our film celebrates collective action, looking to the stories that led to that day and the historic events that have shaped this community.” 

Adding Hollywood glamour, Academy and Bafta award winner Dame Emma Thompson (Nanny McPhee) is the Executive Producer. Thompson is a British actress, screenwriter and author and regarded as one of the best actresses of her generation. Thompson has described the film as ‘beautiful and powerful.’