The 2025 Glasgow Film Festival is set to be a star-studded event, with Hollywood icons James McAvoy, Jessica Lange, and Ed Harris leading a dazzling lineup of attendees. The festival will also feature world premieres of films such as 'Tornado' and 'Hill', alongside numerous other UK and Scottish premieres.
Hollywood stars James McAvoy, Jessica Lange and Ed Harris are among the many celebrities set to grace the red carpet at the 2025 Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) later this month. The GFF organizers have announced a stellar lineup of attendees for the 2025 festival, which will showcase 13 world and European premieres, 66 UK premieres, and 12 Scottish premieres from 38 countries.
Among the highlights, Pulp Fiction star Tim Roth, Japanese model, musician, and actor Koki, Shogun star Takehiro Hira, and Edinburgh director John Maclean will be present at the world premiere of their new survival thriller Tornado. Legends Ed Harris and Jessica Lange will be at the UK premiere of Long Day's Journey Into Night, the new big-screen adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's seminal American play. Lange will also participate in a special In Conversation event at the festival, reflecting on her illustrious six-decade-long screen career, spanning from classics like King Kong and Tootsie to modern hits like Rob Roy and American Horror Story. Meanwhile, Formula One champion Damon Hill will attend the world premiere of the new documentary Hill, focusing on the F1 driver and his father Graham, who tragically died in a plane crash when his son was only 15. A host of celebrated Scots will also contribute to the 21st edition of the event, which has established itself as one of the UK's leading film festivals. James McAvoy will introduce a special screening of his breakthrough role in the 2006 movie The Last King Of Scotland, while 1917 actor George MacKay returns with the Scottish premiere of the post-apocalyptic musical The End. Line of Duty star Martin Compston will be joined by James Cosmo and Solly McLeod at the world premiere of the first episode of the new Amazon Studios-produced thriller Fear, filmed in Glasgow's West End. This year's GFF is also set to welcome a host of renowned filmmakers. Among them is filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari, attending the Scottish premiere of her folk horror Harvest, and The Greasy Strangler auteur Jim Hosking, who will be present at the UK premiere of his new feature Ebony & Ivory. Edinburgh filmmaker Laura Carreira will attend the Scottish premiere of her Edinburgh and Glasgow-shot drama On Falling, while Daniel Hoesl and Julia Niemann will attend the UK premiere of their bloodthirsty social satire Veni Vedi Vici. The 2025 GFF runs at the Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) and venues across the city from February 26 to March 9. A full festival programme can be found at glasgowfilm.org. Tickets for all events are on sale now at glasgowfilm.org and at the GFT box office
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL JAMES Mcavoy JESSICA Lange ED HARRIS FILM PREMIERES TORNADO HILL SCOTLAND
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