James McAvoy, Tim Roth, Jessica Lange and Ed Harris are amongst a raft of Hollywood stars set to tread the pink carpet at this yr’s Glasgow Movie Competition.
The occasion – scheduled to happen between 26 February and 9 March – will characteristic 13 world and European premieres, 66 UK premieres and 12 Scottish premieres from 38 nations.
Glasgow Movie Competition (GFF) will open with the world premiere of thriller Twister, with Pulp Fiction actor Roth set to be joined by Scottish director John Maclean and Japanese co-stars Koki and Takehiro Hira.
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Tim Roth in Twister. Pic: Courtesy of Glasgow Movie Competition
Harris and Lange will attend the UK premiere of Lengthy Day’s Journey Into Night time, the big-screen adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s seminal American play.
Academy Award-winner Lange can even seem in a particular In Dialog occasion the place she’s going to replicate on her profession, which kickstarted with the 1976 film King Kong.
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Ed Harris and Jessica Lange in Lengthy Day’s Journey Into Night time. Pic: Courtesy of Glasgow Movie Competition
Lange has picked up quite a few awards over time, together with two Oscars for Tootsie and Blue Sky.
She additionally has eight Emmy and Golden Globe awards, a few of which have been received attributable to her performances in TV anthology American Horror Story.
In the meantime, Components One champion Damon Hill will attend the world premiere of Sky’s new documentary Hill.
The movie, that includes intimate interviews with the sportsman and his household, will inform the story of how he overcame shedding his legendary father Graham Hill in a airplane crash to comply with in his footsteps to grow to be a world champion driver himself.
A number of homegrown expertise can even gentle up the pageant.
X-Males: First Class star McAvoy will introduce a particular screening of his breakthrough position in 2006 movie The Final King Of Scotland, whereas 1917 actor George MacKay returns to the pageant with the Scottish premiere of the post-apocalyptic musical The Finish.
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Martin Compston in Concern. Pic: Courtesy of Glasgow Movie Competition
As well as, Line Of Obligation star Martin Compston shall be joined by James Cosmo and Solly McLeod on the world premiere of the primary episode of recent Amazon Studios-produced thriller Concern, which was shot in Glasgow’s West Finish.
In the meantime, Martyn Robertson’s Make It To Munich could have its world premiere as a part of the closing gala.
The inspiring documentary tells the story of Scottish teenager Ethan Walker, who simply months after practically shedding his life in a visitors accident, launched into a charity cycle from Glasgow’s Hampden Park to Munich for Scotland’s opening sport of Euro 2024 towards Germany.
Allison Gardner, chief govt of organiser Glasgow Movie and director of GFF, mentioned: “I cannot begin to say how excited I am by the brilliant programme we have curated, the breadth of films on offer genuinely has something for everyone.
“We’re additionally thrilled to deliver a bunch of well-known faces to Scotland, to tread the pink carpet outdoors the town’s iconic Glasgow Movie Theatre.”
Ms Gardner plans to retire after the pageant, following greater than 30 years at Glasgow Movie.
She added: “Everyone across Glasgow Film works very hard to make the magic happen and I cannot thank all my colleagues enough for their hard work, enthusiasm and sheer brilliance in making this not only a great festival to attend, but a friendly and supportive environment to work in.
“I shall be unhappy that that is my final pageant as I’ve had so many magical moments over time, however I do know the nice work we now have accomplished will be sure that audiences, filmmakers and trade colleagues will proceed to assist what I take into account to be the most effective movie pageant on this planet.”
