Pulp Fiction star Tim Roth, Japanese model, musician and actor Kōki, Shogun star Takehiro Hira and Edinburgh director John Maclean will attend the World premiere of their hotly-anticipated survival thriller Tornado, which will open Glasgow Film Festival 2025 (GFF25) on 26 February.

Scots teenager Ethan Walker and pioneering Dunblane surgeon Professor Gordon Mackay, will cycle to the GFT for the Closing Gala World premiere of Martyn Robertson’s Make It To Munich, the inspiring story of Ethan’s recovery from a life-threatening traffic accident. Just nine months after his accident, Ethan, Gordon and Martyn cycled from Hampden stadium in Glasgow to Munich for Scotland’s opening game of Euro 2024, carrying the team’s official match pennant the whole journey.

More sporting icons will tread the GFF25 red carpet when Formula One champion Damon Hill attends the World premiere of Hill (27 February), the major new documentary about Damon and his father, racing legend Graham Hill, who died in a plane crash when Damon was 15. Sky Sports F1 presenter Simon Lazenby and director Alex Holmes will also be in attendance at the premiere.

Hollywood legends Ed Harris and Jessica Lange will attend the UK premiere of Long Day’s Journey Into Night, the new big screen adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s seminal American play, on 28 February. Jessica will also appear in a special In Conversation event on 1 March, reflecting on her six decade-long screen career, from King Kong and Tootsie to Rob Roy and American Horror Story.

Homegrown film star James McAvoy will introduce a special screening of his breakthrough role in Kevin McDonald’s compelling fiction debut The Last King of Scotland (2006), following his sold out In Conversation event (2 March).

Glasgow Film Festival will run at Glasgow Film Theatre and venues across the city from 26 February to 9 March, with a programme boasting 13 World and European premieres, 66 UK premieres and 12 Scottish premieres from 38 countries.

Tickets for all events are on sale Here