A host
of star names will grace the Glasgow Film Festival red carpet as the festival
returns for its 19th edition from 1 - 12 March.
Famous faces include:
·
Trainspotting and Line
of Duty star Kelly Macdonald, joining BAFTA-winner Monica
Dolan and director Carol Morley for a special
International Women’s Day Gala premiere of Typist Artist Pirate King (8 March)
·
Two-time Oscar-nominee Emily Watson at the UK
premiere of new drama God’s Creatures (2 March)
·
Game of Thrones and Braveheart actor James
Cosmo at the UK premiere of his new romance My Sailor, My
Love (3 March)
·
Star impressionist Alistair McGowan at the UK
premiere of Mark Cousins new documentary My Name Is
Alfred Hitchcock, featuring a pitch-perfect Hitchcock voiceover from
McGowan (4 March)
·
Joe Thomas, The Inbetweeners and Fresh
Meat star and alumni of the Isle of Skye-based Young Film Foundation
will help launch the fourth edition of the unique talent scheme that aims to
identify and support a new generation of screenwriting talent (9 March, part of
GFF Industry Focus)
GFF23 will also welcome acclaimed and up-and-coming
behind-the-camera talent including:
·
Glasgow writer-director Adura Onashile at the
UK premiere of her feature debut, the Glasgow-filmed Girl (1
March). This is the first time a Scottish film has opened GFF and the festival
is thrilled to welcome Adura to the red carpet alongside young star Le’Shantey
Bonsu and local talent featured in the film.
·
Canadian actor and director Matt Johnson attending
the UK premiere of his hotly anticipated tale of the rise and fall of a tech
giant, Blackberry (3 March)
·
Fife director Andrew Cumming at the Scottish
premiere of his highly anticipated Highlands-shot Stone Age horror The
Origin (5 March)
·
US director Daniel Goldhaber at the UK premiere
of his politically charged new eco-thriller How To Blow Up a
Pipeline (2 March)
·
US director Muta’Ali Muhammad and Scottish
broadcaster and writer Stuart Cosgrove at the World premiere
of their new documentary Cassius X: Becoming Ali (8
March)
·
Director Chloé Raunet and
protagonist Andrew John ‘W.I.Z’ Whiston at the World premiere
of I Am Weekender, exploring the enigma that was the
controversial and banned Acid House film Weekender (11 March)
·
The creators and cast at the UK premiere of one of the most
viral movies of 2023, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (10
March)