Let the buzz begin as this year’s Glasgow Film Festival will open with Tornado and close with Martin Robertson’s Make it to Munich, in what is another world premiere.

Undoubtedly a highlight each year in the film calendar GFF kicks off on February 26th until March 9th and is bursting with variety. Some highlights include the UK premiere of Long Day’s Journey into Night starring Jessica Lange & Ed Harris, Argentinian crime-caper Kill the Jockey and On Falling from Scottish filmmaker Laura Carreira. 

The festival will play host to a number of UK premieres including The Return, Bob Trevino Likes It as well as Luckiest Man in America starring Paul Walter Hauser to name but a few. 

In Conversation With returns with a star-studded line-up of Jessica Lange and Glasgow’s own, James McAvoy, who will take a look back on their careers. 

As with true GFF tradition is the return of Special Event screenings with a 25th anniversary showing of Coyote Ugly set to take place in country music venue, Grand Ole Opry. In addition to this will be a screening of cult classic The Craft and Muriel’s Wedding. 

The ever-popular Country Focus this year is From The Heart of Europe: Austria featuring Michael Haneke classics The Piano Teacher and Hidden/Caché. Other highlights of the strand includes Andrea Gets A Divorce, Veni Vidi Vici and mockumentary Piggy Bank. 

Celebrating 20 years of unadulterated gore and more, FrightFest returns to the Glasgow Film Festival running from Mar 6th-8th. 

Always a highlight of the festival, this year is set to be no different with some highlights including a return to horror for Lin Shaye in Scared to Death, Hearts of Darkness: The Making of the Final Friday and The American Backyward.

Support continues for first or second-time directors in the GFF Audience Award where audiences will vote from a shortlist of the following 10 films: Two to One, Mistress Dispeller, Restless, Spilt Milk, Mr K, Meat, Silver Star, Crickets, It’s Your Turn, Brief History of a Family and Neon Dreaming.

The festival will also mark the end of an era as it will be the last for current Director of Glasgow Film Festival & Chief Executive of Glasgow Film, Allison Gardiner, is set to retire after more than 30 years with the organisation.

Gardiner said: “I shall be sad that this is my last festival as I’ve had so many magical moments over the years. 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.”

Tickets for Opening & Closing films on sale January 22nd at 10.00am and full programme available here.