The Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) has announced its full programme for 2025, bringing 13 world and European premieres, 67 UK premieres and 12 Scottish premieres from 39 countries to the big screen at venues across Glasgow and beyond. Tickets for the opening and closing galas go on sale at 10am on Wednesday 22 January. Tickets for the full programme go on sale to Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) Cinecard holders at 10am on Thursday 23 January and on general sale at 10am on Monday 27 January.

The festival will open on Wednesday 26 February with the world premiere of Tornado, starring Tim Roth, Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira and Kōki, and shot on location in Scotland. Scottish director John Maclean’s follow-up to Slow West, it follows a travelling puppet show as it encounters a criminal gang in 1790s Britain. 

Closing the festival on Sunday 9 March will be Scottish documentary maker Martyn Robertson’s Make It To Munich, about a committed footy fan who decides to cycle from Hampden to Munich for Scotland’s opening match against Germany in Euro 2024 only nine months after suffering life-threatening injuries in a road accident. 

Also receiving their world premieres are Hill, a Formula 1 documentary charting the dramatic progress of driver Damon Hill; Amazon Studios produced thriller Fear, shot in Glasgow’s West End and starring GFF favourites Martin Compston, Solly Macleod and James Cosmo; The Players, a 1990s coming-of-age drama about an avant-garde theatre company; and Stationed At Home, Daniel V Masciari’s film following a small-time cab driver in 1998 as he awaits the sight of the International Space Station. They’ll be joined by a slew of UK and Scottish premieres as well as the GFF25 Audience Award, given to an exceptional first- or second-time director.

Always a highlight on GFF’s bill, this year’s special event screenings include Coyote Ugly at Govan’s Grand Ole Opry, replete with all-singing, all-dancing entertainment; a 30th anniversary screening of Muriel’s Wedding at Cottiers in Glasgow’s West End; and teen witchcraft tale The Craft, also at Cottiers. Other special screenings include a retrospective of Swedish-born actor and director Mai Zetterling, a series of coming-of-age movies to mark GFF's 21st year, a focus on the representation of Austria on screen, the return of spooky cinema spectacular FrightFest, and a series of community and youth takeovers. Marquee name James McAvoy will also sit down for an in-conversation event, looking back at his career. 

This will also mark CEO and Film Festival director Allison Gardner’s final festival, after more than 30 years at Glasgow Film.

Gardner said, ‘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. 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 sad that this is my last festival as I’ve had so many magical moments over the years, but I know the great work we have done will ensure that audiences, filmmakers and industry colleagues will continue to support what I consider to be the best film festival in the world.’

The full list of GFF screenings can be found on the official site. 

Glasgow Film Festival, various venues, Wednesday 26 February–Sunday 9 March.