James McAvoy To Be Honoured At Glasgow FIlm Festival

On 2nd March, the Glasgow Film Festival will present its Cinema City Honorary Award to homegrown film star James McAvoy.

Launched in 2024, the award recognises filmmakers who have made an outstanding contribution to cinema. Viggo Mortensen who attended the festival last year was the festival’s inaugural

In the 1930s, Glasgow was home to more cinemas per person than anywhere else in the UK and became affectionately known as the Cinema City. The city’s passion for film has burned brightly ever since, with Glasgow Film Theatre at its heart.

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With a career spanning film, TV and the stage, James McAvoy’s journey from  Drumchapel Glasgow to Hollywood is testament to his depth and versatility as an actor. His steadfast commitment to storytelling has left an indelible mark on cinema. James will attend the festival to receive the award and will also participate in an In Conversation event, where he will look back at his career.

The talk will be followed by a special screening of James McAvoy‘s  breakthrough role in film as Dr Nicolas Garrigan in Kevin McDonald’s compelling fiction debut The Last King of Scotland (2006), introduced by James. There’s still time to buy ticket for the film which you can do here (unfortunately In Conversation event is sold out!).

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