The Glasgow Film Festival turns 21 this year and it's also the final festival for longtime co-director Allison Gardner, so expect something really special. A packed line-up includes several special events themed around coming of age, with an amazing guest list - look out for in-conversation events with James McAvoy and Jessica Lange. We'll be adding more details as they come in, so watch this space.

The festival runs from 26 Feb to 9 Mar.

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Red Path
Red Path
After two young shepherds are attacked on a mountainside, Achraf, 14, is ordered to take the severed head of his cousin Nizar back to their family as a macabre message.
Make It To Munich
Make It To Munich
Scots teenager Ethan Walker as he defies life-threatening injuries to cycle from Glasgow’s Hampden Park to Munich Football Arena for Scotland’s opening Euro24 match.
Motel Destino
Motel Destino
A young drifter finds shelter in a seedy motel and embarks on a dangerous love affair.
U Are The Universe
U Are The Universe
In the distant future, a space trucker from Khmelnytskyi is trying to get rid of over three billion tons of waste. When he hears from a woman on a distant space station, he becomes determined to reach her.
In Vitro
In Vitro
A woman living with her husband on a remote farm in the near future discovers that he has been keeping a big secret.
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
A portrayal of Irish writer Edna O'Brien's writing, loves, stardom, and unconventional life.
The Return
The Return
Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca after returning from the Trojan war.
Peaches Goes Bananas
Peaches Goes Bananas
From sold-out concerts to family moments with her parents and sister, the passage of time brings loss but also provides liberation for an artist whose body is a canvas for artistic expression.
Stationed At Home
Stationed At Home
On Christmas Eve a cab driver is counting down to seeing the International Space Station... but his night will hold a series of encounters with strangers first.
Tornado
Tornado
A Japanese puppeteer's daughter gets caught up with criminals when their show crosses paths with a crime gang, led by Sugarman and his son Little Sugar.
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Glasgow Film Festival Features

Away game
Martyn Robertson on the challenge of cycling while filming Make It To Munich
Money and justice
Natja Brunckhorst on recreating East Germany and making Two To One
Having the final say
Sinéad O’Shea on Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story
Taking their time
Ryan J Sloan and Ariella Mastroianni on spiral stories and creating Gazer
For the sake of belonging
Michael Premo and Rachel Falcone on going inside MAGA to make Homegrown
A very British murder
Rupert Russell on the Charles Walton murder, folk horror and The Last Sacrifice
'When you fall in love, you get very self-obsessed'
Filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud on depicting young desire in Dreams
'She's a character who is almost experiencing performance anxiety'
Laura Carreira on buidling character with her cast and cinematographer in On Falling
Down on the farm
Will Howarth and Talia Zucker on developing In Vitro
'It’s not just making a movie for me, it’s a journey'
Rima Das on bringing sequel Village Rockstars 2 to the screen
A great opportunity
Ishaya Bako on exploring the world of scammers in I Do Not Come To You By Chance
Freshly squeezed Florida
Julian Glander on small stakes drama and animating Boys Go To Jupiter
Wishing on space hardware
Daniel V Masciari and Eliza VanCort discuss Stationed At Home
'Our life is defined by work. I think it's consuming us'
Laura Carreira on the gig economy and loneliness in her Silver Shell-winner On Falling
'This film is set in the future but it’s about our present'
Joshua Oppenheimer and George Mackay on dystopian musical The End
'I think a country without movies is a country without memory'
César Díaz on bringing Mexico 86 to the screen
'I was imagining my mother in a similar situation'
Bérénice Bejo on why Mexico 86 reminded her of her own family
Sculpting a story
Jianjie Lin on working layer by layer on Brief History Of A Family
Family ties
Klaudia Reynicke on crazy casting and bringing her own emotions to Reinas
Oscar contender takes life at a gallop
Deniz Gamze Ergüven on pride, prejudice, identity and wild horses.
House rules, part 2
Deniz Gamze Ergüven on Mustang, Offside and Escape From Alcatraz.
House rules, part 1
Deniz Gamze Ergüven on Mustang, Augustine, Selin Sozen and Warren Ellis.
Scout's honour
Thomas Turgoose and Tom Harper talk about The Scouting Book For Boys.
Racism and rights of passage
Actor Stephen Graham discusses his role in this year's most talked-about British film, This Is England.

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