Among the Scottish films world premiering are ‘Molly vs The Machines,’ “the story of a heartbroken father’s quest to uncover the truth behind his daughter’s death,” and the doc ‘Psalms of the People.’
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The Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) unveiled the full lineup for its 22nd edition on Wednesday, including films starring the likes of Angelina Jolie, Marilyn Monroe, Jude Law, and Willem Dafoe, twice. The festival in Scotland will also feature 13 Scottish films and celebrate the life and work of Marilyn Monroe 100 years after her birth with “a string of the icon’s classic hits shown on the big screen,” organizers said.
Taking place Feb. 25-March 8, the GFF will host 126 films, including 16 world, European and International premieres, 68 U.K. premieres, and 18 Scottish premieres, with titles from 44 countries, including 13 from Scotland. As previously revealed, Scottish films will open and close the festival, with the U.K. premiere of Felipe Bustos Sierra’s documentary Everybody to Kenmure Street, executive produced by Emma Thompson, kicking off the fest, while James McAvoy’s directorial debut, California Schemin’, wrapping it up. Both films were shot in Glasgow.Related Stories
This year’s edition marks Paul Gallagher’s first edition as head of program.
Among the GFF 2026 highlights are the U.K. premieres of such movies as Rebuilding starring Josh O’Connor, high-fashion world film Couture featuring Angelina Jolie, relationship drama Erupcja led by Charli XCX, political thriller The Wizard of the Kremlin with Jude Law, Paul Dano and Alicia Vikander, as well as Late Fame and The Birthday Party, both starring Dafoe.
The Scottish premieres set for Glasgow include Jim Jarmusch’s Venice Golden Lion winner Father Mother Sister Brother with Adam Driver and Cate Blanchett, Mark Jenkin’s mysterious drama Rose of Nevada with George MacKay and Callum Turner, and dark thriller The Good Boy starring Andrea Riseborough and Stephen Graham.
Among the Scottish films in the program is the world premiere of Molly vs The Machines, “the story of a heartbroken father’s quest to uncover the truth behind his daughter’s death,” and the U.K. premieres of dark comedy The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford, starring Peter Mullan, and Midwinter Break, written by Bernard MacLaverty and starring Ciarán Hinds and Lesley Manville.
GFF26 will also showcase 50 films not in the English language, with a total of 44 languages being represented in the lineup. Speaking of languages: The Gaelic language is represented at the fest with the world premiere of Sailm nan Daoine (Psalms of the People), a documentary by Jack Archer about Scotland’s tradition of Gaelic psalm singing.
Meanwhile, Glasgow’s “Marilyn Monroe 100” program will be screening a selection of her films, including noir film The Asphalt Jungle (1950), iconic crime comedy Some Like It Hot (1959), and the musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953).
