SCOTTISH actor James McAvoy will be presented with an honorary award at an event hosted by Glasgow Film Festival next month.
McAvoy will be recognised for outstanding contribution to cinema with the Cinema City Honorary Award
With a career spanning film, TV and the stage, McAvoy has gone from Glasgow to Hollywood starring in films such The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, X-MEN, and Split.
McAvoy 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 his breakthrough role in film as Dr Nicolas Garrigan in Kevin McDonald’s compelling fiction debut The Last King of Scotland (2006), introduced by McAvoy.
Discussing the anticipated event, the organisers said they are "delighted and honoured" to welcome the Glasgow-born actor to the festival to discuss his career.
In Conversation with James McAvoy will be held at the Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) on Rose Street in the city centre of Glasgow on Sunday, March 2 at around 3pm.
There are no tickets left for In Conversation with James McAvoy at the GFT, and were subject to restrictions with no more than two tickets being sold per person.
The packed programme of GFF features around 120 films, including 13 world premieres, 67 UK premieres and 12 Scottish premieres from 39 different countries.
The festival’s opening and closing films are both world premieres and are both made by Scottish directors.
Tornado, GFF’s opening film, is directed by John Maclean and is a survival thriller starring Jack Lowden, Tim Roth, Takehiro Hira and Koki, shot on location in Scotland.
Martyn Robertson’s Make It To Munich will close the festival on March 9. The Scottish documentary filmmaker followed teenager Ethan Walker as he defied life-threatening injuries to cycle from Glasgow’s Hampden Park to Munich Football Arena for Scotland’s opening match against Germany in the Euros.
