Glasgow Film Festival is to host the first ever big screen outings for a range of features from both international and homegrown talent. Scotland-based director Anthony Baxter (You’ve Been Trumped) makes his long-awaited return with Flint , which follows the situation in Flint, Michigan over six years of denial, evasion, betrayal and hypocrisy after the city’s domestic water supply switched to the Flint River. Robbie Fraser (whose Final Ascent had a sell-out World premiere at Glasgow Film Festival 2019) turns his lens on another legendary Scottish figure in Pictures From Afghanistan - a journey amongst the people and places of modern Afghanistan with veteran Glasgow photojournalist David Pratt, who has spent much of the last three decades reporting on changing fortunes and global conflicts. Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago brings to life beat poet and screenwriter Barry Gifford ’s autobiographical story collection with archive footage, animation and narration by Willem Dafoe , Lili Taylor and Matt Dillon . Mark Stanley stars as inspiring real-life mountaineer and charity campaigner David Tait facing up to long-buried childhood trauma in Julian Jarrold’s moving biopic Sulphur & White , with an impressive supporting cast of Anna Friel , Dougray Scott and Emily Beecham . Debut UK directorial talent includes Lucy Brydon's Body of Water , a sensitive take on the impact of an eating disorder on an individual and their loved ones, and Notting Hill meets Great British Bake Off in Eliza Schroeder ’s irresistible rom-com Love,Sarah starring Shelley Conn , Bill Patterson , Celia Imrie and Rupert Penry-Jones .

39 features will make their Scottish cinema debuts at this year’s GFF. Inbetweeners star Simon Bird makes his directorial debut with the warm and witty Days of the Bagnold Summer , starring Nick Cave’s son Earl Cave and Bird’s Friday Night Dinner co-star Tamsin Greig , and featuring a new soundtrack by Belle and Sebastian . Fellow actor Craig Roberts premieres his sophomore venture as writer and director of Eternal Beauty , starring as Sally Hawkins as a schizophrenic woman encountering surprising new sources of love and life; Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots as a pair of first-time buyers who get more than they bargained for in the twisted fable Vivarium . Michael Caton-Jones ’ riotous comedy Our Ladies is the long-awaited big screen adaptation of Alan Warner ’s hit novel The Sopranos, following a group of rowdy 1990s Catholic school girls as they journey from Fort William to Edinburgh to compete in a choir competition. Our Ladies star Marli Siu also stars in the Scottish premiere of Run , the third feature from major Scottish talent Scott Graham . Set in Fraserburgh, the electrifying drama follows a group of young men dreaming of escapism through late-night drag races. Peaky Blinders director Tim Mielants makes his big screen debut with eye-catching dark comedy Patrick ; Scottish director Peter Mackie Burns follows up his acclaimed first feature Daphne with Rialto , a brooding Dublin-set drama about a middle-aged father embarking on a relationship with a young rent boy and first-time director Claire Oakley makes an impact with Make Up , a claustrophobic and unsettling coming-of-age tale set in an out-of-season Cornish caravan park.

Award-winning writer and director Alice Winocour will attend the Opening Gala with the UK premiere of her new film Proxima and,11 packed days later, director Coky Giedroyc and writer Caitlin Moran will be in town to celebrate the Closing Gala and the UK premiere of How to Build a Girl . Other chances to see the stars on the red carpet include George Mackay for the UK premiere of The True History of the Kelly Gang ; Mark Stanley ; Cannes Best Actress Award winner Emily Beecham and the real-life subject of the film David Tait for the World premiere of Sulphur & White ; Inbetweeners star Simon Bird for the Scottish premiere of Days of the Bagnold Summer ; Celia Imrie e , Bill Paterson and Rupert Penry-Jones for the World premiere of Love, Sarah and the young Scottish cast of Our Ladies , Eve Austin , Abigail Lawrie , Tallulah Greive , Sally Messham and Marli Siu . Director of You’ve Been Trumped, Anthony Baxter , will be in attendance for the World premiere of his documentary about the tragic US town, and renowned war photographer David Pratt will attend the World premiere of Robbie Fraser ’s documentary about his travels to the country that has affected him the most in Pictures From Afghanistan. Legendary US photographer Susan Wood will visit Glasgow for the first-ever UK exhibition of her iconic photos of the 1960s and 1970s, capturing John Lennon and Yoko Ono relaxing in the Hamptons and the counter-culture machismo on the set of Easy Rider, and Oscar-winning SFX maestro Chris Cobould OBE will be revealing the secrets of how he created jaw-dropping special effects for some of the biggest blockbusters, fromSkyfall to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, in a fascinating free talk as part of the always-popular Behind The Scenes strand.