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Glasgow Film Festival To Open With World Premiere Of ‘Tornado’ Starring Tim Roth, Jack Lowden & Kōki; Lineup Unveiled


The Glasgow Film Festival unveiled its lineup this morning, featuring the world premiere of Tornado starring Tim Roth and Jack Lowden.

Lionsgate UK The festival, which runs through March 9, unveiled its lineup this morning which features another 11 world and European premieres, as well as an In Conversation talk with Glasgow native James McAvoy. Tornado is set in the rugged landscape of 1790’s Britain as the eponymous character (played by model-songwriter Kōki) finds herself caught in a perilous situation when she and her father’s travelling puppet show crosses paths with a ruthless criminal gang led by Sugarman (Roth) and his ambitious son Little Sugar (Lowden). UK premieres will include Ralph Fiennes and Juliet Binoche reuniting in The Return; Jessica Lange and Ed Harris in Jonathan Kent’s adaptation of Long Day’s Journey Into Night; Vicky Krieps in New Zealand ghost story Went Up The Hill; and Luckiest Man In America, starring Paul Walter Hauser, Walter Goggins, David Strathairn and Shamier Anderson.

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