Renowned filmmaker Lynne Ramsay to receive Cinema City Honorary Award at Glasgow Film Festival

Award-winning director Lynne Ramsay, who was born in Glasgow, is to recognised with a special award more than 25 years after she made her feature film debut.

She will receive the special award on March 6 at a special In Conversation event entitled “From Page to Pulse,” which will be hosted by Glasgow filmmaker Adura Onashile (Girl) and be part of the festival’s annual Industry Focus strand. In it, the director will take “a deep dive into her unparalleled approach to adaptation,” organisers said.

Ms Ramsay, is best-known for films such as We Need to Talk About Kevin, Die My Love and You Were Never Really Here.

Paul Gallagher, head of programme at Glasgow Film Festival, said: “Lynne Ramsay is one of a very small number of filmmakers who have the seemingly miraculous power of taking a unique vision in their minds and creating it onscreen exactly as they imagined.

“Her films have changed our understanding of what cinema can do and be.

“We are delighted to recognise her genius by giving her Glasgow Film Festival’s highest honour with this year’s Cinema City Award.”

Launched in 2024, the Cinema City Honorary Award recognises filmmakers who have made “an outstanding contribution to cinema".