28-05-2025
Binos and Celtic legend to help unveil film of Dunblane surgeon's Euro journey
John Colquhoun will be the guest of honour at the special screening showing the remarkable effort of the Dunblane surgeon and his former patient to get to Germany last summer.
Stirling Albion and Celtic legend John Colquhoun is the guest at a special Stirling screening of a film showing the remarkable journey of a Dunblane surgeon and his former patient to Euro 2024.
'Make It to Munich' follows pioneering surgeon Professor Gordon Mackay as he cycles from Hampden to Munich for the start of Euro24, accompanying teenage footballer Ethan Walker whose life he has helped save following a devastating car accident.
The film will have a special screening at Macrobert arts centre in Stirling on June 7, with Gordon and Ethan attending in person alongside former pro-footballer and Stirling man Colquhoun.
Hot from closing Glasgow Film Festival 2025 (where it sold out all three festival cinema screens in less than 24 hours) and shot in the run-up to Euro 2024, the rousing Scottish football documentary is hitting big screens across Scotland with a series of special live event screenings alongside a general release in UK independent cinemas.
The film follows Ethan, a promising teenage footballer from Aberdeenshire who, just months into a football scholarship at a USA University, suffers life-threatening injuries (including multiple fractures, two brain haemorrhages and the complete dislocation of his right knee) in a road traffic accident.
Aided in his recovery by pioneering Dunblane surgeon Professor Gordon Mackay - a former Rangers footballer who was signed by Graeme Souness and worked with Ally McCoist - Ethan decides to cycle from Hampden to Munich for Scotland's opening match against Germany in Euro 2024 -just nine months after his accident.
What's more, Ethan is entrusted by Andy Robertson, the Scotland National team captain, to carry the match pennant on his back for the whole journey and deliver it in time for kick off.
Ethan is accompanied in this epic quest by Gordon, Tartan Army foot-soldier Stephen Collie and the film's director Martyn Robertson (whose previous hit documentary Ride The Wave followed teenage Scottish surfing prodigy Ben Larg).
Make It To Munich is an uplifting story of human willpower, scientific ingenuity, male friendship and the questionable wisdom of making a film with one hand while the other one grasps the handlebars for a 800 mile cycle.
Now audiences across Scotland are getting the chance to see Ethan, Gordon and Martyn in person as they appear at a series of special live screening events, joined by some well-known Scottish sporting faces.
Director and producer Martyn Robertson said: ''Make it to Munich is a film that will attract cinema goers, Scottish football fans and cyclists in equal measure – it's a celebration of all things Scottish and follows the journey of an inspirational young person.
'I'm delighted to be travelling with the film and our special guests to meet audiences around Scotland.
Tickets are on sale now at with more dates and events to be announced soon.
Alongside the special event screenings, the film has also been released in independent cinemas in the UK.
The Scottish cinema release is supported by Screen Scotland and Cosmic Cat Film Sales.
