Scotland's biggest film festival has announced a series of Scottish films for its 2016 programme.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival has already announced that it is opening and closing with two movies made in Scotland, Jason Connery's Tommy's Honour and Gillies Mackinnon's version of Whisky Galore, as well as a special screening of Highlander.
In addition, Angus Macfadyen, best known for taking on the role of Robert the Bruce in Mel Gibson’s Braveheart, will bring his directorial debut Macbeth Unhinged to the festival.
It is described as a "pulsating black and white modern-day retelling of the Shakespearean tragedy [which] brings a fresh perspective to the timeless classic."
Emmy Award-winning Dundee native Brian Cox will be in attendance for comedy The Carer, in which he stars alongside Anna Chancellor and Emilia Fox, and for western Forsaken with Donald and Kiefer Sutherland.
Scottish actor Rose Leslie, who played Ygritte in Game of Thrones, stars in the comic family drama Sticky Notes, alongside Golden Globe-winner Gina Rodriguez and Ray Liotta, as a struggling dancer in Los Angeles.
The film festival will also feature Moon Dogs, the debut film of director Philip John, which is a road trip set in Scotland, while Scottish director Steven Lewis Simpson's Neither Wolf No Dog is set in North America.
Ayrshire-born director Graeme Maley will also be taking two brand new features to the festival, with screenings of his Nordic film noir A Reykavik Porno, and the Icelandic thriller Pale Star.
There will also be the world premiere of Niall McCann’s documentary Lost in France that charts the rise and success of Glasgow-based independent record label, Chemical Underground.
Scottish star Dougray Scott appears in the apocalyptic thriller The Rezort, the latest feature from director Steve Barker who’s previous films, Outpost and Outpost: The Black Sun, were filmed in Scotland.
The films were announced ahead of the Creative Scotland annual party at the Cannes Film Festival.
Mark Adams, artistic director of the EIFF, said: “We are delighted to once again cast the spotlight on great Scottish talent at this year’s festival.
"It speaks so much about the breadth and variety of filmmakers, craftspeople and performers that our selection of projects featuring local talent shines so brightly.”
The festival will also feature Five Animated Years of Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson, a major retrospective of the "inventive, wickedly entertaining work of the world-renowned pair of Scottish animators."
Edinburgh-based director Mike Day will present his documentary feature The Islands and the Whales, which sheds a light on the impact of the modern life on the Faro Islands.
Edinburgh based filmmaker Icíar Bollaín will bring new feature The Olive Tree, written by Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty, to the festival's screens.
Other highlights include the return to EIFF of renowned artist-filmmaker Henry Coombes, set to showcase debut feature Seat In Shadow, "an arresting study of an eccentric artist who doubles as a Jung-inspired psychotherapist".
Natalie Usher, director of film and media at Creative Scotland, said: "EIFF is a key event in Scotland's cultural calendar, offering audiences inspirational, world class cinema.
"With debut features like Graham Maley's thriller Pale Star and Mike Day's breathtaking documentary The Islands and the Whales, screening alongside Jason Connery's powerfully moving Tommy's Honour and wickedly entertaining animation from the duo Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson, EIFF is recognising and celebrating the wealth and depth of home-grown filmmaking talent supported by Creative Scotland."
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