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Palme d'Or winner among film festival highlights

Getty Images Renate Reinsve, a young woman with long, brown hair in a grey suit jacket with a white blouse underneath. She is standing in front of a purple background.Getty Images
Renate Reinsve stars in Fjord which is one of the highlights of the festival

A Palme d'Or winner is among the highlights of the programme for the Inverness Film Festival this year.

Cristian Mungiu's Fjord - starring Renate Reinsve - is part of a mix of new releases, international cinema and documentaries to be shown alongside short films made in the Highlands and Islands.

The cinema at Eden Court will host the event from 13 to 19 November but screenings will also be held at landmarks including Culloden Battlefield and the Botanic Gardens as part of the venue's 50th anniversary in the city.

Festival director Paul MacDonald-Taylor said it offered "cinema in all its variety" and a chance to discover films people "might not otherwise encounter on the big screen".

Getty Images Film director Cristian Mungiu, a man with short dark hair and a moustache and small beard in dark clothing stands behind his golden palm prizeGetty Images
Cristian Mungiu's Fjord won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival

The classic film screenings at different venues will see Ghostbusters shown at Inverness Library, Kidnapped at the Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre and Little Shop of Horrors at Inverness Botanic Gardens.

Filmmaking in the Highlands and Islands will also be celebrated through the Filmland Network's, Inverness Shorts Showcase.

Local filmmakers will screen their short films followed by a question and answer session, before the public votes for its favourite film.

Supported by Screen Scotland the programme will feature Trad Treasures: Jimmy Hutchinson, a documentary celebrating the the life and work of the Gaelic singer from South Uist.

Eden Court Cinemagoers waking into a screening under a big illuminated sign with the word CINEMA above the door. There is a drinks table to the right.Eden Court
The two-screen cinema at Eden Court will host the festival in November

MacDonald-Taylor said: "There's plenty in this year's festival to spark conversation, from films tackling conflict, politics and climate to stories exploring identity, belonging and the ties that bind us."

The festival opens on 13 November with Danny Boyle's new film Ink based on Rupert Murdoch's takeover of the Sun, starring Jack O'Connell, Guy Pearce and Claire Foy.

Tickets go on sale on 21 October and are available, along with the full festival programme, from Eden Court.