Lost for over 30 years, a film funded by George Lucas and pre-dating the Empire Strikes Back has been screened at Dundee Contemporary Arts.
The one-off screening of Black Angel was extra special as its Oscar-winning director Roger Christian also attended.
After a successful career working as an art director and set decorator on films such as Alien and Star Wars, Roger Christian’s directorial debut was filmed in Scotland in 1979.
When all copies of the film were lost, Christian resigned to the fact that his debut may never see the light of day again.
However, when Universal discovered a copy in 2011, the film was painstakingly restored, thanks to Athena Studios and Skywalker Sound.
It is now showing in UK cinemas for the first time in 34 years, and exclusively in Scotland, the country where it was filmed.
Director Roger Christian said: “My mentor, the great Kurosawa, used dramatic landscapes as part of his films’ structure, framed in CinemaScope for which he was the master.
“Knowing Scotland had such dramatic scenery and discovering the romantic Eilean Donan Castle in one of the most stunning locations, I knew I had to bring these to the world, as I had never seen them used this way on film.
“To return to Scotland and screen Black Angel for the first time in 34 years is a wonderful homecoming for the film, and I am deeply honoured to show it here after its release all those years ago with Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back.”
Alice Black, head of cinema at DCA, said: “In cinema history the stories of lost films being found are truly rare and that’s what makes this screening of Black Angel particularly exciting.”
She continued: “We were delighted to be asked to be one of the selected venues for this tour and were so pleased to welcome filmmaker Roger Christian to DCA and learn more about this film’s fascinating journey.”