A major new three-day outdoor film festival is to make its home in Kinross-shire, attracting hundreds of film fans to the region.
The stunning grounds of Tullibole Castle will be the venue for JAM (Just About Movies), which will launch in September 2014.
The concept has proved popular south of the border but will be unusual in Scotland and it is hoped it will prove a huge hit.
It will be yet another boost to a bursting events calendar that increasingly identifies the region as the UK’s outdoor events capital.
The mix of top music festivals including T in the Park, Rewind, Perthshire Amber, motor rallies, agricultural shows and Highland games and outdoor pursuits such as watersports, cycling, triathlons and orienteering attract thousands each year.
The latest addition will take its first step this weekend as organisers stage a one-day event, attended by 100 guinea pigs who responded to an invitation on the event’s new Facebook site.
They will enjoy a number of carefully selected films on two screens set up in the grounds of the castle.
One, located deep within a wooded area, will be the atmospheric venue for a day of horror movie screenings.
When the festival takes place for real next year, there will be a whole range of screens, each themed, showing a wide range of movies.
Festival-goers will have the opportunity to camp out to enhance their experience and it is hoped that this will help to attract visitors from all over the UK.
Behind the event are three friends outdoor events expert Jo Hood and husband and wife team Joe and Mo Bailey, who run a marquee company with a love of film.
Jo said: “Finding the perfect site has been the most difficult aspect as we wanted a setting that was both exciting and unusual, but in Tullibole Castle we believe we’ve finally found that.
“We hope that next year’s inaugural festival will attract up to 1,000 people and we hope to offer an event along the lines of a music festival.
“There will be a variety of pop-up cinemas throughout the grounds each focusing on a different genre together with bars, food and the opportunity to camp out for the entire weekend.”