The film adaptation of Sunset Song had its Scottish premiere in Edinburgh on Wednesday night.
Stars Agyness Deyn and Kevin Guthrie joined the film’s director Terence Davies for the screening at the Filmhouse, in association with the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Production crews, costumed extras and top-name actors were in Fettercairn last year to bring Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s 1932 novel to celluloid life.
The village is the backdrop for the film, starring Agyness Deyn as poverty-stricken farm girl Chris Guthrie.
A spokesman for the film-maker described Sunset Song as “an epic in emotional scale and deeply romantic at its core.”
The film’s producer, Bob Last from Dundee, said filming in various countries was necessary to replicate the different seasons.
Shooting began in New Zealand to capture the March harvest season, followed by interior work at Filmland in Luxembourg.
Sunset Song is regarded as one of the most important Scottish novels of the 20th Century.
Beauty spots used in the film have been highlighted by VisitScotland in a film map publication featuring locations such as Glenmuick Estate, Glen Tanar Estate, Fettercairn and Arbuthnott Church.
Aberdeenshire Council infrastructure committee chairman David Aitchison said the council is “thrilled” to support the film.
Councillor Aitchison said: “The film will act as a window to our beautiful natural heritage, showcasing and promoting our region as a tourist destination to a brand new audience.”
Natalie Usher, director of screen at Creative Scotland, which helped fund the film, said: “It’s wonderful to see an iconic Scottish story being brought to the big screen by an internationally renowned director.”
The film will be on general release in the UK and Ireland from December 4.