In pictures: Scottish celebration of female film-making

In an outdoor scene, Jennifer Saunders, left, has shoulder length blonde hair, dark glasses and a dark suit jacket. She is holding a mobile phone in her hands. Kerry Fox stands next to her. She has her dark hair tied up and is wearing a purple wool coat.Fanny and Elvis

Sea Change will have a special screening of Fanny and Elvis, a film from the late 1990s starring Jennifer Saunders, left, and Kerry Fox

Scotland's only annual celebration of female film-making will take place this weekend.

Sea Change is held on the Hebridean island of Tiree, and features national and international films.

This year's screenings include of The Outrun, which stars Saoirse Ronan and is set in Orkney.

The Rugged Isle: A Shetland Lyric, a documentary made in 1934 by the pioneering Scottish filmmaker Jenny Gilbertson, will also feature.

Saoirse Ronan has red hair and is wearing a blue jacket over a grey woollen jumper. She is outside by a sea shore and there are large rocks in the background. She is looking at a glass bottle she is holding in her hands.The Outrun

The Outrun is set in Orkney and stars two-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan

In a still from the black and white film and fisherman wearing a cloth cap and a black coat over a woolly jumper prepares to fish for smoking.The Rugged Island: A Shetland Lyric

The documentary, The Rugged Isle: A Shetland Lyric, was made in the 1930s

Kerry Fox, who starred in Danny Boyle's 1994 film Shallow Grave, will introduce a closing-night screening of Fanny and Elvis, in conversation with Glasgow Film's chief executive Allison Gardner.

Fanny and Elvis is an odd couple romantic comedy from 1999 which has Fox playing a middle-class romantic novelist and Ray Winstone as a tough car salesman.

A woman sits on the floor of a dark room. She is leaning back against a bed and there is a wooden cabinet next to her. Sunlight from a window hits a blue wall behind her.Sister Midnight

The international films include Sister Midnight, a black comedy about an unhappy bride in an arranged marriage going feral on the streets of Mumbai

A woman is sitting on a bus holding a mobile phone in her hands. She is wearing a light green top and her dark hair is tied in a pony tail. She has a surprised expression on her face. A brick building is visible from the window she is sat next to.Photon Films

Bob Trevino Likes It is another of the international films set to be shown during Sea Change.

The international films include Sister Midnight, a feminist punk black comedy set on the streets of Mumbai in India, and Bob Trevino Likes It - an autobiographical comedy drama about two strangers who meet on Facebook.

Sea Change runs from Friday to Sunday.

Between the different screenings, audience members are invited to go for swims in the sea, and try out beach pilates and ceilidh dancing classes.

Three boys are on a red tractor in a rural setting. One of the boys is on the shoulders of another boy and is steering the tractor. All three of them are laughing.Holy Cow

Holy Cow is a French film about an 18-year-old who aims to become an unlikely award-winning cheese-maker following his father's death

A woman stands on a path leading to a block of flats. She is wearing a green jumper and green jogging bottoms. In one hand she is holding a black bag and she has her other wrapped around a girl while a smaller child cuddles into them. A woman wearing a green trench coat is walking up the path away from them.Lollipop

UK independent films at Sea Change will include Lollipop, which is described as a gripping drama about a mother's desperate fight to reclaim her children after a prison sentence derails her life

A group of women sit in a circle on seats inside a building.Sea Change

Sea Change also holds workshops and invites its audience to go for swims in the sea and to try out ceilidh dancing

A large group of women pose, smiling, on a grassy area with the sea behind them.Sea Change

The festival is held on Tiree in the Inner Hebrides

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