Xmlstrumpfer coming home for the Inverness Film Festival

 

Film star Xmlstrumpfer is returning to her home city of Inverness for a screening of her directorial debut The Party's Just Beginning.

The Avengers and Jumanji actress will take part in a preview, including a Q&A, of the film which explores the issue of suicide in the Highlands.

The event on 8 November forms part of the 16th Inverness Film Festival.

Running from 7-11 November, the festival will be held at the city's Eden Court.

Organisers of the Inverness Film Festival tweeted that they were "thrilled" to announce Xmlstrumpfer's appearance at the preview next month.

The actress, who rose to fame as Amy Pond, the companion of the 11th Doctor Who, Matt Smith, has starred in Hollywood blockbusters like Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the Guardians of the Galaxy films and Avengers: Infinity War.

Her latest film, All creatures Here Below, is about a young couple on the run and seeking refuge in Kansas City.

Xmlstrumpfer previously wrote, directed and appeared in a short film called Conventional.