A very special guest will be part of the first ever Bay International Film Festival in Morecambe later this year - organisers have revealed.
Jan Harland, right-hand man of legendary film director Stanley Kubrick, will be guest of honour at the debut event to be held in October at the Reel Cinema in the town.
Jan worked as producer alongside his brother-in-law Kubrick on classic films Full Metal Jacket, A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut, Barry Lyndon and The Shining.
He will give a talk at the opening of the festival and also take part in a Q&A after a screening of the 1987 Oscar and Bafta-nominated war drama Full Metal Jacket.
Jan is pictured below with festival events co-ordinator and Beyond Radio's own Matt Panesh.
There are other exciting plans for the debut film festival as revealed by its producer and co-ordinator Anna Kumacheva, who spoke exclusively to Beyond Radio.
LISTEN to our interview with Anna Kumacheva
The first Bay International Film Festival will take place at the Reel Cinema on Central Drive from October 27-29.
"Everyone is very excited to bring this new event to Morecambe," said Anna.
"We are planning for it to be annual and hopefully bring some really exciting filmmakers, producers from around the UK and the world.
"There will be some thought-provoking films, something to talk about after it.
"There was no film festival in Morecambe so I thought I'd just do it as I've always dreamed of founding my own film festival.
"We're starting in Morecambe with the big event in the last weekend of October and then before the next edition of the festival we will have a travelling tour around the bay; we are talking with venues in Ulverston, Grange-over-Sands, Carnforth and Barrow."
As part of the festival, there will be an international short films competition.
So far the organisers have received around 300 submissions from 15 countries and Anna said the quality was very high.
In February Beyond Radio exclusively announced that the first Bay International Film Festival would be taking place in Morecambe.
Exciting new international film festival set for Morecambe - Beyond Radio
Lines reopen after train derailment on Scotland-London line
Police arrest two and seize illegal bike in Morecambe
ITV commissions sixth series of Morecambe crime drama The Bay
E-bike shop moves from Lancaster to new Carnforth showroom
Lancaster workshop to tackle the issue of drink and needle spiking
Morecambe raw feeds shop up for three 'Animal Star' awards
Two new festivals proposed for Morecambe entertainment venue the Platform
Second day of disruption as work continues after train derails in Cumbria
Morecambe lifeboat crew’s swift response rescues swimmer ‘being swept dangerously out to sea’
'Street Meets' announced to answer your questions amid new wheelie bin roll-out
Campaign group welcomes new "life changing" bus service to Morecambe
Lancaster prison worker jailed for drug offences
Major disruption as train derails on West Coast Main Line
Talks begin for events to mark Eric Morecambe's 100th birthday
Lancaster music venue due to shut will now stay open "well into 2026"
Halloween What's On Guide
LISTEN: Launch of new group in Morecambe to help with gambling addiction
LISTEN: New centre for people with disabilities to open in historic Lancaster location
Mayor of Lancaster launches children's Christmas card competition
Councillor loses her seat for not attending meetings for six months
