ON at Fife is thrilled to announce Dougray Scott as a patron of Kirkcaldy Film Festival, running this year from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st September, at Adam Smith Theatre.

Returning for a second year, the festival features a varied programme, from a focus on Fife on the big screen, to an exploration of the treatment of the First World War in cinema, via an early screening of the new Woody Allen film.

Among a series of classics old and new, the festival programme includes Regeneration, the big screen version of Pat Barker’s classic First World War novel, featuring a superb performance by Dougray as Robert Graves. This screening, combined with Dougray’s Fife roots, makes him the perfect candidate to be a patron of Kirkcaldy Film Festival.

“I’m absolutely delighted and honoured to have been asked to be a patron of Kirkcaldy Film Festival. It’s such an exciting event for the town and the county, bringing with it glamour and prestige, as well as a superb, varied programme. It’s great to see it returning for a second year, and I really hope it can become an annual fixture on Fife’s cultural landscape” says Dougray.

“Growing up in Fife, I was gripped by drama, the way it resonates and even changes people’s lives, and I love the idea that a festival like this can help to create a prominent place for cinema back in my old stomping ground.

“I’m proud to support a festival which brings such a diverse programme of independent cinema and true classics to Kirkcaldy, one that shows film can be inspiring and educational as well as entertaining.” Dougray was born in Glenrothes and trained at the Welsh College of Music and Drama where he was named most promising drama student. His early work was in Scottish national theatre and television, first appearing in the series Soldier Soldier as well as on the stage in the Tim Fleming directed production of Wallace.

Early television credits to follow included The Rover, Taggart: Nest of Vipers, Lovejoy, and Soldier Soldier.

Dougray followed this up with impactful turns in the films You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, Black Beauty, and Another Nine & a Half Weeks. Shortly thereafter, he could be seen opposite Drew Barrymore in the hit film Ever After; opposite Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni; and Vanessa Redgrave in the film Deep Impact, as well as the second installment in the hit Mission: Impossible franchise, Mission: Impossible 2. Dougray also appeared opposite Kate Winslet in Michael Apted’s Enigma as well as the 2002 film Ripley’s Game, opposite Ray Winstone.

Starring opposite Jennifer Connelly in the 2005 film Dark Water and the 2007 film Hit Man, he soon appeared in US television for the first time in the ABC miniseries The Ten Commandments as well the Hallmark TV movie Arabian Nights.

US television audiences next saw him in the NBC series Heist as well as the hit ABC series Desperate Housewives. He followed these impressive turns with the BBC miniseries adaptation of the cult classic novel The Day of the Triffids. He was most recently seen in the critically-acclaimed movie My Week With Marilyn, the hit Netflix series Hemlock Grove, and the Cinemax series Strike Back. Dougray can next be seen in the films Last Passenger and Lionsgate’s The Vatican Tapes.

The 2014 Kirkcaldy Film Festival, running from Friday 19th September to Sunday 21st September at Adam Smith Theatre, is sure to benefit from the patronage of an internationally renowned film star such as Dougray Scott, and On at Fife are delighted to have him on board.