A SHORT film by a Scots filmmaker has been selected to feature in the Short Film Corner at this summer's Cannes Festival.

Ryan Hendrick, from Bearsden, was delighted to discover his film had made it into the prestigious line up, after he received an email from the event organisers on Easter Monday.

The festival was Hendrick's first choice when deciding where to present his movie, Perfect Strangers, due to its high profile industry contacts.

The film tells the tale of a man and a woman who find themselves stranded in Glencoe on Christmas Eve and embark on a mission to get home in time for Christmas.

Hendrick hopes that his work will be on the radar of the Hollywood heavyweights who flock to the annual event, which will run from May 13 to May 24.

The 30-year-old said: "It sounds terrible but it is great when a plan comes together.

"Applying for the Short Film Corner was a creative move but it was a strategic move as well."

And it is a move that has secured Perfect Strangers an international audience - which Hendrick is extremely proud of.

He said: "For a filmmaker like me that is really where you want to be.

"You immediately get access to the big businesses of the industry that normally you would never get access to so it is incredible to be accepted into it.

"You meet a lot of closed doors and you get your nose dented with the wood of those doors quite a bit so this is a huge break for us."

The up and comer will leave for Cannes on May 13 along with his business partner, before returning to work on his debut feature film, Journey Bound.

The film, which tells the story of a young lawyer chasing the love of his life through the Highlands, has already attracted some of the industry's biggest names.

Silver screen legend Rutger Hauer will join Still Game's Ford Kiernan, Gregory's Girl actress Clare Grogan and former Doctor Who star Sylvester McCoy to make up the film's all-star cast.

But despite his success, Hendrick has no plans to abandon the Scottish mountains for the Hollywood hills, instead he hopes to bring Scotland's film industry out of hibernation.

He said: "Ideally, I would prefer to remain in Scotland.

"I'm a big fan of the outdoors and most of my films take in the Scottish landscapes.

"Because the film industry in Scotland is in crisis I would like to help and try to resolve that.

"I want to create the kind of films that put bums in seats.

"Horror and action films are really popular but require big budgets so we might not be able to compete with Hollywood there but we can create fantastic comedies and rom-coms."