Connery

Ten of the films will compete for the £50,000 Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence, which is decided by an audience vote and announced at the end of the festival.

Connery, the festival's former patron, also features on-screen in a season of films called Sacred Bonds which will include 4K restorations of Dr No and From Russia with Love.

Another chapter in the autobiography is dedicated to Sir Sean Connery, who was a close friend of Sir David's.

"I grew up watching James Bond films with my father, ever since Dr No with Sean Connery. I'm a die-hard Bond fan. To me, he's sacred territory," he said.

In a statement, Villeneuve, a four-time Academy Award nominee, said, “Some of my earliest movie-going memories are connected to 007. I grew up watching James Bond films with my father, ever since ‘Dr. No’ with Sean Connery.