Film heritage award for Swinton
Actress Tilda Swinton said it was a "profound honour" to be presented with a prestigious award for her advocacy of film heritage at a ceremony in Glasgow last night.
The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) presented its annual award to Swinton at a ceremony in the national library of scotland at Kelvin Hall.
FIAF is a global organisation dedicated to the preservation of moving image heritage.
She was recognised for her work on the preservation and promotion of archive film, film history and women' s role in it and the importance of film archives worldwide.
"To be recognised by FIAF, abody whose worki admire so much, is a profound honour ," Swinton said.
"The diligence with which they bend our attention to the essential foundation to world culture laid by our cinema legacy is something for which I am sincerely grateful," she said.
"In protecting and elevating the roots of our film culture FIAF encourages our fellowship and faith and very probably our ability to visualise a cinema of the future.
"I am beyond proud to have any opportunity to reflect and champion their work and if accepting this honour can help in any way, I am in, with bells on."
National Librarian and chief executive of the National Library of Scotland, Amina Shah said: "We were delighted to host this award ceremony in recognition of Tilda Swinton's achievements.”
"As the home of Scotland's moving image archive, we place great value in the preservation and promotion of our film and documentary heritage.”