ACTOR, scriptwriter and producer, Julian Fellowes, will be introducing three films, including his directorial debut, Separate Lies, at Winchester's Screen cinema on Wednesday (March 29).

The event is being staged as part of the Southgate Street venue's 10th anniversary celebrations.

Separate Lies, a sophisticated drama about a repressed upper-class lawyer, played by veteran actor, Tom Wilkinson, will be screened alongside Vanity Fair and Gosford Park, for which Mr Fellowes, an actor for over 20 years, won a 2001 Academy Award for scripting Robert Altman's intricate examination of British blue bloods.

Mr Fellowes has also been in such eclectic films as Damage and Tomorrow Never Dies, as well as playing the lovelorn Lord Kilwillie in BBC TV's Sunday evening offering, Monarch of the Glen.

The Screen cinema opened in February, 1996, at the former Garrison Church, with a special performance of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, starring Emma Thompson.

History repeated itself last year as, once again, the venue played host to a glitzy premire of another Austen classic, Pride and Prejudice, attended by stars, Matthew Macfadyen and Brenda Blethyn.

Over the years, dozens of writers, directors and actors have visited the cinema to discuss their work, including Terry Gilliam, Danny Boyle and Michael Palin.

The Winchester Film Society, which, for 30 years has specialised in showing a range of arthouse and foreign movies, has also made the cinema its home over the last decade. Students from the city's art college and the university, as well as sixth-form colleges also benefit from special screenings held at the cinema.

Doors open at 3pm for a screening of Vanity Fair, followed at 5.45pm by Gosford Park. A drinks reception precedes Separate Lies at 8.25pm.

* Tickets are still available for this unique event and anyone interested should call The Screen's box office on 01962 877 007.