THE remarkable story of James Duthie, which has been winning wards at film festivals around the world, is cycling into Selkirk later this month.

Dummy Jim is the beautifully observed and poetic retelling of the profoundly deaf factory worker who decided to cycle from his native Scotland to Morocco in 1951.

He didn't get there... but he did end up in the Arctic Circle.

The special screening of Dummy Jim takes place just ahead of the film's accompanying book launch in Edinburgh and London.

And director Matt Hulse will present his feature length film, as well examples of his short films and related music at the WASPS Artists Studios.

The evening is presented by the The Moving Image Makers Collective.

A spokeswoman told us: "Nominated for the Michael Powell Award and a Tiger Award Dummy Jim weaves fiction, documentary, animation and archive to explore the eccentric adventures of profoundly deaf Scots long-distance cyclist James Duthie who hailed from the close-knit Aberdeenshire fishing community of Cairnbulg and Inverallochy.

"In 1951, he set out on a lone cycling tour to Morocco. After three months of pedalling, he reached the Arctic Circle.

"Twelve years in the making, Hulse crafts a multi-layered memorial to a quietly determined maverick and the community that shaped him, with present-day village inhabitants emerging as creative participants.

"Deaf actor Samuel Dore leads."

James Duthie was killed in a mysterious road accident in 1965 and his story had remained largely unknown until Hulse took up the project.

Following the screening of Dummy Jim at the WASPS Studios, there will be a Question and Answer session with the director.

The Moving Image Makers Collective event takes place at the Riverside studios on Friday, November 27 from 7pm to 9pm.