Mara starred in the 2008 film Stone of Destiny, written and directed by Charles Martin Smith, about the theft of the Stone of Scone on Christmas Day, 1950. Mara played Kay Matheson, one of four students that removed the stone in a Scottish nationalist plot. The period adventure-comedy co-starred Billy Boyd, Robert Carlyle and Charlie Cox.[32] Filming began in June 2007 in locations around Glasgow.[33] Mara felt lucky and proud to play a role that was important to people's heritage.[34] She stayed near the Botanic Gardens in the city's West End while filming,[35] attending the film premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on June 21, 2008.[36] The film closed the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2008.[37]