Projects in genres: Scottish

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The story of Scottish pop music from the 1960s onwards told by the visionary women who got on stage and made music together. We discover the little-known role that women played in Scotland's emerging music scenes through interviewing those who tried to break the glass ceiling, from the vocal harmony groups of the sixties to DIY indie-fanzine-inspired groups of the 90s, as well as activists, artists, and experts. Weaving together personal anecdotes with a scrapbook audio-visual aesthetic, as the film takes us through each decade, a colourful mixtape is formed spanning multiple musical genres. Narrated by award-winning musician Carla J. Easton, a former member of the girl band Teen Canteen, the film takes a critical look at the barriers women have faced making music in the past, and still face today. It asks how we can inspire young women to make music, if those who do so are continuously erased from our cultural history. Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024 - World premiere

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A Scottish-Pakistani dad’s life spirals into chaos as he battles his orthodox father’s ultimatum to circumcise the grandson.

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When 16 year old Erin is told to hide who they are on Pride day to supposedly protect their family, they have to figure out how to keep everyone happy, while being true to themselves. A coming of age drama about holding your own.

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A nature reserve on the English Channel is a place of wonder and solace, shaped and haunted by violence. HEADLAND is an intimate look at life on a pebble beach reclaimed from the ocean, interweaving the tradition of sea rescues with recent Channel crossings, as witnessed by the last of the Dungeness fishermen.

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Gavin built a giant volcano sculpture that’s now in his dad’s shed. Gavin seeks his dad’s understanding but he’s uninterested in modern art and refuses to participate in the documentary.

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Filmmaker Lipa Hussain interrogates a neurological condition she has experienced since childhood and the parallels it represents with her own religious and racial struggles. Alice In Wonderland syndrome causes the sensation of shrinking and losing bodily control. The film explores the idea of utilising AIW to confront an enemy from Lipa’s past.

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Following the sudden death of her husband, grief turns a widow to the spirit world and psychic mediumship. SEEKING delves into the world of grief and explores the lengths we will go to in order to process unspeakable loss.

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When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely-seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wild flowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender essay film questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and land. Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024 - World premiere Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2025 - International premiere Sundance Film Festival 2025 - Winner - Short Film Grand Jury Prize

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Sam's search for identity gets interrupted by a mysterious neighbourhood fox. Together they embark on a magical journey to the attic to discover the surprising things they might have in common, and how to celebrate the ways in which they differ. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - Short Film Competition

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A documentary crew explores the cut-throat world of competitive hula-hooping, in which a semi-professional junior hooper seeks revenge against the formidable rival who ruined his world record attempt.

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Broke salesman Henry is living in his car when he finds out his wealthy grandfather's left him everything in his will. But to claim the estate, Henry must cut off one of his legs with a hacksaw...which his grandfather's kindly provided.

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A creative biography of the Scottish artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. One of the most important women in British modern art, the painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham was a highly inspirational figure, whose work was deeply impacted by a pivotal event in her life. In May 1949, this leading representative of the modernist St. Ives group of artists climbed to the top of the Grindelwald glacier in Switzerland, an experience which was to transform the way she saw the world. She spent the rest of her life capturing its shapes and colours, indeed its very essence. In his essayistic portrait Cousins delves into complex themes of gender, climate change and creativity, while laying bare the artist’s character and vast imagination so pervasively that he creates the impression we are seeing the world through her eyes. Official Selection Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2024 - World premiere Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024