Projects in genres: Scottish

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After a night of intoxication, a hungover and hysterical Nick wakes up next to his boyfriend Charlie and must conceal him from his own homophobic and dysfunctional family. Official Selection Flickerfest International Short Film Festival 2022 - World premiere Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2022 Official Selection BFI Flare London LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2022

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Lockdown in London due to the pandemic. People work at their houses and get bored and stressed out. Despite everything, the only thing always finds a way: Love. A short film shot during the pandemic with a bit of humour that makes people remember those difficult times.

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Will, a frustrated animator, records a message to his mother. He explains “confessionally” that the film he was trying to make with his collaborator, Ainslie Henderson, failed. It was a film that they were making about her, after she contracted mouth cancer 5 years ago. He explains the purpose of him talking to her now, in a candid way about it, might just be the final closure his Mum and family need. Why did he invent an imaginary cat called DOM who exists only on his computer and begins to get in the way? Needing to move on, the film they shot and animated will now explain what they were trying to do. The film plays out from Will’s perspective today, a composition of thoughts, images and scenes - reflecting and editing together a letter to his mother. A self-reflective and self-referential film that blurs the lines between fiction and nonfiction. This video message or ‘letter’ to her is a device that guides the film’s narrative. As if being ‘live edited’ the film has a playful urgency, enabling the viewer to authentically experience the journey with Will and the other characters.

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A lonely widow’s home is infested by a mouldy manifestation of her dead daughter’s spirit, but when her son returns from university and realises the severity of her emotional entombment she is forced to confront her festering guilt and choose between the living and the dead.

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A marine odyssey into the folklore, ecology and history of seaweed in northern Scotland. Voiced by harvesters, environmentalists, archaeologists and seaweed farmers behind the miracle resource.

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A vivid dream exploration of Moira Shearer's heart and mind, just before and after she agreed to star in Powell and Pressburger's beloved cinema classic THE RED SHOES, a decision that would change her life forever.

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After 40 years of solitude, a spirited elderly hermit opens his life to young female director as he tackles ill health, a declining memory, and questions whether he can live out his last years in the wilderness he calls home. Official Selection Glasgow Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

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In early 18th century Scotland, Lilias Adie, a kind middle-aged woman, is accused of witchcraft by a jealous neighbour.

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Jessie and the Elf Boy is a family comedy inspired by the Scottish legend of Ghillie Dhu. One day, the solitary forest elf Ghillie Dhu meets a human child lost in the woods and shows her the way home. In the weeks that follow they develop a special friendship, but then, without warning, the girl is whisked away by her mother never to return. A forlorn Ghillie leaves his peaceful forest world and sets out on a quest to find his friend. Years later, in the city, Ghillie meets Jessie Macrae, a plucky teenager determined to win favour with her high-flying mother by becoming a renowned hair stylist. When Jessie discovers that Ghillie has a gift for hair styling, they strike up a unique partnership which causes chaos for the manager of the chic hair salon and catapults Jessie to fame. Thanks to Ghillie, Jessie’s dreams are within reach, but will this meeting of two worlds be enough to overcome the deep hurts and fears of broken relationships through the generations?

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A poignant and challenging archive documentary that looks for the roots of the climate crisis in post-war history. Are we heading into new territory, or could we be caught in a cycle of familiar promises? Is climate change the inevitable consequence of our quest for energy and growth? Where does culpability lie? Living Proof searches for the roots of the crisis in our recent history. Archive footage from Scotland's national archive portrays a country shaped by the demands of modernity while an eclectic soundtrack amplifies the voices of the past in powerful and unsettling ways.

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Phil, a middle-aged man, lives in a small Presbyterian community on the Isle of Lewis, in northern Scotland. One night, he is the victim of an attack which causes him to lose his memory. Millie, a Presbyterian who takes care of him, then claims that they secretly loved each other before his accident .... Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2021 - Contemporary World Cinema - World premiere

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Facing the threat of losing his sight, award-winning filmmaker Mark Cousins embarks on an intimate odyssey from his bed to explore the central role of looking in his own life, and in the past, present and future of human experience. Official Selection Sheffield DocFest 2021 - Closing Film - World premiere