Project Detail

Lost In France

Name: Lost In France
Director: Niall McCann
Genre: Music, Scottish, Dance
Released: 2016
Duration: 105 mins

Synopsis

Exploring the rise of Scotland’s independent music scene in the 1990s, led by cult label Chemikal Underground. Featuring The Delgados, Bis, Mogwai, Arab Strap, Franz Ferdinand, and other seminal acts, an intimate film exploring friendship, creativity and music.
On the journey, we revisit a defining, chaotic trip early in the musicians’ careers, re-staging a concert in Brittany that connects the characters in life (and on stage) for the first time in many years.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 - World premiere

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Details

Year: 2016
Type of project: Features
Running time: 105 mins
Format: Digital
Director: Niall McCann
Producer: Nicky Gogan, Paul Welsh
Executive Producer: Leslie Finlay, Keith Potter
Editor: Cara Holmes, Nicky Gogan
Screenwriter: Niall McCann
Director of Photography: Julian Schwanitz
Sound: Fiadhnait McCann
Composer: Arab Strap, Bis, The Delgados, Franz Ferdinand, Holy Mountain, RM Hubbert, Mogwai, Emma Pollock, Trout
Principal cast: Stuart Braithwaite, Stewart Henderson, RM Hubbert, Alex Kapranos, Emma Pollock, Paul Savage
Production Manager: Kimberley Looi
Outreach Producer: Karla Healion
Music Supervisor: Caroline Campbell
Super 8 Sequences: Jim Rusk
Graphics: Eoghan Kidney, Gene Graham, Paul Rowley
Film Image: ©Paul Welsh / Lost In France

Genre

Music Scottish Dance

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Edge City Films Ltd

Paul Welsh
3 Bower Street
Glasgow
G12 8PT
Scotland

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