Project Detail

Where You're Meant to Be

Synopsis

Cult-pop raconteur Aidan Moffat, former frontman of indie band Arab Strap sets out to explore Scotland’s past by rewriting and touring its oldest songs. But he doesn’t count on running into 79-year-old force of nature Sheila Stewart, a travelling balladeer who upturns Moffat’s folk assumptions. He believes the old songs are ripe for updating. She does not.
With Stewart’s wrath ringing in his ears, Moffat embarks on a road trip that finds him dressed for battle in a Highland graveyard, caught between feuding monster-hunters at Loch Ness, and singing in a dismissive farmer’s kitchen, before facing Stewart in his home-town of Glasgow for an unlikely final showdown, in this funny wee film about music and death.
Glasgow Film Festival 2016 - World premiere

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Features
Running time
73 mins
Director
Paul Fegan
Producer
Paul Fegan
Executive Producer
Sonja Henrici, Noe Mendelle
Editor
David Arthur
Screenwriter
David Arthur, Paul Fegan, Aidan Moffat
Director of Photography
Julian Schwanitz
Sound
Sound Editor: William Aikman; Sound Mixer: Jack Coghill
Principal cast
Aidan Moffat, Sheila Stewart

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Scottish Documentary Institute (SDI)

ECA
74 Lauriston Place
Edinburgh
EH3 9D

Sales Company

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