Projects matching: Jim Hickey

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Structuring this intimate and insightful portrait of Lynda Myles, academic Susan Kemp invokes a form known to define, criticise, and shift paradigms in culture – the manifesto. Meshing archival material with interview subjects including Jim Hickey and B. Ruby Rich, Kemp employs a series of provocations to tease out the philosophy behind a lifetime of ground-breaking film work. In the film's central conversation, Myles beautifully expresses the thrill of putting on a show (including the 1972 Women's Event, pioneering retrospectives of Douglas Sirk, Sam Fuller and Raoul Walsh and many more) while always avoiding the polite.
This vivid filmic manifesto is an active document set to inspire anyone who programmes, produces or simply loves cinema today. (Kate Taylor)
Official selection Dublin International Film Festival 2024 - UK premiere

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A Tale Of Two Syrias is a snapshot of life before Syria’s uprising began, seen through the eyes of two people: Salem, an Iraqi refugee and fashion designer in Damascus and Botrus, a monk in the remote hillside monastery of Mar Musa. This film is about their dreams, discussions, and questions around freedom and choice in the year before Syria descended into serious conflict.

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The documentary About a Band features Edinburgh's Columcille Ceilidh Band which includes musicians with learning disabilities.

The filmmakers follow the band playing at a variety of venues in Scotland as well as at workshops for people with learning disabilities. Interviews with the band members show their working relationship and the creative tensions that exist within any band.

The joyous sounds of the ceilidh music are interwoven with these personal tales, giving a true sense of just how important the band is in their lives.The film includes an interview with Ian McCalman of Scotland's top folk band McCalmans and a sequence in which distinguished Scottish folk musician and composer Phil Cunningham plays with the band at a rehearsal.

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This film is the first to document the life and work of the Scottish painter, illustrator and decorative artist, William McLaren. From humble beginnings in the 1920s in Cardenden, a mining town in Fife, McLaren went on to produce work in some of the finest houses in the UK.

His illustrations appeared regularly in the 1950s and 1960s in the BBC's Radio Times. He became a prolific book illustrator and designer of dust jackets for over 150 books.

In 1966 a commission to create a series of paintings for Hopetoun House near Edinburgh was the breakthrough for McLaren, leading to decorative commissions in private houses and public buildings where he developed his trompe l'oeil style.

The filmmakers have traced hundreds of works by McLaren and many of these are included in this documentary, together with testimony from those who knew him. He died in 1987, aged 64, leaving behind a range of work that will surprise and delight many people.  

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Adam is determined to find evidence of the existence of big cats that have been reported over the years in remote areas of South West Scotland. He convinces his best friend Mark to go with him and after an overnight stay at a country commune, they are joined by two girls, Marina and Summer, with the commune leader Phil agreeing to act as their guide.

As they set off across Dungeon Moor, there is talk of a Polish girl who recently disappeared and a scientist working on a secret project in an isolated farmhouse.

It becomes clear that Phil is leading them on a journey where their lives are endangered by something more than roaming big cats. Their rural adventure soon turns into a nightmare.

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Adam Lyal (a pale-faced ghost) has stood in three consecutive Scottish Parliamentary Elections. This documentary follows his progress to Election Day 2007, when an automated count replaced the manual system with far-reaching consequences.

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A mockumentary which traces the life of Scottish director Bob McArthur who worked in Hollywood until the early 1970s. His career as a director was effectively ended in 1974 when production of his South American film was halted by its producer. He returned to Scotland to research and develop a film project about Robert Louis Stevenson. Following in the author's footsteps, McArthur disappeared for years in the South Seas.

Now McArthur is being honoured in Scotland with a lifetime achievement award. As the award ceremony approaches, his story is uncovered through archive material and the memories and opinions of those who have known him.

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The Devils have rounded up the Sanchez boys to set them the ultimate challenge - to travel the world in search of the Seven Deadly Sins. The fearsome foursome are ordered to embark on a world tour, hitting England, Wales, Russia, Thailand, Japan, Mexico and the Dominican Republic, where they will surrender themselves to the evils of sloth, anger, lust, envy, pride, gluttony and avarice.

Based on the infamous MTV show, Dirty Sanchez: The Movie follows these heroes of depravity as they engage in a wide array of extreme stunts resulting in gruesomely outrageous comedy.

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Euan MacInnes prepares to run for the Scottish Parliament. Standing in 2007 for Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party, if elected Euan promises to turn up to Parliament with a white face and a black cloak. Does he have a ghost of a chance or is he just a good dancer?

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Finding some hand-made film magazines at home, Robin Mitchell learns about a film that his father starred in and produced in 1943. His search leads him to the film and to its extraordinary director Robert Edwards. At an emotional screening, he eventually reunites the filmmakers after 60 years.