Various little bits and pieces...
Not really much to say about them, but I attended both the "in person" event with Bill Forsyth (a national treasure indeed) and the conversation on Scottish filmmaking which involved the makers of WASTED, CRYING WITH LAUGHTER and RUNNING IN TRAFFIC. The latter event threw up some interesting ideas about the state of filmmaking in this country, but I can't help thinking that part of the problem is that we don't just need to cultivate a Scottish film industry, we also need to cultivate a Scottish film audience.
Tonight as I left I noticed that the audience award is currently sitting with THE SECRET OF KELLS in first place, CRYING WITH LAUGHTER in second and MOON in third. I'd be happy with any of them winning it to be honest. MOON is probably the best new film I've seen at the festival (but it's not Scottish or Irish, hence me not mentioning it here) whereas the other two are both within this blog's remit and also happen to be the best of the Irish and Scottish films on offer. As I write, CRYING WITH LAUGHTER has a screening still to come (only in FH3 mind you) while the others have had both of their screenings. Could we have an Irish or Scottish winner? We shall see.
Still to come: I'll be finishing the EIFF coverage later this weekend, as well as possibly previewing Galway (programme now online) and next month's IFI programme (also now online).
Finally, no more photos of posters this time but I did pick up a postcard promoting LOWLAND FELL by Michael Kinirons, which screens today as part of International Shorts Programme 3.
Not really much to say about them, but I attended both the "in person" event with Bill Forsyth (a national treasure indeed) and the conversation on Scottish filmmaking which involved the makers of WASTED, CRYING WITH LAUGHTER and RUNNING IN TRAFFIC. The latter event threw up some interesting ideas about the state of filmmaking in this country, but I can't help thinking that part of the problem is that we don't just need to cultivate a Scottish film industry, we also need to cultivate a Scottish film audience.
Tonight as I left I noticed that the audience award is currently sitting with THE SECRET OF KELLS in first place, CRYING WITH LAUGHTER in second and MOON in third. I'd be happy with any of them winning it to be honest. MOON is probably the best new film I've seen at the festival (but it's not Scottish or Irish, hence me not mentioning it here) whereas the other two are both within this blog's remit and also happen to be the best of the Irish and Scottish films on offer. As I write, CRYING WITH LAUGHTER has a screening still to come (only in FH3 mind you) while the others have had both of their screenings. Could we have an Irish or Scottish winner? We shall see.
Still to come: I'll be finishing the EIFF coverage later this weekend, as well as possibly previewing Galway (programme now online) and next month's IFI programme (also now online).
Finally, no more photos of posters this time but I did pick up a postcard promoting LOWLAND FELL by Michael Kinirons, which screens today as part of International Shorts Programme 3.
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