Screenplay Film Festival, curated by Kathy Hubbard, Mark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams. We’re delighted to be back, having had an enforced ‘year out’ due to Covid-19, and we’ve got some marvellous films for you to enjoy. Because of the constraints of the pandemic we’ve had to make some changes to this year’s festival format – Mark and Linda will be with us virtually, online guest interviews instead of visits in-person, and the addition of the auditorium as an extra screen, for example – but we still hope to create a festival atmosphere that rejoices in the art of cinema. You’ll see some of your favourite themes such as Look North, Family Friendly and Home Made, but we have also picked up on 2019’s Look South (this time looking south to Spain, India, the Southern states of the USA and Argentina). We’ve also introduced a new festival strand; Down on the Farm, four immersive documentaries that encourage us to think about food production, food security and the future of farming. Our guests come, albeit virtually, from far and wide – from Scotland, England, Spain, Iceland, India and Mexico. They include Tim Barrow (making his third appearance at Screenplay), Yrsa Roca Fannberg, Icíar Bollaín, Priya Ramasubban and our own Aidan Nicol (with her first feature documentary). We are also delighted to welcome Ben Sharrock online to Screenplay. The legend that is Guillermo del Toro, will be talking to Mark about his extraordinary career in a pre-recorded interview. Attending in person will be internationally renowned photographer Alistair Morrison, who has created a unique project born out of the pandemic.
The Covid-19 situation has presented artists with particular challenges over the last eighteen months, but we’re happy to say that our local film makers have overcome them to produce a wide range of work that is entertaining, enchanting, innovative and sometimes moving.
WELCOME
WELCOME to Shetland Arts’ fourteenth
If you’re thinking about attempting your first feature film, Tim Barrow will be holding an online workshop/discussion on how you might go about it. Screenplay will be operated under whatever restrictions pertain due to the ongoing pandemic. Staff will do whatever they can to make your experience a safe and enjoyable one. Likewise, the education programme and the community outreach programmes will take place later in the year as circumstances allow. Shetland Arts would like to thank the organisations and individuals who have contributed time, expertise, money and moral support to the festival. They literally make Screenplay happen, as do you, the audience. Cinema has taken a pounding for the past eighteen months and it is a joy to experience it on the big screen again. We hope you’ll join us for five days of celebrating some of the best that it has to offer. Kathy, Mark & Linda Screenplay programme curators
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