The Folk Film Gathering

28/06/2023

A final post from The Folk Film Gathering 2023. Thank you to everyone who has attended and everyone who has participated. We have two last screenings to go. Tonight our Ukrainian programme closes with a 2nd screening of AMULET (19:00, Grassmarket Community Project). Tomorrow we screen Luke Fowler's BEING IN A PLACE (19:00, Scottish Storytelling Centre) with a music performance from Bell Lungs. Thank you to Screen Scotland, Creative Scotland, Cameo Cinema, Довженко-Центр : Dovzhenko Centre, and Transgressive North for helping make this festival happen. See you next year!

26/06/2023

So The Folk Film Gathering 2023 is almost at an end. Just two remaining screenings. On Weds 28/06 at 19:00, you have a second chance to see the Ukrainian folk horror-infused psychological thriller AMULET at the Grassmarket Community Project. And on Thurs 29/06 at 19:00, Luke Fowler's BEING IN A PLACE closes the festival at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.

25/06/2023

Today's final screening Cameo Cinema from The Folk Film Gathering 2023 was a special screening of Moira Armstrong's beautiful TV adaptation of Roddy McMillan's stage play THE BEVELLERS, about a group of men working in a small glass-bevelling business south of Glasgow. It was made even more special by Seán Gray's exceptional 4-song set of Lalland Scots folk songs that introed the screening.

21/06/2023

Do not miss the chance to catch Mykola Rasheev's rarely screened, folk-horror infused film AMULET about two brothers navigating the grey spaces in Kyiv after the collapse of Communism, but ahead of full independence. It is screening this Friday (23/06) at 17:45 at Cameo Cinema as part of The Folk Film Gathering 2023. It's a fascinating and freaky portrait of a crucial time in Ukraine's recent history. Dead By Dawn Horror Film Festival Edinburgh Horror Festival AUGB Edinburgh Edinburgh University Ukrainian Society

The film is introduced by an a ca****la Ukrainian vocal performance from Kristina and Karolina Avalan.

20/06/2023

Tonight at 17:45 at Cameo Cinema join us at the The Folk Film Gathering 2023 to see the rarely screened James MacTaggart triptych of Orcadian Folk Tales, including a George Mackay Brown adaptation by John McGrath, ORKNEY. The film is introduced by Orcadian folk musician Graham Rorie.

20/06/2023

Many thanks to Kristina and Karolina Avalan for their wonderfully atmospheric a ca****la intro to last night's The Folk Film Gathering 2023 screening of Pamfir on the largest screen at Cameo Cinema and bringing in a healthy crowd. Thank you Screen Scotland and Conic for helping make this film happen. Folk Cinemas

19/06/2023

Los Viejos Soldados (Jorge Sanjinés; Bolivia; 2022; 105 minutes; 15 ; Fiction Feature ; Spanish with English Subtitles + Closed Captioning) Guillermo, a young man from the Bolivian bourgeoisie, and Sebastián, an Aymara peasant, build a deep friendship in the midst of the Chaco War.
(This film is an on-line screening only)

19/06/2023

Second Sight (Alison McAlpine; Scotland; 2020; 52min; 12; Documentary; English with Closed Captioning) Former preacher Donald Angus MacLean searches for the paranormal on the Isle of Skye, on the trail of Sligachan's infamous ghost car.
UK online audiences only. Available on request via the email address ([email protected])

19/06/2023

Amulet, (Mykola Rasheev, Ukraine , 1990 ; 84 min ; 15 ; Fiction Feature; Ukrainian with English Subtitles + Closed Captioning) Absurdist comedy and folkloric horror, two brothers encounter a monstrous darkness when moving to Kyiv to seek their fortunes.

19/06/2023

Come and join us this evening at Cameo Cinema (18:00) as The Folk Film Gathering 2023 gets very contemporary with the screening of Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk's folk-inflected Ukrainian crime film PAMFIR. Featuring a live performance from Karina & Kristina Avalan. Embassy of Ukraine to the UK Scotland Supporting Ukraine Folk Cinemas Scottish Folk Music What's On Edinburgh
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18/06/2023

Voice of Grass, Voice of Grass (Natalia Motuzko, Ukraine, 1992; 95 min; 15; Fiction Feature; Ukrainian with English Subtitles + Closed Captioning)
Compelling story of an elder sorceress and the young woman who becomes her apprentice.

18/06/2023

The films on the online showcase are:
VOICE OF GRASS
AMULET
LOS VIEJOS SOLDADOS (Online only screening)
SECOND SIGHT (Password Protected and only available on request to UK viewers)
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folk-film-gathering-online-showcase-tickets-660443784137

18/06/2023

In order to share our programme with as widely as possible we are also sharing some of our films online on a Pay-What-You-Can basis. 4 films available to stream during the core festival dates (16th - 30th June) Suggested donations of £3/£6/£9/£12 with our Pay-What-You-Can structure. Click the link for more info: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folk-film-gathering-online-showcase-tickets-660443784137

17/06/2023

Folk Film Gathering - Online Showcase! In order to share our programme with as widely as possible we are also sharing some of our films online on a Pay-What-You-Can basis. Click the link for more info: https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/folk-film-gathering-online-showcase-tickets-660443784137

17/06/2023

17/06/2023

24/06/23 at at the Cameo Picture House, Featuring a newly-commissioned live score from ground-breaking Scottish musicians Dalhous, Alexander Dovzhenko’s silent classic ARSENAL is a blistering tale of the electrifying chaos of revolutionary uprising, expressed through some of the most remarkable imagery in film history.

‘A fiery assembly of every kind of element of caricature, folklore, drama, all welded together into a single lyrical vision” (Luda Schnitzer).

17/06/2023

https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2023/06/12/scotlands-folk-film-gathering-2023/

The World’s first festival of folk cinema returns to Edinburgh from 12th – 29th June with screenings at Cameo, Scottish Storytelling Centre and North Edinburgh Arts plus online. Curated by Tr…

16/06/2023

To book tickets for The Two Sights click here:

The second of two films at FFG 2023 exploring the phenomenon of second sight in the Outer Hebrides, Joshua Bonnetta’s atmospheric documentary places the testimonies of community members against a powerful, multi-sensory invocation of place and landscape. The film will be introduced wi