Want to get involved with @thetvfestival.bsky.social, that's Edinburgh TV Festival, then get yourself to Glasgow! Edinburgh TV Festival is holding a "town hall" meeting at the @channel4tv.bsky.social hub in Glasgow on 10th March, or Belfast on the 14th, or join online on the 18th. Details 👇

Berlin Film Festival, after hours walk via Check Point Charlie...

Edinburgh in primary colours

A Glasgow sunset from the working week...

Don't think the Scottish Documentary Institute is on here, but the film they supported Theo Panagopoulos to make (with funding from Screen Scotland) won the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. It's called The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing, it's beautiful. deadline.com/2025/01/sund...

Screen Scotland is funding this alongside partners. Is it your job? Would you want it to be? cultureforclimate.scot/were-hiring/

If you have a vote in the @BAFTA film awards, before you cast it please watch MILK by Miranda Stern and THE FLOWERS STAND SILENTLY, WITNESSING by Theo Panagopoulos. Both are excellent, both deserve your vote.

How did I not know David Bowie lived in Drummond Street, Edinburgh for a short period in the early 1970s. Grateful to @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social for telling me over a curry yesterday in Tuk Tuk on Drummond Street yesterday. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/...

Important new survey launched by Scottish Government: "seeking views on how culture & the arts are currently supported in Scotland & areas for change.” Scotland's screen sector needs to engage in this process as it's about Screen Scotland & Creative Scotland... forms.office.com/pages/respon...

A landmark in Scottish broadcasting & the first ever high-end Gaelic drama series: An t-Eilean (The Island) on BBC Alba, BBC4 & iPlayer. More in Edinburgh Evening News https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/gaelic-drama-goes-international-with-the-island-tv-series-4941903

This is a shocking report and raises serious questions for the BBC and Ofcom. I will be seeking meetings with both. Scotland’s growing screen sector has been a success story in recent years and must not be undermined. deadline.com/2025/01/the-...

Quality Skandi Noir set in Harris? Yeah, on the evidence of the first episode I saw tonight that just might be what Black Camel + BBC ALBA/MG ALBA have delivered in An t-Eilean (The Island). Lots of intrigue in Ep1, good acting all round, ditto script, direction, post and music. Airs from the 14th

I'm in... pitchfork.com/news/the-wat...

Edinburgh International Film Festival doesn't seem to have an account here yet, but they are open for submissions for the 2025 festival: www.edfilmfest.org

Also BAFTA long listed, The Flowers Stand Silently Witnessing by Theo Panagopoulos with the Screen Scotland backed Scottish Documentary Institute... www.scottishdocinstitute.com/films/the-fl...

The Outrun, Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger + @lauracarreira.bsky.social's 1st feature - On Falling all make BAFTA 2025 long lists & all backed by Screen Scotland. As was A Bear Called Wotjek from @iaingardiner.bsky.social on the Oscars long list... deadline.com/2025/01/baft...

Big day for high end TV from Scotland, @macpherzone.bsky.social's excellent The Rig returns to Amazon Prime for an even more ambitious 2nd series (season? you decide!). Entirely shot in Leith, and with a cast led by Iain Glenn and Martin Compston it is a gripping yarn, good fun + it's got purpose...

Ash from Cinora (@ashonfilm on other platforms) has posted a fairly comprehensive, nuanced, and evenhanded review of developments in Scotland's screen sector across 2024. It's 20mins+ but I learned things from it, it's worth a watch... youtu.be/mUcq-3jh39c?...

Eight A9 trips in two weeks. It's a road I've spent almost 35 years driving up and down. Today was the first time I took the time to visit Ruthven Barracks...

Another great festival for @lauracarreira.bsky.social's On Falling... deadline.com/2024/12/gote...

Chap in the middle with the wee dog is my great great grandfather in Egypt in 1917. Second image was his postcard home at new year. He was a blacksmith in the army, and seems to have been in an artillery unit. Don't know if the dog made it back to Aberdeen (where that branch of the family is from).

The Rig – Speaking to Iain Glen and Martin Compston When we last saw them, Magnus and Fulmer were being helicoptered to who-knew-where, as the first season of The Rig reached its devastating climax. While fans of the hit sci-fi series were sure to be delighted by the announcement that both…

Everything comes at a price, including access to markets. Something to think on in the new year ... www.screendaily.com/news/frances...

Those crazy socialists... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Fascinating to hear Marina+Richard lay into Lisa Nandy for saying UK telly needs to feel more like "the country", more relevant & connect with people. Most British TV is bought & owned in London, that's what Nandy was pointing towards, it's too middle class & London... @trientertainment.bsky.social

Went to Dundee & the DCA today with the remarkable @fi-milligan-rennie.bsky.social to meet 100+ new filmakers from Blackness + Longhaugh primaries. All part of Screen Scotland's work to deliver "film + screen" as an expressive arts subject in Scottish schools. Lots of talent, and a full cinema!

Lots of coverage in @screendaily.com.web.brid.gy this week focused on Scotland, from New appointments @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social to the announcement from Screen Scotland about a doubling (and then some) of short film production opportunities in Scotland: www.screendaily.com/news/screen-...

Waverly Station a few minutes ago...

Big news for 2025 & beyond. A replacement for Sharp Shorts, new "Second Sight" shorts, new big/ambitious shorts at £90k each from Screen Scotland, new creative short opportunities across Scotland. This is the biggest ever investment in shorts production in Scotland... www.screen.scot/news/2024/de...

Here's a good, pre Christmas story from Screen Scotland's Instagram account, about Parker Dawes (still in school, showing considerable promise) and his first TV commission - backed by MG Alba, BBC Alba, the EBU and Screen Scotland.... www.instagram.com/p/DDZ69AsqRl...

That's some trailer. I'm in... youtu.be/mcvLKldPM08?...

A reminder to please pay your freelancers before popping off for the holidays otherwise Santa won’t visit you and you will be doomed to live in a forever-winter with no Christmas and Mr Tumnus will be turned to stone.

Great to see @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social's A Sudden Glimpse of Deeper Things on this list, should have been much higher up though. It's in my Top Ten for the year... www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...

For @lwlies.com I wrote a piece on MediCinema and the incredible work they do, all while highlighting the therapeutic powers of films in the cinema setting ✨ It’s one of the favourite things I have written in my 7 years of film journalism✨ lwlies.com/articles/how...

Was lucky enough (thanks Katy) to be in the audience for the Wynton Marsalis gig that IWC recorded for Sky Arts at the Edinburgh International Festival. Watched it again tonight after a weekend of heavy events/emotions. A reminder that humans are fucking awesome. iwcmedia.co.uk/shows/up-lat...

France rebuilt Notre Dame in five years. Meanwhile...

Ominously looming over Edinburgh, and Scott in his Monument.

Could have been yesterday, might be tomorrow. Timeless and of its time...

At Glasgow's 26th State of the City Economy Conference. Susan Aitken recognised the value of the film & TV sectors to the city economy, but also made a clear call for a fair & viable market for Glasgow's creativity on the BBC & @channel4tv.bsky.social - @ofcom.bsky.social that's for you to regulate

Worth all five stars. A twisty, turny thing full of great acting, built on an elegant, economic script, and beautiful direction, design and cinematography. A contender...

The SNP Scottish draft budget would: 🎭 Boost Culture Funding by £34m (with a promise of £20m further next year) ***AND*** 🎶 Exempt music venues from Non-Domestic Rates 🎥 Increase Screen Scotland funding by £2m 🎪 Double Festivals EXPO funding 🎺 Increase funding for Sistema & Youth Music Initiative

Edinburgh's Balmoral Hotel is all lit up...

Got to see Ep 1 of series 2 of @amazonprimevideos.bsky.social The Rig, written by @macpherzone.bsky.social today in Edinburgh, where the whole series was filmed. A big step up from the excellent 1st series. Instantly into the action, and the evolving mega story David has created. Drops Jan 2, 2025

Looks interesting @macpherzone.bsky.social ... deadline.com/2024/12/geof...

I see this painting every morning, it's in our kitchen, and I love it. The colours, the individual shops, the whole feel for a time and place. Artist is David Toner, from Glasgow I believe, and sadly no longer with us...

Loved what @raisahahmed.bsky.social said about embracing each others successes for the sake of community and the betterment of our industry ✨ 🎧 On Spotify, Apple or wherever you get podcasts! #tv #film #writing #directing #podcast

"We commission fairly, following Ofcom guidance" is @bbc response to @angusrobertson.bsky.social's criticism. Fair & compliant the BBC may be, but commissioning London based companies to meet a Scottish quota isn't useful, it's just more programmes from London www.heraldscotland.com/news/nationa...

New from Glasgow's own Synchronicity, The Tattooist's Son, an ambitious doc follow up to their multi award The Tattooist of Aushwitz, coming soon on Sky. Backed by Screen Scotland... deadline.com/2024/11/sky-...

Met this fine fella inside Glasgow City Chambers today...

Heading to Glasgow for discussions around the O&O Report👇. The threat "quota sponge" projects pose to the Scottish production sector is clear now to many, they limit the viable market for original ideas from Scotland on UK PSB networks, our "opportunity economy". search.app?link=https%3...