This September sees the start of a new addition to the Screen Machine programme. We are partnering with Sea Change Film Festival to bring a selection of films by women and non-binary filmmakers to audiences across our touring route.
Sea Change is Scotland’s only annual celebration of female filmmaking and takes place on the beautiful Hebridean island of Tiree from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st September. Highlights from their programme this year include renowned Orkney author Amy Liptrot introducing a special screening of The Outrun, Shallow Grave star Kerry Fox introducing a screening of rom-com Fanny and Elvis and a focus on Scottish women in animation.
From the first festival in 2018, Sea Change has annually brought renowned filmmakers, industry professionals and audiences together for a celebration of films by women alongside workshops, family activities and special guest events. This year, we are thrilled to be able to bring to communities across the Highlands and islands, a selection of films from the programme.
Sea Change Artistic Director, Jen Skinner said;
‘We are delighted to be bringing some of our Sea Change film programme to Screen Machine audiences this year. All the films in our programme are directed by women and non-binary filmmakers; we want to increase representation on screen and share their stories. Our festival happens every year on the Isle of Tiree and the neighbouring Isles of Coll, Mull and Seil, then tours round our community cinema network within Argyll and the Isles.
As an island-based organisation, we know the excitement the Screen Machine brings when it visits our community, it is magical how a cinema appears, creating a new space and the opportunity to experience the films in our programme in the very best setting.
Screen Argyll is all about bringing communities together through film, through working in partnership with the Screen Machine we look forward to making new connections and reaching a wider community.’
First in our schedule is Holy Cow, Louise Courvosier’s French charmer about an 18-year-old who aims to become an unlikely award-winning cheese-maker following his father’s death.
“[Courvoisier’s] vivid film is so alive you may believe you could even reach out and touch it — or eat it” The Times
Screening in Kyleakin on Sun 21 September, 5.30pm, the film will go on to screen in Tobermory, Castlebay and Liniclate and further communities, before we bring another title from the festival into the schedule.
Sea Change 2025 is run by the Tiree-based Screen Argyll and funded by Screen Scotland. Film Hub Scotland fund the Screen Argyll Network.
Look out for the Sea Change logo on our posters, emails and social media, for further details. We encourage all our audiences not to miss this chance to see highly praised international cinema.
