Johnny Lynch, AKA Isle-of-Eigg dwelling electro-acoustic psych-pop wonder Pictish Trail is back with a fourth album Thumb World, which was released on February 21, 2020. Four years in the making, Thumb World is the much-anticipated follow-up to his critically acclaimed Scottish Album of the Year Award public vote winner Future Echoes.
How did Emily Fong find herself inside the Centre for Regenerative Medicine, hospital clinics and surgery – observing the journey of the salivary gland from patient to laboratory? What might the salivary gland say of it’s experiences outside of the body and future aspirations? Join Emily for insight into the process of this unique residency
Co-founder and curator of pop-up cinema experience, BLACK BOX, artist Louise Mackenzie and invited guest will give a talk on the inspiration behind the BLACK BOX programme. Opening the door on the inner workings of scientific research, Black Box is a curatorial cinema project, founded by artist, Louise Mackenzie and scientist, Kasia Pirog in 2019.
Art teacher HAN Shu-Hua has been teaching painting to children with autism spectrum disorder for over 2 decades. This documentary portrays four of Han’s students, closely following their daily interactions with others, especially their family members whose devotion and sacrifice are both heart-wrenching and life-affirming. Hidden beneath their seemingly detached appearance are their fierce devotion
Éric Barbier successfully and faithfully adapts Gaël Faye’s excellent novel about the Rwandan genocide seen through the eyes of a mixed-race child from neighbouring Burundi. Gabriel, aged 10, lives in a comfortable expatriate neighbourhood in Burundi (his Small Country) with his French entrepreneur father and Rwandan mother.
In 1961 Jean-Paul Belmondo and Emmanuelle Riva made Léon Morin, Priest. They were both in the heat of their early careers. The director Jean-Pierre Melville (renowned for his gangster tales), opted for a story at the intersection of desire, religion and politics. Belmondo plays a devoted man of the cloth who is desired by all the women of a small village in Nazi-occupied France.
When kids sneak into inventor Wayne Szalinski’s (Rick Moranis) upstairs lab to retrieve an errant baseball, his experimental shrink ray miniaturizes them. When Szalinski returns home, he destroys the device — which he thinks is a failure — and dumps it in the trash, throwing out the kids along with it. The four children, now
As a CODA – Child of Deaf Adults – Ruby (Emilia Jones) is the only hearing person in her deaf family. She’s stretched thin by the role she has to play, both helping the family’s fishing business stay afloat and acting as their interpreter to the hearing world. She finds sanctuary in music: after joining
Stanley Odd are a force to be reckoned with (so says Clash Magazine). A live hip-hop band based in Scotland. A collective of musicians, producers and pals. Champions of outsiderdom and life on the periphery. Pioneers and innovators, pushing at boundaries, dancing along fault lines. 2021 was a whirlwind of activity for Stanley Odd, including the release of their critically acclaimed album STAY ODD – a collection of musical stories about outsiders, outcasts and the universally Odd; the ordinarily unusual; the typically extraordinary.
When kids sneak into inventor Wayne Szalinski’s (Rick Moranis) upstairs lab to retrieve an errant baseball, his experimental shrink ray miniaturizes them. When Szalinski returns home, he destroys the device — which he thinks is a failure — and dumps it in the trash, throwing out the kids along with it. The four children, now
Alex Dall, a queer college freshman who joins her university’s rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost. Intent on outperforming her teammates, Alex pushes herself to her limits—and beyond, alienating everyone around her in the name of success.
A wistful and subversive romantic drama about the quest for love and meaning in contemporary Oslo. It revolves around Julie, a vibrant and impulsive young woman who, on the verge of turning thirty, is faced with a series of choices that force her to continually reinvent and pursue new perspectives on her life. Over the
When kids sneak into inventor Wayne Szalinski’s (Rick Moranis) upstairs lab to retrieve an errant baseball, his experimental shrink ray miniaturizes them. When Szalinski returns home, he destroys the device — which he thinks is a failure — and dumps it in the trash, throwing out the kids along with it. The four children, now
‘The Rooted Sea: Halophytic Futures’ is an interdisciplinary inquiry into the fragile and endangered coastal ecosystems and wetland habitats of India and Scotland, and their vital role in building resilience to climate change. The project is led by multidisciplinary artist & researcher Sonia Mehra Chawla and creative producer Miriam Walsh (Managing Director, ASCUS Art &
Alex Dall, a queer college freshman who joins her university’s rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost. Intent on outperforming her teammates, Alex pushes herself to her limits—and beyond, alienating everyone around her in the name of success.
A wistful and subversive romantic drama about the quest for love and meaning in contemporary Oslo. It revolves around Julie, a vibrant and impulsive young woman who, on the verge of turning thirty, is faced with a series of choices that force her to continually reinvent and pursue new perspectives on her life. Over the
In 1961 Jean-Paul Belmondo and Emmanuelle Riva made Léon Morin, Priest. They were both in the heat of their early careers. The director Jean-Pierre Melville (renowned for his gangster tales), opted for a story at the intersection of desire, religion and politics. Belmondo plays a devoted man of the cloth who is desired by all the women of a small village in Nazi-occupied France.
Emma and Anaïs are best friends and yet everything in their life seems to set them apart – from their social backgrounds to their personalities. From the age of thirteen to eighteen, Adolescents follows the two teenagers in the years where radical transformations and first times punctuate daily life. Through their personal stories, the film offers a rare portrait of France and its recent history.
Alex Dall, a queer college freshman who joins her university’s rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost. Intent on outperforming her teammates, Alex pushes herself to her limits—and beyond, alienating everyone around her in the name of success.
A wistful and subversive romantic drama about the quest for love and meaning in contemporary Oslo. It revolves around Julie, a vibrant and impulsive young woman who, on the verge of turning thirty, is faced with a series of choices that force her to continually reinvent and pursue new perspectives on her life. Over the
Alex Dall, a queer college freshman who joins her university’s rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost. Intent on outperforming her teammates, Alex pushes herself to her limits—and beyond, alienating everyone around her in the name of success.
A wistful and subversive romantic drama about the quest for love and meaning in contemporary Oslo. It revolves around Julie, a vibrant and impulsive young woman who, on the verge of turning thirty, is faced with a series of choices that force her to continually reinvent and pursue new perspectives on her life. Over the
Raymond began playing guitar at the age of eight shortly after having been first exposed to punk and grunge. After years of playing around the Welsh valleys in various punk outfits she began listening more to pre-war blues musicians as well as Appalachian folk players, eventually leading into the guitar players of the American Primitive genre. Her latest record on Tompkins Square is a turn in direction featuring a much more established personal style and adventurous embrace of compositional approach to the tradition.
As a CODA – Child of Deaf Adults – Ruby (Emilia Jones) is the only hearing person in her deaf family. She’s stretched thin by the role she has to play, both helping the family’s fishing business stay afloat and acting as their interpreter to the hearing world. She finds sanctuary in music: after joining
