Before we knew it the weekend was coming to an end, but we had 3 more incredible films to end our first ever “Made in Scotland Film Festival”
IT'S NICE UP NORTH + Q&A with Graham Fellows
It's Nice Up North is a 2006 comedy documentary made by comedian Graham Fellows as his alter ego John Shuttleworth.
It was filmed by acclaimed photographer Martin Parr and edited by Fellows on his laptop on a very low budget.
In the film Shuttleworth travels to the Shetland Islands to test his theory that the further north in Great Britain you go the nicer people are, Shetland being the most far north part of the UK.
Graham was in fine form and he gave the audience lots to laugh about as well as talking about his films and his plan to tour the film later this year.
Graham enjoyed himself so much he stayed all weekend! You can follow Graham here
TRAINSPOTTING + Q&A with producer Andrew Macdonald
Trainspotting is a 1996 British independent black comedy drama film directed by Danny Boyle, with Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle and Kelly Macdonald in her film debut.
Based on the 1993 novel by Irvine Welsh and inspired by the stage production of the same name, the film was released in the United Kingdom on 23 February 1996
There really is nothing else to say. From the iconic scenes to the soundtrack the film was enjoyed by a sold out cinema.
Sadly producer Andrew Macdonald had an emergency and was unable to take part in a Q+A but thankfully Paul Sng stepped in and with his friendship with Irvine Welsh spanning many years he gave us some wonderful insight into the film .
LOCAL HERO + Q&A with production designer Roger Murray-Leach
Our final film was a classic. It is so poignant now that it has ever been.
Local Hero is a 1983 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and produced by David Puttnam. It stars Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, and Fulton Mackay. Riegert plays an American oil company representative who is sent to a village on the west coast of Scotland to purchase the town and surrounding property to build an oil refinery. The musical score was composed by Mark Knopfler.
We were joined by Production Designer Roger Murray-Leach via zoom who gave us some secrets about the classic film.
