| The Summer Walkers & Hallaig - Thu 10th Nov, 2:00pm | | Book Tickets | |
| Time Is A Country & Journey To A Kingdom - Fri 11th Nov, 11:00am | | Book Tickets | |
| Rathad Nan Ceard & The Tree Of Liberty - Fri 11th Nov, 2:00pm | | Book Tickets | |
| Play Me Something - Sat 12th Nov, 3:30pm | | Book Tickets | |
| Walk Me Home - Sun 13th Nov, 2:30pm | | Book Tickets | |
Timothy Neat is a filmmaker, art historian, bee-keeper and an award-winning author. His writing focuses on Scottish art, oral culture and folk-life. Born and brought up in Cornwall, he completed a degree in Fine Art at the University of Leeds and moved to Scotland in 1968. Neat’s films have won major prizes – including Best Documentary at the Celtic International Film and Television Festival, Inverness, 1987, and the Europa Prize, Barcelona, 1989.
This is a rare chance to experience the work of this wonderful, inspirational film-maker.
THE SUMMER WALKERS & HALLAIG
THU 10 NOV 14.00
UK 1976 & 1984
117 mins
THE SUMMER WALKERS - TRAVELLING PEOPLE AND PEARL FISHERS IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND
The Summer Walkers is the name the crofters of the north-west Highlands gave the Travelling People - the itinerant tinsmiths, horse-dealers, hawkers and pearl fishers who made their living 'on the road'. They are not gypsies, but are indigenous Gaelic-speaking Scots, who, to this day, remain heirs of a vital and ancient culture. The Summer Walkers documents their vanishing way of life.
HALLAIG - THE POETRY AND LANDSCAPE OF SORLEY MACLEAN
A documentary about the work of one of Scotland’s most important and best loved poets Sorley McLean. Hallaig won the Pascoe MacFarlane Award and the Silver Award for Cinematography in 1985.)
TIME IS A COUNTRY & JOURNEY TO A KINGDOM
FRI 11 NOV 11.00
UK 1987 & 1992
104 mins
TIME IS A COUNTRY
Timothy Neat’s documentary on Margaret Gardiner, an inspirational patron of the arts was originally broadcast on Christmas Day 1988. Margaret died on January 2 2005, aged 100.
JOURNEY TO A KINGDOM
Hamish Henderson returns to the North East of Scotland
RATHAD NAN CEARD & THE TREE OF LIBERTY
FRI 11 NOV 14.00
UK 1995 & 1986
101 mins
RATHAD NAN CAIRD
Documentary in Scottish Gaelic about the Highland Travelling People
THE TREE OF LIBERTY
The Songs of Robert Burns sung by Jean Redpath, researched and arranged by Serge Hovey.
Winner of Best Documentary at the Celtic International Film and Television Festival in Inverness in 1987.
PLAY ME SOMETHING (15)
SAT 12 NOV 15.30
UK 1989
71 mins
Starring: John Berger, Lucia Lanzarini, Charlie Bannon, Tilda Swinton
A group of passengers at a small Hebridean airport are delayed for an hour while waiting on their flight to Glasgow. While they wait they are entertained by a mysterious stranger who tells a tale of passion in Venice between a secretary and a singing peasant, accompanied by a film of their romance.
WALK ME HOME
SUN 13 NOV 14.30
UK / Germany
1993
96 mins
Starring: Angela Winkler, John Berger, Norman Maclean
A professional woman and a much older man from different backgrounds share a few hours together. In their imaginations, that time becomes exaggerated into a lifetime. The man's sudden death returns them harshly to reality.