Nelson Mandela once said that the film Cry Freedom had done more to tell the world about apartheid in South Africa than all his years in prison. This week sees Scotland’s Take One Action Film Festival Tour continue that theme as it brings the best international cinema that celebrates “the people and movies that are…
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Take One Action – world changing cinema on 4th and 5th March
Posted by Kathy Hubbard on February 28th, 2011 No CommentsLast Bricks in Flicks screening
Posted by Kathy Hubbard on December 6th, 2010 No CommentsOn Tuesday 7th December the Shetland Film Club will be showing Of Time and the City at the NAFC Marine Centre at 7:30pm. Mark Kermode’s favourite film of 2008, which he describes as “at once heartbreaking and hilarious, with Davies’ gorgeously ripe narration rolling like heady wine around a half-filled glass, this life affirming memoir….grows…
Read the rest...Frank Gehry film at Scalloway Marine College
Posted by Kathy Hubbard on November 4th, 2010 No CommentsOn Tuesday 9th November the Shetland Film Club, supported by Shetland Arts, will be showing Sketches of Frank Gehry at the NAFC Marine Centre at 7:30 pm. Architect Frank Gehry and filmmaker Sydney Pollack are two of the best-known names in their respective fields. In this documentary, director Pollack turns his camera on to his…
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Posted by Emily Sharp on July 16th, 2010 No CommentsShetland Arts received curatorial and programme development funding from the Scottish Arts Council in 2008. This was used in the research and development of ideas for the exhibition of contemporary craft in Shetland. The theme of Portage was relevant to our location and the Portage Team of Clair Aldington, Hazel Hughson and Mary Smith went…
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Posted by Donald Anderson on July 14th, 2010 No CommentsWordplay 2010, Shetland’s 9th annual Book Festival will be held on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th of September at Islesburgh Community Centre. The festival will contain a wide variety of events for people of all ages. Guests will include best selling writer and award winning broadcaster, Simon King, Costa Prize winning poet Christopher Reid and…
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