OFF THE PEG – An evening of short films from members of The Moving Image Makers Collective; a wonderful 1978 archve film Romance of Cashmere about Dawson International textile mill (now owned by Chanel) in Hawick directed by Terence Donovan and a special screening of Jacques Perconte’s remarkable hour long film: “Ettrick” a film that interrogates the Scottish borders unique heritage: sheep farming, fabrics, the woolen mill tradition and our unique landscapes all rendered in an impressionistic arc of colour and movement. The event is part of The Everything Creative Festival
Films from the Moving Image Makers Collective included:
TFOD | Jessie Growden | A diary of an experience of the Scout camp
Merzfrau | The Bird and the Monkey / Avant Kinema | A Super 8 ode to the Modernist Muse
A Haining Re-enactment Wedding | by Frank Brown | A Living Image video covering the years from 1830/1930 in period costume
Where Art Thou? | from Jane Houston Green | A quirky look at Romeo & Juliet to celebrate 400 years of Shakespeare … with glass lifts, balconies and Sicilian sunshine
Lips Sigh Red | Dorothy Alexander
Audience | Narda Azaria Dalgleish
What Kind of Circus | Kerry Kezza Jones
Urban Chips | Joy Parker | A glimpse of modern urban living