Aberfeldy Film Festival, 16-18 November 2012 

'Cinema on the Edge'

An Autumn Film Weekend in Aberfeldy Town Hall


The 2012 festival was kindly supported by Dewar's World of Whisky, the Scottish Community Foundation and the Scottish Hydro Griffin Community Fund.
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Kirsty Dickens opens the 2012 Aberfeldy Film Festival
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Click the image to download the festival flyer

The Edge of the World - The Water Horse - Scotland, PA - Hidden - Life in a Day - Waste Land
Palme-Dewar short film competition - Animation workshops

Festival programme

Friday 16th November

Aberfeldy Town Hall 
The festival opening Double Bill - £5.00
19.30 The Edge of the World
(1937, U, 81 mins)
Dir. Michael Powell; Cast: John Laurie, Finlay Currie
A way of life is dying in a Shetland island fishing port, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland. Story inspired by the evacuation of the island of Hirta, St Kilda and filmed on Foula, Shetland.
21.00 Return to the Edge of the World
(1978, 85 mins)
Dir. Michael Powell; Cast: John Laurie
A re-release of Michael Powell’s ‘The Edge of the World’ (1937) with colour ‘bookends’ in which director and actors revisit the island of Foula forty years later and talk about their experiences.
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The Edge of the World
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Return to the Edge of the World

Saturday 17th November

Aberfeldy Town Hall
£5.00 per film (£2.50 child)
10.30 The Water Horse
(2007, PG, 112 mins)
Dir. Jay Russell; Cast: Emily Watson, David Morrissey, Alex Etel
A charming fantasy adventure set by Loch Ness, where in 1942 lonely Angus discovers a mysterious encrusted egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.
14.00 Scotland, PA
(2011, 15, 104 mins)
Dir. Billy Morrissette; Cast: James LeGros, Maura Tierney, Christopher Walken
Black comedy version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, set in 1970s suburban Pennsylvania. A hamburger restaurant is willed to a scheming couple, the McBeths, by their former boss Mr. Duncan. [entry to this particular film will be ticketed but based on donations rather than an entry charge - suggested donation £5]
Dewar's World of Whisky, Aberfeldy
£5.00
17.00 Palme-Dewar short film competition - the finals and announcement of the overall winner
A short film competition for Scotland’s film makers. Watch the eight finalists’ films, cast your vote and hear the winner announced after the screenings: see the line-up at www.palme-dewar.co.uk

Aberfeldy Town Hall
£5.00 per film (£2.50 child)
20.00 Hidden
('Cache', 2005, 15, 117 mins)
Dir. Michael Haneke; Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche; Cannes Best Film and Best Director
The quiet life of a Paris family is disturbed by a series of surveillance tapes of their own home from an unknown source. A tightly paced film of great effect, following the unravelling of a nearly forgotten secret.
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The Water Horse
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Scotland, PA
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Hidden

Sunday 18th November

Aberfeldy Town Hall - Animation workshops
£10.00 per workshop
Animation workshops
Make your own animated film under the expert guidance of Red Kite Animation in these introductory workshops.

Places limited - advance booking essential
10.30-12.30  2D workshop for ages 6-9
13.30-15.30  3D workshop for ages 10-16
Aberfeldy Town Hall
£5.00 per film (£2.50 child)
14.00 Life in a Day
(2011, 95 mins)
Dir. Kevin MacDonald; Prod. Ridley Scott
Shot by 80,000 filmmakers all over the world and selected from 45,000 hours of footage. A unique and fascinating chronicle of personal human experience on the 24th July 2010.
16.00 Waste Land
(2010, 99 mins)
Dir. Lucy Walker, Original Music by Moby
Artist Vik Muniz works with ‘catadores’ (recyclers) from Jardim Gramacho, the world’s largest landfill in Rio de Janeiro. A truly uplifting film about the power of art and the beauty of the human spirit.
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Animation workshops
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Life in a Day
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Waste Land
About the Festival

Heartland Film Society organises the Aberfeldy Film Festival - normally over one weekend in November. The 2012 film festival will be held on 16-18 November and mostly at the Aberfeldy Town Hall. The finalists in the Palme Dewar Shorts Competition are judged during the festival and the shortlisted films are also viewed by the public at Dewar’s Distillery Aberfeldy late on the Saturday afternoon (17th November) - before the overall winner is announced shortly afterwards. 

You can read about previous festivals here.
The 2012 festival was supported by Dewar's World of Whisky, Scottish Community Foundation and the Scottish Hydro Griffin Community Fund.