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Public free screening organised as an outreach activity of the IDFproject:
Docs for thought: A visual trip from Scotland around the world at Summerhall Cinema
On the 10th of May, 2022, Summerhall cinema in Edinburgh hosted a screening of short documentaries developed at the Scottish Documentary Institute. The session was curated by Aida Vallejo, IASH nominated fellow, as an outreach activity of her research project IDFmap, developed at University of Edinburgh. The session presented a journey through films developed within the Bridging the Gap program, a training and development initiative created in 2004 to foster new documentary talent in Scotland.
The selection of six short documentaries produced in the last decade presented different creative ways to look at reality. From first-person stories to experiments with animation, the films expanded the artistic boundaries of documentary towards new forms of non-fiction. From the streets of Glasgow to Algeria and Turkey and back to the North East Coast of Scotland, the audience was invited to a visual journey around time and space that reflected on contemporary issues that include women’s position in society, class division, global mobility, cultural diversity in an interconnected world and alternative perceptions of reality. The program included internationally awarded films that successfully travelled the festival circuit in previous years: Night Shift (2011, directed by Ruth Reid), Chappin’ (2014, directred by Igor Slepov), Ululation (2018, directed by Carina Haouchine), My name is Anik (2019, directed by Bircan Birol), The Bayview (2021, directed by Daniel Cook) and Prosopagnosia (2021, directed by Steven Fraser).
The documentaries engaged with topics researched at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) of the University of Edinburgh, including Scottish culture and society, women’s position in society and decoloniality, among others. The event gathered a mixed audience of around thirty people, including Film and Art students and professors, IAHS fellows, local filmmakers and Edinburgh citizens. They engaged in a lively debate with the three filmmakers present, Carina Haouchine (director of Ululation), Bircan Birol (director of My name is Anik) and Daniel Cook (director of The Bayview, 2021), rising questions about their creative process, cultural translation and representation, and their experience at the Scottish Documentary Institute. The conversations went on in the informal meeting afterwards at the Royal Dick bar, offering an opportunity to get to know better the filmmakers’ work and their trajectories.
The event was supported by the IASH (Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh) and the Scottish Documentary Institute.
Docs for thought: A visual trip from Scotland around the world at Summerhall Cinema
The free screening presents six short documentary films developed at the
Scottish Documentary Institute, followed by Q&A and debate with the filmmakers, and an informal gathering afterwards at the Royal Dick. Save the date!
When? Tuesday, 10th of May, 2022, 2:30 pm.
Where? Summerhall cinema (map), Edinburgh (next to the Meadows).
Informal gathering at the Royal Dick bar (just next to the Summerhall cinema).
Tickets: This is a FREE event. Book HERE (or with the QR code) to reserve your seat.
Subtitles: All films are subtitled in English. Additionally, some of them have captions.
| Accessibility: there is a step-free access to the cinema if needed. Please, note that it’s quite different from the main entrance to the building as there are steps up to the main reception plus a few down to the cinema entrance (please contact aida.vallejo@ehu.eus if you need to use this option).
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Meet the filmmakers and stay with us:
The filmmakers will be in the cinema to answer your questions after the screening. Audience members are invited to stay afterwards and join us at the bar next to the cinema to go on with the discussion.
You can also stay at Summerhall until late listening to folk live music and dancing Scottish traditional dances with the Edinburgh Ceilidh Club. See you there!
The films:
A selection of short documentaries developed in the last decade at the Bridging the Gap short documentary development program of the Scottish Documentary Institute.
Find out how documentary makers based in Scotland explored different creative ways to look at reality. From first-person stories to experiments with animation, the films expand the artistic boundaries of documentary towards new forms of non-fiction.
From the streets of Glasgow to Algeria and Turkey and back to the North East Coast of Scotland, join us in a visual trip around time and space that reflects on contemporary issues that include women’s position in society, class division, global mobility and cultural diversity in an interconnected world, or alternative perceptions of reality.
The documentaries relate to research topics developed at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) of the University of Edinburgh, including Scottish culture, women’s position in society and decoloniality, among others.
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Organiser:
Aida Vallejo, research fellow at IASH (Institute for Advanced Research in the Humanities), University of Edinburgh.
Funded by the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), University of Edinburgh.
