Edinburgh Tradfest: Remembering Douglas
Join us at the Scottish Storytelling Centre for a celebration of independent film in Scotland through the lens of celebrated filmmaker Douglas Eadie!
About Edinburgh Tradfest: Remembering Douglas
Across the day a selection of Douglas’s work will be shown including:
11am: Haston - A Life in the Mountains (plus Q&A featuring special guest, cameraman Douglas Campbell.)
1:30pm: An Ceasnachadh - An Interrogation of a Highland Lass (plus Q&A with Kathleen MacInnes, Dolina MacLennan and Kenny MacRae) / Hydro Days (plus Q&A with Film Producer Christeen Whinford, Film Editor Fiona MacDonald and Film Director Robbie Fraser)
7pm: Down Home (with Aly Bain, introduced by Mike Bolland who commissioned the
original film for Channel 4)
All hosted throughout by poet Jim Mackintosh and author James Robertson.
Part of the Folk Film Gathering 2025.
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Edinburgh Tradfest presents the very best traditional music and traditional arts from Scotland and around the world. This year's dates are Fri 2 – Mon 12 May 2025. Edinburgh Tradfest is run by Soundhouse, alongside programming partners at TRACS, Scottish Storytelling Centre, Queen's Hall, University of Edinburgh Celtic & Scottish Studies, Folk Film Gathering and other individual artists and creatives. Funded by Creative Scotland and the William Grant Foundation.
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