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Teenage Superstars to screen on Sky Arts
Very happy that Teenage Superstars will get its TV premiere on Sky Arts in early 2021. It’s been a long time coming but really delighted to have an outlet where the film will reach a much wider audience. We’ll have… Read More ›
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Far From the Apple Tree DVD on Redemption
We’ve got the artwork for the UK DVD standard edition and the special edition Blu-Ray. Here they are below.
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Far From the Apple Tree Soundtrack nominated for the Scottish Album of the Year Award
Delighted for Rose McDowall and Shawn Pinchbeck that their great soundtrack for Far From the Apple Tree, on Glass Modern is nominated for the SAY Scottish Album of the Year Awards. https://www.sayaward.com/album/76e9b582-c6b4-11ea-84ad-1298a0617e72 This is what the website has to say… Read More ›
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Interview – Eighth Day Magazine
Thanks to Kevin Burke from Eight Day Magazine for this interview. You can purchase a copy of any of their issues here. It’s a great magazine – https://www.eighthdaycommunications.co.uk Growing up, were you one of those kids who listened to music… Read More ›
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We Rule the School – Bella Caledonia article on Rip it Up v Teenage Superstars
Obviously there’s a WHOLE lot more to this than this interesting article by Erik Sandberg for Bella Caledonia. All I can say at the moment is ‘it’s very interesting so watch this space’ You can view the original article (c)… Read More ›
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Interview with Into Creative about Filmmaking in Scotland.
Scotland’s culture department and large media organisations have to take make their contribution and it shouldn’t be left up to the independents to do so. There are some fantastic cultural musical archives about to be released or completed – Chris Brickley’s 16 years book and Carla Easton’s film on females in music. All of these should have been publicly funded and not fought for. It’s not always about what is big or sells, the small parts of our heritage are often the most rewarding for us and future generations.
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The Pop Group Documentary Teaser – ‘Beyond Good and Evil’
https://www.thepopgroup.net/posts/beyond-good-evil-a-film-about-the-pop-group-by-grant-mcphee A feature/long short on one of my favourite groups, The Pop Group/ And here’s the first teaser for it:
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‘Far From the Apple Tree’ Review in ‘Eye For Film’
Grant McPhee’s film draws on these traditions for a film that is distinctly Scottish in character yet echoes mythology from all around the world. It’s set in one of those generationally inhabited large country houses decorated with curiosities from all around the globe, a place that reflects colonial history yet conjures also the sense of a modern world colonised by an uncanny something deeply rooted in the human soul.
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Lori and the Six Six Sixties – 16mm Feature Teaser
This is the first teaser from Lori and the Six Six Sixties. Six Six Sixties is an experimental feature film project. Its inspirations are 1) Tony Wilson’s theory of Praxis – that you do something to work out later why… Read More ›
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35mm/16mm Music Video -Rose McDowall and Shawn Pinchbeck
Out on November the 9th on Glass Records. Bitter Sweet from the Far From the Apple Tree soundtrack. Excitingly there is a lovely purple vinyl version too! This video was put together with some 35mm and 16mm outtakes from the… Read More ›
Grant McPhee Director 