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Saturday 20th June, 4.30pm - 5.50pm
Whisky Galore (1949)
When 50,000 cases of whisky are stranded on a ship which runs aground, the inhabitants of a Scottish island cannot resist the temptation. Unfortunately, an English home guard captain stands in their way. This classic Ealing comedy, based on Compton Mackenzie's novel and inspired by a true incident, was filmed on Barra in the Outer Hebrides.
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Sunday 21st June, 5.30pm - 6.20pm
Bell Rock
The treacherous Bell Rock reef lies eleven miles off the east coast of Scotland . This acclaimed BBC drama-documentary relates Robert Stevenson's plan to build a lighthouse on the rock. Although widely ridiculed, Stevenson was successful and the oldest off-shore lighthouse in the world still shines out across the North Sea .
Admission free
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Tuesday 23rd June, 3pm - 4.30pm
Tango Maestro - The Life and Music of Astor Piazzolla
This moving documentary celebrates the Argentinian composer who challenged the traditional world of the tango and radically transformed its music. Mike Dibbs' film is richly illustrated with filmed performances and interviews with Piazzolla himself and performers including the Kronos Quartet, pianist Joanna McGregor and accordionist James Crabb.
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Wednesday 24th June, 3pm - 4.55pm
Tango (1998)
Tango is a Golden Globe- and Oscar-nominated film by Spanish director Carlos Saura. Set in Buenos Aires , this tale of a film director who sets out to make the ultimate tango film contains riveting dance sequences and a superb musical score which takes tango music as its inspiration. In Spanish with English subtitles. |
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Thanks to sponsorship by the Pickaquoy Centre, Festival goers can enjoy a series of films relating to Festival events. Tickets available from Pickaquoy Centre reception desk. Tel. 01856 879900 for further information.