Cromarty Film Festival 2019
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2019 Guests
- Lesley RiddochLesley Riddoch Lesley is one of Scotland's best-known commentators and broadcasters. With three decades of journalism and radio under her belt, she now runs her own independent radio and podcast company and advocates for new solution
- Denise MinaDenise Mina Best-selling author Denise has won multiple awards for her crime fiction, including the acclaimed Garnethill trilogy and more recently, The Long Drop and Conviction. A frequent contributor to radio programmes such as Saturday
- Stuart WilsonStuart Wilson Stuart is an Oscar and BAFTA nominated sound recordist and engineer who has worked on some of Hollywood's biggest epics and with some of the most distinctive directors of our day, such as Martin Scorsese and Wes Anderso
- Zara BalfourZara Balfour Zara is an award-winning director, producer and writer with 18 years experience in all forms of documentary, specialising in films about the world we live in and people and cultures worldwide. She will be introducing her fir
- Vicki LesleyVicki Lesley Vicki brings her first independent documentary, The Atom: A Love Affair to the festival for only its second public screening. After a busy career in the television industry, Vicki left to concentrate on the crowdfunding and
- Christopher HirdChristopher Hird Christo is an old friend of Cromarty Film Festival, as well as a leading figure in UK independent documentary-making. With Dartmouth Films, he has pioneered new ways of funding, producing and distributing documentaries i
- Sanne JehoulSanne Jehoul This year, our popular short film selections will be curated by Sanne from Glasgow Short Film Festival. Sanne is a colleague of Matt Lloyd, our usual programmer, and brings the same passion and care to the selection.
- Lawrence SutcliffeLawrence Sutcliffe Lawrence is our Doctor of Film. He possesses a worryingly thorough knowledge of every obscure Scottish or Scottish-themed film out there. We feared that there was no more couthy nonsense to be discovered, but never dou
- Cat Bruce & Keith DuncanCat Bruce & Keith Duncan Cat and Keith return to Cromarty to run another fantastic hands-on animation workshop. Cat is an award-winning animator and director based in Edinburgh and a wonderful teacher of ingenious animation technique
Our CFF 2019 Films
Friday, December 6th 2019
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Films On The Lighthouse18:30Cromarty Lighthouse CromartyOur traditional open-air opener of amusing short films selected this year by Sanne Jehoul and projected onto the lighthouse. Join us for a mulled wine or a dram around the fire. FREE
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SOLD OUTThe Long Kiss Goodnight19:30The Victoria Hall CromartyCert 15 1996 121mins Director: Renny Harlin Guest: Lesley Riddoch An amnesiac action thriller starring the wonderful Geena Davis as a suburban single mom and teacher, looking to recover her past identity with the help of wise-crackin...
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SOLD OUTJoker21:00Screen Machine CromartyNOW SOLD OUT! Cert 15 2019 122mins Director: Todd Phillips An empathetic study of mental breakdown or an apologia for violent behaviour? Joker has become one of the most talked about films of the year, with an indelible performance ...
Saturday, December 7th 2019
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Toy Story Workshop09:00The Victoria Hall CromartyJoin us for a model-making workshop before we go To Infinity and Beyond! We'll have arts and crafts for the wee ones in a 45-minute workshop in preparation for Toy Story 4. Whether you want to be Buzz or Woody, Bo Peep or new arrival '...
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Toy Story 410:00Screen Machine CromartyCert U 2019 100mins Director: Josh Cooley Don't miss Woody, Buzz, beloved old friends and new, in this final exciting adventure to save Bonnie's new toy creation, Forky. 25 years on, the characters are surprisingly as fresh, fu...
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Animation & Sound Workshop10:00 - 13:00The Old Brewery / Studio Cromarty"It's always ourselves we find in the sea" BAFTA award-winning animator, Cat Bruce, and sound designer, Keith Duncan, return to Cromarty this year following the success of last year's wee film created over the festival weeken...
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SOLD OUTChildren Of The Snow Land10:15The StablesCert PG 2018 97mins Director: Zara Balfour & Marcus Stephenson Guests: Zara Balfour & introduced by Christo Hird A wonderfully touching film about five teenagers returning from boarding school in Kathmandu to their homes in t...
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The Constant Gardener11:30The Victoria Hall CromartyCert 15 2005 129mins Director: Fernando Meirelles Guest: Stuart Wilson An intelligent and moving political thriller that should be held right up there with All The Presidents Men and The Killing Fields. Rachel Weisz received an Oscar...
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International Short Films13:00Old Buoy Store90 mins This year's selection of highlights from the Glasgow Short Film Festival International Competition takes us from belly laughs to quiet reflection, and includes Audience Award-winner Tungrus, in which a pet rooster causes family ten...
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Her Century13:00Screen Machine Cromarty2019 90min including discussion Curated by: Emily Munro From work to home, classroom to croft, girlhood to motherhood, women in Scotland over the last 100 years have lived through, inspired and created major social change. Her Century exp...
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Animation & Sound Workshop14:00 - 17:00The Old Brewery / Studio Cromarty"It's always ourselves we find in the sea" BAFTA award-winning animator, Cat Bruce, and sound designer, Keith Duncan, return to Cromarty this year following the success of last year's wee film created over the festival weeken...
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Stuart Wilson - The Art Of Noise15:00The StablesTalk: 60mins Please note - change of venue! This film was originally advertised as showing in the Old Buoy Store but is now in the larger Stables venue. Wrapped up in the world of a film, we sometimes miss the fact that it's the sound a...
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Bohemian Rhapsody16:00The Victoria Hall CromartyCert 12 2018 134mins Director: Bryan Singer It wouldn't be a festival without some sing-along action. Remi Malek won an Oscar and BAFTA for his uncanny performance as Freddy Mercury in this film following Queen from the formation o...
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SOLD OUTFor Sama17:00Screen Machine CromartyCert 18 2019 100mins Director: Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts This autobiographical documentary follows the life of a young female journalist through love, marriage and childbirth in war-torn Syria. A beautiful story of strength and stru...
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The Grand Budapest Hotel17:45Slaughterhouse CoffeeCert 15 2014 99mins Director: Wes Anderson Wes Anderson's glorious 1930s confection is a multi-facetted delight with a hard nugget of politics at its core. Packed to the rafters with stars, but dominated by Ralph Fiennes's cent...
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The Man From Planet X19:00Old Buoy StoreCert PG 1951 71mins Director: Edgar G Ulmar Mysterious "Planet X" has entered our solar system and is now near Earth. A spaceship from the planet lands on an isolated fog-shrouded Scottish moor, and a space-suited humanoid em...
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SOLD OUTThe Night Of The Hunter19:30The Victoria Hall CromartyCert 12 1955 92mins + chat Director: Charles Laughton Guest: Denise Mina The favourite film choice of writer Denise Mina, The Night of the Hunter is an extraordinary expressionist thriller, the only film ever directed by Charles Laug...
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Kenny20:30Slaughterhouse CoffeeCert 15 2006 99mins Director: Clayton Jacobsen It wouldn't be CFF at the Slaughterhouse without some Aussie comedy! This year brings a touching mockumentary about a man who takes pride in his job. From the biggest festival to the s...
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Eighth Grade21:00Screen Machine CromartyCert 15 2019 94mins Director: Bo Burnham A little masterpiece and one of the most powerful films of the year, Burnham's debut turns the experiences of one 13 year-old girl into something both universal and epic. In her final week o...
Sunday, December 8th 2019
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Animation & Sound Workshop10:00 - 13:00The Old Brewery / Studio Cromarty"It's always ourselves we find in the sea" BAFTA award-winning animator, Cat Bruce, and sound designer, Keith Duncan, return to Cromarty this year following the success of last year's wee film created over the festival weeken...
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The Atom: A Love Affair10:15The Stables2019 92mins Director: Vicki Lesley Featuring a wealth of fantastic archive footage and revealing interviews with those who had first hand experience, The Atom tells the turbulent story of the West's love-hate relationship with nuclea...
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The Breadwinner11:00Screen Machine CromartyCert 12A 2018 94mins Director: Nora Twomey A treat for animation fans of all ages, this Oscar-nominated film about a courageous girl who seeks to save her father from the Taliban is a magical adaptation of the novel by Deborah Ellis. A...
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SOLD OUTScottish Short Films11:00Old Buoy StoreNOW SOLD OUT! 90 mins Our showcase of the best new Scottish shorts includes everything from fiction and documentary to animation and artists' moving image. These are stories about community and connection, in its broadest sense. Catch G...
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Downton Abbey13:00Screen Machine CromartyCert PG 2019 122mins Director: Michael Engler Believe me, we tried to dodge this bejewelled juggernaut, but sometimes you have to bow down to popular demand and let it roll over you. Julian Fellowes' addictive storytelling has made...
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SOLD OUTFaroe Islands - The Connected Nation13:00The Stables2018 30mins + discussion + 12min Greenpeace film Director: Lesley Riddoch and Al McMaster Guest: Lesley Riddoch Please note - change of venue! This film was originally advertised as showing in the Old Buoy Store but is now in the large...
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Shoplifters13:30The Victoria Hall CromartyCert 15 2018 121mins Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda A family of small-time crooks living a precarious life in Tokyo take in a child they find outside in the cold. This is a complex, subtle, mysterious film that builds to the most extraord...
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24 Hour Party People16:30The StablesCert 18 2002 117mins Director: Michael Winterbottom A colourful and chaotic film capturing the spirit of the Manchester music scene from the first Sex Pistols concert to the last bankruptcy. With a stand-out central performance by Stev...
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Madeleine16:30Old Buoy StoreCert U 1950 114mins Director: David Lean Lean's film is based on the true story of Madeleine Smith, a young Glasgow woman from a wealthy family who was arrested in 1857 for the poisoning of her lover, leading to 'the trial of t...
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SOLD OUTGala Dinner & Finale: Won't You Be My Neighbor?19:00The Victoria Hall CromartyNOW SOLD OUT! Cert 12A 2018 94mins Director: Morgan Neville Won't you join us for a splendid finale to the festival with a communal curry meal and assorted cheer before we push back our chairs and enjoy Won't You Be My Neigh...
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Judy20:00Screen Machine CromartyCert 12 2019 118mins Director: Rupert Goold The dark side of the golden age of stardom is captured in this new biopic of Judy Garland, featuring a bravado performance by Renee Zellweger. Thirty years have passed since Judy shot to glob...