BAFTA Scotland win for No Place Like Home

Cat Bruce’s No Place Like Home scooped the Animation award at the 2016 British Academy Scotland Awards 2016 on 6th November.

The ceremony took place at Glasgow’s Radisson Blu Hotel and was hosted by Edith Bowman. The Awards celebrated the very best in film, television and games produced over the last year in Scotland.

No Place Like Home was one of six New Talent Short films commissioned by the Scottish Film Talent Network in 2015. The SFTN consortium comprises the Centre for the Moving Image (CMI), DigiCult and Hopscotch Films.

Congratulations to Cat Bruce, Neil Jack and the rest of the team!

 

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Ainslie Henderson and Will Anderson’s Monkey Love Experiments has done it again! The animation has won the Channel 4 Innovation Award for Storytelling, a new prize at the Glasgow Short Film Festival.

The jury said the following:

“This intricate combination of stop motion, live action and 3D animation transported us into a singular, surreal environment. Seeing the world through the eyes of a confused – and somewhat deluded – primate, elicited deep emotional responses from the jury.”

The award was made at the closing event of the festival on Sunday 15 March.

Most of the Scottish Shorts 2014 slate competed this year at GSFF – Ian Waugh’s As He Lay Falling, Martin Smith’s Seagulls, Rory Alexander Stewart’s Wyld and Monkey Love Experiments. Last year, Cara Connolly and Martin Clark’s Exchange and Mart won the GSFF Audience Award.

Congratulations to  Ainslie, Will, Cameron Fraser of Ko Lik and the rest of the crew involved!

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Monkey Love Experiments wins LSFF award

Ainslie Henderson and Will Anderson’s Monkey Love Experiments has won another award! The film nabbed the award for Best Animation at the London Short Film Festival on Sunday 18th January.

This follows its BAFTA nomination earlier this month, and its BAFTA Scotland win for Best Animation in November.

Also, Ruth Paxton won Best Woman Director for her work on Pulse, a short commissioned via the NEW MUSIC BIENNAL / COMMONWEALTH GAMES by the ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY and produced in association with DigiCult’s sister company EDGE CITY FILMS.

This comes four years after Ruth’s DigiCult film Paris/Sexy won Best British Short Film at LSFF 2011.

The 18th London Short Film Festival ran from 8th – 18th January 2015.

Congratulations to all the winners!

DigiCult Cinema Tour for Scottish Shorts

Cinema Tour Winter/Spring 2015

A multi-venue tour of award winning shorts from DigiCult, Scotland’s internationally renowned new talent film studio, working in partnership with Hopscotch Films.

Drama. Horror. Romance. Comedy. Join us to celebrate some of the brightest new voices in Scottish cinema.

 

FOLLOW THE LINKS BELOW FOR INFORMATION ON EACH PROGRAMME: 

Programmes 1
Programme 2
Younger People’s Programme
Scottish Shorts 2014 (DigiCult/Hopscotch Films)
 
 
SEE BELOW FOR A LIST OF WHAT’S SHOWING IN YOUR AREA: 
 
DumfriesRobert Burns Centre Film Theatre
Monday 16th February (Programme 2 + Younger People)
Thursday 5th March (Scottish Shorts 2014)
 
 
DundeeDCA
Saturday 28th March (Scottish Shorts 2014)
 
 
EdinburghFilmhouse
Monday 23rd March (Scottish Shorts 2014)
 
 
GlasgowGFT
Thursday 12th March (Younger People)
 
 
GreenockWaterfront Cinema
Tuesday 27th January (Programme 1)
Thursday 5th February (Programme 2 + Younger People)
Tuesday 17th March (Scottish Shorts 2014)
 
 
InvernessEden Court
Thursday 12th February (Programme 1)
Thursday 26th February (Programme 2)
Monday 9th March (Scottish Shorts 2014)
 
 
Stromness, OrkneyWest Side Cinema
Saturday 24th January (Programme 1)
 
 
Kirkwall, OrkneyPhoenix Cinema
Saturday 14th February (Programme 2 + Younger People)
Saturday 14th March (Scottish Shorts 2014)
 
 
SkyeAros Centre
Saturday 21st February (Programme 2 + Younger People)
 
 
StirlingMacrobert Arts Centre
Tuesday 17th February (Programme 1)
Saturday 28th February (Younger People)
Tuesday 21st April (Scottish Shorts 2014)
 
Contact your local cinema venue for programme start times and ticket prices.
 
And if you need to speak to us, call DigiCult’s Tour Coordinator Kimberley Looi: 0141 221 5290 
 
Supported by Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network:
   
 
 Also supported by:
 
  
 
 

Programme 1

DigiCult Selected Scottish Shorts 2009-2013

A selection of award winning shorts followed by Q&A with filmmaker. Drama. Horror. Romance. Comedy. Celebrate the brightest new voices of Scottish cinema.

Duration: 120 mins including Q & A

The Tannery (Iain Gardner)
Rite (Michael Pearce)
The Rule Of Thumb (Gregor Johnstone)
Death In A Nut (Tom Chick)
Battenberg (Stewart Comrie)
Paris/Sexy (Ruth Paxton)
 
Tour dates:
Saturday 24th January / West Side Cinema, Stromness, Orkney
Tuesday 27th January / Waterfront Cinema, Greenock
Thursday 12th February /  Eden Court, Inverness
Tuesday 17th February / Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling
 
Note: There is no Q & A for the Inverness screening.
 
Contact your local venue for programme start times and ticket prices.
 
Supported by Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network:
   
 
 Also supported by:
  

 

Programme 2

DigiCult Selected Scottish Shorts 2009-2013

A selection of award winning shorts followed by Q&A with filmmaker. Drama. Horror. Romance. Comedy. Celebrate the brightest new voices of Scottish cinema.
 
Duration: 120 mins including Q & A
 
Fixing Luka (Jessica Ashman)
Sweetheart (Eva Riley)
A Cuillin Rising (Catriona MacInnes)
I’ll Be Right Here (Gregor Johnstone)
Foxy & Marina (Zachariah Copping)
 
Tour dates:
Thursday 5th February /  Waterfront Cinema, Greenock
Saturday 14th February /  Phoenix Cinema, Orkney
Monday 16th February /  Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre, Dumfries
Saturday 21st February /  Aros Centre, Skye
Thursday 26th February /  Eden Court, Inverness

 

Note: There is no Q & A for the Inverness screening.

Contact local venues for prices on all events.

 

Supported by Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network:
   
 
 Also supported by:
  
 

 

Warning: One film contains strong, potentially offensive language

A selection of award winning shorts for younger audiences followed by an interactive, filmmaker-led workshop for teenagers.

Duration:  150 mins including workshop

The Tannery (Iain Gardner)
Fixing Luka (Jessica Ashman)
Ever Here I Be (Kate Burton)
Battenberg (Stewart Comrie)
Saved (Stuart Elliot)
 

Limited places, please book in advance.

Contact Kimberley Looi for more details: 0141 221 5290 kimberley@digicult.co.uk

Tour Dates:
Thursday 5th February / Waterfront Cinema, Greenock
Saturday 14th February / Phoenix Cinema, Kirkwall, Orkney
Monday 16th February / Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre, Dumfries
Saturday 21st February / Aros Centre, Skye
Saturday 28th February / Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling
Thursday 12th March / GFT, Glasgow
 
Note: Glasgow screening will feature Q&A session instead of workshop
 
Contact local venues for prices on all events.
 
 
Supported by Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network:
   
 
 Also supported by:
  

 

Award winning slate of shorts from DigiCult and Hopscotch Films. Recognised by BAFTA and international festivals including EIFF, LSFF and Berlinale, the screening will be followed by Q&A with featured filmmakers.

Duration: 105 mins including Q & A

As He Lay Falling (Ian Waugh)
Exchange and Mart (Cara Connolly & Martin Clark)
Monkey Love Experiments (Ainslie Henderson & Will Anderson)
Seagulls (Martin Smith)
Wyld (Rory Alexander Stewart)
 
 
Tour dates:
Thursday 5th March / Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre, Dumfries
Monday 9th March / Eden Court, Inverness
Saturday 14th March / Phoenix Cinema, Kirkwall, Orkney
Tuesday 17th March / Waterfront Cinema, Greenock
Monday 23rd March /  Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Saturday 28th March / DCA, Dundee
Tuesday 21st April / Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling
 
Contact local venues for prices on all events.
 
For more information on our programme partner Hopscotch Films, please click here.
 
Supported by Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network:
   
 
 Also supported by:
 
  

 

Monkey Love Experiments nominated for BAFTA

Ainslie Henderson and Will Anderson’s Monkey Love Experiments has been nominated for a 2015 BAFTA in the Animated Films category. The film was developed and produced through Scottish Shorts, a Creative Scotland supported initiative from DigiCult and Hopscotch Films.

This follows its triumph in November, when it won Best Animation at BAFTA Scotland.

The EE British Academy Film Awards will be held on Sunday 8th February at the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden. The event will be broadcasted by the BBC.

Congratualtions to Ainslie, Will, producer Cameron Fraser, and the rest of the crew involved!

 

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Huge congratulations to the crew of Monkey Love Experiments for their win at last night’s BAFTA Scotland awards! Will Anderson & Ainslie Henderson’s film, about a monkey who believes he is destined for the moon, scooped the award for Best Animation.

Sadly Cara Connolly & Martin Clark’s Exchange and Mart was nominated for Best Short Film but lost to Ewan Stewart’s great piece Getting On, produced by the very talented Maeve McMahon.

A massive shout out to David Mackenzie, Gillian Berrie, Jonathan Asser and everyone at Sigma for Starred Up‘s multiple awards, winning Best Feature, Best Director for David and Best Writer for Jonathan.

Last but not least, congratulations to Lindy Cameron, Don Coutts and patron of DigiCult Margaret Matheson for Best Children’s Programme awarded to Katie Morag.

Congratulations to all the other winners and nominees on the night!