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Yell resident Stuart Hannay has won the Shetland ForWirds dialect prize at the Screenplay film festival for the second year running. His film of Valerie Watt and Mary Fraser's bairns' book Peerie Mootie an her Muckle Buits was chosen by the judging panel as the short film that demonstrated "the m... Read more...
The thirteenth iteration of the Screenplay film festival gets underway on Friday, with guests Sanjeev Bhaskar and Jeanie Finlay having made the trip north already. Co-curators Mark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams are also back, organising this year's festival for the first time with Mareel cinema... Read more...
The 12th Screenplay film festival officially launched on Saturday with a parade from the Market Cross to Mareel. Weather was less than favourable for the high-spirited march to the cinema, an annual fixture of the Shetland Arts' organised festival. Skeld Hall hosted the first film of the f... Read more...
As the curtain closes on another Screenplay film festival The Shetland Times Podcast goes to the movies. Marjolein Robertson interviews volunteer coordinator Cara McDiarmid, director Hope Dickson Leach, professor Phil Scraton, actor George MacKay and festival co-curators Mark Kermode and Linda Ru... Read more...
Screenplay film festival has officially begun following the annual high-spirited parade through Lerwick. Led by Festival Director Kathy Hubbard, two dozen participants kept up the tune of Wallace and Gromit as they marched from the Market Cross to Mareel this morning. Hillswick Hall hosted the... Read more...
The programme for Shetland Arts' Screenplay film festival has been announced, with legendary actor Bill Nighy set to make a trip to the isles. Cinephiles will be spoilt for choice in the 11th annual instalment of the festival, with over 80 screenings and events arranged for the ten-day event – ... Read more...
In this week's Shetland Times... • Gilbert Bain's Ronas Ward is set to close. • NHS Shetland is the worst performing health board in Scotland when it comes to mental health waiting times. • An air accident investigation reveals that there are lessons to be learned from 2014 near-miss... Read more...
Laddered tights and all-enduring love played out in the mesmerising documentary film Love Is All at Mareel last night. (more…) Read more...
Two standout guests at the 10th Screenplay film festival are twice Mercury prize-nominated musician Richard Hawley and BBC Grierson Trustees' Award-winning director Kim Longinotto. (more…) Read more...
The sun shone brightly today and Lerwick Brass Band played during a procession from the Market Cross in Lerwick to Mareel as the 10th Screenplay Film Festival was officially launched. Supporters, staff and volunteers were also accompanied by the Lerwick Junior Jarl's Squad and on arrival at M... Read more...