Founded by Transgressive North in 2015, FFG is the world’s first folk film festival, screening films that celebrate lived experiences of communities worldwide.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined May 2023
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A final post from @FFGEdinburgh 2023. Thanks all who have attended and participated. We have 2 screenings to go. Our Ukrainian films close with AMULET (19:00, @GCP_Edinburgh). Tomorrow Luke Fowler's BEING IN A PLACE screens (19:00, @ScotStoryCentre) with music from Bell Lungs.
So @FFGEdinburgh2023 is almost at an end. Just 2 screenings to go. On Weds 28/06 at 19:00, you have a 2nd chance to see the Ukrainian film AMULET @GCP_Edinburgh. And on Thurs 29/06, at 19:00 Luke Fowler's Margaret Tait film BEING IN A PLACE closes the festival @ScotStoryCentre
Today's final screening @CameoCinema for @FFGEdinburgh2023 was a special screening of the TV adaptation of Roddy McMillan's 1974 stage play THE BEVELLERS. It was made even more special by Seán Gray's exceptional 4-song set of Lalland Scots folk songs that introed the screening.
Do not miss the chance to catch Mykola Rasheev's rarely screened, folk-horror infused film AMULET about two brothers navigating the grey spaces in Kyiv after the collapse of Communism. @CameoCinema (17:45, 23/06) @deadbydawnfest @ANHMadness @EdHorrorFest @LMAHMpod @GNutsofHorror
Tonight at 17:45 at @CameoCinema join us at the @FFGEdinburgh 2023 to see the rarely screened James MacTaggart triptych of Orcadian Folk Tales, including a George Mackay Brown adaptation by John McGrath, ORKNEY. The film is introduced by Orcadian folk musician @graham_rorie.
Many thanks to Elzara Batalova for her powerful introduction to the first Ukranian film of the festival at the weekend, @CameoCinema 'Voice of Grass' @AUGBEdinburgh @FolkCinemas @TRACScot
The wonderful Margaret Bennett and Alastair McIntosh leading the film ceilidh after Second Sight @CameoCinema on Folk Film Gathering's sold out opening night!
Many thanks to Kristina and Karolina Avalan for their wonderfully atmospheric a cappella intro to last night's @FFGEdinburgh 2023 screening of PAMFIR, on the largest screen at @CameoCinema and bringing in a healthy crowd. @UkraineScot @UkraineScottish @FolkCinemas @ConicFilm
#Onlineshowcase Los Viejos Soldados, Guillermo, a young man from the Bolivian bourgeoisie, and Sebastián, an Aymara peasant, build a deep friendship in the midst of the Chaco War. @FolkCinemas @filmhubscotland @northedinarts @TRACScot @edfilmfest @CreativeScots @WhatOnEdinburgh
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#Onlineshowcase Second Sight, former preacher Donald Angus MacLean searches for the paranormal on the Isle of Skye, on the trail of Sligachan's infamous ghost car. @FolkCinemas @filmhubscotland @northedinarts @TRACScot @edfilmfest @FolkloreFilmFes @CreativeScots @ScotStoryCentre
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#Onlineshowcase Amulet, absurdist comedy and folkloric horror, two brothers encounter a monstrous darkness when moving to Kyiv to seek their fortunes. @FolkCinemas @AUGBEdinburgh @filmhubscotland @northedinarts @HelpUkraineScot @edfilmfest @FolkloreFilmFes @CreativeScots
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Come and join us this evening at @CameoCinema (18:00) as @FFGEdinburgh 2023 gets very contemporary with the screening of Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk's folk-inflected Ukrainian crime film PAMFIR. Featuring a live performance from Karina & Kristina Avalan.
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#Onlineshowcase Voice of Grass, Compelling story of an elder sorceress and the young woman who becomes her apprentice. @FolkCinemas @AUGBEdinburgh @filmhubscotland @northedinarts @TRACScot @HelpUkraineScot @edfilmfest @FolkloreFilmFes @CreativeScots
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The films on the online showcase are:
VOICE OF GRASS
AMULET
LOS VIEJOS SOLDADOS (Online only screening)
SECOND SIGHT (Password Protected and only available on request to UK viewers)@FolkCinemas @filmhubscotland @WhatOnEdinburgh @edfilmfest @AUGBEdinburgh @FolkloreFilmFes
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4 films available to stream during the core festival dates (16th - 30th June) Suggested donations of £3/£6/£9/£12 with our Pay-What-You-Can structure @FolkCinemas @filmhubscotland @WhatOnEdinburgh @AUGBEdinburgh @evoc_edinburgh @edfilmfest @theskinnymag
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Folk Film Gathering - Online Showcase! In order to share our programme with as widely as possible we are also sharing some of our films online on a Pay-What-You-Can basis. Click the link for more info: eventbrite.co.uk/e/folk-film…
Featuring a newly-commissioned live score from ground-breaking Scottish musicians Dalhous,Alexander Dovzhenko’s silent classic ARSENAL is a blistering tale of the electrifying chaos of revolutionary uprising, expressed through some of the most remarkable imagery in film history.
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The Folk Film Gathering @FFGEdinburgh is now well underway, read all about it in our latest MNS FESTIVALS! edition @ yumpu.com/en/document/read/6…