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William McLaren Review: The Herald
Submitted by robin_m on Thu, 12/08/2010 - 20:13This was a review of William McLaren – An Artist Out of Time in The Herald newspaper on Thursday 12th August 2010.
William McLaren, An Artist Out of Time (N/C)
3 stars Dir: Jim Hickey.
When Jim Hickey investigated the story behind the 1944 Scottish short film And So Goodbye, he came away with another fine tale – that of William McLaren, painter, illustrator and decorative artist. With the help of friends and contemporaries, Hickey traces the story of an artist who was ahead of his age in many ways, but who would have been a fascinating character whatever the era. Assembled with obvious affection for its subject, Hickey’s documentary is a work that does McLaren proud.
Screening with And So Goodbye, Wednesday, August 18, 8.30pm, Glasgow Film Theatre.
Screening dates for William McLaren - An Artist Out of Time
Submitted by robin_m on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 19:07Our documentary about the artist William McLaren is being screened in Glasgow, Inverness and Dundee in the coming weeks as part of the Glasgow Film Festival's 'Great Scots on Tour'. It will be shown with our short film And So Goodbye.
The screening dates and times for William McLaren - An Artist Out of Time are as follows:
- Monday 16th August, Eden Court, Inverness, 8.30pm
- Wednesday 18th August, Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow 8.30pm
- Tuesday 7th September, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, 6.15pm
William McLaren was a Scottish painter, illustrator and decorative artist. From humble beginnings in the 1920s in Cardenden, a mining town in Fife, McLaren went on to produce decorative painting in the rooms of some of the finest houses in the UK. He was a prolific illustrator and designed dust jackets for over 150 books. His illustrations also appeared regularly in the 1950s and 1960s in the Radio Times.
We traced hundreds of his works and gathered the testimony of many of those who knew him. McLaren died in 1987, aged 64, leaving behind a range of work that will surprise and delight many people.
The Supetar Super Documentary Film Festival
Submitted by robin_m on Sat, 03/07/2010 - 15:01Breadmakers is to be screened at The Supetar Super Documentary Film Festival on the island of Brac off the coast of Croatia. The festival takes place between 7th and 10th July 2010.
The documentary-film lovers have an opportunity to enjoy four days of film screenings, concerts, exhibitions and special events. The films are screened in the centre of town in an open area in front of the local church.
Breadmakers in Macedonia
Submitted by robin_m on Mon, 07/06/2010 - 14:56Breadmakers is to be screened at MakeDox - The First International Creative Documentary Film Festival in Skopje, Macedonia - at 1pm on Friday 11th June 2010.
The film will be shown at the film festival in the 'Short Dox for Children and Youths' section along with Anna's Story (2009), Calling Home (2008) and The Atom Ant (2009).
MakeDox is inspired and financed by people who love documentary film. The festival will be showing 62 films.
Breadmakers in Thiruvananthapuram
Submitted by robin_m on Sun, 30/05/2010 - 14:49Breadmakers is to be screened at the 3rd Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, India. It will be held in Thiruvananthapuram (formerly known as Trivandrum) from the 11th-15th June 2010.
The festival, a unique venture in India, is being organized by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy for the Dept of Cultural Affairs as part of its endeavour to catalyse a vibrant documentary and short film movement.
Increasing accessibility and affordability of media technology has led to a boom in the production and scope of films. The festival aims to map and reflect the exploding nature of the medium in its many facets of creativity and resistance.
Breadmakers: Temple University, Philadelphia
Submitted by robin_m on Sun, 23/05/2010 - 14:42Breadmakers will be screened at the Society for Disability Studies annual conference taking place between 2nd and 5th June 2010. The conference is hosted by the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA.
As many as 500 scholars from around the world are expected to attend this year's conference themed "Disability in the Geo-Political Imagination."
Founded in 1982, The Society for Disability Studies is a scholarly organisation dedicated to the cause of promoting the disability studies as an academic discipline. Through research, artistic production, teaching and activism, the Society's mission is to augment understanding of disability in all cultures and historical periods, to promote greater awareness of the experiences of disabled people, and to advocate for social change.
Cadies Productions
Submitted by webmaster on Tue, 27/04/2010 - 14:56Cadies Productions was created in April 2004.
Robin Mitchell, who co-founded Edinburgh's Cadies & Witchery Tours in 1984, is the Director of Cadies Productions.
We have produced the following documentary films: And So Goodbye (2004, 24 mins), The Rest is Silence (2005, 10 mins), Finding Bob McArthur (2007, 75 mins), Breadmakers (2007, 11 mins), The Scottish Parliament: Following the Ghost Road (2007, 35 mins), William McLaren: An Artist Out of Time (2010, 51 mins), About A Band (2010, 43 mins), A Tale of Two Syrias (2012, 64 mins) and a series of short films for Relationships Scotland (2010-2017)
We have also worked with Edinburgh Director Keith Bradley on his horror feature Sacrificed (2008, 80 mins) and Jim Hickey's The Dungeon Moor Killings (2009, 80 mins). Our horror comedy The Download Horror (2012, 70 mins) was released in November 2012.
Our play, May I Have The Bill, Please?, was performed as part of the 2015 & 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Our Director Robin Mitchell has written one novel Grave Robbers (Luath Press), the top selling guide book What's Under the Kilt? and the Princess Pumpalot (The Farting Princess) children's books and stage shows. The shows were performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018. A NEW show, Princess Pumpalot: The Ghostly Farting Monk Hunt was performed at Le Monde in George Street during the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Robin Mitchell's new Princess Pumpalot book entitled Princess Pumpalot: The Super-Farting Bean Mystery was published in July 2017 and he is presently writing a new play with the title, "Title Not Known Yet".
Breadmakers: The Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre
Submitted by robin_m on Wed, 14/04/2010 - 14:34Breadmakers will be screened at The Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre on Wednesday 5th May 2010 at 6pm. It will be screened along with Kings of Pastry.
Kings of Pastry follows sixteen French pastry chefs gathered in Lyon for the prestigious Meilleurs Ouvriers de France competition (Best Craftsmen in France). It's three intense days of mixing, piping and sculpting everything from delicate chocolates to six-foot sugar sculptures in hopes of being declared by President Nicolas Sarkozy as one of the best. For pastry kings it's like the Olympics, only harder.
The Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre, Dumfries screen a diverse range of films including foreign language films, low-budget independent films, documentaries, animation and short films.