SAT 01 AUG
West Side Cinema @ Stromness Town Hall
2:00 pm (doors open 1:30)
£5/£3 under 16 on the door
SCOTTISH SCREEN ARCHIVE COLLECTION
A collection of archive films depicting fishing, boat building and life on the sea, courtesy of films from the Scottish Screen Archive. Plus a talk on the restoration of The Otter Bank, currently on display at Scapa Flow Visitor Centre.
CALLER HERRIN’ (1947) 18m Scotland / Directed by Alan Harper
Herring fishing off the north-east coast of Scotland. Working life aboard fishing drifters, from the time they put out to sea to the unloading of the catch at the fish market. On the quayside fishwives gutt fish by hand and the catch is kippered by traditional methods.
SHAPES IN THE WATER (1974) 28m Scotland / Directed by Bill Forsyth
A lyrical depiction of Highland boat-building from director Bill Forsyth, who 7 years later would be making the Scottish hit film ‘Gregory’s Girl’.
BANK AHEAD (1963) 26m Scotland / Directed by Theo Richmond
A subject close to Orkney hearts, an award winning film about the Otterbank which sees accountant William Groat and skipper David Irvine serve the islands of Orkney as a floating bank.
PLUS
Talk by Jack Drever, secretary of Orkney Historic Boat Society, about the restoration of The Otter Bank at the Scapa Flow Visitor Centre at Lyness.
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