Folk Film Gathering 2024 / Online programme
Fri 3 May 2024 6:00 PM - Sat 1 Jun 2024 10:30 PM BST
Online, Vimeo
Description
Curated by Transgressive North, the Folk Film Gathering is the world’s first folk film festival, screening films that celebrate the lived experiences of communities worldwide. Each annual edition explores the relationships between cinema and other traditional arts (such as oral storytelling and folk song), discovering what a folk cinema has been at moments throughout world film history, and how it may look in the future.
The 2024 Folk Film Gathering – our 10th edition since the Gathering was founded in 2015 - explores a theme of remembering, celebrating and reflecting upon 10 years of the Folk Film Gathering in exploring connections old and new between communities in Scotland and those elsewhere in the world. Full details of our programme can be found at www.folkfilmgathering.com
In particular, our online programme celebrates the early, Ukrainian short films of legendary filmmaker Sergei Parajanov, in the 100th year since his birth. Opening up a rare opportunity to explore Parajanov's early work, in which we can glimpse the development of a unique cinematic voice, we are proud to present this series of short films, co-curated with colleagues from Kyiv's Dovzhenko Institute.
The Folk Film Gathering is supported by Screen Scotland and Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI's Film Audience Network, awarding funds from Screen Scotland and National Lottery funding from the BFI.