From Scotland with love: 50 years of Scotland's film archive

Join the National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall for a special screening of the documentary feature film 'From Scotland with Love', followed by a director Q&A

This is a documentary feature film made entirely from footage held in Scotland's film archive.

Wednesday 30th September, 6-7.45pm. Free but ticketed, please book here .

This screening is the first in a series celebrating 50 years of the National Library of Scotland's film archive at Kelvin Hall.

The film was originally commissioned as part of the Cultural Festival accompanying the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. It takes us on a journey into our collective past, exploring universal themes of love, loss, resistance, migration, work, and play. Ordinary people, some long since dead, appear shimmering from the vaults to take a starring role. Brilliantly edited together, these silent individuals become composite characters who tell us their stories.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Virginia Heath, film producer Grant Keir, and executive producer Mark Thomas.

Film Details:

Title: From Scotland with Love

Runtime: 75 minutes

Music: Original score by King Creosote

Watch the trailer

About the Speakers:

Virginia Heath is the director of this film. She is an Edinburgh (UK) based, multi-award winning writer and director working across documentary and fiction. Her work includes the acclaimed documentaries, BAFTA nominated, 'From Scotland with Love' (2014), 'Cigar Box Blues' (2021) for BBC1,'Songs from the Golden City' (Channel 4, SABC, ABC), and the award-winning drama 'Relativity' (2002), (Berlinale Official Competition, 'Prix UIP Berlin' Best Short Film' and European Film Academy Awards). Her drama 'Lift Share' won 'Best Short Film' Copenhagen Film Festival (2019).

Grant Keir is a producer at Faction North Ltd, Scotland. Grant is a Producer with over 25 years of experience who develops and produces screen content for the international market through his production company, Faction North. He is known for BAFTA Nominated 'From Scotland with Love' and international documentary co-productions 'The Artist and the Wall of Death', 'Off The Rails', 'Prince of Muck' and the drama feature, 'A Very Unsettled Summer'. He was Head of Studies on 'Dok Incubator', from 2018 to 2020, and currently mentors on Finish talent development programme 'Kehittämö'.

Mark Thomas is an executive producer on Screen Scotland's slate of theatrical documentary projects. For 16 years, Mark has championed Scotland-based producing, directing, and writing talent. Recent projects include Sundance titles 'Everybody to Kenmure Street', 'Birds of War', and Mark Cousins' 'The Story of Documentary Film'.