Short Docs 1

Solace Scotland | 2026 | 7 mins Director Glenna Morrison This land This sea This sky This endless sky that seems to stretch forever She was born here Bred here Her people were of the south They came north Seeking solace A spiritual homeland Fertile sobriety One by one they fell Her loves buried deep in this soil Displaced, disenfranchised and deeply cut she seeks Solace. To feel at one with the land where she was born. Solace is a Poetic Short Film exploring the mind of a Settler and her journey to belong. With original score by Shirley Barr, a Moray based musician. Cinematography by Maciej Winiarczyk, of Caithness in the Far North. Written, directed and voiced by actor Glenna Morrison, a native of Wick. Editing by her brother, International Author/ Director Ewan Morrison. Solace was conceived as a poetic Short Film showcasing the talents of the far North.

Casta UK | 2026 | 15 mins Director Tristan C. Anderson CASTA explores the complex relationship between trauma and recovery, set against the quiet beauty of the Provençal landscape in the south of France. Through a deep connection with powerful horned animals, the film follows a man navigating both his past and present. Through daily acts of care—both given and received—we see how environment, routine, and relationships can shape a path toward healing and transformation.

The Weavers Scotland | 2026 | 10 mins Director Callum McCulloch-Nowlan In Scottish textile mills, weavers shape tartan and tweed using centuries-old machines. As apprentices are rare, the craft’s survival hangs by a thread.

Come What May UK | 2026 | 23 mins

Assynt Mountain Rescue safeguard the northernmost reaches of the Scottish Highlands. Winter here brings treacherous conditions and dangerous callouts. “Come What May” follows a season in this dark, weather-beaten world, telling a story of duty, fragility, and sacrifice through the eyes of selfless individuals who stand ready, at a moment’s notice, to face the physical and metaphorical storms life brings.

There Once was A Puffin France/Scotland | 11 mins Director La Fille Renne Crafted from archive footage, There Once was A Puffin explores one aspect of the relationship between the Atlantic puffin and the European coastal populations, who consume it. Between traditional hunting, declining colonies and climate change.

Bone a Cod Scotland 2026 16mins English, Scots and Doric with subtitles Director Marie-Chantal Hamrock It was an Aberdeen Fishwife who, when speaking about the Motto of her native city, remarked,‘Bone-a-cod! It taks me a’ my time to bone a Haddie!’ Part documentary, part work of imagination, Bone a Cod is a moving image piece that explores theFishing Industry in Aberdeen as it was, and the lasting traces of it in the city today. By combiningpersonally recorded and reenacted oral history interviews, archival research, and speculativefictioning, the film explores the hardships and sublime moments of work in the fishing industry,while acknowledging the…