For some time I have been following Kelso Ladies rugby team, a mega inspiring group of Borders women from different walks of life who train at Poynder Park. Before Covid struck, Michael and I had become superfans and followed them to games at Annan, Kirkcaldy, Liberton, Grangemouth and other rugby grounds around the country. Not …
This is a short documentary film about the traditional street game of Hand Ba. Hand Ba takes place every year in the Scottish Borders town of Jedburgh, and is one of the last surviving examples of ball games which once took place all over the country. The whole town of Jethart becomes a game pitch …
Remeandering is a film about shifting a river. The Eddleston Water is part of the River Tweed catchment and flows down into the Scottish Borders town of Peebles. In the 1800s, a section was straightened and canalised, removing the river’s natural meanders through the valley. Houses in Peebles are prone to flooding. So a pilot …
I grew up in the Scottish Borders and never knew that right under my feet was the crunching place of three tectonic plates. Hutton’s Unconformity at Siccar Point and Jedburgh was the inspiration for this geology film exploring land and time.
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Rebel Cello is my spoken word + film set: Scots language performance accompanied by cello, whistles and looper. I make the films myself and if you’re a filmmaker, you might call it ‘expanded cinema’. I’ve played at Heart of Hawick, Borders Book Festival, Macarts, Stowed Out and as part of Book Week Scotland. I play …