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Sands 24: Welcome to Collinwood (15)
Pay what you can: £20, £18, £16
The Russo brothers' second feature, Welcome to Collinwood, produced by Steven Soderbergh, is packed with offbeat charm and infectious energy. A motley crew of small-time crooks hatch a hilariously disastrous plan to pull off the ultimate heist in Collinwood, a rundown neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio (the Russos' beloved hometown). The ensemble cast featuring George...
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Sands 24: Achilles (15)
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In his directorial debut, Farhad Delaram takes us on a journey between cities in contemporary Iran. Farid, nicknamed Achilles, is a Tehran-based filmmaker who gives up on his artistic ambitions and instead, works the night shift in an underfunded hospital, disheartened by a political system entrenched in corruption and abuse. In the psychiatric ward,...
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Sands 24: Wolfwalkers (PG)
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Wolfwalkers is the third and final installment of Tomm Moore's Irish Folklore Trilogy of acclaimed animated films, following The Secret of Kells (2009) and Song of the Sea (2014). Oscar-nominated, Wolfwalkers is a fantastical story of friendship, family, and fighting for what you believe in. Set in Ireland in 1650, we follow Robyn as...
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Sands 24: Maestra (N/C 12A)
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Five remarkable conductors from across the globe prepare for and compete in La Maestra --- the world's only competition for female conductors. Maggie Contreras' debut feature documentary delves into the lives of these women through intimate footage capturing their everyday moments --- from studying and rehearsing with families by their side to navigating the...
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Sands 24: Silent Roar (N/C 15)
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Meet Dondo, a teenage surfer on the Isle of Lewis, grappling with the unresolved grief of his father's mysterious disappearance at sea. As he navigates the challenges of school, his crush on Sas, and the arrival of an eccentric new minister, Dondo's world is suddenly rocked by cosmic visions. Louis McCartney's portrayal of Dondo...
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Sands 24: Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
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Anna Hints' atmospheric, almost mystical, feature-length documentary debut invites us to become part of a supportive, witty, sweaty female collective who gather in a traditional Estonian smoke sauna, as their mothers and grandmothers have done before them. With an ethereal soundtrack and intimate cinematography, the film is both deeply personal and strikingly universal as...
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Sands 24: Orlando, My Political Biography (15)
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(Orlando, ma biographie politique) Deftly weaving fact and fiction, Orlando, My Political Biography uses Virginia Woolf's classic novel to explore gender identity in unique and insightful ways. Leaping through genres including documentary, drama, comedy and musical, we follow more than 20 trans and non-binary interviewees as they each discuss their identities in relation to...
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Sands 24: This Much I Know... with Karen Gillan
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Scottish actress, director, and writer, Karen Gillan joins us to talk about her career in front and behind the camera, and to present two of her shorts, Conventional (2015) and The Hoarding (2020). Gillan is best known for her roles in Doctor Who, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers, The Big Short, as well as...
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Sands 24: An Afternoon With... Alan Silvestri
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At the Laidlaw Music Centre, Queen's Terrace, St Andrews, KY16 9QF Join Alan Silvestri, Academy Award-nominated American composer and conductor of film and television scores, for this once-in-a-lifetime career discussion and performance at the University of St Andrews' stunning new Laidlaw Music Centre. In his decades-long, award-winning career as a composer, Silvestri has worked...
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CHANGED DATE: Dr Yvonne Skipper (Glasgow): Interventions to help young people spot misinformation
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar
Dr Yvonne Skipper (Glasgow): "But wait that's not real. Co-creating interventions to help young people spot online misinformation", hosted by Dr Paula...
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Sands 24: Sometimes I Think About Dying (N/C 12A)
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Fran (Daisy Ridley) spends her days in a cubicle of a depressing Oregonian office, committed to avoiding any unnecessary contact with her coworkers. She functions like a ghost, and prefers daydreaming (mostly about her own death!) to small talk. But then a new colleague, Robert, joins the company. He is charming, friendly, and determined...
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'Dog Apartment', a Master Class with Priit Tender, part of the 'Constructing Other Worlds' events.
Prof. Priit Tender (Estonian Academy of Arts) will give a masterclass on his film, Dog Apartment as part of the two-day event 'Constructing Other Worlds' - Free
As part of a two-day event 'Constructing Other Worlds: Ethnography/Animation' Prof. Priit Tender (Estonian Academy of Arts) will be presenting a masterclass on his animated film, Dog Apartment. Priit will describe the motivations behind and technical questions involved in creating Dog Apartment as an example of some of the work of animation studio Nukufilm...
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Constructing Other Worlds: A practical workshop on Animation and Ethnography
How can thinking like an animator inform anthropological research?
The workshop is open to all students of Anthropology (UG, PGT AND PGR) (15 seats). Department of Social anthropology brings to you a one of its kind hands-on workshop exploring mediums of still image filmmaking facilitated by Animator, Priit Tender and Anthropologist, Carlo Cubero. Animators and ethnographers each engage in composing rich and complex...
