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Welcome to the Festival Website What was it all about?Cromarty's Film Festival was very different. To begin with It was small (possibly the smallest Festival in the world). But small also meant intimate, friendly and very special. And that’s exactly what it was. Why was it held in Cromarty (and where the hell is Cromarty anyway!)? Cromarty is a small town that sits at the end of a peninsula on the Black Isle in the Highlands of Scotland. It has only 700 residents, no through road, a wonderful pizza restaurant, a great bakery, two pubs, two museums and more artists and musician’s than you can shake a stick at. It’s also a great place to live or just visit. The town regularly plays host to writers groups, touring musicians and any number of plays and theatre productions. However, there’s also great enthusiasm for film and as such two local enthusiasts, Don and Dave, have got together to put on this first Cromarty Film Festival. An event which they hope will be run on an annual basis. Who was there? We had some wonderful guests for our first year and what a great time they all had. It including: John Byrne (Writer and Artist), Eddi Reader (Musician and Songwriter), Joe Gibbs (Organiser of the Tartan Heart Festival & Rock Ness), Iain MacDonald (Radio Journalist), Ali Smith (Novelist), Colin Marr (Director of Eden Court Theatre in Inverness) Lorraine Mann (Journalist and Campaigner). Jean Urquhart (Vice Convenor of the Highland Council) and... Joel Mason-Houck (Playwright and Director) will be giving a Master Class on Sword fighting for Stage & Screen. This is mostly for the kids but Adults are more than welcome, in fact, encouraged. This will be followed by a screening of the Princess Bride (on Saturday) and The Legend of Zorro (on Sunday). Both in the top room at the Old Brewery. |
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