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Alan Davie at 90 - A colourful history
24 Jun 2010
Celebrating his 90th birthday this year, cherished Scottish artist Alan Davie is being honoured by a series of exhibitions and events in his native Falkirk. Paul Dale speaks to him
EIFF launches its 2010 programme
1 Jun 2010
On the miserable wet morning of Tue 1 June at Filmhouse in Edinburgh, the good the bad and the ugly of Scottish media gathered in surprising numbers for the later-than-usual-launch of the Edinburgh International Film Festival's 2010 programme. In…
An award is born!
5 Feb 2010
Yuletide comedy Nativity! starring Martin Freeman and Ashley Jensen has won The List’s Film of the Year Award as part of the fourth annual Richard Attenborough Awards (RAFAs). Confetti director Debbie Issit’s new film pleased our readers so much they…
Festival express
22 Jan 2009February used to be particularly problematic for the Scottish-based film obsessive. With the Rotterdam, Berlin and Sundance festivals running back to back from the end of January through February, it used to seem like the whole world was getting to…
Calling all List readers
5 Jan 2009
The Richard Attenborough Film Awards
Before we look forward to 2009, we want List readers to look back to their favourite films of yesteryear, well 2008 anyway. The List has joined the prestigious Richard Attenborough Film Awards (RAFAs) to create an all new readers poll for the best Film…
The List surprise film goes down a storm
26 Feb 2008
On Saturday 23 February 2008 The List magazine presented its second ever surprise film at the Glasgow Film Festival. The film was Son of Rambow, which was written and directed by Garth Jennings of the filmmaking collective Hammer and Tongs (who made…
Out of the west
24 Jan 2008
2008 Glasgow Film Festival programme launched
On the day the 2008 Oscar nominations were announced, the stars and main players of Scottish film and media gathered at Glasgow Film Theatre’s Cinema One to hear some much more significant film news. On Tuesday 22 January the programme for the fourth…
The List announces new short film competition
4 Jan 2008Following the success of last year’s One Minute Wonder competition The List and Metro Ecosse would like to announce their second short film screenwriting competition. This time we are asking for three minute screenplays and the theme is ‘Big’. The…
Writer’s Guild awards - Talent show
29 Nov 2007
On Sunday 18 November the 2007 Writer’s Guild Awards ceremony took place at BAFTA in London. The List sponsored the first ever Best Screenplay Award for a British film shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2007. After a few words of support…
Document 5
4 Oct 2007
The International Human Rights Film Festival is now, amazingly, in its fifth year. This year’s programme looks set to keep up the very high standards of previous outings. Opening film The Mother’s House details, in sometimes raw and over powering detail…
Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival
4 Oct 2007
The film arm of this excellent multi-media exploration of mental health issues, led by Glasgow Anti-Stigma Partnership, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, the Mental Health Foundation and the ‘See Me’ campaign includes free (ticketed) screenings of Ken…
Sugar and Spice Sunday
4 Oct 2007
The 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the UK will be celebrated with this free (ticketed) all day event which includes African drumming classes, cookery classes, musical interludes, talks and martial arts workshops. Film highlights…
Control wins best Screenplay award for New British Film
31 Aug 2007
Forget all the other festival awards, there is only one that counted this year and that was The List and The Writers' Guild's Edinburgh Writing Award for Best Screenplay of a New British Film. There were eleven UK films at this year's Edinburgh…
