Norman Maclean

Tormod

Robbie Fraser

Norman Maclean

The Highland superstar that never was. Norman Maclean, comedian, piper, raconteur, polymath, and chronically self-destructive alcoholic - in his own words.

Blackbird

Jamie Chambers

Andrew Rothney, Scarlett Mack

Young ballad singer Ruadhan watches in distress as the traditional fabric of life in his small Scottish village is inexorably eroded. With fish dying and no jobs on land, the young people are escaping to the cities. Meanwhile, the old people of the town, to whom Ruadhan feels closest and whose traditions he wants to preserve, are dying off.

The Best of the Best

Mairi Kidd, Douglas Beck

Patterned artwork designed and painted by Gondi artists in tribal India is brought to life in this highly decorative film which tells the story of a vain mouse who considers herself to be the best of the best and hence deserving of the best of the best in all things. Her well-meaning friend the wagtail takes her demands literally and tries to satisfy the greedy mouse’s every whim with disastrous consequences for the mouse. Traditional Gondi Song sung by Pardhan Gonds from Bhopal. The sacred fiddle - the Bana played by a Pardhan Gond musician and recorded in Pantagarh.

Wee Gillis

George McQuilkin

Roddy MacDonald, Rob Cameron

Tells the story of a Scotch boy who can't decide whether he wants to be like his father, a Highlander, or his mother, a Lowlander.