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Transgressive North

Transgressive North presents 
the folk film gathering

The world’s first annual festival
of folk cinema
 
in partnership with the
Scottish Documentary Institute
 

Folk Film Gathering 2021

Curated by Transgressive North, the Folk Film Gathering is the world’s first folk film festival, screening films that celebrate the lived experiences of communities worldwide. Each annual edition explores the relationships between cinema and other traditional arts (such as oral storytelling and folk song), discovering what a folk cinema has been at moments throughout world film history, and how it may look in the future.


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2021

 

2021 programme

live events: filmmakers 2021 


Our 2021 online programme featured a series of live conversations between some of the world’s most significant filmmakers, who share certain aspects of perspective and approach to filmmaking. The discussions were based around the possibility of a people’s cinema. See the results below...

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

live events: MUSICIANS 2021 

 

Alongside our filmmaker conversations and film screenings, The Folk Film Gathering 2021 featured a series of live conversations between musicians from different parts of the world, with connections to the filmmakers. These conversations featured songs, stories and discussions, and were hosted by the Traditional Music Forum’s David Francis.