Seaweed

(18 minutes 33 seconds / 16mm / 2022)

16mm moving image artwork that explores the folklore, ecology, and history of seaweed in northern Scotland. Voiced by seaweed harvesters, workers in the alginate factories, environmental activists, archaeologists & seaweed farmers behind the miracle resource. The film includes archive footage, oral histories and contemporary documentary footage of people working with seaweed.

2022
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Hawick, UK
Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, UK
Braziers International Film Festival, Oxford, UK
BFI London Film Festival, London, UK
B3 Biennial of the Moving Image, Frankfurt, Germany
Aesthetica, York, UK
HOME, Manchester, UK
Lyth Arts Centre, Wick, UK
Academia Film Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic

2023
Scottish International Short Film Festival, Glasgow, UK
Sea Change Film Festival, Tiree, UK

Awards
The Glaister Award 2022, Braziers International Film Festival