RSA200 Moving Image Programme: Culture Above and Beyond - Part One.
Films showing in our Snug, no booking required
Set against the rugged landscape of Mull, the RSA200: Celebrating Together screenings at An Tobar and Mull Theatre offer audiences a rare opportunity to experience some of the most compelling moving image work being made in Scotland today. Curated by filmmaker and painter Ronald Forbes RSA, the programme brings together films by leading Royal Scottish Academicians and RSA award winners, exploring landscape, memory, politics, ecology and identity through a rich diversity of cinematic voices. Presenting these works in a rural island setting feels especially resonant, with films such as Dalziel + Scullion’s Source, Graham Fagen’s Baile an Or and Kate Whiteford’s A’ Bheinn / The Mountain deeply connected to questions of place, environment and cultural inheritance.
The screenings also reflect An Tobar and Mull Theatre’s longstanding commitment to ambitious contemporary visual art and artists’ film. We originally commissioned Dalziel + Scullion’s Source to mark An Tobar’s tenth anniversary, establishing an important relationship with one of Scotland’s most respected artist duos. Over the years, An Tobar and Mull Theatre has also presented Graham Fagen’s powerful The Slave’s Lament and The Weepers by Rachel Maclean, whose films continue to shape contemporary conversations around identity, politics and performance. Bringing the RSA200 Moving Image Programme to Mull builds on this history, reinforcing the idea that internationally significant contemporary art can — and should — be experienced far beyond major urban centres.
RSA200 Moving Image Programme film screenings in the Snug
Culture Above and Beyond - Part One. From Mon 18 May until Fri 29 May
Daniel Cook, Love Letters from Aberdeenshire, 2022 (20.10)
Tim Sandys, North Platte, 2016 (10.27)
About the RSA 200
Founded in 1826, the Royal Scottish Academy supports art and architecture in Scotland. It is an independent, non-governmental institution, governed by Members to operate on a charitable basis. The RSA run a year-round programme of exhibitions, artist opportunities and events from the Mound, Edinburgh, and care for a nationally recognised collection. The RSA support artists and architects through awards, residencies, scholarships and bursaries.
In 2026 the RSA will celebrate its 200th anniversary. It is marking this occasion nationwide with RSA200: Celebrating Together. This partnership project will bring hundreds of artists, partners, galleries and institutions together for an extraordinary year of exhibitions, events and performances.
"It is a tremendous honour for An Tobar and Mull Theatre to present the RSA200: Celebrating Together programme in partnership with the Royal Scottish Academy. The RSA carries an extraordinary legacy within Scottish cultural life, and to screen this calibre of moving image and contemporary visual art programme to the Isle of Mull feels genuinely significant.
For our island arts centre to host work connected to such a respected national institution speaks volumes about the ambition, reach and cultural importance of what An Tobar and Mull Theatre aims to achieve. The artistic programme's ambition to create opportunities for local audiences and visitors alike to engage with world-class artists and ideas, without having to travel to Scotland’s major cities. That is something incredibly special, and something we are deeply proud to be part of." - Calum Hall. Visual Arts Curator, An Tobar and Mull Theatre.
