SA200 Moving Image Programme film screenings: Florence: New Reactions
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.
Abigail Dryburgh, The Bargello, 2015 (3.33)
Sophie Lunts, Il Palimpsesto, 2020 (1.25)
Harry Casey, Nuova Cronica, 2012-13 (18.07)
John Kellock, Shall Not Lovers Weep, 2011 (7mins)
Anna Hughes, Silk Scarves for a Tomboy, 2015 (4.43)
Rachel McBrinn, Luigi Mecocci, Via dei Velluti, Firenze, 2015 (12.36)
"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.
