Campbeltown Picture House and Climate Action Kintyre have joined forces to present a series of films about climate change in a bid to spark conversation and encourage action.
The cinema will host four one-off screenings, including three documentaries and one drama, as part of its climate action film festival.
“All of the screenings are ‘pay what you can’, so you chose your ticket price (between £1 and £5),” said cinema manager Ellen Mainwood. “And don’t forget that if you bring your own cup for your hot drink, you will get 50p off!”
Sharyn Lock, climate action development coordinator for South Kintyre Development Trust’s Kintyre Climate Action campaign, said: “We are delighted to collaborate with Campbeltown Picture House in the running of this film festival.
“There is an excellent range of films, each with an important message, which we hope will inspire people into taking climate action in their communities.”
These screenings have been made possible by support from Film Hub Scotland.
The Nettle Dress (12A)
Saturday November 18; one hour, eight minutes; documentary
Textile artist Allan Brown spends seven years making a dress by hand from foraged stinging nettles, all picked on the South Downs near Brighton. This is ‘hedgerow couture’, the greenest of slow fashion. It’s also his medicine, the way he survives the death of his wife that left him and his four children bereft.
Riverwoods (12A)
Sunday November 19; 55 minutes; documentary
Three years in the making and narrated by Peter Capaldi, Riverwoods shines a light on the perilous state of Scotland’s salmon, and tells the compelling story of a fish that once lived in the forest. And in the soil that feeds the forest. And in the predators, scavengers and even herbivores of the forest. Scotland’s Atlantic salmon – the King of Fish – is not only the ultimate angler’s prize, but a key building block in a complex forest ecosystem.
How to Blow Up a Pipeline (15)
Saturday November 25; one hour 44 minutes; drama
A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline. Set primarily in West Texas, the film follows a group of eight young individuals who decide to blow up an oil pipeline at two key locations. It explores the moral validity of extreme actions in addressing the climate crisis, the question of terrorism, and the use of property damage and sabotage as activist tactics.
Plastic Warriors (12A)
Sunday November 26; one hour 23 minutes; documentary
Scientists, campaigners, innovators and designers are working on solutions to solve a global crisis that politicians and governments are largely ignoring. The film takes audiences on a journey to deep-sea coral reefs, basking shark hotspots and huge seabird colonies, to discover first-hand the extreme danger of the scourge of plastic that’s engulfing every aspect of their lives. The film is an urgent wake-up call and a call to action.