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Far From The Apple Tree
''Far From the Apple Tree'' is a Scottish fantasy film that was directed by Grant McPhee and produced by Tartan Features. The film stars Sorcha Groundsell as a struggling artist who finds herself facing strange events after being hired by a renowned and sinister visual artist. Plot Far from the Apple Tree follows the story of Judith, a young artist at the start of her career, who lands a job with a renowned visual artist called Roberta Roslyn. She lands her dream job when she is spotted by Roberta at one of her art gallery exhibitions and hired to help catalogue her work. Whilst on the job she is shocked to see a girl who closely resembles her repeatedly show up in Roberta's artwork. She learns that this girl is her boss's missing daughter Maddy. As she delves into the mystery of the missing girl, new persona begins to emerge within her. Becoming aware of her unwinding nature, Judith must decide between staying on in her job or continue down the rabbit hole and risk losing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant McPhee
Grant McPhee is a Scottish film director, cinematographer and writer. His films include the music documentaries ''Big Gold Dream'', ''Teenage Superstars'' and the drama, ''Far From the Apple Tree'' starring Sorcha Groundsell. He won the prestigious audience choice award in 2015 for his film Big Gold Dream at the 2015 edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. In 2022, he co-wrote the book, Hungry Beat, an oral history of Scottish Post-Punk music which was published by White Rabbit Books. Filmography Awards and nominations References External links *Grant McPhee Official Website Living people Scottish film directors Scottish screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) {{Scotland-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorcha Groundsell
Sorcha Groundsell (born 15 February 1998) is a Scottish actress. She starred in the Netflix series ''The Innocents (TV series), The Innocents'' (2018) and the independent film ''Far From the Apple Tree'' (2018). Early life Her father was a graphic designer, and her mother worked in marketing. Groundsell grew up in Ness, Lewis, Ness on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides until she was nine. A fluent Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic speaker, she attended the Glasgow Gaelic School upon moving to the city. She took drama classes at the Citizens Theatre and later the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She left school at 16 to pursue acting as career and moved to London at 18. Career In 2015, Groundsell made her feature film and stage debuts as Sarah in ''Iona (film), Iona'' and Amy in ''Stain'' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival respectively. She received an RTS Award nomination for her role in ''Sleeping Lions''. The following year, she starred as Jane Muncie in the ITV true crime miniseri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tartan Features
Tartan Features is a filmmaking network and distribution platform based in Scotland. It supports the production of micro-budget feature films. Origin Tartan Features was established in 2013. Its name is in reference to the defunct "Tartan Shorts" filmmaking strand run by the Scottish Screen Production Fund (later Scottish Screen) and BBC Scotland. In February 2014, Tartan Features made their first venture into do-it-yourself cinema distribution. Their first feature, ''Sarah's Room'' (then titled ''To Here Knows When'') was screened at the Edinburgh Filmhouse Cinema via a collaboration with the independent short film night, Write-Shoot-Cut. This was the first opportunity in Scotland for independent filmmakers to have their micro-budget feature films to be screened regularly in a cinema. ''Sarah's Room'' was followed by three other Tartan Features Write-Shoot-Cut collaborations during 2014: ''Skeletons'', ''Take It Back and Start All Over Again'' and ''A Practical Guide to a Specta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Owl Service (TV Series)
''The Owl Service'' is an eight-part television series based on the fantasy novel of the same name by Alan Garner. Produced in 1969 and televised over the winter of 1969–1970, the series was remarkably bold in terms of production. It was the first fully scripted colour production by Granada Television and was filmed almost entirely on location at a time when almost all TV drama was studio-bound. It used editing techniques such as jump cuts to create a sense of disorientation and also to suggest that two time periods overlapped. For the series, the book was adapted in seven scripts (later stretched to eight) by Garner and was produced and directed by Peter Plummer. Background Following the success of the novel, which had won the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Award for children's literature, there was much interest in turning the story into a TV series with three companies vying for the rights. In the end, during the summer of 1968, Granada won out, approaching Alan Garner t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders (film)
''Valerie and Her Week of Wonders'' ( cs, Valerie a týden divů) is a 1970 Czechoslovak surrealist fantasy horror film directed by Jaromil Jireš, based on the 1935 novel of the same name by Vítězslav Nezval. It is considered part of the Czechoslovak New Wave movement. The film portrays the heroine as living in a disorienting dream, cajoled by priests, vampires, and men and women alike. The film blends elements of the fantasy and gothic horror film genres. Plot Valerie, a beautiful young girl, is asleep when a thief steals her earrings; as she tries to investigate, she is startled by a horrific man, the Constable, who wears a mask. The thief returns her earrings the next day, angering the Constable. Back at her house, Valerie's grandmother, Elsa, tells her that the earrings were left behind by Valerie's mother upon joining a convent. Previously, the earrings belonged to the Constable, who also owned their house. Valerie also learns that a group of missionaries and a company of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kino Lorber
Kino Lorber is an international film distribution company based in New York City. Founded in 1977, it was originally known as Kino International until it was acquired by and merged into Lorber HT Digital in 2009. It specializes in art house films, such as documentary films, classic films from earlier periods in the history of cinema, and world cinema. In addition to theatrical distribution, Kino Lorber releases films in the home entertainment market and has its own streaming services for its digital library. History 1977–2008; Founding as Kino International Kino Lorber was founded as Kino International in 1977 by Bill Pence. It was then purchased by Donald Krim who at the time worked for United Artists as the head of the nontheatrical department. It began by importing and releasing international films that may have not otherwise reached the market in the United States. One of the first films imported under Krim was ''Ballad of Orin''. In 1977, the company acquired rights to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
