GRAMNet Film Series Wigilia / The Hide / Scotland's Memoir

One short, one documentary, and one feature film makes up this triple-bill of Scottish film on International Migrants Day.

Wigilia - UK (2016)
Director: Graham Drysdale; Running time: 71 mins

Wigilia explores Polish and Scottish traditions as part of an uplifting Christmas indie drama. Created on a micro budget through a Dogma-style set of limitations, the film stars Iwona Glowinska, from the band Featherwest, and co-stars Duglas T. Stewart, founder of BMX Bandits - Glasgow musical icons and Kurt Cobain's other favourite band.

Iwona Glowinska plays Agata, a Polish cleaner stranded in Glasgow for Christmas who prepares her traditional Christmas eve meal - Wigilia - in a client’s house. Douglas T Stewart plays the client’s prodigal brother, and the unexpected pilgrim that arrives at her table.

The Hide - Sotland (2017)
Director: Gaynor Macfarlane; Running time: 7 mins

Could you give up the thing you love for a life you long for? A woman finds an unusual solution to help both herself and a homeless refugee. A story of freedom, compassion, and migration.

Scotland’s Memoir - Scotland (2017)
Director: Etienne Kubwabo; Running time: 30 mins

As part of Scotland’s celebration of the 2017 Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology BEMIS Scotland have commissioned Cre8tive Entertainment to explore Scotland’s story via the eyes of our diverse ethnic and cultural minority communities alongside civic representatives, artists and historians. What has shaped modern Scottish identity? How does the past inform our future? In essence, what does Scotland mean to us? And where are we going as a nation?