Worldwide movie competition set for second yr in Peebles

The Scotland Worldwide Movie Competition (SIFF) took over the Eastgate Theatre final April and is about to do the identical once more in 2023.

The brainchild of Stephen Savage and Trinity Houston (founders of the Idyllwild Competition of Cinema in California), the SIFF will welcome filmmakers from everywhere in the world to Peebles from April 18-23.

Vivien Reid, one of many UK producers of the competition, stated: “We’ve some fantastic submissions and our submission window remains to be open.

“We even have a brand new grand jury member, the unimaginable Scottish actor Katie Dickie. She is a large supporter of unbiased movie and we’re delighted to have her on board the competition.”

Vivien added: “Our wonderful producer Lesley Paterson has been extremely busy selling her Oscar-nominated movie All Quiet On The Western Entrance and we’re all rooting for her, in the event you haven’t seen the movie you possibly can watch it on Netflix.

“Lesley is among the writers and govt producer of the movie.

“Trinity and Stephen are as at all times mega busy over in Hollywood and Mhairi and have been busy over right here within the UK.

“The Peebles Hydro Resort is once more supporting us and providing reductions to our filmmakers, which is simply fantastic and we’re all trying ahead to a profitable second yr celebrating unbiased movie.”

The grand jury for 2022 was fashioned of Scottish actor Angus McFayden (Braveheart), Anne Archer (Deadly Attraction), Jonn Emmet Tracy (Yellowstone), Alan Parsons OBE, John McPhail, Ruth Paxton, Shauna Macdonald (Outlander) and Carol Morley.

It was after a dialog with Vivien at a earlier Idyllwild Competition that Stephen and Trinity found Peebles and the way it may work as a UK location for the same movie competition.

In April, in the course of the first SIFF, Stephen stated: “With out Viv [Vivien] we wouldn’t even be in Peebles.

“She mainly introduced us to this city.

“I had by no means even heard of Peebles, now I’m discovering out what number of well-known individuals know Peebles.”

To make a submission to the 2023 competition, or for extra info, go to: https://scotlandifc.com