THE debut feature of British film maker Matt Palmer, Calibre, has won the prestigious Michael Powell Award for best British feature film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
The winner was chosen by the Michael Powell Jury comprised of Ana Ularu, Jason Connery and Iain de Caestecker.
The Jury said in a statement: "Being part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival through the lens of serving on the Michael Powell Award jury has been an extraordinary experience.
"Art should not leave its reviewers unimpressed or passive, and we hope these awards named after a titan of the industry will have a far-reaching effect.
"We present the Michael Powell Award to Calibre, which unanimously made the biggest impact on us. Beautifully shot, technically accomplished, with a fantastic ensemble performance, director and screenwriter Matt Palmer pitches the tension and emotional journey flawlessly."
The awards for best performance in a British feature went to actresses Liv Hill and Sinead Matthews for their roles in Jellyfish.
The award for Best International Feature Film went to Cyril Shäublin’s Those Who Are Fine.
The award for Best Documentary Feature Film went to Kevin Macdonald’s Whitney while the prize for Best Short Feature Film went to Emily Ann Hoffman’s Nevada.
www.edfilmfest.org.uk.
THE Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival has said it is "presenting its strongest blues programme ever" in its 40th year.
On July 20 the festival is holding a 40th anniversary blue gala, headlined by Maggie Bell as well as Tim Elliott, Mud In Your Ear, Jensen Interceptors, Sandy Tweeddale band, The Troublemakers, Jed Potts and John Bruce.
The festival, which runs from July 13-22, says the line up "will deliver blues from the delta, electric blues from Chicago, full on blues-rock, and most styles in between."
The festival will feature the son of Muddy Waters, Mud Morganfield, as well as John Primer, a bandleader and guitarist for Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Magic Slim & The Teardrops.
They play the Assembly Hall on July 21.
Another Chicago blues artist joins the Blues Afternoon on Sunday 15 July as harmonica player Billy Branch plays with Giles Robson Band.
Earl Thomas plays three dates at the festival on 15, 16 and 17 July, among the many other artists.
www.edinburghjazzfestival.com
THE artist Douglas Gordon is to collaborate with Makar, Jackie Kay, and the national orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) for a "unique evening of classical and contemporary sounds and voices" for the Festival 2018 in Glasgow.
Citizens of Everywhere! will take place on 2 August and it will be free.
It is part of the cultural programme of events running alongside the inaugural European Championships.
The performance will highlight how Glasgow welcomed Paul Robeson in 1960, when he participated in the May Day Parade.
Robeson was a key voice in the civil rights movement, and he once sang in 25 different languages on a tour across Europe, America, the Soviet Union and Africa.
The RSNO will perform a special arrangement - a live orchestral performance of Music For A Forgotten Future (The Singing Mountain), a 23-minute-long composition by Mogwai.
Another first will see Scotland’s makar, Jackie Kay, debut a piece that will lead into an RSNO performance of Ol’ Man River.
Douglas Gordon said: "I grew up looking at rivers, the Clyde, the Forth, the Leven – I grew up in Maryhill and in the shadow of the Kilpatrick hills in Dumbarton.
"Watching the movement of the river – taking you away and bringing things and people in - always fascinated me. This, compared to the magical monumentality of the mountains, means in some way that this is in my DNA.
"I wanted to try and work with the dual nature of one’s DNA.
"To explore the dual nature of a city caught between the wonderful Clyde and the stoic nature of the magical mountains that surround us."
www.glasgow.gov.uk
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