ATELIER, 19A LOWER STREET, STROUD GL5 1DZ

Stroud Women Filmmakers collective presents award winning feature film Blackbird, screenplay written by Nailsworth-based filmmaker Robyn Pete.

Blackbird is a Scottish drama that explores the clash between the preservation of traditions and cultural heritage in the fast-moving contemporary world of the 21st century.

The film centres around young Ruadhan, a strange, solitary but sensitive soul, who when not on his daily ramblings collecting peculiar oddities for his battered houseboat, which sits marooned on a hilltop, he spends his time with the older generation of the community, captivated by the old ways and in particular their Scottish folk songs.

After the film we will have a Q & A with Blackbird’s producer James Barrett, screenplay writer and first assistant director Robyn Pete and John Craine Director of photography.

The film won an award at the Catskill Mountains Film Festival (CMFF) the year it was released.

7pm | £6/£5