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CHAIR APPONITED TO<br />
CREATIVE SCOTLAND<br />
The establishment of a single dedicated body for Scotland's arts and culture<br />
sector gained further momentum as Ewan Brown was named Chair of<br />
Creative Scotland, the new publicly owned limited company which will be<br />
established.<br />
Working closely with the Joint Board of the <strong>Scottish</strong> Arts Council and<br />
<strong>Scottish</strong> <strong>Screen</strong> over the coming months, Mr Brown will formally become<br />
Chair when the company is established. Creative Scotland will take<br />
responsibility for all the practical transition arrangements, including staffing,<br />
systems and processes.<br />
The Joint Board will continue to be involved in the policy development of Creative Scotland<br />
and its Chair Richard Holloway will serve on the new board. <strong>Scottish</strong> Arts Council and <strong>Scottish</strong><br />
<strong>Screen</strong> will focus on managing day to day operations of the two respective organisations to<br />
ensure continuous and seamless support to the sector.<br />
The Government intends to establish Creative Scotland as a statutory Non Departmental Public<br />
Body (NDPB) through the Public Services Reform Bill to be introduced to Parliament next year.<br />
Mr Brown, who will take no remuneration from Creative Scotland, has indicated that he plans to<br />
step down as Chair when NDPB status is established and the transition process is completed.<br />
To see the full press release from the <strong>Scottish</strong> Government, please visit www.scotland.gov.uk.<br />
Wide Open Spaces<br />
Begins Shooting<br />
Principal photography began in Ireland on 10<br />
November for Wide Open Spaces written by<br />
Arthur Mathews, co-writer of the infamous<br />
Father Ted. It stars Ewen Bremner (Fool’s<br />
Gold and Trainspotting), Ardal O’Hanlon (My<br />
Hero, Father Ted) and Owen Roe (Alarm,<br />
Intermission). The film is directed by Tom Hall<br />
(Bachelors Walk) and shot by Tim Fleming<br />
(Once)<br />
Wide Open Spaces is a belated coming-of-age<br />
comedy set in a remote part of Ireland about two<br />
slackers working to pay off a debt by helping to<br />
build a Famine Theme Park for a dodgy local<br />
entrepreneur. With a classic double-act at the<br />
centre, Wide Open Spaces is a unique take on<br />
male friendship and how it is easier to break up<br />
with a girl than with your best friend.<br />
Wide Open Spaces is a co-production between<br />
Irish company Grand Pictures (Spin the Bottle,<br />
Stew, Paths to Freedom) and <strong>Scottish</strong> company<br />
Mead Kerr (Night People). The film is being<br />
funded by Bord Scannain na hEireann (The<br />
Irish Film Board), <strong>Scottish</strong> <strong>Screen</strong>, RTE and<br />
BBC Scotland. Entertainment One are handling<br />
world sales.<br />
Paul Donovan of Grand Pictures commented:<br />
"This is a very funny script with great comic<br />
talent attached. We believe Wide Open Spaces<br />
will make audiences laugh out loud at the<br />
absurdity of all our lives.”<br />
Carole Sheridan, Head of Talent & Creativity<br />
at <strong>Scottish</strong> <strong>Screen</strong> said: “Investment in Wide<br />
Open Spaces provides <strong>Scottish</strong> producer Clare<br />
Kerr with her second feature film credit and<br />
first credit on an international co-production.<br />
Although the film will shoot in Ireland, postproduction<br />
will be done in Scotland, and<br />
<strong>Scottish</strong> crew have been brought on board to<br />
work with their Irish counterparts. This is the<br />
first of three projects that <strong>Scottish</strong> <strong>Screen</strong> has<br />
committed to invest in alongside the Irish Film<br />
Board; the other projects will shoot in Scotland.<br />
<strong>Scottish</strong> <strong>Screen</strong> is delighted to be entering into<br />
what we hope will be a sustained partnership.”<br />
Simon Perry, Chief Executive, Bord Scannán na<br />
hEireann/the Irish Film Board commented on<br />
the buoyancy of local film production saying:<br />
"Wide Open Spaces is one of three feature<br />
films in production this week. Perrier's Bounty<br />
directed by Ian Fitzgibbon and starring Cillian<br />
Murphy, and One Hundred Mornings directed<br />
and written by Conor Horgan have also started<br />
production indicating that the high levels of<br />
Irish film production experienced this year are<br />
being maintained. This year IFB-funded film and<br />
television projects contributed an estimated<br />
total of over €70 million to the Irish economy,<br />
showing a significant return on government<br />
investment in this sector."<br />
contents<br />
3-8 News<br />
10-11 MEDIA news<br />
12-13 Training news<br />
14-15 Calendar<br />
16 Call for entries<br />
18-23 BAFTA special<br />
news<br />
24-25 Local Hero:<br />
report by Neil Shirran<br />
26-27 Summer in Rome:<br />
report by Kenny Glenaan<br />
28-29 Red Oil and the Sheffield<br />
Doc/Fest: report by<br />
Lucinda Broadbent<br />
30-31 Man on the side of the<br />
road in the desert:<br />
report by Dale Corlett &<br />
Suzanne Adamson<br />
32-33 The letter ‘s’:<br />
by Norman McClandish<br />
34-35 Blooded: by James<br />
Walker & Nick Ashdon<br />
36-37 Dark Nature:<br />
by Eddie Harrison<br />
38-39 Midnight Madness:<br />
by Almamy Soumah<br />
40-41 Mondo’s Search for the<br />
Sun: by Jana Prchalova<br />
42 Shooting People<br />
43 Beyond Tartan:<br />
by Paul Smith<br />
44 East Meets West:<br />
interview with Leo<br />
Saidenough and Sharon<br />
McCance<br />
45 The L.A.B Learn @<br />
BBC Scotland:<br />
by Johanna Hall<br />
46-47 Cromarty Film Festival:<br />
preview by Don Coutts<br />
48 Arc facilities<br />
49 Access Take 2: by<br />
Jennifer Hunter-Mackenzie<br />
50-51 Location of the Month:<br />
The Glasgow Academy<br />
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