Being in a Place - A Portrait of Margaret Tate

BeòanÀite: Dealbhde Mhairead Tait

Stiùiriche:LukeFowlerRA2023UairathìdeCànan:BeurlaBBFC:UBeò an Àite–Dealbh de Mhairead Tait,Arcaibh.A’ tarraing à tasglann nach deach fhaicinn roimheseo, seann film agus làmh sgrìobhainn nach robhriamh an clò, tha am film a’ fighe dealbhioma-fhillte agus pearsanta de bheatha Mairead Tait. Airinnse bho thaobh luchd-ealain eile, b’ e an lèirsinn abha aice air mar a dh’fhaodadh film a bhith namheadhan air bàrdachd a thoirt seachad. Tha amfilm ùr aigLuke Fowler’sstèidhte air sgriobt achaidh a chur gu Channel 4 (nach deach gabhail ris),Heartlandscape: Visions of Ephemerality and Permanence, agus a’ fighe a-steach abeatha ann an Arcaibh. Cha robh ùidh aice ann an sealladh-tìr ach na rudan mionaideach atha a’ dèanamh an àrda an àite.Luke Fowler e fhèin na neach-ealain film, tha e a’mìneachadh dòighean air filmichean a dhèanamh tro bàrdachd. ThaBeòan Àitea’dèanamh luadh air na neartan aice, cho cudromach ‘s a tha bloighean de dh’obair agusluach ann an rudan nach eil ag obrachadha-mach mar a tha an dùil.Duais AithrisCinéma du Réel 2024

Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait

DirLukeFowlerUK20231hrLanguage:EnglishBBFC:UBeing in a Place–A Portrait of Margaret Tait. Drawing on a wealth of unseen archival materialandunpublished notebooks, the film weaves a complex and personal portrait of Margaret Tait's life, from theperspective of a fellow artist sensitive to the potential she envisaged for film as a poetic medium.Drawing on a wealth of unseen archival material, including sound recordings, film rushes,offcuts and unpublished notebooks,Luke Fowler’snew feature film focuses on MargaretTait, one of Scotland’s most enigmatic filmmakers. The film takes one of Tait’s unrealisedscripts for Channel 4, entitled Heartlandscape: Visions of Ephemerality and Permanence, asits starting point and considers Tait's life and work grounded within the landscape ofOrkney. Tait was not interested in filming the scenery but instead looked at the precisedetails that constitutea place, the small things that are often overlooked. Exploring theprocess of filmmaking itself from the perspective of a fellow artist sensitive to Tait’sunderstanding of film as a poetic medium,Being in a Placepays tribute to the strengths inher method, the importance of fragmented bodies of work, and the intrinsic value infailure.Winner ofCinéma du Réel 2024Documetary Award