August 14, 2007–A Scottish film conceived, produced and set on the Isle of Skye has hopes to be submitted for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. “Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle,” the first Gaelic feature film, will have its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Thu, August 16.
Hannah McGill, the festivals artistic director, said: “Seachd combines myth-making and fantasy with a real sense of grit and pragmatism. Thats very Scottish to me–the wildest flights of fancy presented in a sort of down-to-earth, straight-faced manner. Its pretty amazing that theres never been a Scottish Gaelic film before, but its great that the first one is creating such buzz.
Unfolds through Gaelic mythology, the film centers on the relationship between the nine-year-old Angus (Patrick Morrison) and his storytelling grandfather (Angus Peter Campbell), who cares for the child after his parents are killed on a remote rocky peak.
The films producer, Christopher Young, has learnt Gaelic since he moved to the Inner Hebridean island in 1999.
