Conference tallis::celt

174.0. "8th Celtic Film Festival" by AYOV15::ASCOTT (Alan Scott, FMIC, Ayr, Scotland) Mon Apr 06 1987 11:36

    8th Celtic Film Festival is on this week in Inverness, Scotland.
    
    A preview program on STV, Sunday 5 April, described a fairly wide range
    of films.   Particularly, two Welsh-language films were mentioned.
    "Coming Up Roses" shows the effect on the staff of a small
    cinema in a remote village, when it closes.   Review clips look
    really entertaining, in a slightly-sentimental account of the
    growing relationship between the usherette/cleaning lady and the
    projectionist.
    
    Another film (not sure of the title) describes the experiences of a
    Welsh-speaking recruit to a Welsh regiment in the army, including
    service in northern Ireland and military imprisonment.
    
    One Scottish film (in English), "Tree of Liberty", is a documentary
    on the work of a crippled American, Serge Hovey, with Jean
    Redpath (a well-known Scottish folk-singer) and others on the
    songs of Robert Burns.    It's very moving and a bit horrific -
    Serge Hovey is confined to bed, unable to communicate except with
    the aid of a computer, and has apparently been like this for
    17 years...   He's now the longest surviving patient with the
    obscure illness he has, (most only last 3 or 4 years), and relies
    on his wife, family, and apparently considerable fortune (from his
    father's work in the movie industry in Hollywood), to carry on an
    obsessive collection and arrangement of Burns' lyrics.