Tidal Cinema screenings to coincide with Helmsdale community card launch
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Residents of Helmsdale and villages nearby are being invited to enjoy the benefits of a new community card scheme.
The launch of the new cards on May 20 coincides with the first event of Timespan’s new contemporary art programme of research to "reimagine" our relationship with natural resources globally and locally in Highlands coastal communities.
From 3pm, locals living in Helmsdale and the parishes of Kildonan, Loth, Clyne, Golspie, and Latheron can collect their community card at Timespan’s front of house.
Cardholders will benefit from free museum entry, a 10 per cent discount at the River Café, seasonal shop discounts on selected products, access to exhibitions previews, and a personalised monthly newsletter. Card holders can also immediately benefit from a 10 per cent discount for afternoon tea at the River Café from 4pm.
The day continues at 5pm with the first two film screenings of Tidal Cinema: the film program on extractivism, coastal communities, and environmental justice part of Timespan's new heritage and contemporary art program Coastal Commons: Beyond North Sea Extractivism. Coastal Commons explores ways of reimagining our relationship with natural resources and energy production, engaging with the impacts of the climate crisis at a global and local level focusing on Highlands coastal communities.
The first Tidal Cinema screening will present In Great Waters (1974) by Laurence Henson and The Bayview (2021) by Daniel Cook. The first film documents the lives of fishermen in the Shetlands, Western Highlands, and Outer Hebrides during the mid-1970s. The latter tells the story of an extraordinary family who turned the previously derelict Bayview hotel in Aberdeenshire into a place of respite for international fishermen when they come to land. The documentary has been awarded the Best Scottish Short Film Award at the Glasgow Short Film Festival 2022.
All Tidal Cinema screenings are accompanied by discussions to foster reflections on the key themes of the programme.
Discussion will be led by The Bayview’s director Daniel Cook and Susie Seui, cross-cultural advisor, multi-linguist, and owner of the Bayview hotel in Macduff.
