Highlight Arctic: March 2017 Events

In March 2017, in Scotland, we put on a programme of multi-art events with work from and about the Arctic.

Highlight Arctic // EVENTS SCHEDULE

25 Feb – 19 March (11am-5pm) – Summerhall

WAYFARERS EXHIBITION

Exhibition

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2 March (6:30pm-10pm) – Summerhall

PROGRAMME LAUNCH: feat. JESSIE KLEEMANN

Performance

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4 March (6pm-7:30pm) – CCA

IDEAS OF NORTH: FROM SHETLAND TO THE ARCTIC

Films + Discussion

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4 March (9pm-10:30pm) – CCA

IDEAS OF NORTH: OUR REELS

Films + Live Music

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5 March (5:30pm-7pm) – CCA

ME & MY LITTLE SISTER + NORTHERN GREAT MOUNTAIN

Films

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5 March (8pm-9:45pm) – CCA

THE BONFIRE + O.M.G. (OH MÁIGON GIRL)

Films

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16 March (6:30pm-7:30pm) Summerhall

WAYFARERS ARTISTS’ EVENT

Performance + Poetry Reading

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16 March (8:45pm) Filmhouse

BEFORE TOMORROW

Film

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17 March (6pm) – Summerhall

CIRCUS WITHOUT BORDERS + Q&A

Film

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17 March (8:30pm) – Filmhouse

UVANGA

Film

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18 March (4-6pm) – Out of the Blue Drill Hall

ARCTIC CIRCUS WORKSHOP

Workshop

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18 March (4pm) – Filmhouse

BEYOND HORIZONS + Q&A

Short Films

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18 March (8pm) – Glasgow Autonomous Space

BEYOND HORIZONS + Q&A

Short Films

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18 March (8:30pm) – Filmhouse

SOL + SÁMI BOY + Q&A

Films

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19 March (4pm) – Filmhouse

ME & MY LITTLE SISTER + NORTHERN GREAT MOUNTAIN

Films

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19 March (8:30pm) – Filmhouse

NANOOK TAXI

Film

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20 March (6pm) – MacRobert Building (University of Aberdeen)

BEYOND HORIZONS + DISCUSSION

Short Films

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This programme is made possible with the support of several funding, venue & programme partners:

Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI Audience Network
Danish Arts Foundation
Canada Council for the Arts
Canadian High Commission / Canada 150
The Norwegian Consulate General, Edinburgh
Troms Fylkeskommune
Mental Health Foundation
Atelier Nord
Edinburgh Filmhouse
Summerhall
University of Aberdeen
Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow
Glasgow Autonomous Centre
Interview Room 11 Art Gallery
Our dedicated team of volunteers

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Highlight Arctic: March 2017 Events

In March 2017, in Scotland, we put on a programme of multi-art events with work from and about the Arctic.

Calendar

22nd March 2018 / Call of the North | HippFest | Thurs 22nd March

11th December 2017 / Ideas of North: Our Reels (Inverness)

9th December 2017 / Ideas of North: Our Reels (Skye)

25th June 2017 / Different Pasts, Shared Future: a Refugee Week special event

6th April 2017 / Intezaar / The Wait

20th March 2017 / Arctic Short Films: Beyond Horizons - Aberdeen

25th February 2017 / Arctic Exhibition: Wayfarers - Summerhall, Edinburgh

19th March 2017 / Arctic Screening: Me and My Little Sister

19th March 2017 / Arctic Screening: Nanook Taxi

18th March 2017 / Arctic Film Focus: Beyond Horizons

18th March 2017 / Arctic Film: Sol (Arnait Focus)

18th March 2017 / Arctic Circus Workshop - Edinburgh

18th March 2017 / Arctic Short Films: Beyond Horizons - Glasgow

17th March 2017 / Arctic Film Screening: Circus Without Borders

17th March 2017 / Arctic Film: Uvanga (Arnait Focus)

16th March 2017 / WAYFARERS Artists' Event

16th March 2017 / Arctic Film: Before Tomorrow (Arnait Focus)

5th March 2017 / Arctic Film Focus: Sisterhood

5th March 2017 / Arctic Film Focus: Community

4th March 2017 / Ideas of North: Our Reels

4th March 2017 / Ideas of North: From Shetland to the Arctic

2nd March 2017 / Arctic Programme Launch: feat. Jessie Kleemann

24th February 2017 / Arctic Data: Tomi Knuutila in Conversation

17th February 2017 / Highlight Arts @ Refugee Week Conference

28th November 2016 / Northern Lights: Voices from the Arctic

23rd August 2016 / Purvai: From Lahore to Lewis and Harris - Trading Stories

21st August 2016 / Unbound: From Lewis to Lahore at Edinburgh Book Festival

21st August 2016 / Trading Stories: Scotland and Pakistan at Edinburgh Book Festival

4th August 2016 / ITAC3 - Yasmin Fedda on Syria's Mobile Film Festival

20th July 2016 / Tales from the Field - Art & Politics with Highlight Arts

4th May 2016 / Learning Lab : Stories of Conflict, Migration and Place - Manchester, May 4, 2016

1st March 2016 / Theatre Live Stream – The Encounter | Complicite

19th February 2016 / City to City - Lahore Literature Festival, Lahore

13th February 2016 / Poetry on Film - Workshop in Valetta, Malta

19th August 2015 / Head North, My Friend - Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh

23rd May 2015 / City to City - Southbank Centre, London

21st May 2015 / Alchemy Glasgow: City to City Poetry - Glasgow

30th April 2015 / Highlight Iraq - The Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, Michigan

14th April 2015 / Highlight Arctic - The Science Festival, Edinburgh

9th April 2015 / Arctic Pecha Kucha - The Science Festival, Edinburgh

2nd October 2014 / Highlight Arts Launch Event - Edinburgh

11th June 2014 / Syria Speaks UK Tour

22nd April 2014 / Erbil Literature Festival (2014)

23rd March 2013 / Reel Iraq Festival (2013)

15th March 2012 / Reel Syria (2012)

9th May 2011 / Reel Festivals (2011)

14th May 2009 / Reel Iraq (2009)

21st February 2008 / Reel Afghanistan Festival (2008)

Arctic Short Films: Beyond Horizons - Glasgow

Arctic Film Screening: Circus Without Borders