The Inaccessible Blog

Seachd is going international!

Young Films has secured a deal with Altadena Films, an international sales agent, to sell Gaelic feature film Seachd - The Inaccessible Pinnacle, around the world. Altadena will represent the film at the Berlin Film Festival then at markets and festivals around the world thereafter. For the international market the English title will be Seachd - The Crimson Snowdrop.

Altadena Films (previously Inframe Films) specialises in acquiring rights to exceptional independent feature films by talented directors. The company is part of Hollywood Classics, which represents the classic film libraries of MGM/UA, Universal, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros., Canal Plus and Carlton International, as well as a number of films from independent producers.

So we hope Seachd will be coming to a country near you soon!

Seachd is now available on DVD (R2)!

We’re delighted to announce that Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle is now available to buy or rent on DVD. The film is currently available in Region 2 (European) format with English, Scottish Gaelic, Irish Gaelic and Welsh subtitles.

The DVD also includes:
* The original short film - “Foighidinn: The Crimson Snowdrop” - from which Seachd grew
* Director’s commentary with Simon Miller and Angus Peter Campbell
* Deleted scenes
* Interviews with cast and crew
* Footage from the Ceilidh after the premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival

You can buy the DVD right now at these online stores:

Buy from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seachd-Inaccessible-Pinnacle-Simon-Miller/dp/B000Z9ED2W

Buy from Play:
http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/3516745/Seachd-The-Inaccessible-Pinnacle/Product.html

Buy from HMV:
http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=743963

Buy from Zaavi:
http://www.zavvi.co.uk/seachd-Seachd-The-Inaccessible-Pinnacle/826425/q.r10.1/p.jsf

And also from Borders, Moviemail and Blockbuster

BAFTA, the Oscars and Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle

Moran moran taing!  Many many thanks for the overwhelming support we have received after BAFTA strangely neglected to put any non-English language British films for the Best Foreign Language Film category of the Oscars.

We have been inundated with messages of support from around the world and the debate has even made it in to the Scottish Parliament.  We do not know whether it is still possible for BAFTA's decision to be overturned, but regardless we sincerely hope that BAFTA will change their system such that every British film has a chance to enter the Oscars whatever the language spoken within it.

A quick summary of some of press articles from around the world:

 "BAFTA attacked over Oscars"
Variety, 04-0ct-07
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117973511.html?categoryid=19&cs=1

"Protests spread over BAFTA snub"
Scotland on Sunday, 07-Oct-07
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=1600992007

"Oscar controversies in Britain and China"
The Envelope
http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2007/10/oscars-controve.html

"Gaels force the issue"
Sunday Herald, 07-Oct-07
http://www.sundayherald.com/arts/arts/display.var.1741499.0.0.php

"MSPs query lack of Oscar nomination"
The Press Association, 05-Oct-07
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jaWlgflC1yKrjuaP3JiBp2cINw-g

"Film Producer quits BAFTA in Oscar row"
Netribution, 04-Oct-07
http://www.netribution.co.uk/2/content/view/1314/182/

"Row as Gaelic film is overlooked for Oscar"
The Herald, 03-Oct-07
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1734091.0.0.php

"Producer quits BAFTA over Gaelic film snub"
Scotland on Sunday, 30-Sep-07
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=1560962007

"And the Oscar will not go to..."
Scotland on Sunday, 16-Sept-07
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=1482232007

http://www.seachd.com

First mainland Scotland cinema dates announced

Following Seachd's release across the Gàidhealtachd at the end of September, the very first dates for mainland Scotland have been announced for Glasgow, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Dundee and Aberdeen.  More are expected to follow, but I thought it was worth announcing these dates as soon as possible.

Seachd will open on the week commencing 5th October at the following cinemas:

Cineworld Glasgow Renfrew St
http://www.cineworld.co.uk

Cineworld Glasgow Parkhead
http://www.cineworld.co.uk

Cineworld Edinburgh
http://www.cineworld.co.uk

VUE Edinburgh Ocean
http://www.myvue.com

Cineworld Falkirk
http://www.cineworld.co.uk

Cineworld Dundee
http://www.cineworld.co.uk

VUE Hamilton
http://www.myvue.com

The Belmont Picturehouse Aberdeen
http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema_home_date.aspx?venueId=bmnt

If you would like to see Seachd at your local cinema, click here to petition a cinema near you!

http://www.seachd.com

Special pre-release events

Kicking off a series of special events ahead of the film’s release is a gala presentation of Seachd at the Faclan Book Festival (Wednesday 29th August).  Angus Peter Campbell will be talking about the film to Mairead Martin from Soda Pictures.  Further events to celebrate this exceptional release include; Creagorry Q&A with Padruig Morrison, Chris Young and Simon Miller; BBC Film Festival workshop discussing the making of the film; screening and presentation at the CCA in Glasgow; BAFTA screening.  It is hoped that the film will screen in Fort William for the duration of the Mod.

Marking a unique and defining moment in Scottish cinema, the RBS Screen Machine will have an exclusive first run of the film in the Outer Hebrides from 15th September ahead of opening in the Highland and Islands on the 28th September.  The film goes on commercial release in the central belt from the 5th October and in London and England from the 19th October.

http://www.seachd.com

Seachd to preview first in the Outer Hebrides!

Seachd will open across the Gàidhealtachd from the middle of September in a ground-breaking move by the film’s distributor, Soda Pictures.  Producer Chris Young said, ‘I am thrilled that the film will be seen first by those communities where Gaelic is a living, dynamic and vibrant language.’

Marking a unique and defining moment in Scottish cinema, the RBS Screen Machine (a mobile cinema that brings films to the remote parts of the Highlands and Isles) will have an exclusive first run of the film in the Outer Hebrides from 15th September ahead of opening in the Highland and Islands on the 28th September.  The film goes on commercial release in the central belt from the 5th October and in London and England from the 19th October.

RBS Screen Machine dates:

Sat 15th Sept: The Pier, Castlebay 8.30pm
Tues 18th Sept: Borrodale Hotel, Daliburgh 5.30pm
Wed 19th Sept: Community Hall, Lochmaddy 5.30pm
Sat 22nd Sept: Isle of Benbecula House Hotel, Creagorry 8.30pm*
Tues 25th Sept: TIC Car Park, Tarbert, Harris 8.30pm
Thurs 27th Sept: Village Hall, Craignure 8.30pm
Friday 28th Sept: Ledaig Car Park, Tobermory 8.30pm
Tues 2nd Oct: Resource Centre, Lochgilphead 8.30pm
Thurs 4th Oct: Campbeltown Road car park, Tarbert, Loch Fyne 8.30pm

* Q&A with Simon Miller, Chris Young and Padruig
Morrison, chaired by Ishbel MacLennan (BBC)

http://www.screenmachine.co.uk

http://www.seachd.com

World premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival in August

We're  delighted to announce that the world premiere and first public screening of Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle will be at the 61st Edinburgh International Film Festival.

The premiere will be on Thursday 16th August at 19:30, Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh and the first public screening will be on Sunday 19th August at 15:15, also at the Cameo.

Limited tickets for both screenings are available through the Edinburgh International Film Festival box office here: http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/films/seachd-the-inaccessible-pinnacle/

10,000 friends on MySpace!

Moran moran taing (many many thanks) again to all those people that have befriended us on MySpace.  We're now at 10,000 friends and counting!  We continue to be overwhelmed with your love for the idea of a Scottish Gaelic film and thanks for all the comments wishing us luck.  It means a great deal to us all!

Simon

Join our Seachd e-team and help spread the word

Would you like to help us spread the word about the first ever Scottish Gaelic feature film?  If you have just a few spare minutes and use the web regularly then you can help in small ways that will make a big difference to the film and to the Scottish Gaelic language.

If you'd like to help out, simply send an email to eteam@seachd.com to join our e-team.  We'll be in contact shortly afterwards with a few things you can do online to help spread the word about the film.

They'll be some exclusives for e-team members along the way but most of all, if you have the time, we look forward to working with you!

http://www.seachd.com

Seachd community-matic! New and improved

I hope you like our new MySpace profile page (all suggestions for improvements are most welcome).

In the meantime, just a quick note about the original Seachd community and its combination with MySpace...

Well, we'll be turning off the Seachd community provided by Ning by the end of this coming week simply because MySpace offers so much more potential to spread the word about Seachd.  I've transferred all of the existing discussions within the forum to our new forum home at MySpace here:

http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewCategory&CategoryID=0&GroupID=106062263

That URL's a bit difficult to remember (!), so probably the best way to access it is through our normal MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/seachd or through our MySpace group (just being born so bear with us while we tidy it up!) at http://groups.myspace.com/seachd.

We'd love you to take part in our forum and help make it look as though Seachd isn't simply having a conversation with itself (you'll see what I mean when you click on the links).

If you're a previous community member, please join us on MySpace - signing up is free and rather easy and you'll be plugged into a community of well of 4,000 friends of the film!

http://www.seachd.com