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FEATURE culture : The 'state of cinema' as declared in a bay by Loch Ness

The 'state of cinema' as declared in a bay by Loch Ness


‘A pilgrimage’ was the name chosen by actress Tilda Swinton and documentary maker Mark Cousins for their new festival, a unique travelling celebration of cinema. In August, masterpieces of the seventh art were shown across Scotland. Memories of a week spent somewhere between poetry and politics, dream and reality

by Gwénolé Le Gall @ // 17/08/09

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