Forest Of Black

‘Out Of Office’ by Kialy Tihngang @kialytihngang , produced by @toohappystudios and @forestofblack for the Too Happy Studios Artist Film Commission plays at two brilliant Scottish film festivals this weekend! Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival @alchemyfilmandarts have the film installed from today until Sunday 3rd May in the Borders Textile Towerhouse so there is plenty of opportunity to watch! Kialy will take part in a Q&A on Sunday morning - this is ticketed so make sure you book in advance. Over in Edinburgh the film will play tonight - Friday 1st May - 6pm @filmhouse_edinburgh as part of the Scottish Shorts Collection @sifanfestival fantastic film festival. Info and Ticket links in our bio.

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🫠✨🤘 LIVE SLIME: Battery Pack 🪫✨🫠 ⬆️⬆️⬆️ Turn this UP ⬆️⬆️⬆️ A few weeks ago I took the band into Forest of Black’s Glasgow studio and we captured a very LOUD live session - three songs from Life Slime, played at full tilt. This is ‘Battery Pack’ - pushed right to breaking point. I really love playing this one live. ▶️ Watch the full video on YouTube 🚩 PostMap Club members can watch the entire session right now → lostmap.com/portal 💌 Join from £3/month → lostmap.com/club ——————————————— 🚐 TOUR STARTS IN ONE WEEK - come and see us: 23 Apr - Stirling, Tolbooth 24 Apr - Irvine, Harbour Arts Centre 25 Apr - Aberdeen, The Tunnels 26 Apr - Newcastle, The Cluny 27 Apr - Leeds, The Attic 28 Apr - Edinburgh, La Belle Angele 01 May - Manchester, YES (Pink Room) 02 May - Stowmarket, John Peel Centre 03 May - Nottingham, Billy Bootleggers 04 May - Stroud, The Prince Albert 05 May - Ramsgate, Ramsgate Music Hall 06 May - Guildford, Boileroom 07 May - Totnes, The Barrel House 08 May - Brighton, Alphabet 09 May - Wendover, The Legion Club 10 May - London, The Lexington summer shows: 04 Jul - Oban, Rockfield Centre 05 Jul - Kelburn Garden Party 13 Aug - Lancaster, The Gregson 14 Aug - Swansea, Down By Here 15 Aug - Wrexham, Wrexfest 21 Aug - Green Man Festival 29 Aug - Krankenhaus Festival 🎟️ pictishtrail.com/gigz ——————————————— 🎬 Credits Director: Michael Sherrington (@michaelsherringtonfilm ) Producer: Beth Allan (@isthisbethallan ) DOP: Nick Aiton (@nixpack ) Focus Puller: Keir O’Donnell (@keirodonn ) HMA: Lauren Milne (@laurenmilnemakeupartistry ) Art & Production Assistant: Rebecca Torres Sherrington (rebeccatorresdesign) Stills: Stephanie Gibson (@slg_photog ) Runner: Heather Torres Audio: Alex Fiennes Mix: Graeme Young (@graeme__young ) Band: Joe Cormack, Suse Bear, Robyn Dawson, Iain Stewart & Pictish Trail Post-production: Forest of Black (@forestofblack )

We’re thrilled that Go Short @goshort have selected ‘who will be remembered’ here as part of this year’s festival. The film will play in the Queering Time programme, beautifully curated by Edie Barnabas @ediebarnabas . Two of the film’s directors Lewis Hetherington @lewishetherington5 and CJ Mahony @cj.mahony will take part in the Q&A alongside Suus Tulen-te Braak @suus_hizzl and Selm Merel Wenselaers @selm_merel Many thanks to the Screen Scotland Markets and Festivals attendance fund @screenscots for supporting the filmmakers to attend and participate in the panel. ‘who will be remembered’ here invited four queer writers and performers to respond to Historic Scotland sites. Performed and filmed on location, their stories bring to life experiences that have been rendered invisible by the suppression of marginalised people throughout history. The film is an act of resistance against the erasure of cultures, languages and identities which has defined our past, and which threatens to define our future. Featuring writing and performance by Robert Softley Gale @robert_s_gale , Harry Josephine Giles @hjosephinegiles , Robbie MacLeòid @robbieamacleod and Bea Webster @byumblebee The film was conceived and led by Lewis Hetherington and CJ Mahony for Fieldwork Performance @fieldwork_performance , directed by Michael Sherington @michaelsherringtonfilm and produced by Forest of Black @forestofblack in collaboration with Historic Environment Scotland @histenvscot , with support from Creative Scotland @creativescots and production support from Offline @offline_glasgow More info and 🎟️ in bio.

🌺 Gaucha (2026)⁠ 🌺⁠ ⁠ Written and Directed by Daira Ronzoni ⁠@dairaronzoni ⁠ Gaucha - Camila Andrea Lopez Davila @cami.loopeez Ch’ixi - V Lamont Gillies @v.lamont.gillies ⁠ ⁠ Dancers ⁠ Pia Mattatall @piamattatall ⁠ Abril Flores Rojo @abrila_roja ⁠ ⁠ Producers⁠ Josefin Bagge @josefinba ⁠ Ciara Dunne @c1arad ⁠ ⁠ Executive Producers⁠ Beth Allan @forestofblack ⁠ Rachel Maclean @rachel_maclean_studio ⁠ ⁠ Cinematographer - Jamie Quantrill @jamiequantrill ⁠ Camera Assistant - Roz McCormick⁠ Lighting Technician - Amy Urquhart⁠ Sound Recordist - Rowen Henderson⁠ Hair & Make-Up Artists - Kala Williams @kalawmakeup & David Austin @davidaustenhmua ⁠ Costume Designer - Holly Smith holly_irs⁠ Production Assistants - Luke Keogh & Kieran Smyth⁠ Prop & Costume Assistants - Rona Griffin & Laura Stewart⁠ Editor - Jade Gray⁠ Animation Director - Cat Bruce @treaclebelly ⁠ Animation Mentor - Will Anderson @willandersonjr ⁠ Keying - Colin Maclean⁠ Picture Grade - John Sackey⁠ Online Editor - Gordon Miller⁠ Title Design - Ainsley Bowman⁠ Post Production Producers - Lesley Weir @seriousfacilities ⁠ Composer - Ben Fletcher @lucian_fletcher ⁠ Guitar - Richard Bremner⁠ Sound Design and Re-Recording Mix - Ania Przygoda⁠ Descriptive Subtitles - Matchbox Cinesub⁠ ⁠ Gaucha was commissioned by @toohappystudios for the Too Happy Artist Commission, which is a partnership with @forestofblack , @filmvidumbrella dumbrella, @cofgcollege and @glasgowshort . Funded by @creativescots ⁠

On the road again. Kaunas>Warsaw>Sofia. Director Ed Sayers @edinstacam notches up another mode of travel in a bid to reduce flights… Lux Express coach. It is sometimes cheaper to be greener. Not always yet sadly. Lithuania’s @kinopavasaris was a joy. Such lovely people, great programming and super warm welcome. There are still two more sceenings to go there. If you know anyone in Vilnius - Super Nature screens again this Wednesday and Sunday. Onwards now to @sofiafilmfest and our thanks to both festivals for helping coordinate things so that two trips became one, and for sharing costs. Super Nature is a love letter to nature created on Super 8 by people connecting across the world. As such, we were able to make it with very little travel. As far as possible we’re trying to honour that as we start to travel with the film. We’re so looking forward to bringing the film to more audiences and especially, as we go near to where they are based, we can’t wait to share the film with all of Team Super Nature - the 40 people in 25 countries that you meet on screen in the film. Producers @beccawolff27 and @isthisbethallan of @forestofblack Associate Producer @phoebholman Desert image used for Sofia announcement is from a scene in the film captured in Jordan by @farahfoudeh

Off we go again! This time to Vilnius Film Festival in Lithuania @kinopavasaris where Super Nature director Ed Sayers @edinstacam will intro and Q&A in Vilnius in Friday and in Kaunas on Saturday. We are in the same programme as Werner Herzog! (SWIPE!!). This trip marks Ed’s first trip by plane so far but we’ve managed to combine the trip with our following festival. More on that soon. Details and links to tickets for all of our announced festival appearances can be found on our site (link in bio). Friends in any of the places? Please let them know!! Super Nature is a love letter to nature created on Super 8 by people connecting across the world. Lead image from musk oxen sequence in Super Nature by @rasmustq and @jonandreasbergstrom

Thank you @glasgowfilmfest and @glasgowfilmtheatre We had a blast. We’re all feeling sad about Glasgow Central station - which we know and love too - see last photo. 😢 Back tho to happy film festival times just before that happened…. It was wonderful to share the film with the large contingent of beautiful Scottish talent who worked on @supernaturefilm and with friends and family. @screenscots @forestofblack @officialblazinggriffin @davidmcaulaycomposer - sound design @tigerlilyproductions - nikki parrott EP @sleekitcuts - additional editing @jlcobban - re-recording mixer Scottish filmmakers involved @racdavies_photos , @loosemooose , @mr_guesty And the team @forestofblack past and present - @josefinba @oscarsansom @ainsdirector @michaelsherringtonfilm @oddness.studio Animal credits @james_notley05 some of the south of the border team! @ahamiltonayres - original score @edinstacam - director @beccawolff27 - producer @phoebholman - associate producer -Thanks to everyone who came to the screenings and to @heathersmcgraw for Q&A and al the festival team who made us all so welcome. Thanks to the team at @forestofblack studio for making the after party a lovely reality. And a big thanks to @brewgooder for the beers! 🍻 Thanks to @bbcscotland for the early morning live radio about the film on Scotland Out of Doors with Mark and Rachel and @edinstacam Generously supported by BFI Doc Society Fund @thedocsociety Screen Scotland @screenscots Cinelab Film & Digital @cinelabuk Foghorn Features Spark Features @heyrobina , @spark_features Represented for international sales by Autlook Film Sales @autlookfilmsales Distributed in the UK by BFI 📷 by various members of the team and official @glasgowfilmfest photos by @amymuirphoto

@pictishtrail reveals a slimy new video for the title track of his new album ‘Life Slime’ 🍬 Full of suitably squelching analogue synths, the new single reflects a weary acceptance of time moving forward, a relationship’s end, the quiet endurance of emotional disaster and the feeling of life slipping through your fingers, like so much slime. Watch video / pre-order ⛓️‍💥 in bio. The spectacularly slimy video for ‘Life Slime’ features @pictishtrail attempting to set the @guinnessworldrecords for “most amount of slime poured over an individual during a music video performance”  (official record verification pending). A few words from the producer Beth Allan (@forestofblack ): We wanted to capture quite a simple and direct performance from Johnny in this one, so the set-up is clean and graphical and we were privileged to get some very real emotions. Thanks Johnny, it’s a beautiful track...Of course we also wanted to completely cover him in warm pink slime! And Johnny wanted it too. So we were cooking up huge pots of slime alongside filming. In the end we poured over 170 litres. Available On: Primordial Blue-in-Pink Goo Edition Vinyl, Toxic Blue Lagoon Edition vinyl with alternate cover artwork (Shop Exclusive) and CD. LIVE DATES - ON SALE NOW 23 Apr: Tolbooth, Stirling, UK 24 Apr: Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine, UK 25 Apr: The Tunnels, Aberdeen, UK 26 Apr: The Cluny, Newcastle, UK 27 Apr: The Attic, Leeds, UK 28 Apr: La Belle Angle, Edinburgh, UK 01 May: The Pink Room, Yes, Manchester, UK 02 May: The John Peel Centre, Stowmarket, UK 03 May: Billy Bootleggers, Nottingham, UK 04 May: The Prince Albert, Stroud, UK 05 May: Ramsgate Music Hall, Ramsgate, UK 06 May: Boileroom, Guildford, UK 07 May: The Barrel House, Totnes, UK 08 May: Alphabet, Brighton, UK 09 May: The Legion Club, Wendover, UK 10 May: The Lexington, London, UK 04 Jul: The Rockfield Centre, Oban, UK 05 Jul: Kelburn Garden Party, Kelburn, UK 13 Aug: The Gregson, Lancaster, UK 21 Aug: Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons, UK

🫠 ✨ 170 litres of slime. ✨🫠 That’s how much we poured over me for this music video. This is ‘Life Slime’ - the title track from my new album. It’s a sad ballad with a gelatinous underside, and comes with a suitably gloopy video made by @forestofblack . Watch the full thing on YT. 📺 We also attempted a Guinness World Record: “Most slime poured over an individual during a music video performance.” Will keep you posted if it’s official… Album Life Slime out April 10. UK tour April–May - tickets on sale now. 🎬 Full video credits in comments.

We’re really looking forward to screening @supernaturefilm @glasgowfilmfest @glasgowfilmtheatre on Saturday (SOLD OUT) and Odeon Glasgow Quay on Sunday. We may have a few spares for GFT so do DM us if you want. With such a large contingent of wonderful Scottish talent and input this is gonna be a very special one. @screenscots @forestofblack @officialblazinggriffin @davidmcaulaycomposer - sound design @tigerlilyproductions - nikki parrott EP @sleekitcuts - additional editing @jlcobban - re-recording mixer Scottish filmmakers involved @racdavies_photos , @loosemooose , @mr_guesty And the team @forestofblack past and present - @josefinba @oscarsansom @ainsdirector @michaelsherringtonfilm @oddness.studio some of the south of the border team! @ahamiltonayres - original score @edinstacam - director @beccawolff27 - producer @phoebholman - associate producer If you come to the Saturday screening you can join us for a party after at @forestofblack studio and celebrate with us… Saturday 28th February 4pm at Glasgow Film Theatre followed by a Q&A with Director Ed Sayers Sunday 1st March 1pm at Odeon Luxe with an intro from Ed Friday 27th February 11.45am at Glasgow Film Theatre - P&I screening for GFF industry delegates Generously supported by BFI Doc Society Fund @thedocsociety Screen Scotland @screenscots Cinelab Film & Digital @cinelabuk Foghorn Features Spark Features @heyrobina , @spark_features Represented for international sales by Autlook Film Sales @autlookfilmsales Distributed in the UK by BFI Image is from a scene from Super Nature filmed on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, created by @racdavies_photos one of 40+ collaborators who made this global love letter to nature on #super8film

'Gaucha' by Daira Ronzoni will have its premiere at @glasgowshort next month!⁠ ⁠ The screening will be on Friday, 20th of March at @grosvenorpicturetheatre Glasgow at 7 pm. Tickets are available now through the festival's website - free but booking required - link in bio! The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Daira⁠. ⁠ 'Gaucha' is a hybrid live action/animated short inspired by imagined migrations across South American borderlands, deserts, underworlds, and shifting biomes where timelines blur. From shimmering water to distant stars, the journey follows Gaucha, a wandering queer mestiza carrying ancestral memories, searching for deities and dreams. Gaucha is a feminist reclamation of the gaucho, a figure associated with myths of masculine heroism. The film draws on the Andean principle of ch’ixi, where Indigenous and colonial worlds exist side by side without fusing into a single mestizo identity. Each remains visible, shaping the landscapes, rituals, and encounters along Gaucha’s path.⁠ ⁠ @dairaronzoni is a multidisciplinary artist based in Glasgow, born in Buenos Aires and raised in the UK. Working across film, installation, sculpture, painting, sound, and virtual environments, her practice draws from Indigenous and queer cosmologies, migration, earthly ritual, and ecological care, building immersive worlds shaped by personal and cultural histories.⁠ ⁠ 'Gaucha' was developed and produced by the Too Happy Artist Commission in partnership with @forestofblack and @glasgowshort with support from @filmvidumbrella and @cofgcollege . Funded by @creativescots Image courtesy of Daria Ronzoni