Talking Film – Anthony Minghella When Anthony Minghella died in 2008 aged fifty-four, he left behind a body of work that straddled film, theatre and television as a director, playwright and screen-writer. In Hollywood, he won the Oscar for Best Director for his 1996 film The English Patient, for which he was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. He followed this with nominations for The Talented Mr Ripley in 1999 and, as co-producer, was posthumously nominated for Best

We're delighted that the fourth Whaam! Shorts film is the excellent Rabbit Punch from the most excellent team at Arpeggio Pictures. Stuart Condy and Sara Forbes, Arpeggio's head honcho's discuss it's creation, TV premiere, BAFTA NT win, Funding, the future of Scottish Shorts and more. SC - Rabbit Punch was made in 2012 and was our first short film after graduating from film school. How did you come to find the project and what led you to bring me on board? SF - ​Rabbit Punch

The events of 2016 have been written about far more comprehensively and sensibly than we could ever do– and anyway, it's all old hat now! It's 2017! We'd like to thank everyone for their support over 2016. It was a pretty exciting year for Scottish Independent Filmmaking. Things really are changing. What started as a jump into the unknown with Tartan Features is developing into something that really is now taking shape and evolving for the better. We're re-branding ourselves