David Smith

This is my personal Twitter. Film, TV, education, policy, bikes. Also, Director of Screen Scotland.

[Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK @CovidJusticeUK]

Today, @covidinquiryuk heard that the government instructed PPE suppliers to prioritise English NHS settings over Scotland.

Just as shocking, the government withdrew embassy support from Scottish government officials negotiating PPE deals in foreign countries.

[Sixteen Films @KenLoachSixteen]

The two Sixteen Films films - coming very soon!

ON FALLING - 7TH MARCH
HARVEST - 18th APRIL

[Scottish Government @scotgov]

We support our screen sector and in our budget we're providing a further £2 million towards its development.

First Minister @JohnSwinney and Culture Secretary @AngusRobertson visited a TV production filming in Scotland to explore the benefits screen production brings.

Watch now

[David Smith @DWSandDavid]

The @EdinburghTVFest seem to have left for Blue Sky but if you want to get involved with them this year then get yourself to Glasgow! Edinburgh TV Festival is holding a "town hall" at @Channel4 in Glasgow on 10th March, or Belfast on the 14th Details 👇
https://t.co/HjGtnM0CBX

[David Smith @DWSandDavid]

Don't think the @ScottishDocInst is on here, but the film they supported Theo Panagopoulos to make (with funding from Screen Scotland) won the Short Film Grand Jury Prize @sundancefest. It's called The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing, & it's beautiful. https://t.co/rI9A9zUx3B

[David Smith @DWSandDavid]

Screen Scotland is funding this alongside partners. Is it your job? Would you want it to be?
https://t.co/jx6w62B3BV

[David Smith @DWSandDavid]

If you have a vote in the @BAFTA film awards, before you cast it please watch MILK by Miranda Stern and THE FLOWERS STAND SILENTLY, WITNESSING by Theo Panagopoulos. Both are excellent, both deserve your vote.

[David Smith @DWSandDavid]

How did I not know David Bowie lived in Drummond Street, Edinburgh for a short period in the early 1970s. Grateful to @markcousinsfilm for telling me over a curry yesterday in Tuk Tuk on Drummond Street yesterday.
https://t.co/O2IPWfCTEW

[David Smith @DWSandDavid]

Presuming Gary wasn't available?

[Variety @Variety]

President-elect Donald Trump is hoping to make Hollywood “stronger than ever before” by naming Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight “special ambassadors.”

Details here: https://t.co/trBwrlpNVu

[Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff]

not Lynch's movie, i know, but god, what a sendoff

[John Morrison @JoMoMMS]

Gaelic reaching new frontiers with An t-Eilean, @MGALBA and @bbcalba Lots of national and international coverage including @THR We must build on this momentum.
https://t.co/LhdJi5dr7R

[David Smith @DWSandDavid]

Important new survey launched by Scottish Government: "seeking views on how culture and the arts are currently supported in Scotland and areas for change.” Scotland's screen sector needs to engage in this process as it's about Screen Scotland as well as Creative Scotland...

[Scot Gov Culture @culturescotgov]

Culture Secretary @AngusRobertson has confirmed Dame Sue Bruce will chair the independent review of @CreativeScots.

A new survey to help inform the scope of the review has also been launched today.

More ▶️ https://t.co/k0kiIlIADa

[Angus Robertson @AngusRobertson]

A landmark in Scottish broadcasting - the first ever high-end Gaelic drama series: check out An t-Eilean (The Island) on BBC Alba, BBC4 and BBCiPlayer. Details in @edinburghpaper https://t.co/5YMXTney8L

[Angus Robertson @AngusRobertson]

This is a shocking report and raises serious questions for the BBC and Ofcom. I will be seeking meetings with both. Scotland’s growing screen sector has been a success story in recent years and must not be undermined.

[MG ALBA @MGALBA]

Abair oidhche a bh' againn aig screening airson An t-Eilean an-raoir! Taing do @RTSScotland airson an tachartas a chur air dòigh ann com-pàirteachas còmhla rinn agus gu @bbcalba @all3media @screenscots @BlackCamelPic

📺14.01.25 air BBC ALBA 9f

[Broadcastnow @Broadcastnow]

BBC Scottish commissioning row deepens https://t.co/cUSYUx3qyX

[David Smith @DWSandDavid]

@screenscots part funded An t-Eilean by the way.

[David Smith @DWSandDavid]

Quality Skandi Noir set in Harris? Yeah, on the evidence of the 1st episode I saw tonight that just might be what @BlackCamelPic + @bbcalba have delivered in An t-Eilean/The Island. Lots of intrigue, good acting all round, ditto script, direction, post & music. Airs from Jan 14

[David Smith @DWSandDavid]

That link is broken, here it is again https://t.co/1dsI3BwU2D

[David Smith @DWSandDavid]

Big news for 2025 & beyond. A replacement for Sharp Shorts, new "Second Sight" shorts, new ambitious shorts at £90k each from Screen Scotland, new short opportunities across Scotland. The biggest ever investment in shorts production in Scotland...
https://t.co/6cIxMnbwr6...

[Edinburgh International Film Festival @edfilmfest]

Submissions for #EIFF25 are now open! 🎉

Submit now via FilmFreeway: https://t.co/lXDd4k7Z6M

Final deadline for receipt of submissions is Friday 18 April 2025.