‘Fair Land’ - Michiel Turner

Glasgow School of Art Christmas film 2023:

"The film playfully experiments with organic materials and the passage of time through Dawn Kelso's crafted costumes and crowns, intertwined with a collage of visual mediums. Marios Ento-Engkolo and Vika Buharova, portraying two characters, honour an oak tree as it sheds its leaves—a departure from the pagan tradition of celebrating the pine tree by bringing it indoors each winter. Written dialogue in Scots Gaelic, followed by English translations, serves as a reflection of time's interconnectedness. These thematic elements combine to underscore the film's overarching concept—the joy of regeneration."