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a young man contemplates sheep in a pen

Magilligan + The Weavers

5:30PM, Fri 23rd Oct

We're thrilled to present the UK premiere of the debut feature-length documentary by award-winning filmmaker from Belfast, Ross McClean.

In a Northern Irish prison, young inmate Ryan finds some calm working with sheep on the prison farm but, on release, the burden of family history, grief and addiction threatens to be overwhelming. Sometimes dark and frustrating, sometimes bucolic and calm, this is an intimate, non-judgemental portrait of a man caught between two worlds with more than just his freedom at stake.

Ross McClean / 2026 / 15 / 74 mins / UK / English

Magilligan with a lamb

Magilligan with a sheep

Filmmaker Ross McClean

Ross McClean headshot

The Weavers

hands weaving at the loom

Rob Beaton has been weaving tartan and tweed in the Scottish Borders since he was 14. Now 84, he is Scotland's oldest and longest-serving mill worker, operating 100-year-old traditional shuttle looms in a mill threatened by closure. But elsewhere in Scotland, a different story is unfolding. In Highland Perthshire, a young apprentice is learning the trade and the ancient rhythms of the looms are being passed to a new generation.

Callum McCulloch-Nowlan / 2026 / 12A / 10 mins / UK / English

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a young man contemplates sheep in a pen
Showing
5:30PM, Fri 23rd Oct
Venue
Silver Screen
Director
Ross McClean
Running time
74 mins
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