Foula Films is a Scottish production company specialising in short films
We are comprised of a group of young filmmakers from Scotland who are dedicated to bringing interesting and personal forms of cinema into the mainstream
Filmmakers
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Lewis Cranston
WRITER AND DIRECTOR
Glasgow-based filmmaker with a particular interest in building and exploring spaces and the connection between characters and space. In particular, the theme of landscape, both natural and urban, is a familiar theme in all of Lewis’ work to date. A recent graduate of Screen Academy Scotland's BA Film Programme
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Lewis William Shipley
WRITER AND DIRECTOR
A filmmaker with a passion for shooting on film with most of his work all being shot on 8mm and 16mm. Lewis’ films have a lighthearted spirit and deal with themes of time, longing, love and the Scottish landscape.
RECENT/UPCOMING RELEASES
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The Watergaw (2024)
A folk horror short written and directed by Lewis Cranston starring Colin McCredie, Strath Martin and David R. Montgomery
Official Selection at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024
A man attempts to initiate the sale of his ancestral land in the Scottish Borders but in the process finds himself confronted by his own past and the mystical qualities of the landscape.
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Lights Across The Shore (2022)
A film by Lewis William Shipley starring Sam Cook and Ellie Siriwardena
Official selection at EIFF 2022’s ‘New Visions’ and a nominee for the Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize at Glasgow Short Film Festival 2023
A coming of age tale of young man’s move from a Scottish Island to the city of Edinburgh