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	29 November 2007 Calum Noah on BBC Scotland Calum Noah will be broadcast on BBC2 at 18:00 on Thursday 20 December 2007. ***** 25 June 2007 Calum Noah to Premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival The English version of Calum Noah is to premiere at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival. It has been selected for screening as part of the Family Animation programme on Saturday 25 August. Production is nearing completion and Catrìona Black is looking forward to finishing in good time both for the festival, and for the birth of her first child in September! ***** 04 December 2006 Pìobairean Bhòrnais: Big in America Pìobairean Bhòrnais is blazing a trail for Gaelic film across the USA and Canada this Christmas, as part of a DVD box set. As one of 18 films by indigenous and minority-culture filmmakers, the South Uist tale is being distributed by entertainments giant, Warner Home Video, across North America. Pìobairean Bhòrnais featured in National Geographic’s first ever All Roads Film Festival, which took place in Los Angeles and Washington DC in 2004. The festival’s advisory board includes big names such as Spike Lee and Kiefer Sutherland, alongside minority culture experts such as N. Bird Runningwater of the Sundance Film Festival. Eighteen of the annual festival’s best films, both short and feature-length, were picked for the All Roads Film Festival Collection, from minority cultures in the USA, New Zealand, Australia, Russia, Zimbabwe, Kazakhstan, South Africa and of course, Scotland. Pìobairean Bhòrnais is the only western European film to be included in the set, which is due for release on 15 December. *** 02 March 2006 Calum Noah: Fantastic Voices in the Can We're delighted to announce that three fantastic Gaelic actors have lent their voices to our current production, Calum Noah. Recording last week in Edinburgh were John Carmichael, Màiri Morrison and Anne Sinclair, who romped their way through the adventure with great hilarity. For pictures of their day in the studio click here. *** 22 September 2005 Superhero: New Documentary Out Soon In her second half-hour documentary, Catrìona Black goes on the hunt for Gaeldom's first cartoon superhero. See a sneak preview here of Sgàthach, our very own warrior queen. Superhero will screen as part of the art series Ealtainn on BBC2 Scotland at 19.30 on Thursday 6 October 2005. ***** 3 August 2005 Pìobairean Bhòrnais on STV Arts Programme Catrìona Black will show how she made Pìobairean Bhòrnais on STV's new arts programme, Carlas, on Saturday 6 August at 13.25. ***** 19 April 2005 Catrìona and the Colourists on Television Again Catrìona and the Colourists will be broadcast on BBC2 Scotland at 18.30 on Thursday 5 May 2005. ***** 12 April 2005 Calum Noah gets the Green Light Am Bocsa's latest project, Calum Noah, has received lottery money from Scottish Screen. With a commission from BBC Alba and funding from the Gaelic Media Service already lined up, Calum Noah can now go into production. It is hoped that the five minute film will be completed in mid 2006. ***** 3 February 2005 Pìobairean Bhòrnais in New Zealand Pìobairean Bhòrnais is to be screened at a Maori festival in New Zealand this June. ***** 11 January 2004 Catrìona and the Colourists Selected for CFTF Catrìona and the Colourists has been selected for the Celtic Film and Television Festival, which will take place in Cardiff in early April. *** 10 January 2005 Am Bocsa is Moving Am Bocsa is moving on 21 January 2005. Check out our new address and phone number on our contacts page. *** 2 September 2004 Catrìona Black to star in Documentary Am Bocsa Director Catrìona Black is to feature in a half-hour Gaelic documentary to be broadcast at the end of the month. Catrìona and the Colourists follows Catrìona's efforts to locate the places where the famous Scottish painters made their landscapes, and to recreate them on the spot as animations. The programme will screen as part of the art series Ealtainn on BBC2 Scotland at 7.00pm on Thursday 30 September 2004. ***** 18 August 2004 Pìobairean Bhòrnais in America Over a year after its completion, Pìobairean Bhòrnais has been selected for a spate of festivals taking place this autumn. The Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films will be showing the film in September, and it will be back in California a month later for the The National Geographic All Roads Film Festival. This new festival is especially for minority culture films and takes place in Los Angeles and Washington DC. Meanwhile, closer to home, Pìobairean Bhòrnais will be part of the Merchant City Festival in Glasgow in late September. ***** 9 August 2004 Pìobairean Bhòrnais in Skye Exhibition Previously unseen artwork from the making of Pìobairean Bhòrnais is to be shown as part of the Captivate exhibition at An Tuireann in Skye. The exhibition will feature emerging animators from all over Scotland and takes place from 14 August to 25 September. Thereafter it will tour the Highlands and Islands. ***** 19 May 2004 Pìobairean Bhòrnais in Anima Mundi Pìobairean Bhòrnais has been selected for Anima Mundi, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil, this July. ***** 15 May 2004 Pìobairean Bhòrnais in Aragon, Spain Pìobairean Bhòrnais has been selected for Festival de Cine de Huesca, which will take place in Spain this June. ***** 26 January 2004 Pìobairean Bhòrnais in the British Animation Awards Pìobairean Bhòrnais will be shown all over Britain in February, as part of the British Animation Awards Public Choice Screenings. ***** 13 January 2004 Pìobairean Bhòrnais Selected for CFTF Pìobairean Bhòrnais has been selected for the Celtic Film and Television Festival, which will take place in Dundee in early April. ***** 21 December 2003 Pìobairean Bhòrnais on BBC Scotland Pìobairean Bhòrnais will be shown on BBC 2 at 18:00 on Thursday 8 January 2004.