Montrose LandxSea Film Festival 2025
🗓️ 12–14 September | 📍 Montrose Playhouse, Scotland
www.landxsea.org | @LandxSeaFest

We're thrilled to include your film in the 2025 Montrose LandxSea Film Festival! Below is all the key information you need to participate. If you have any questions, just reach out.

• Screening Fomats
• Publicity Checklist
• Promotion
• Festival Laurels
• Passes, Tickets, Venue, and Special Events
• Contact Us

SCREENING FORMATS

All films must be in English or have English subtitles.

Preferred Format:

• DCP (Digital Cinema Package)

Additional Formats:

• Digital files (MP4, H264, Pro Res, .MOV)
• Please send digital files ASAP to allow time for conversion, ingestion, and testing.

Not Accepted:

• DVD or BluRay formats. (but if this is you only option, contact us - we'll do our best to make it work).

Email for digital materials/links: 

[email protected] (please include your film title in the subject line), or you can also share files via Dropbox, GDrive, WeTransfer etc.

Shipping Address for physical DCPs:

Stewart Buchanan, Assistant Manager
The Montrose Playhouse
The Mall, Montrose
Angus, DD10 8NN, Scotland, UK

Accessibility:

Please send a subtitled version if you have it. (even if your film is in English).

If available, please also send a closed caption file (e.g. CC in the CPL). We're piloting use of Watchword Smart Glasses at this year's festival to offer captioning on demand for audience members.

PUBLICITY MATERIALS

To help us promote your screening and ensure your film gets the spotlight it deserves, please send the following as soon as possible:

🗓️ Deadline for materials: As soon as possible - no later than 23 July.
🗓️ Programme announcement: 6 August 2025 (full press release, box office and printed programme launch).

CHECKLIST:

Essentials:

• • 3-4 high-res stills from your film (print quality, with photo credits)
  • Film info + Director’s bio & headshot
  • Screener link (required if your film is not BBFC rated) for local licencing approval

Optional (but appreciated!):

• • Link to press kit/EPK
  • Digital film poster
  • Trailer or promo clip (upload-ready or YouTube/Vimeo link)
  • Screener link for press

Send all materials to: [email protected] (include your film title in the subject line)

PUBLICITY NOTES

Images & Poster:

Send the largest resolution files available,. These may be used in our printed programme, website, social media, press, and venue displays.

Bio & Film Info:

Please send an EPK if you have it, or let us know a bit about you and your film. If there are any links to Scotland, Montrose, or the Angus region, we’d love to know! Feel free to include any press coverage, awards, impact campaigns, or social media links.

Trailers & Clips: (optional for short films)

If available, please send a digital file we can upload to our channels, or a shareable link. Broadcast-quality clips (2–3 minutes) may be used for TV/media promotion.

Screeners:

If your film is not BBFC certified, we must receive a screener by 23 July for local authority licencing. A screener for press is also appreciated if available.

Press Contact:

Have press leads or suggestions? Please reach out to our festival publicist Ruth Marsh at [email protected].

PROMOTE YOUR SCREENING

Our full programme is announced 7 August at midday at landxsea.org — help us spread the word!

• Spread the word on your social media channels (on or after 7th August midday!):

• • You’ll find suggested social media copy you can use here and social media assets here, feel free to get creative and share your own!
  • Don’t forget to tag and follow @Landxseafest on Instagram and Facebook so we can reshare your posts.

• Include us in your next email blast or newsletter:
  • You’ll find suggested newsletter copy you can use here and images here
  • Festival logos can be found here and festival poster art here

• Tell your colleagues, friends, and family members about the festival

• • You’ll find all the information online at www.landxsea.org/festival

Want to know more? Visit the Festival FAQ.

Need additional materials? Please contact [email protected]. We're happy to help you create something for your screening/event.

FESTIVAL LAURELS

Please add our 2025 Official Selection laurels to your film’s materials and website.

Download black or white versions here - or contact us for InDesign files.

PASSES, TICKETS & EVENTS

Festival Venue & Box Office

The Montrose Playhouse | Cinema and Arts Venue
The Mall, Montrose, DD10 8NN, Angus, Scotland, UK

More about out Venue, including tickets, booking, and Getting There → 

Access & Support

For details on access — including venue facilities, captioned screenings, community & youth tickets, and more — visit our Access & Inclusion page →

If you have any access requirements or anything that would make participation easier, please let Holly know at [email protected] and we’ll do our best to help.

Welcome Pack

If you are traveling to Montrose, this will be available at your hotel reception desk on arrival.

If you live locally, this will be available from Opening Night on 12 Sept at the Montrose Playhouse Box Office.

Festival Pass & Seating

• Your pack includes a Festival Pass which gives you access to all screenings and events, including Opening & Closing Nights and the Filmmaker Reception.

• Enjoy priority seating in the first three rows of the cinema.

Your Screening Q&A

• There will be a post-film Q&A. You are also welcome to say a few words of introduction before the screening. Please arrive at Screen 1 (upstairs at the Montrose Playhouse) at least 15 minutes before your start time; the show MC will run through details with you.

• Please be aware that we will have a person live captioning all of the Q&As in the cinema. These will appear on-screen.

Tickets to Your Screening:

Complimentary guest tickets are available to the screening of your film. Please let us know in advance and we will arrange for guest tickets at the box office. Contact [email protected]

Additional Ticket Prices:

Individual Screenings

Special Event: The Enchanted Cinema

Ticket Bundles

Each ticket includes £1 Admin fee to support the Montrose Playhouse Project SCIO.

Ticket Purchase: via the Box Office or call +44 (0)7395 071 636

SOCIAL EVENTS & RECEPTIONS

Monday, 18 August
7:30pm     Festival Sneak Peek at the Montrose Playhouse: Rivers & Tides

Friday, 12 Sept
6:30pm     VIP welcome drink at the Montrose Playhouse bar
7:30pm     Opening Night Premiere: Lost for Words
Until Late   Opening Night drinks at the Montrose Playhouse bar

Saturday, 13 Sept
5:00–7:00pm   VIP Filmmaker Reception @ Kontiki Space is limited - please RSVP!
7:30pm      Centrepiece Premiere: Lowland Kids

Sunday, 14 Sept
9:30am      Montrose Beach Dook ("dip") — bring your swimsuit! Join our team, as well as our filmmaker guests and festivalgoers on Sunday 14th, 9.30am for our famous sea swim! Bracing North Sea dips not your thing? Cheer on the dookers from the dunes instead.
7:30pm      Closing Night Premiere: Yanuni
Until Late   Wrap Drinks at the Montrose Playhouse bar

CONTACT US

Rachel Caplan
Festival Director
📧 [email protected] | 📞 +44 (0)7305 583 951

Holly Muse
Guest Manager & Assistant Festival Producer
📧 [email protected] | 📞 +31 684 636 264

Emma Jamieson
Marketing Manager
📧 emma@landxsea.org

Ruth Marsh
Festival Publicist
📧 [email protected]

We’re so excited to welcome your film to Montrose LandxSea and can’t wait to share it with our audiences!