“When award-winning filmmaker Anthony Baxter first moved to Montrose, there wasn’t a cinema to be found between Dundee and Aberdeen. But now, thanks to the Angus town’s state-of-the-art, community-owned Playhouse, it’s become the ideal spot to host Scotland’s first ever climate-focused film festival. [...] A key element of the festival is making it available to all. After all, the climate crisis affects everyone on the planet.” ~ The Sunday Post
The 2024 LandxSea Film Festival attracted significant media attention, reinforcing its growing reputation as a leading cultural and environmental event. With over 2.5 million media impressions, the festival amplified the voices of its films and filmmakers. LandxSea’s presence across platforms—from on-air interviews to in-theatre promotions—underscores its impact not only as an arts event, but as a vital platform for environmental storytelling and action.
Press coverage for the 2024 Festival includes:
24.09.24 'Eco festival turns big screens green' [The Courier Dundee]
13.09.24 Interview with the festival's Anthony Baxter [TAY FM]
13.09.24 'Coastal Erosion Summit' [Evening News/STV Dundee/Tayside]
13.09.24 'Great Box Office' [The Herald]
13.09.24 'From Climbing to Diving: five adventure film festivals coming to Scotland' [The Scotsman]
12.09.24 Interview with Puffling's Selma Rún Scheving Jónsdóttir [BBC Radio Scotland]
10.09.24 'Looking for Bo: the touching search for one of Scotland's precious few mountain hares ' [The Herald]
09.09.24 Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story review ['Sunday Morning with Cathy Macdonald'/BBC Radio Scotland - starts at 1:40:00]
08.09.24 'Billy & Molly: New Disney+ film about the unlikely friendship between Shetland couple and a rescued otter' [Press & Journal]
06.09.24 'Scotland on Screen: In Praise of Far-Flung Film Festivals' [The Skinny]
01.06.24 'A Love Story Like No Other' [The Sunday Post]
07.08.24 'Environmental Film Festival Returns to Montrose for Second Year' [The Herald]
07.08.24 'Montrose Coastal Erosion Summit to Feature in 2nd LandxSea Film Festival' [The Courier Dundee]
07.08.24 'Scottish Environmental Film Festival Returns for the Second Year' [The National]
07.08.24 'Programme Announced for Second Annual Montrose LandxSea Film Fest' [Screen Scotland]
The 2023 Festival had an estimated 2.5m+ media impressions across print, online, radio and television, including:
12.9.23 Fest Preview with Anthony Baxter & Graham Fellows [The Afternoon Show/BBC Radio Scotland]
11.9.23 Fest Preview [Radio Tay]
10.9.23 'Scotland's First ever climate-focused film festival heads for Montrose' [The Sunday Post]
9.9.23 'Waves of Support' [Magazine/The Courier Dundee]
9.9.23 Fest Preview with Rachel Caplan [Out of Doors/BBC Radio Scotland]
20.8.23 'Montrose LandxSea Film Fest' [Caught by the River]
17.8.23 'First Ever Montrose LandxSea Film Festival' [Angus County Press]
9.8.23 'Film Festival to Shine a Light on Climate Issues' [The Courier Dundee]
8.8.23 'Scotland's Only Climate Focused Film Festival' [Evening News/STV]
8.8.23 'LandxSea: Scotland's First Ever 'Climate-Themed' Film Festival' [Herald Scotland]
