CLOSING NIGHT: WHISPERS IN THE WOODS + Q&A

Name: CLOSING NIGHT: WHISPERS IN THE WOODS + Q&A
Released: 2026-09-13
Duration: 2 h 25 min

<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Scottish Premiere<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Join us for a celebratory Closing Night as we announce the North Light Award winner and share one final, unforgettable film to round out the weekend.<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">In the deep forests of France’s Vosges mountains, wildlife photographer and filmmaker Vincent Munier returns to the landscape that first taught him how to look. Accompanied by his father, a naturalist, and his 12-year-old son, Munier moves quietly through woodland, riverbank and mountain paths, waiting for fleeting encounters with lynx, deer, owls and the elusive capercaillie.<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Whispers in the Woods<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> is less a conventional nature documentary than a cinema of patience and attention. The drama lies in stillness: mist through the trees, animal calls in the dark, candlelit stories, and the careful passing of knowledge from one generation to the next. Munier’s camera finds grandeur in the smallest signs of life, while the film’s soundscape invites us to listen as much as look.<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Guests to be announced<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Director: Vincent Munier | Country: France | Year: 2026 | Running Time: 93 mins | Language: French (with English subtitles) |<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Rating: BBFC U <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Screening with short film: THE HERRING QUEEN <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">In a Scottish fishing village shaped by the sea, an annual festival keeps an old tradition alive: crowning a teenage Herring Queen. This intimate portrait of ceremony, community and change reflects on heritage, belonging and the climate pressures reshaping coastal life. <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Followed by a live Q&A with director Eilidh Munro <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Director: Eilidh Munro | Country: Scotland, UK | Year: 2025 | Running Time: 12 mins |  Language: English | Rating: N/C PG <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Closing Night drinks <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">It's a Wrap! After the screening, gather with filmmakers, guests and fellow festivalgoers in the Playhouse Bar for a celebratory nightcap to close the 2026 Festival. <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#212529;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">These films are subtitled. Post-film Q&As will be live captioned (CART). Learn more about <a href="https://www.landxsea.org/access" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#3e7c9f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">access at the festival </a><a href="https://www.landxsea.org/playhouse" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#3e7c9f;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">→</a> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">This event is part of the 4th Montrose LandxSea Film Festival, Scotland’s environmental film festival: a weekend of films, conversations and special events exploring climate, nature, place and our changing world. Find out more at <a href="http://landxsea.org" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">landxsea.org</a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">.<div> </div>PT2H25MPG2026-09-13

Vincent Munier

CLOSING NIGHT: WHISPERS IN THE WOODS + Q&A"CLOSING NIGHT: WHISPERS IN THE WOODS + Q&A"

Showtimes

September 13, 7:30 pm