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A SCIENTIFIC SUPERPOWER ON THE COLD EDGE OF THE ATLANTIC
Written and directed by Jack MacGregor
Assistant Director Alina Ben Larbi
Performed by Fraser Bishop
VFX by Joe Osborn
Locations by Jenny Johnstone
Music by Zuper Rookie and Andy G. Cohen
Commissioned by Spirit:360
February 2022
UKVL Sutherland is a speculative history of aerospace development in the Scottish Highlands, presented from the 22nd century.
We created this film with support from Spirit:360 and High Life Highland on a very small budget. Our ambition here was to make a sci-fi piece set in the Highlands, which is something that we never get to really see.
This entirely fictional 'documentary' has been inspired by real-world scientific and industrial initiatives taken in the north of Scotland, like the actual UKVL launch site planned for opening this year. The film seeks to comment on how industrialists have made use of the north of Scotland since the end of WW2, how a transatlantic military-industrial complex has at the same time enriched the region and nurtured an economy of dependence. This film imagines that the aerospace program currently being planned for the region may one day balloon into a vast industry, with all the consequences that may entail.