The Hermit of Treig
dir. Lizzie MacKenzie / 2022 / UK / 80min.
Lower Silesia Grand Prix
Lizzie Mackenzie captures Ken Smith who has spent the past four decades in the Scottish Highlands, living alone in a log cabin nestled near Loch Treig.
Diarist and avid photographer, Ken Smith has spent the past four decades in the Scottish Highlands, living alone in a log cabin nestled near Loch Treig, known as 'the lonely loch'. He has no electricity or running water. He lives off the land, fishing for his supper, chopping wood, and even brewing his own tipple. Filmed over 10 years, director Lizzie Mackenzie poetically captures Ken's profound, spiritual relationship with the wilderness: "If you love the land, it loves you back".
- duration:
- 80 min
- country / year of production:
- UK / 2022
- director:
- Lizzie MacKenzie
- cinematography:
- Lizzie MacKenzie
- producer:
- Naomi Spiro / Aruna Production
- selected festivals and awards:
- 2022 – Glasgow IFF: Audience Award
- sections:
- competitions:
- tags:
