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:
We Can Be Heroes
competitions:
Millennium Bank Award – Grand Prix Green Warsaw Award Best Debut Award
tags:
psychology ecology relations slow cinema awarded

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