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Funding
Visual Artist & Craft Maker Awards 2026/27 (VACMA): Applications open
Deadline for applications: Tuesday 20 October
Shetland Arts, in partnership with Creative Scotland and Shetland Islands Council, invite applications from artists and makers for bursaries of £500 or £1,000 towards their creative and professional development.
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Film
Hadestown: The Musical
13 October 2026 to 18 October 2026
The international hit musical comes to the big screen!
Mareel
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Film
English National Ballet presents The Sleeping Beauty
15 October 2026
A fairytale filmed at London’s Royal Albert Hall, English National Ballet presents a lavish performance of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet…
Mareel
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Music
Calum MacPhail Live
16 October 2026
Scottish singer, songwriter, and accordionist Calum McPhail is making waves with his vibrant fusion of traditional Scottish folk and Irish…
Mareel
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Film
The Social Reckoning
16 October 2026 to 29 October 2026
Aaron Sorkin delivers a searing companion piece to the Oscar winning 2010 biopic The Social Network.
Mareel
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Film
Heart of the Beast
16 October 2026 to 22 October 2026
After a harrowing plane crash, former Special Forces Officer James Belmont is trapped in the unforgiving Alaskan wilderness with his…
Mareel
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Film
Digger
16 October 2026 to 22 October 2026
Tom Cruise stars in his wildest, weirdest role to date in Oscar-winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s satirical black comedy.
Mareel
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Film
Queen at Sea
18 October 2026 to 21 October 2026
A wrenching tale of a family confronting heartbreaking choices around consent, caregiving, and autonomy as their matriarch succumbs to advanced…
Mareel
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Film
Scottish Ballet: These Violent Delights
21 October 2026
In this sleek, vivid, contemporary re-telling of Shakespeare’s tragic romance, fate is rewritten on the dancefloor without words.
Mareel
Events
Mareel Minis
18 October 2026 to 14 March 2027
Mareel Minis is a new monthly series of children’s short film screenings, giving families and young audiences the chance to...
Mareel
Opportunities
Latest blog posts
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Say hello to our new Creative Project Manager, Sanne
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What’s on this October
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Even Here, Even Now: Q&As
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September events: New season, new experiences
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Annual filmmaking favourite Homemade screens at Mareel this weekend
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Mareel to take part in National Cinema Weekender 2026 campaign
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Wool Week26@ShetlandArts: What’s on
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Aimee Labourne: Other Worlds, mid-project blog
