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September 2026 | Newsletter

A swirling 16mm film still shows an apartment building surrounded by swirling orange and brown. A subtitle reads: "to have time to pour free labour".
Rhea Storr, ‘Okay Keskidee! Let Me See Inside’ (2025). Courtesy of the artist.

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ONE WORK | Ayla Dmyterko, ‘Dance of the Fated Furies’ (2025)

Online Screening 9 September — 7 October 2026

Our September ONE WORK presents a month-long screening of Ayla Dmyterko’s ​‘Dance of the Fated Furies’ (2025) accompanied by a recorded discussion with Ayla and a newly commissioned text responding to the work by writer and curator, Caitlin Merrett King.

Caitlin Merrett King on Ayla Dmyterko's 'Dance of the Fated Furies'

Writing

Writer and curator Caitlin Merrett King's response to 'Dance of the Fated Furies' phases between critical enquiry and a narrative inundated with a pop cultural cache of emotion.

Film London Jarman Award 2026 | Screening and Q&A with Rhea Storr

Screening 22 September 2026

LUX Scotland and Filmhouse will host the Film London Jarman Award 2026, presenting a screening of the shortlisted artists’ work and a Q&A with shortlisted artist Rhea Storr at Filmhouse, Edinburgh.

Research bursaries: digital access to the LUX Collection

Opportunities Deadline passed

We are pleased to release the latest set of bursaries for researchers (including artists, curators and programmers) who work with the moving image and are based in Scotland.

LUX Scotland Studio Visits

Opportunities Deadline passed

LUX Scotland are undertaking the next set of our regular paid studio visits with artists based in Scotland who identify as disabled, from Global Majority backgrounds or both.

if four is a riot, it is also a congress: Cicely Farrer on MAXIMUM TILT

Writing

Cicely Farrer reflects on MAXIMUM TILT: a festival of artists’ moving image, responding to the festival format as a whole before identifying three thematic strands of the programme and unfolding them in relation to specific films. Cicely goes on to draw out the programme's provocations and questions how festivals can be spaces which sit with and hold contradiction.

Making Myth from the Margins I Workshop with Moira Salt

Workshop 16 September 2026

Moira Salt leads this free workshop using myth and myth-making in the landscape.

Somatic Listening: Practices in Responsive Filmmaking | Workshop with Jess Holdengarde

Workshop 16 October 2026

In this free workshop with artist Jess Holdengarde at Forgan Arts Centre participants will be introduced to practices of deep listening that engage with ecology, sound and site-responsive practice.

September Advice Sessions

Event 23 — 30 September 2026

We offer free online advice sessions for artists who are based in Scotland and are not in education, aimed at developing a wide-ranging dialogue around your practice.

A thank you to Aqsa Arif

News 20 August 2026

LUX Scotland Learning Programme Manager, Aqsa Arif, will be leaving LUX Scotland this August after being an integral part of the team for the past year.

Funding and scaling artists' moving image

Resources

Artists Tako Taal and Alexis Kyle Mitchell and film producer Pinky Ghundale respond to set questions on the subject of 'funding and scaling artists' moving image'.

Image description: A swirling 16mm film still shows an apartment building surrounded by swirling orange and brown. A subtitle reads: ​“to have time to pour free labour”.