A special commission by Glasgow Short Film Festival for the 60th anniversary of a lost archive film that never was. In 1956 a Glasgow-based socialist filmmaking collective embarked on an ambitious project confronting Scotland’s rural de-population crisis. Lost Treasure is a beautifully atmospheric audio-visual performance responding to the abandoned film: assembled by filmmaker Minttu Mäntynen and accompanied live by musicians Drew Wright (aka Wounded Knee) and Hamish Brown (Swimmer One).

Supported by PRS for Music Foundation and Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network. With thanks to National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive.