Documentary about city’s famous busker to enter film festival

Film made about Fast Eddie, who performs rain or shine

A documentary film about one of Dundee’s most recognisable buskers is to be entered into a North American indie film festival.

The short film, made by former Dundee resident Greig Stott, features Fast Eddie, a well-known street busker who can be spotted rain or shine playing the harmonica in the city centre.

It will now be entered into Best Short Fest, held in Lanark County, Ontario, in September this year.

The festival is open to submissions from any genre of short film from across the world.

The production was self-taught filmmaker and photographer Greig’s first and achieved a degree of local recognition after being released.

It won in the Local Talent award category of the IronStar International Short Film Festival held in Dundee.

The festival was hosted by IronStar Films in partnership with Dundee Contemporary Arts.

Greig, who moved to Ontario, Canada, in October last year with his wife and daughter, said he made the film out of pure intrigue.

He said: “I am a storyteller by nature and I am always interested in people and their stories.

“I have always had this real interest and been drawn to buskers and street performers and this man (Fast Eddie) caught my eye five years ago.

“I used to always wonder who he was, what he was about and what his story was.

“I finally plucked up the courage to speak to him and he could not have been more welcoming.”

Greig also plans to enter the short film version into festivals worldwide, including others across the Atlantic in Canada and the USA, as well as UK and Europe.

He said: “I am very excited about potentially sharing my work and Fast Eddie with audiences in North America and the world.

“Since making the film, he has become a great friend to me and he never fails to make me smile and feel good about life.

“He is a wonderfully unique character and personality.

“He is definitely one of the things I miss most about the city of Dundee and Scotland.”

The film can be seen on YouTube.

I finally plucked up the courage to speak to him and he could not have been more welcoming. FILM-MAKER GREIG STOTT

Greig, right, has befriended Fast Eddie since making a short film about him.