Doric film given subtitles for De Niro film festival premiere in New York
film starring Game of Thrones actor Mark Stanley has been subtitled for American audiences because of its Doric accents.
Run, which was filmed in and around Fraserburgh, will debut at Robert De Niro’s prestigious Tribeca Film Festival in New York next month.
Writer-director Scott Graham, 44, says he was not pre- pared to compromise on the Doric accents.
He said: “I had a glossary in the front of the script so our financiers in London could understand what was being said.
“I reckon about 40 per cent of it was in dialect and maybe 60 per cent English but it became more broad during filming as the actors really threw themselves into it. We all wanted it to be authentic.”
He said he expects the film to be subtitled for the Tribeca premiere on April 26.
“I think it’s inevitable that the screenings will have subtitles,” he said. “Whether they need them or not, I don’t know. But I’d rather that than have made a film that wasn’t in the dialect.”
Run tells the story of a fish factory worker, played by Mark Stanley – a ranger in the Night’s Watch in the first four series of Games of Thrones.
In the film, he becomes embroiled in the boy racing scene in Fraserburgh.
Graham, who grew up in Strichen and Pitmedden and attended Ellon Academy, said he was honoured that his film was screening at the Oscarwinning actor’s film festival.
The movie, described as an “authentic and taut piece of stripped-down filmmaking” by festival organisers, was inspired by Graham’s early years in the north-east as well as the music of Bruce Springa steen, who gave permission to use two of his songs on the soundtrack.
Graham, who now lives in Prague, said: “I wrote to him and explained what the film was about and why his music means as much as it does to people in the north-east and also how it’s a character in the film.
“We don’t have a big budget so we were pleased when we got the all-clear to use a couple of tracks.”