Sands Film Festival Returns For Fifth Edition, Headline Speakers Include Charlie Kaufman, Laura Mulvey, Joe Russo & Composer Craig Armstrong

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Scotland’s Sands film festival has set the lineup for its fifth edition, which will run from April 17 – 19. 

Led by Festival Director Ania Trzebiatowska and produced by the Byre Theatre at the University of St Andrews, Sands runs across three days in St Andrews, Scotland. The event was founded by the Russo Brothers’ independent studio AGBO

Headline events from this year’s programme include an on-stage Q&A session and musical event with the veteran BAFTA and Grammy award-winning composer Craig Armstrong (Ray, The Great Gatsby). Titled An Afternoon with Craig Armstrong, the event will see Armstrong in conversation with Edith Bowman about his career and creative process. The event will also feature live music performed on stage by St Andrews music scholars.

The festival will once again mount its signature “This Much I Know…” series, where leading industry professionals discuss their current practice and the contemporary

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