Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

BRIDGING THE GAP

The Bayview

Scotland
2021 — 18' / Color

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Synopsis

On the North East Coast of Scotland, an extraordinary family have turned the previously derelict Bayview hotel into a place of respite for international fishermen when they come to land. This film is a glimpse into this unlikely home and the transient guests who pass through it.

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Directors' Biography

Based in Glasgow as an artist and filmmaker, Daniel Cook immerses himself in the lives of his subjects creating work that is at once performative, factual and fictional. His last short documentary THE BAYVIEW (2021) was selected at Clermont-Ferrand International Short FF.

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Directors

Daniel Cook

Producers

Marcy Paterson

Cinematographers

Daniel Cook

Editors

Jack Lang

Sound

Allan Whyte

Contact

Scottish Documentary Institute
Caledonian Exchange 19A Canning Street
Edinburgh EH3 8HE, Scotland, UK
[email protected]

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