Simon Grohe (-)
A FILMMAKER lhe 28 year-old Napier University film student wrote. directed and produced
what is possibly the funniest short of 2006. Run. foni, Run}. the tale of a man who becomes bored of his life in the Highlands and decides to plan his escape. was rightly rewarded With the BAF‘iA Scotland for Best New Screenplay in the New lalent category. (Brohe's debut w; s so good that we believe (after he's finished hrs dissertation) he Will be a major force in Scottish film. No pressure. Simon. but we know you've got a few film ideas in the pipeline. (PD)
Nicola Benedetti (4)
CLASSICAL VIOLINIST She may be stunning looking. but it is her Violin playing that sets Nicola Benedetti apart from other classical >abes. Growing in stature all the time. it Is difficult to believe that she is not yet 90. Inspirational to budding vroliriists and a UNICi l» ambassador. she's a genuinely lover person too. iCMl
Arab Strap (-)
V ROCK BAND Breaking up may be hard to do. but messrs Moffat and Middleton bit the bullet with style as they brought us their Ie/i Years of fears retirement tour and compilation album. But the swathe of sadness should be replaced by a pride and happiness that they have left us a fine musical legacy. ii3[)l
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Andy Armour (-)
FILM ACTOR After a prodigious but diminishing career in televrsion and small Scottish film productions Gorbals born actor Armour had returned to taxi cabbing. He made his return this year as the 'dog man' in Red Road and has been told that he is to be the lead character in the second of the 'Advance Party' trilogy Bar/as. in which he will play dodgy market trader“ Alfred. Not bad for a (38 year old veteran: his overnight success may Just be around the corner. iPl)l
Soma Records (-) RECORD LABEL What would Glasgow clubland be Without Soma? Not orin would headboys Slam never have released the seminal ‘l’ositive ['(‘iucation' on the world but the likes of l-unk d'Void. My Robot i riend. Alex Smoke. Silicone Soul and even Daft Punk may never have got off the ground. Celebrating their liith anniversary in 7006. it's been a decade and a half of the best in beats. all With a tivisted Glasgow edge. ll lNl
Karine Polwart (-) v FOLK SINGER
Stirlingshire folky Karine has had a
productive 1? months indeed. Sophomore album “Scribbled in Chalk"
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scored some adoring press. BBC RHle had her in for a multitude of live sessions and she received two nominations for the Scots lraditional
Music Awards testimon to her V
intelligent. imp; ssioned flair for roots songsmitheiy. iMJi
3“, Keith Hartley (')
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Raves in Berlin, cocktails in New York, naked art performances in Edinburgh: welcome to the lipsmacking, jetsetting, high-octane universe of Keith Hartley. There was once a time when working as a curator in a national art collection would have meant spending years of painstaking academic research, worthin but dustin enriching the nation’s knowledge of an arcane collection of paintings. That kind of work does still go on, but there's a new breed of Euro- curators and this year has seen the arrival of .. the first of them within Scotland’s National Galleries. Not that Hartley is a tly-by-night fashionista - far from it: his down-to-earth dedication and hard graft have resulted in three hugely successful exhibitions this year, including the shockingly popular Ron Mueck show and the shockingly good Douglas Gordon exhibition, both at the RSA Building in Edinburgh, as well as a shockingly demure, but quietly A . ' " excellent survey of US photographer Robert Mapplethorpe at the National Gallery of Modern Art. All this while acting as a Iynchpin in the bid to acquire Anthony D’Oftay's £100 million. a." ‘" art collection for j.“ the nation. Rock f. on, Keith. (NB)
De Rosa H
A ROCK BAND lhis postfolk Lanarkshire four piece had a Vintage year. particularly since it involved penning a deal With (‘ilasgow's leading indie label Chemikal Undergrounr‘l. Debut album ‘Mend' was released to Widespread acclaim, while support slots for Mogwai and Arab Strap were indicative of the musical lineage they're tipped to extend. iMJl
Nathan Coley (-) A ARTIST
With his Summer installation at Bute's
beautiful Mount Stuart. Coley showed that his essays in the overlaps of architecture and belief systems. are underpinned by a powerful insight into history. religion. tradition and fairground lighting. By December. fresh from a major installation in Santiago de ()ompostela. (Zoley was conquering (‘ilasgow lllii) l ighthousel and
l dinbur‘gh (SN(‘iMAl. What a year. (NB)
Pratibha Parmar H V FILMMAKER Asian stereotypes were smashed by Parmar' and screenwriter Andrea Ciibb's slight but important Glasgow—based film Nina's Heaven/y {)e/ig/its. lhe romantic comedy about a young lady's return to Glasgow is the first Widely distributed film to deal directly With the queer Asian experience. And for that. Parmar‘. who struggled for years to make the film the way she wanted to. deserves acclaim. (PD)