MAXIMUM TILT: a festival of artists' moving image
Byre Theatre, Fife, KY16 9LA
Tuesday 23rd June 2026
Join LUX Scotland and the University of St Andrews Department of Film Studies and Centre for Screen Cultures during Midsummer 2026 for MAXIMUM TILT, a new three-day festival of artists’ moving image programmed by artists Andrew Black and Anne-Marie Copestake.
Prioritising slowness, conversation and being together across three days, Andrew and Anne-Marie have programmed a series of screenings, discussions and group meals. We’re really excited that we are also able to invite attendees to stay in discounted accommodation in St Andrews for the festival’s duration.
The programme for MAXIMUM TILT explores land, place and belonging through a selection of films that explore collective agency over placemaking common to both rural and urban settings. Bringing together films made in Scotland and the UK in conversation with international works, the programmers intend to undermine conservative narratives of place and disrupt oversimplified and romantic ideas of the rural.
By considering the potential of moving image to be a political, poetic and collective endeavour, Andrew and Anne-Marie seek to trouble a nostalgic view of the past and find forms that resist a slide into disillusionment, apathy, and passivity in the present. Together we will explore how filmmaking can articulate and claim agency over place – insisting that perceived fixed realities are fluid and conditional.
The festival programme includes one vegan or vegetarian group meal (lunch or evening meal) per day which is included in all tickets.
We encourage attendees to join us for the duration of the festival, beginning on the afternoon of Tuesday 23 June and concluding at midday on Thursday 25 June 2026.
Day passes
Sliding scale: £0-10
Festival Pass
Sliding scale: £0-20
A link for booking discounted accommodation will be sent to you following a purchase of a MAXIMUM TILT ticket.
Tuesday 23 June
Afternoon session
1pm – Registration & refreshments
2.30pm – Opening screening
4pm – Comfort break
4.15pm – Group discussions
5.15pm – Break
Evening session
6.30pm – Group meal (complimentary)
8pm – Screening
9.30pm – End
Wednesday 24 June – Midsummer’s Day
Morning session
10am – Refreshments
11am – Screening
12pm – Comfort break
12.15pm – Group discussions
1pm – Break
Afternoon session
2.30pm – Screening
4pm – Comfort break
4.15pm – Group discussions
5.15pm – Break
Evening session
6.30pm – Group meal (complimentary)
8pm – Screening
9.30pm – End
Thursday 25 June
Morning session
10am – Refreshments
11am – Closing screening
12pm – Comfort break
12.15pm – Closing discussion
1pm – Group lunch (complimentary)
2.30 – End
Prioritising slowness, conversation and being together across three days, Andrew and Anne-Marie have programmed a series of screenings, discussions and group meals. We’re really excited that we are also able to invite attendees to stay in discounted accommodation in St Andrews for the festival’s duration.
The programme for MAXIMUM TILT explores land, place and belonging through a selection of films that explore collective agency over placemaking common to both rural and urban settings. Bringing together films made in Scotland and the UK in conversation with international works, the programmers intend to undermine conservative narratives of place and disrupt oversimplified and romantic ideas of the rural.
By considering the potential of moving image to be a political, poetic and collective endeavour, Andrew and Anne-Marie seek to trouble a nostalgic view of the past and find forms that resist a slide into disillusionment, apathy, and passivity in the present. Together we will explore how filmmaking can articulate and claim agency over place – insisting that perceived fixed realities are fluid and conditional.
The festival programme includes one vegan or vegetarian group meal (lunch or evening meal) per day which is included in all tickets.
We encourage attendees to join us for the duration of the festival, beginning on the afternoon of Tuesday 23 June and concluding at midday on Thursday 25 June 2026.
Day passes
Sliding scale: £0-10
Festival Pass
Sliding scale: £0-20
A link for booking discounted accommodation will be sent to you following a purchase of a MAXIMUM TILT ticket.
Tuesday 23 June
Afternoon session
1pm – Registration & refreshments
2.30pm – Opening screening
4pm – Comfort break
4.15pm – Group discussions
5.15pm – Break
Evening session
6.30pm – Group meal (complimentary)
8pm – Screening
9.30pm – End
Wednesday 24 June – Midsummer’s Day
Morning session
10am – Refreshments
11am – Screening
12pm – Comfort break
12.15pm – Group discussions
1pm – Break
Afternoon session
2.30pm – Screening
4pm – Comfort break
4.15pm – Group discussions
5.15pm – Break
Evening session
6.30pm – Group meal (complimentary)
8pm – Screening
9.30pm – End
Thursday 25 June
Morning session
10am – Refreshments
11am – Closing screening
12pm – Comfort break
12.15pm – Closing discussion
1pm – Group lunch (complimentary)
2.30 – End
