An Angus production company’s film on the residents fighting Donald Trump’s £750 million golf development in Aberdeenshire is to receive its Scottish premiere this month.
The 95-minute feature has been completed by Anthony Baxter’s independent production company Montrose Pictures and has already received support from an Oscar-winning director, and the trailer for the film clocked up 50,000 views on YouTube in just a week.
The first screening of You’ve Been Trumped will be held at Aberdeen’s Belmont Cinema at 8.30pm on Friday, June 17, and the film will be shown again at Edinburgh’s Cameo Cinema, at 6.40pm on Thursday, July 14.
The film’s director, Anthony Baxter, who was arrested and held in custody while making the documentary, will be on hand to answer questions from the audience.
First Minister Alex Salmond, who declined to be interviewed during the making of the film, will also be invited to the screenings.
The film documents the confrontations between the developers and local campaigners, residents and naturalists opposed to the project which is being built on land which forms part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
The film-makers followed developments at Menie for more than a year, and the documentary questions the decision by the Scottish Government to give the project the green light.
You’ve Been Trumped opened to critical acclaim and packed houses earlier this year when it was premiered at the Hot Docs documentary film festival in Toronto.
Mr Baxter said, “It’s only right that the first showing of You’ve Been Trumped in Scotland will take place in Aberdeen. This will be the first opportunity for residents from the Menie Estate including Michael and Molly Forbes and the people of Scotland to see the film.
“We were overwhelmed by the reaction in Toronto. You’ve Been Trumped is clearly hitting a universal chord.”
While the film was a success at the Canadian festival, Mr Baxter had difficulty on this side of the Atlantic after it was turned down by the Edinburgh International Film Festival and refused funding by Creative Scotland.