Homeless people in Dunfermline have become movie stars to challenge public perceptions of people in their situation.
The Process was shot in the town’s temporary accommodation for homeless people, James Bank Centre.
A gala screening in Fife will follow after it is screened during Document 8, an international human rights documentary film festival in Glasgow’ at the end of the month.
A group of 14 homeless people worked with homeless services co-ordinator Kaitie Lorimer, of Frontline Fife, filmmaker Sacha Kahir and poet Nick-e Melville to produce the movie, which features three former residents of James Bank.
It was funded by the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust, Frontline Fife and Kingdom Housing Association, which runs the centre.
In 2007 and 2008 Frontline Fife organised a digital photography project involving residents of James Bank and homeless people who visit Frontline Fife’s drop-in centre at the town’s Gillespie Memorial Church hall. But Kaitie said this was a bigger and much more ambitious project.
“I think it’s unique. Homeless people don’t usually do things like this,” she said.
She added that she would like the film to be seen by as many people as possible, in the hope that it would influence decision makers and change public perceptions.