Director
David McLean
Starring
Conor Berry, Tara Lee, Sean Connor, Grant R. Keelan
Run Time
91 mins
Release Year
2019
Country of Origin
UK
Language
English
Director of Photography: Alan McLaughlin
Editor: Khaled Spiewak
Produced by: Alex Weston, Virginia Lee
Screenplay by: David McLean, Khaled Spiewak, Kyle Titterton
Production Designer: Wendy Cairns
Schemers
Part of the Best of British Strand
Set in Dundee c. 1979, Schemers is based on writer-producer David McLean’s early years in the music business. A fledgling promoter, he ambitiously booked bands with his friends John and Scot, all of them from the Dundee schemes. Young Davie (Conor Berry) is determined not to get a ‘real’ job. He starts out running discos and, after a run in with a local gangster, raises his ambitions to booking major bands such as Iron Maiden. Shot in and around Dundee using local talent, Schemers celebrates youthful ambition. [12A]
Schemers is nominated for the 2019 EIFF Audience Award.