The Ballad of a Great Disordered Heart (+ live muziek – Mooiedingenmakers presents)

Home is about family, stories, traditions - especially musical traditions. At least, it is for Aiden O'Rourke, a folk musician from Edinburgh's Old Town (and also one of the directors of this documentary). During lockdown, he gets to know three of his octogenarian neighbours, who all happen to be called Margaret, and listens to their stories. It sparks something in him; a new appreciation for his origins and culture. Aiden therefore decides to bring together a group of Irish and Scottish folk musicians, within which they can all discover exactly what their sense of home means.

Filmmakers Aidan O'Rourke, Becky Manson and Mark Cousins create a beautiful ode to Old Town's centuries-old history, to the handful of streets around the Cowgate which have long housed a proud Irish diaspora. Through music, song, with the sounds of an old Scotland and Ireland, one finds connection.