Dunoon Film Festival presents… The Hermit of Treig

Ken Smith has spent the past four decades living in a log cabin nestled near Loch Treig, known as ‘the lonely loch’, not too far from Fort William. He has no electricity or running water. He lives off the land, fishing for his supper, chopping wood, and even brewing his own tipple.

Director Lizzie MacKenzie has known Ken since 2012 and filmed him through changing seasons and challenging health problems. Her warm, captivating documentary, now presented in a feature-length version, fondly celebrates a man in the wilderness and records the friendship that has grown between them..

Lizzie MacKenzie, 2022, UK, (PG), 1hr 19min       

Winner of the Audience Award at Glasgow Film Festival 2022