Check out our upcoming Dreel Burn Project events, we have something for everyone!

You can find out more about the project at a drop-in information session on Saturday 26th November from 12pm to 2pm at Dreel Halls. Our working group and staff from Forth Rivers Trust will be on hand to explain what the project is all about and how you can get involved.

For the scientists among us, in the morning of 26th November you can join in our information session on water monitoring, which is one way of contributing to our project. Meet us at the footbridge near Dreel Tavern at 10.30 dressed appropriately for this outdoor, burn-side activity. We’ll be collecting samples at Dreelside Woods and testing them with the help of Forth Rivers Trust staff.

For those who would like to connect with the burn in a more creative way, we are running an Autumn monoprinting workshop on 27th November, 2pm to 4pm at Dreel Halls. Local artist Linda Jackson will lead the workshop, teaching participants how to make Autumn monoprints inspired by the seasonal colours and natural materials from Dreelside Woods.

You can find more details on these Dreel Burn Project events on our Other Events page, including how to buy tickets for the workshop.

Anster Cinema is back on Sunday 7th August with this “strange and wonderful tale” full of “thrillingly life-affirming performances” (The Guardian).

Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, isolated from society, devoted but unconventional father Ben (Viggo Mortensen) dedicates his life to transforming his six young children into extraordinary adults.

When tragedy strikes the family they are forced to leave their wilderness paradise and begin a journey into the outside world that challenges Ben’s idea of what it means to be a parent and brings into question everything he has taught his family.

Dir: Matt Ross
Cert: 15
118m

Tickets: £5 / £2 under 18s – available on the door.

Refreshments available by donation to the AIA.

This Oscar-winning film stars Frances Dormand as Fern, whose change in circumstances sees her transition to become a modern-day economic nomad, living out of her van and travelling the roads of America’s Midwest to follow the work.

As we accompany Fern on her journey, we meet some of the other characters who make up her new community.

Dir: Chloé Zhao.
Cert: 12A
107m

Tickets: £5 / £2 under 18s – available on the door.

Refreshments available by donation to the AIA.

This year we are partnering with East Neuk Festival for two exciting events at Dreel Halls. We have a free, drop-in film screening – a joyous celebration of the Scottish weather in film and music from the East Neuk’s very own David Behrens (for details see below), but first up, we have some mellow jazz:

Helena Kay’s Kim Trio &  Jonny Mansfield
Friday 1st July, 6pm 
Sublime Music That Stirs The Senses And Emotions‘ [Glasgow Herald]
Scottish tenor sax player, Helena Kay, played with Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra in her teens, and after studies in New York and London, she’s building a formidable reputation as a true rising star of jazz. She brings us her trio, with guest vibes player, Jonny Mansfield, for an hour of rich, mellow jazz that fits right into the great tradition of Sonny Rollins and Charlie Parker, but speaks a language all their own.

Tickets £15 (£5 for 7-17 years) available here
65 minutes
Ages 7+

Thunderplump Film Show
Saturday 2nd July, 11am – 4pm 
East Neuk’s David Behrens has travelled Scotland over the past year to film the great Scottish weather in some glorious and great Scottish landscapes.  His films lie at the heart of ENF’s big project this year – Thunderplump (tickets and information on the Thunderplump event here) – but here is a chance to enjoy them in their own right, re-cut to form a spectacular film installation. The film will run on a loop between 11am and 4pm – drop in any time.

Free entry
15 minutes
All welcome

We do hope you will join us for one or both of these wonderful events. 

Based on a true story, hardened journalist Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys) is asked to write a profile of America’s beloved children’s entertainer Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks).

We watch as his cynicism is gently worn down by Mister Rogers’ consistently kind, hopeful, forgiving and loving worldview.

Dir: Marielle Heller
Cert: PG
109m

Tickets: £5 / £2 under 18s – available on the door.

Refreshments available by donation to the AIA 

Anster Cinema’s full programme for 2022 is now available.

All films start at 6.45pm on the first Sunday of the month (with the exception of June, which will screen a week later so as not to clash with the Anstruther Harbour Festival).

Tickets: £5 / £2 under 18s – available on the door.

Refreshments available by donation to the AIA

Sunday 1st May: It Happened One Night

Frank Capra’s acclaimed and stunning Oscar-winning comedy sees a spoilt heiress on the run from her overbearing millionaire father. Crossing paths with a roguish reporter (Clark Gable), he promises not to turn her in if she provides him with an exclusive story. It is not long before the pair fall in love.

Dir: Frank Capra

Cert: U

105m

Sunday 12th June: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Based on a true story, hardened journalist Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys) is asked to write a profile of America’s beloved children’s entertainer Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks). We watch as his cynicism is gently worn down by Mister Rogers’ consistently kind, hopeful, forgiving and loving worldview.

Dir: Marielle Heller

Cert: PG

109m

Sunday 3rd July: Nomadland

This Oscar-winning film stars Frances Dormand as Fern, whose change in circumstances sees her transition to become a modern-day economic nomad, living out of her van and travelling the roads of America’s Midwest to follow the work. As we accompany Fern on her journey, we meet some of the other characters who make up her new community.

Dir: Chloé Zhao.

Cert: 12A

107m

Sunday 7th August: Captain Fantastic

Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, isolated from society, devoted but unconventional father Ben (Viggo Mortensen) dedicates his life to transforming his six young children into extraordinary adults. When tragedy strikes the family they are forced to leave their wilderness paradise and begin a journey into the outside world that challenges Ben’s idea of what it means to be a parent and brings into question everything he has taught his family.

Dir: Matt Ross

Cert: 15

118m

Sunday 4th September: Bait

Focusing on two Cornish fishermen, Bait is a truly original and beautifully shot drama. An experimental British hit, it deals with the tensions between locals and tourists against the backdrop of second homes, short-term lets and gentrification in a small fishing village.

Dir: Mark Jenkin

Cert:15

89m

Sunday 2nd October: Phantom Thread
Daniel Day Lewis stuns in his final performance in this film by writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza, Boogie Nights). Set in glorious 1950s post-war London, Phantom Thread follows Reynolds Woodcock, a renowned dressmaker at the centre of British fashion at the time. A well-known bachelor, his ordered life is shaken up when he falls in love with a waitress who becomes his muse. 

Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson

Cert: 15

130m

Sunday 6th November: The Old Man & The Gun

Sharp, funny and based on a true story, we follow career criminal Forrest Tucker, who escapes from prison at the age of 70, eluding the FBI and enchanting the public. Starring Robert Redford, this light-hearted, touching and funny take on a cops-and-robber story is a great final film for the cinema icon.

Dir: David Lowery

Cert: 12A

93m

Sunday 4th December: Little Women
Our Christmas screening is the 2019 adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel, directed by Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) and starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh and Eliza Scanlen as the four March sisters. Faithful to the original and well-loved story, Gerwig’s adaptation brings in some contemporary energy, with a storyline that follows Jo March as she reflects back on her life. 

Dir: Greta Gerwig

Cert: U

135m

Design a duck is back!

Design your own duck – you can use our template or be as creative as you like and make your own dressed-up duck. Display your duck in your windows for everyone to enjoy.

Send us a photo of your duck before Monday 11th April for a chance to win some cracking prizes!

Copies of the colouring sheet are available in Anstruther from: Cellardyke phone box, Anstruther Post Office, East Neuk Pharmacy, The Corner Shop Cellardyke and the Anstruther Co-op. Or you can just start with a blank sheet of paper and make your own design.

To enter our competition for the chance to win a prize please take a photo of your design and send it to us at: info@anstrutherimprovements.org or DM our Facebook page by Monday 11th April, 2022. Don’t forget to include your: name, age (if under 18), contact phone number and permission for us to share your design on social media.

Competition runs from Monday 28th March to Monday 11th April, 2022. Winning entries will be contacted and announced on our AIA Facebook page from Thursday 14th April. Prize winners can collect their prizes from Dreel Halls (back terrace) after our Easter Duck Race on Saturday 16th April, 10:30am.

All ages are welcome to participate! Good luck and get designing! 

Written and directed by the talented Taika Waititi, this comedy-drama stars Roman Griffin Davis as ten-year-old Hitler Youth member, Jojo Betzler.

Jojo’s discovery that his mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in the attic sets off a string of events that forces him to question his ideological beliefs and reconsider his choice of imaginary friend.

Dir: Taika Waititi
Cert: 12A
108mTickets: £5 / £2 under 18’s – available on the door.

Refreshments available by donation to the AIA 

As part of our duck race celebrations we are hoping to raise funds for the AIA from our creme egg cosies again.

If you are handy with a pair of knitting needles and happy to donate your time and skill, please get knitting!

There are two patterns to choose from and you can find them here – the cute wee chicks we have had in previous years and a new addition, some sweet wee bunny rabbits.

People have lived, worked and played at the Fife coast for thousands of years, and the evidence is all around us in the incredibly varied and rich archaeological heritage.

Joanna Hambly will give an overview of Fife’s coastal archaeology and delve deeper into the stories of some of our remarkable sites.

You will also learn about resources to guide you on your own exploration of Scotland’s coastal archaeology and how to contribute to knowledge about it.

Joanna Hambly is an archaeologist and research fellow at the University of St Andrews. Through her work with the SCAPE trust, she manages an award-winning national programme of community research into the archaeology of Scotland’s coasts.

Members and non-members are welcome to attend our public talks at Dreel Halls in Anstruther. If you are not yet a member of the AIA you can attend individual Anster Nichts for £3 per event. Membership is £10 per year and to find out more please visit our Membership page.