CinemARC at GSF: It Will Never Work on World Ocean Day
Come along to this CinemARC and Glasgow Science Festival screening of It Will Never Work to celebrate World Ocean Day.
ARC Public
Date: Monday 08 June 2026
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Venue: Advanced Research Centre
Category: Films and theatre
For the third year in a row, we’re partnering with our good friends at Glasgow Science Festival, to bring you this very special CinemARC event. To celebrate World Ocean Day, we’ve got three screenings that showcase the wonders of our oceans.
After the film, during World Ocean Day at the ARC during Glasgow Science Festival, you can attend a researcher panel, 'The Future of Oceans' details of which can be found here.
For the second screening of the day, we’re pleased to be showing the 2024's It Will Never Work. The film follows the real-life struggle of converting the UK’s first fishing boat to solar and electric power to fish at a competitive and commercial level.
It Will Never Work | Joe Osborn | 2024 | 57 mins | PG
It Will Never Work is set on Scotland’s West coast in the scenic and alluring Argyll village of Tayvallich. Filmed over the course of almost a year, the film runs with the highs, lows and challenges related to the venture as well as the determination and skillset of the builder and skipper. The young local director Joe Osborn has skilfully engrained the seasonal moods, the strong local community spirit and the Argyll way of doing things into a compelling story of our times. One fisherman’s conviction towards the carbon free future we all need to embrace. A small film, but a powerful one.