An introductory talk about Powell and Pressburger examined the framing of A Matter of Life and Death. “Listen to all the noises in the air” says the narrator at the start of the film.

The film’s world is made of scarlet lipstick, golden light, blushing rhododendrons, pink roses and blue skies, while its Heaven is sparse and monochrome. Scenes flow seamlessly between darkness and light, dreamlike images gleam like jewels.

In the workshop’s discussion, participants explored the experiences of Peter, the protagonist; his near-death experience and the heavenly intervention given by the film.

They looked at his changed perception of the colours of his environments (the film’s technicolour treatment of life on Earth) and responded as filmmakers experimenting in ‘re-seeing’ the colours of their own daily life. They filmed for one hour in the local area, and made their own images on their mobile phones.

The resulting film-poem is recorded from a live V-J mix of all the participants’ footage at The Electric Palace Cinema to create a collaborative film.