DEAR FUTURE FILM SEASON
October - November 2024
'WILD MAGIC'
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Wild Magic shines a light on our connections with the wild world and each other.
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Rebecca E Marshall, Clare Whistler and Rachel Pearson are your hosts with special guests along the way. We warmly invite you to explore our programme of features, a woodland walk, live music and a celebration meal.​
‘The Echo’ is a beautiful observational documentary of children growing up in a remote village learning from their animals and their elders. Our family film (classic Jim Henson) is ‘The Dark Crystal, a hugely enjoyable puppet film about forces fighting to regain balance. ‘20,000 Species of Bees’ portrays a family gaining new understandings of self-identity from bees. Homeground Kitchen will prepare an elemental four-course meal alongside the premiere of our film project ‘On Belonging’ that celebrates our four walking meditations of 2024, and we welcome the incredible violinist Joanna Lawrence.
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Programme
The Dark Crystal
Friday 1st November, 4pm
Electric Palace Cinema
FAMILY FRIENDLY SCREENING & PRE-FILM ACTIVITY
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Orphan Jen, raised in solitude by a race of the peace-loving wizards called the Mystics, embarks in this film classic from Jim Henson, on a quest to find the missing shard of the Dark Crystal which gives the Skeksis their power and restore the balance of the universe.
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ALL TICKETS £6
The Echo
Sunday 10th November, 11.30am
Electric Palace Cinema
SCREENING & DISCUSSION
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In the remote village of El Echo that exists outside of time, the children care for the sheep, their land and their elders. They learn to understand death, illness and love with each act, word and silence of their parents. A story about the echo of what clings to the soul, about the certainty of shelter provided by those around us, about rebellion and vertigo in the face of life. About growing up. This is a docufiction set in Mexico.
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ALL TICKETS £12
On Belonging
Sunday 24th November, 1pm
CELEBRATION MEAL, FILM AND MUSIC
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Join us for a very special meal to share four elemental courses of food created by Homeground Kitchen, accompanied with film and live music.
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The film screening is the premiere of 'On Belonging', with footage from our four seasonal walking meditations in Powdermill Woods during 2024.
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With live music from violinnist Joanna Lawrence.
40 spaces available: £40 per person
20,000 Species of Bees
Sunday 1st December, 4.30pm
Wishing Tree House
SCREENING AND DISCUSSION
A tender, heartfelt drama about an eight-year-old’s indelible summer holiday of self-discovery. Set in the Basque Country, Cocó spends hours with her great aunt, the village beekeeper, watching her work and asking her to define unfamiliar terms. It’s here that Cocó feels most free to be herself.
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Post-film conversation with Hastings Beekeeper Katherine O'Brien (Bee Potions) and artist, writer and psychoanalyst Glenys Jacques.
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ALL TICKETS £10
UPCOMING FILM WORKSHOPS
February 2025, Hastings Contemporary
Three film workshops for adults will be led by artist filmmaker Rebecca E Marshall.
The workshops draw inspiration from the Still Life exhibition and are a space for slowing down, playfully observing and making a short film for someone you know now or in the future.
