Coastal Currents 2009 » Film Screenings

Encounters at the End of the World

coastadmin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:38:23 +0000

U, Werner Herzog, 2007 101 mins, USA A visually stunning exploration of the raw beauty of a land of fire, ice and corrosive solitude.

Open-air Preview Screening / film installation of the old St Leonards Bathing Pool

coastadmin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:36:30 +0000

A newly commissioned film featuring archive footage of this disused historic pool in St Leonards.

This project has been enabled by Screen South and the UK Film Council’s Digital Film Archive Fund Supported by the National Lottery.

See the website for details to be confirmed.

The Holy Mountain

coastadmin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:34:41 +0000

PG, Arnold Fanck, 1926 106 mins, Germany Subtitles

Fanck braved treacherous conditions in the Alps to capture their stunning beauty along with breathtaking action in this silent film.

Two Coastlines

coastadmin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:32:55 +0000

These captivating documentaries explore two artist’s relationships with two very different parts of UK coastline.

Grant Gee introduces: The Western Lands: ‘Hoy’
Grant Gee | UK | 2007 | 9mins.
The Western Lands: Hoy features acclaimed writer Jim Perrin’s attempted climb of the Old Man of Hoy on his 60th birthday. A meditation on landscape and mortality, on climbing up and climbing out. A poetic documentary of love, loss and landscape under the dying of the light.
“West is a landscape of loss. West is where the light dies” —Jim Perrin

Mark French introduces: The Catch.
Mark French, UK. 2009, 18mins
A biographical film of the paintings by Laetitia Yhap, revealing the hidden world of the local fishermen. With unprecedented access to the life of the Stade, this film documents the changing story of this ancient way of living as it faces the modern world. It features an in depth interview with this nationally collected artist as she looks back upon her life in Hastings.

Preceeded by two shorts:
The Downfall of MightyMan
Rebecca Marshall, UK, 2009, 4mins
Filmed on The Stade beach, Hastings – this is the fictional story of a small girl and a strongman, an extraordinary tale of mind over muscle.

Summer Breeze
Richard Heslop, UK 2007, 8mins
One day in the life of the fishing beach and Hastings seafront filmed over one day.

Iain Sinclair Introduces: Marine Court Rendez-Vous

coastadmin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:31:04 +0000

Unrated, Iain Sinclair & Chris Petit, 30 mins, 2008, UK

Iain Sinclair introduces his film installation set at the Marine Court building, a pre-war construction on the Hastings seafront.

Niagara

coastadmin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:28:18 +0000

PG, Henry Hathaway, 92 mins, 1953, USA

Marilyn Monroe and Niagara are raging torrents of emotion that even nature can’t control…

Andrew Kötting Introduces ‘Landscape as more than Scenery’

coastadmin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:25:49 +0000

Filmmaker Andrew Kotting introduces the work of artists and film-makers who have been inspired by the great outdoors to make work in beguiling and exhilarating ways.

La Strada

coastadmin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:23:51 +0000

PG, Frederico Fellini, 108 mins, 1954, Italy, Subtitles

La Strada, “the road,” tells the story of a simple-minded peasant girl who is sold to a brutal circus strongman.

Shot by the Sea Projection Space Live

coastadmin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:21:55 +0000

Join us for this entertaining and lively quarterly event featuring award winning guest filmmaker GXJacques.

Modern Life

coastadmin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:17:55 +0000

PG, Raymond Depardon 87mins,

2008, France, Subtitles

With introduction and live readings by poet Nicholas Johnson of Etruscan Press and Short Film: ‘PHILIP’

With a warm irreverent eye Depardon presents a rural community and the legacies that bind them to land and family.