Sidmouth Film Society is showing an anniversary screening of the Titanic docu-drama A Night to Remember , with a collection to benefit Sidmouth Lifeboat.
At 11.40pm on April 12th, 1912, the Titanic had its fateful collision with an iceberg in the North Atlantic. At 7pm on April 12th, 2024, a film concerning what transpired out there amid the freezing waves will be screened at the...
Dartmouth-based explorer and broadcaster Monty Halls has recently returned from his Generation Sea Change project, exploring the response of coastal communities in the South West to marine environmental challenges.
His voyage - shortly to be broadcast in a series of eight films - revealed that the initiatives and projects created by people in Devon and Cornwall lead the UK, and in...
This January, Thelma Hulbert Gallery (THG) presents two immersive film installations by international artist Mikhail Karikis.
Children of Unquiet, 2014 and SeaWomen, 2012 share the experience of two very different communities: fisherwomen from the 'haenyeo' community on Jeju island, Korea, and children brought up by the geothermal powerplant in Devil’s Valley, Tuscany.
Samson and Delilah is the film that put director Warwick Thornton on the map. Harrowing and deeply affecting, Thornton doesn’t hold back in laying bare the brutal realities of the cultural divide still evident in Australia, as we watch the eponymous Aboriginal couple trying to navigate a harsh and unforgiving world. One of the most remarkable Australian films of this century.
Dir. Warwick Thornton, Australia, 2009, 97 minutes.
THIS July, the Avengers’ most feared operative returns to the home of big screen entertainment, as Black Widow arrives at Vue Plymouth – and tickets are on sale now.
From Wednesday 7 July, film lovers and Avengers fanatics can once again Get Lost in the Marvel Universe, as the long-awaited spy thriller recounts Natasha Romanoff’s pursuits in between Avengers Civil War and Avengers...
This January, Thelma Hulbert Gallery (THG) will dedicate their main gallery space to a film by acclaimed Greek-British artist Mikhail Karikis.
‘Mikhail Karikis - Children of Unquiet (2013-14)’ was created with a group of forty-five children living in Devil’s Valley in Tuscany, a volcanic landscape and home to the world’s first geothermal power station. The area has recently become...
5 x artists. 5 x writers. 5 x researchers. Bringing together diverse voices for an online series of arts and culture, in response to the global issues of 2020.
“As part of the Legacies and Futures season we invited five writers and five researchers to respond to the provocation “Everything is changing. Nothing has changed. Change is coming.” Their work is presented as part of the 5x5x5 series alongside the artwork of five artists commissioned through The Arts Institute Covid-19 art fund. The series takes stock of this tumultuous time as we are living it through...
Silence Between Waves is a film performed by a cast of three exceptional Singaporean dancers shot on Torbay's scenic Berry Head.
Taking inspiration from the headland's views and environment and with a soundscape featuring recorded local stories by Torbay's Sound Communities, Silence Between Waves frames a conversation through movement and sound, connecting two countries and places across the sea by reflecting on home and far away. This film features a powerful international ensemble as a metaphor for how our oceans and dance share worldwide connectivity and...
With Dr Alan Butler, University of Plymouth, as part of the Kehinde Wiley exhibition Ship of Fools
“Confined on the ship, from which there is no escape, the madman is delivered to the river with its thousand arms, the sea with its thousand roads, to that great uncertainty external to everything. He is a prisoner in the midst of what is the freest, the openest of routes: bound fast at the infinite crossroads”. Michel Foucault, Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason .
Young men today are awash in a sea of identities....
A new film exploring the fascinating history of one of the most famous deserted villages in England has been released by Dartmoor National Park. ‘Medieval Houndtor: A Contested Landscape’ tells the story of Hound Tor Medieval village and celebrates the contribution pioneering female archaeologist Marie Minter made towards our understanding and conservation of Dartmoor’s heritage. The film is...
