Films and Podcasts

The Water Replies

Mass participation from Estuary residents is already underway with the journaling and creative writing project, The Water Replies.
Click here to view the full archive of individual journals, each carefully filmed.

How to press seaweeds, a video guide

Alongside the presentation of her moving image work 'Unctuous Between Fingers', Bryony Gillard has created a seaweed pressing video guide.

GYG Talks Art with Bob and Roberta Smith

'GYG Talks Art' is a video series made by young people at The Gr@nd exploring the festival and participating artists through their eyes. In this video they talk to Bob and Roberta Smith at his 'Draw Hope' pavilion in Chatham.

GYG Talks Art with Sadie Hennessy

'GYG Talks Art' is a video series made by young people at The Gr@nd exploring the festival and participating artists through their eyes. In this video they talk to Sadie Hennessy about her work 'Golden Years' in Gravesend.

GYG Talks Art with Webb-Ellis

'GYG Talks Art' is a video series made by young people at The Gr@nd exploring the festival and participating artists through their eyes. In this video they talk to Webb-Ellis about their film 'For The First Baby Born in Space'.

ELIZA

Drawing inspiration from poet Eliza Cook, artist Amy Pennington will perform a short piece to camera on the steps of Ingress Abbey where Eliza stayed, and a number of her works were written.

Deep Thames // Visit Cretaceous

Lydia Brockless' 'Deep Thames // Visit Cretaceous' looks at the materials of Ebbsfleet, and the layers of human and non-human experience contained in the ground beneath our feet.

The Telling Image

Ten short films responding to the festival’s themes of climate, imperial legacy and rebellion curated by Gareth Evans. 

Identity

'Identity' is a new film and audio work, written and produced by Cohesion Plus working with 42 South Films, examining what makes us who we are, looking at how things like race, faith, immigration, the arts and sport shape our identities.



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