January 2019
Hackney Wick Residency
Winter residency in Hackney Wick. Arts and Cinema events. Programme curated by Anna Chase-Roberts: Contact: curator@fiodra.co.uk
Find out more »Liquid Roots – Dance Performance
A performance by dance artist Hannah Warren. (FREE EVENT) Forming routes through our country, establishing my connection to nature and having a past that defines my present, the canals are my root. I am forever drawn back to the calming and yet ferocious waters, to the chugging of an engine and the working of a lock. This connection to Britain’s canals is embodied in my movement improvisation, Liquid Roots, which you can happen upon on Thursday 24th January 2019 between…
Find out more »February 2019
Anchor and Hope (Film)
A romantic comedy set on and around the rarely-filmed London canal system, Anchor & Hope has won multiple awards – including Best Male Lead for David Verdaguer at the 2018 Gaudí Awards and Best Film for Marques-Marcet at the 2017 Seville European Film Festival.
Find out more »Tides (Film)
“Gorgeously shot… one hell of a debut… glorious… Felber’s future in filmmaking looks bright. Tides has an authenticity to it that’s hard to come by… Levinson’s Diner and Kasdan’s The Big Chill come to mind” ★★★★ Set against the backdrop of Southern England's serene waterways, a group of fortysomethings gather for a sunny weekend reunion on a narrowboat steered by canal boat novice Jon (Jon Foster). Loaded with booze, the gang - Jon, Red (Robyn Isaac), Zooby (Jamie Zubairi) and…
Find out more »Swandown (Film)
Swandown is a travelogue and odyssey of Olympian ambition; a poetic film-diary in which Andrew Kötting and Iain Sinclair pedal a swan-shaped pedalo from the seaside in Hastings to Hackney in London, via the English inland waterways. Director: Andrew Kotting Writers: Andrew Kotting, Iain Sinclair Stars: Anonymous Bosch, Philippe Ciompi, Marcia Farquhar
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