John Smith | Programme of Short Films
CAST’s black box screening space re-opened on Tuesday 4 August with a programme of short films
GREEN SCHOOL EVENING
CANCELLED – A special gathering for anyone with memories of Helston County Secondary School, which formerly occupied the CAST building.
THE WRECKING SEASON | INTRODUCED BY JANE DARKE
CANCELLED – When a southwest gale blows for three days, artefacts and natural objects from across the world arrive
ARTIST'S CHOICE | DROP CITY | INTRODUCED BY CAITLIN DESILVEY
Caitlin DeSilvey will introduce an exploration in film of the fabled Drop City – a short-lived artists’ community
ARTIST'S CHOICE | THE GARDEN | INTRODUCED BY SIMON BAYLISS
The Garden offers an intimate insight into the inner world of the iconic film-maker, author, poet and artist Derek Jarman. The backdrop for the film is the garden Jarman created on the windswept Kent coast in the shadow of the Dungeness power station. Interweaving narratives play out, almost wordlessly, to create what Jarman described as…
A Room for Romeo Brass | Introduced by Naomi Frears
The story of two twelve-year-old boys whose friendship is tested by an older interloper.
Pilvi Takala | Talk and Screening
For this special event, the internationally renowned Finnish artist Pilvi Takala will travel to Cornwall to talk about her work. The special evening with will include the presentation of an early slide work, Bag Lady, and the screening of two short films, followed by an ‘in conversation’ and Q&A. The programme includes: Real Snow White,…
PILVI TAKALA | A PROGRAMME OF FOUR SHORT FILMS
Internationally renowned artist Pilvi Takala stretches the limits of documentary making and performance within her works.
Andy Holden | Talk at Falmouth School of Art
Falmouth School of Art will screen Holden’s A Natural History of Nest Building, 2017, (30 minutes 30 seconds) followed by an artist talk. The evening is programmed to coincide with The Cornwall Workshop 2019, led by Holden and held at Kestle Barton on the Lizard peninsula, Andy Holden’s work takes a multitude of forms – large installations or sculptures, long-form videos,…
Lis Rhodes | introduced by Maria Palacios Cruz of LUX
Since the 1970s, artist Lis Rhodes has been making radical and experimental work that challenges dominant political and social narratives and the power structures of language. Her films and writing address urgent political issues – from the refugee crisis to workers’ rights, police brutality, racial discrimination and homelessness – as well as film history and…
Francis Alÿs | The Silence of Ani
Francis Alÿs’s film The Silence of Ani (2015) was shot on location in an ancient Armenian city
Manon de Boer | Caco, João, Mava and Rebecca
Manon de Boer’s film is a study of four young people improvising with dance and movement in an empty space.
MELANIE SMITH | MARIA ELENA
Trained as a painter, Melanie Smith explores the expanded field of painting and its relation to the moving image.
Surface Tensions and Liquid Properties
An evening of artists’ films and animations organised as part of Jubilee Pool Stories.
Maeve Brennan | curated by Polly Staple
Polly Staple, director of Chisenhale Gallery, London, has selected Maeve Brennan’s The Drift (2017) for CAST Film Club
PASSPORT TO PIMLICO | Introduced by Sonia Boyce
Passport to Pimlico was made in 1949 and directed by Henry Cornelius for Ealing Studios.
HÍBRIDOS | A SCREENING OF FILMS FROM BRAZIL
HÍBRIDOS is a filmic archive of musical rituals from the spiritual traditions in Brazil.
WHERE I AM IS HERE | MARGARET TAIT AT 100
Margaret Tait (1918-1999) was one of Scotland’s most innovative and independent filmmakers.
Melanie Smith | screening and Q&A
Trained as a painter, Melanie Smith explores the extended field of painting and its relation to the moving image.
HÍBRIDOS | a screening of films from Brazil
HÍBRIDOS is a filmic archive of musical rituals from the spiritual traditions in Brazil.
In Our Hands
In Our Hands is a documentary that explores the quiet revolution transforming the way our food is produced and distributed
DELFINA MUÑOZ DE TORO | concert and conversation with Gina Buenfeld
Delfina Muñoz de Toro has spent years traveling the world to study ancestral cultures and to visit artisans and healers
tampopo | Introduced by Jonty Lees
How far would you go for the perfect ramen? Tampopo is a brilliant underdog story of a roadside ramen shop vying to create the best ramen around.
Crystal Voyager
Directed by David Elfick, Crystal Voyager is structured as a loose biography of pioneering American surfer and filmmaker George Greenough