2021 Archives - CAST

Water and Stone 2021

Taking place across three days in September 2021 the first programme of Water and Stone events set out to examine the geological sources of Helston’s exceptionally fine granite buildings and pavements and the relationship between geology and industry that is evident in the town’s network of kennels and opes – all features that contribute to…

HELSTON TOWN BAND AT CAST CAFE

Helston Town Band will perform classic Christmas carols, with mulled wine and mince pies on offer from the Café.

THE STUART HALL PROJECT

Caroline Deeds, Lecturer Factual Television and Documentary at Falmouth University, will introduce a special evening screening of John Akomfrah’s feature length film

Festival Angels, Elves and Santas

Learn how to make an angel who can flap her wings, an elf or a santa that jumps for joy.

Dig!

Artist, musician and music promoter Liam Jolly has selected this unflinching cult documentary, which follows the journeys of two bands, the Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Dandy Warhols, and the friendship and rivalry between their respective founders, Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor. Filming over a seven year period, director Ondi Timoner captured the musicians’ love and obsession, gigs and recording sessions,…

The Stuart Hall Project

A film about revolution, politics, and culture, this portrait of the influential Jamaican-born intellectual Stuart Hall (1932 – 2014)

Daisies

Věra Chytilová’s 1966 surrealist and anarchic farce follows the misadventures of two bored and rebellious young Czech women.

HALF-TERM SCREENINGS OF CHROMACOPIA

Chromacopia, the film created especially for the Art Lab schools programme by artist and learning specialist Kate Turner

CAST AT BANGERS AND MASH-UP

CAST is contributing to the Bangers & Mash-Up festival, which will be held at United Downs Raceway, St Day, Redruth TR16 5HU on Friday 15, Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 October. Gates open at 12 noon every day and close at 11pm. Friday 15 October bands start at 4pm. Saturday and Sunday 16 and 17 October bands start…

RED RIVER: LISTENING TO A POLLUTED RIVER

This weekend CAST is hosting a cluster of events organised and presented by Field Notes

Stalker

The protagonist of Andrei Tarkovsky’s classic film is an illegal guide known as ‘Stalker’.

Water and Stone

Water and Stone is a new event in Helston’s calendar, organised by CAST in association with Helston Makes It!

Bonfire

Bonfire, Dmitrii Davydov’s debut feature, follows the life of a Yakut elder.

MANON DE BOER | Bella, Maia and Nick

Artist Manon de Boer invited three young musicians to spend time together at Porthmeor Studios in St Ives

Landscape Painters Anonymous | Simon Bayliss

Landscape Painters Anonymous is a roving watercolour workshop, focused on the leisurely pursuit of observational landscape painting. All ages and experience levels are welcome, including anyone who hasn’t painted before. The painting sessions are informal, although some guidance will be offered. Participants will be provided with paints, brushes and paper, although you’re welcome to bring your…

WOMEN OF CORNISH MUSIC | SCREENINGS

The Hypatia Trust has commissioned seven new short films to celebrate the ways in which women shape Cornwall’s musical life. The films will be screened at CAST throughout the day on 30 and 31 July. All are non-fiction, focusing on contemporary women who work with music in many different ways – from music therapist to…