AN UNORTHODOX WEEKEND OF CINEMA IN THE WILDERNESS:

Star & Shadow Cinema at Burnlaw, Northumberland
Friday 19 - Sunday 21 June, 2015.

As part of the Star & Shadow pop-up programme while we relocate, Losing the Plot returns this June for its second edition, creating the perfect conditions for watching films that extend the possibilities of cinema.  LTP incorporates film screenings, discussions, reading material, walks, eating and camping, forming a very special and social opportunity to see alternative cinema in a deep rural setting. 

The programme includes documentaries, feature films and artist film programmes: two films from Patricio Guzman - Nostalgia for the Light and Battle of Chile, new features from Lisandro Alonso and Lav Diaz -  Jauja and Norte, End of History, as well as a 16mm and slide film installation, outdoor screenings and plenty of physical space to exhale into.

Alluding to a mythical El Dorado, JAUJA, Alonso's most recent film follows the journeys of a Danish army captain and his daughter, posted to a windblown Patagonia.
"a quietly magical piece of cinema, a mind-bender of the subtlest kind" The Guardian

Patricio Guzman retrospective: Battle of Chile, his first film, and a landmark of direct cinema, follows the unfolding Allende revolution.  Nostalgia for the Light (2010) looks for traces - in the depths of space, and the shallow sands of the Atacama desert, for answers to the questions left by Pinochet's atrocities.  Film followed by stargazing

Two recent films from Brazil and Venezuela: Pelo Malo, by Mariana Rondon, looks at Machismo culture through the eyes of a boy who wants straight hair.  Neighbouring Sounds, is a tensely detailed anatomy of a nouveau riche apartment block by the sea where residents grapple with social change in their home turf.

Lav Diaz's new film Norte, End of History transposes Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment to the Phillipines: a young law student commits a murder and goes free, while a family man is unjustly imprisoned.  Filmed in lingering takes, over a 4hr duration, Diaz makes films for a different type of viewing metabolism.

LTP is excited to present the first cinematic screening of a new hand-made 16mm, slide and text work by Amelia Bande (Chile), Deborah Bower, Mat Fleming and Annette Knol (NL). Alongside this will be screenings of recent Chilean short films.

The event is family friendly: screenings are certificated, but Burnlaw has a great play area and plenty of space to explore.
 

BOOK NOW

WEEKEND PASS: £55/45 (including 2 nights accommodation, unbelievably good meals, film screenings, and reading material)
FAMILY WEEKEND PASS: £80
SINGLE SCREENING ADMISSION: £6

 

ALL SCREENINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Tickets available from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/319484
Screening programme:
Friday 19th June:
7pm - Nervous Skies (artist moving image installation)
10pm - Nostalgia for the Light (P.Guzman, Chile, 2010

Saturday 20th June:
11am - Pelo Malo
2pm - Battle of Chile
5pm - Neighbouring Sounds
8pm - Jauja

Sunday 21st June
11am-1pm, 2pm-4pm - Norte: End of History