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Bath Film Festival launches immersive events series
Bath Film Festival, aka FilmBath, pushes the boat out for its 35th edition this October with a series of immersive events for all tastes, making imaginative use of venues in the Georgian city.
William A. Wellman’s 1927 silent WWI epic Wings is screened in the ornate surroundings of Bath Abbey, with live accompaniment by Dr Rebekah Okpoti – AKA the Girly Organist.
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The original 1954 Godzilla gets a rare outing at the Museum of East Asian Art, with an expert introduction by Steven Sloss in collaboration with Bath Archeo-Heritage Film. And the foodie classic Big Night is paired with a post-film meal served by social enterprise Bath Community Kitchen, the menu being inspired by the feast at the heart of the story.
One of the most striking venues is Bath Colonnades, which you’ll recognise from Wonka. This splendid riverside setting will host a double bill screening of local director Ric Rawlins’ Wild Swimmers and Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water (pictured above). Both films centre on stories of creatures lurking in the water and have been carefully selected to accentuate the charms of the venue, which is being used by the Festival for the first time.
John Dall, James Stewart and Farley Granger in Hitchcock’s ‘Rope’ – screened with a macramé workshop
Other imaginative events include Hitchcock’s psychological thriller Rope with a macramé workshop held by queer horror collective Reel Life Monsters. And there’s a special screening of Selma, Ava DuVernay’s acclaimed account of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.’s campaign for equal voting rights, at the American Museum & Gardens, which will be followed by a discussion with broadcaster and commentator Roger Griffith MBE, exploring the UK’s own civil rights legacy.
For the gyrating yoof, a screening of Move Ya Body: The Birth of House – a tribute to the origins of house music on Chicago’s South Side – at Roseberry Road Studios, will be followed by a “VJ chill-out space” curated by Polymathic and a house-fuelled Leap & Dance Party.
Tickets for all these events are on sale now. All tickets are available through Bath Film Festival’s Flexible Pricing model, ensuring broad access to the programme. The full festival line-up – including UK previews, international films and filmmaker Q&As – will be announced in September. The Festinal run from October 17-26.
All images supplied by Bath Film Festival.
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