New year, but what’s this…. OLD docs?
Ecstatic Truths ushers you into 2025 by taking you back to the early development of the documentary form, with a selection of shorts demonstrating the variety of techniques that emerged around non-fiction filmmaking before direct cinema began to make a name for itself in the 50s. If Ecstatic Truths is an answer to cinema verite in our exploration of hybrid and creative documentary practice, it only makes sense for us to look back at where it all began. The programme will explore how the documentary genre evolved in Britain, through this smorgasbord of snapshots of early cinema, most of which are in the public domain.
The programme will be short and sweet with about an hour of shorts and a brief intro beforehand – and why not stick around for a drink afterwards to meet fellow enthusiasts?