The film follows two neighbouring farmers in Devon — both called Derek — whose clashing philosophies about land use set them on a collision course. One farms intensively; the other has turned his fields over to rewilding. It’s funny, warm, and surprisingly moving.

Screen Daily called it an “engagingly eccentric crowdpleaser,” and it played to two packed houses in Thessaloniki. The film has been acquired for international sales by Cat&Docs — more news on distribution to follow.

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The three-day run began with A Night to Remember, a full venue takeover on 15 January, before Ristband’s immersive show Altered ran across the following two evenings — a live music performance combining violin, electronics, spatial audio and virtual reality, in which audiences wearing VR headsets fly through interactive virtual landscapes while the music shifts between the live set and fully digital worlds. The experience was created specially for Memory Unwrapped, exploring how perception of a place evolves across generations as memories form, fade and are reshaped by technology.

A brilliant few nights at one of London’s finest venues.

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Today is the first of a two-part series with our guest, musician and composer Alexander Parsons. In Part I, we’re discussing Alexander’s score to the upcoming film, “Flight 149: Hostage of War,” the extraordinary story of passengers and crew who become unwitting hostages during Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait. We also discuss the impact of music teachers on their students, and how his own teacher influenced his life. 

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Director: Jenny Ash
Composers: Alexander Parsons and Ollie Howell
Vocals: Tamar Shawki
Orchestration: Kezia Tomsett
Strings: Christopher McClain, Klara Schumann, Alexander Parsons
Drums: Ollie Howell
Engineer: Andy Ramsey
Additional Mixing: Dom Howard
Mastering: John Elleson-Hartley
Album Artwork: Euan McGrath
Label: Sky / SATV

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We covered a lot of ground, from my early years learning violin in South London, to how I found my way into composition at Goldsmiths, and the role that technology has always played in my creative process. We also talked in depth about some recent projects, including Tucci in Italy for National Geographic and BBC Studios, and Flight 149: Hostage of War, which had just premiered at SXSW.

One of the themes Sandra was curious about was how I approach heavy subject matter — how do you score a story from inside someone’s head, rather than simply following the action? It’s something I find endlessly fascinating, and we had a great time getting into the detail of it.

Read the full interview over at Creative Reverberations: creativereverberations.com

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Thank you Gemma, for inviting me on. I really enjoyed our conversation.

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