Brighton Rocks annual art house film festival is back this June with six days of filmic fun and screenings across two city-centre venues. Set up by lecturer, academic and director James Rollins, the festival may only be nine years old, but it’s got big ambitions: its goal is to give maximum support to emerging filmmakers and become the UK’s main forum for indie and underground cinema.
So what you can expect? You’ll find over 200 boundary-pushing films – including 50 shot in and around Brighton – across a variety of genres, from documentary and drama to experimental film and music, thrillers and horror, comedy and more.
We’re particularly intrigued by You Can’t Fly, a documentary that examines the complex mind of Brighton’s Silverback Tarzan, a 54 year old hang-gliding philosopher who’s achieved a cult following (Sat; 3.30pm) and Brighton-shot Luna (Sun; 2pm), which explores one woman’s quiet descent into solitude as the moon hurtles towards the earth.
There’s also a panel discussion on screenwriting with Sir David Hare and rock icon Toyah Willcox is presenting the awards at the closing ceremony.
The festival comes to a glorious end with an awards ceremony – you can check out the full programme here.
Screenings will be held at Dalton’s, The Actors and Duke’s at Komedia.
Forget pub crawls, now’s the time for a cinema crawl!
Mon 15th – Sun 21st June; various times and locations; from £12.99
rocksfestivals.com
