Screening of the animated film 'Beachcomber' by Aristotelis Maragkos, followed by a director's Q&A, at the Electric Palace.
Beachcomber is screening at The Electric Palace on Sunday 1 November, with the director, Aristotelis Maragkos, staying on for a Q&A afterwards. It's a morning session, running from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm, so you'll be out by lunchtime.
Beachcomber is the work of Maragkos, an Athenian writer, director and animator who works out of Hastings. The film follows Elias, a sailor's son who spends his time obsessively dreaming of building a boat from scrap metal, chasing the shadow of his father's legacy. As the boat he's putting together starts to crumble, he's forced to confront the fragile truth of who he really is. It's a haunting, evocative story that sits somewhere between a family drama and a study of obsession.
It's already picked up some serious recognition: it premiered in international competition at the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Alexander for Best Director and the Cinematography Award. Maragkos is also known for The Timekeepers of Eternity, an experimental collage film that repurposes found footage through a unique paper-animation technique, and his work has screened at festivals like Telluride, Locarno and Annecy. Having him there in person to talk through the film is a good chance to hear how it came together.
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The screening is part of the cinema's Hastings Own programme and falls under Independent Visions, a night of modern independent North American films that usually opens with a filmmaker Q&A. It's a paid, ticketed event at The Electric Palace Cinema, 39A High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ER, on Sunday 1 November from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm.
