Super Nature (Relaxed Screening)

Super Nature is coming to the Electric Palace on Saturday 7 November, as a relaxed screening. It's a love letter to nature shot on old-school Super 8 film by collaborators from around the world, all working from director Ed Sayers' simple brief: film nature where you are. The result is a visceral, deeply personal meditation on the wild world, with imagery that ranges from coral reefs and high deserts to the tiniest bugs and whales. A good deal of the filmmakers are amateur wildlife lovers, which underscores the whole point—that we're all part of nature, essentially interconnected and interdependent.

Mark Kermode called it 'uplifting... life-affirming... organic', a film with a physical soul and a theatrical experience best seen in cinemas. The Super 8 format gives it a particular texture, and seeing it on the big screen does it justice in a way a laptop never could. The screening is part of Green Screen, a series co-curated by Dr Rebecca Sinker, an Arts Producer and Citizen Scientist with the Clean Water Action Group, so it sits within a wider programme of nature-focused cinema.

Because it's a relaxed screening, the environment is a bit more laid-back than a standard showing, making it a good shout if you're taking kids or just prefer a less rigid cinema experience. The film runs from 15:00 to 16:30, so it's a mid-afternoon session that doesn't eat up your whole day. You'll find the Electric Palace Cinema at 39A High Street, Hastings TN34 3ER.