The Land Remains (12A) + Director intro and discussion

The Land Remains screens at Plymouth Arts Cinema on Wednesday 23 September, with the director there to introduce it and stay for a talk afterwards. It's a short film — 32 minutes — so the whole thing fits into one evening without taking up your entire night.

Directed by Boris Thompson-Roylance, The Land Remains is a UK production from 2025. It's rated 12A. The film puts Britain's recent fascination with folklore and ritual in conversation with the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge, and from there it asks how land, migration and belonging shape national identity today. Over two years, Thompson-Roylance used film and photography as a practice of deep listening to the British landscape, and the work grew from a need to question national identity in a land marked by ritual, mythology and invasion. It looks at how the realities of folklore and the rising tide of nationalism co-exist within a divided nation.

The screening is followed by a Q&A panel with the director and special guests, and then a short networking session at the bar. So you'll get the film, the talk, and a chance to chat about it with other people afterwards.

It all starts at 6:00pm at Plymouth Arts Cinema, inside the Arts University Plymouth. Tickets are £5 for everyone.