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Changing With The Tides (12A*) + Live Poetry & ScreenTalk with director Daniel Cook

Emerging Film Curators Film Series

,Cinema 2
A man stands on a pier smoking a cigarette next to an old boat.

Head out to sea with this selection of shorts documenting the dramatic shifts in fishing industries and communities across seven decades.

Changing with the Tides is an immersive journey across coastal communities in the UK and beyond, traces technological, social and economic changes in the fishing industry and how it has affected the workers that partake in it. Beginning with the poetic rhythms of traditional swordfish-hunting in Vittorio De Seta’s The Age of Swordfish (1954), the programme traces how cinematic portrayals of the lives of fishermen have been affected by the globalisation of the industry across three key time periods.

Beginning on the coasts of 1950s Sicily and ending on the North East shores of Scotland in 2021, these powerful short films are accompanied by live poetry readings and guest speakers.

Please note the previously advertised short film Last Fisherman will no longer be screened as part of this event.

Tagged with: Cinema Emerging Curators 2023

Curated by Aryan Tauqeer Khawaja, Sophiya Sian, Tony Yang

Programme

Underwater Story

Made in collaboration with the Scottish Home Department's Marine Laboratory at Torry, Aberdeen, the film shows how marine scientists were attempting to overcome declining fish stock in the North Sea.

UK, 1951, 20 min

 

The Age of Swordfish

In this exhilarating and evocative documentary, fishermen hunt swordfish from the shores of Sicily.

Italy, 1954, Vittorio De Seta, 11 min

Trawling North Sea: Dicketa, 1974 (extract)

Super 8 colour film offering a unique and personal view of fishermens’ lives, filmed on board a North Sea Trawler by a Lowestoft skipper.

UK, 1974, Paul Meen, 5 min

 

The Bayview

On the North East Coast of Scotland, an extraordinary family have turned a previously derelict hotel into a place of respite for international fishermen when they come to land.

UK, 2021, Daniel Cook, 18 min

Cinema 2

Location
Barbican Cinema 2 & 3 are located on Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican’s Silk Street entrance. From Silk Street, you’ll see a zebra crossing that will take you across the road to the venue. 

Address
Beech Street
London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.