Folkestone’s unofficial guide to what’s going on.
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Documentary film festival running screenings, short film programmes, awards, filmmaker events and a monthly documentary club.
SD Projects’ HQ, 48 Tontine Street, Folkestone
Collective set-building session for The Land of Common Disgrace during Folkestone Documentary Festival. Directed by Saeed Taji Farouky, this collaborative live documentary project explores the criminalisation of pro-Palestinian protest in the UK. Participants are invited to get involved.
The Silver Screen Cinema, 1-2 Guildhall Street, Folkestone
Opening night of Folkestone Documentary Festival with a screening of The Cycle of Love at The Silver Screen Cinema. Tickets include entry to the Opening Night Party from 18:30 before the film, followed by a live Q&A with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Orlando von Einsiedel.
SD Projects’ HQ, 48 Tontine Street, Folkestone
A devised performance and live documentary event during Folkestone Documentary Festival, directed by Saeed Taji Farouky. The day includes public participation, live filming and radical cinema, using re-enactments of activists’ trials to examine the criminalisation of pro-Palestinian protest in the UK.
Screening of the short documentary The Weavers at Folkestone Documentary Festival. The film is scheduled for Friday 23 October at 6:30pm and will be shown alongside Ross McClean's feature documentary Magilligan, billed as the UK premiere of his debut feature.
Docker Brewery, Unit C Park Farm Road, Folkestone
A Folkestone Documentary Festival screening of the documentary WE, THE HATED at Docker Brewery, followed by a director Q&A. The film follows four activists as they weigh the personal cost of protest against the urgency of stopping oil drilling and climate breakdown.