A Year in a Field + Director Q&A

12A

Winter Solstice 2020: with his camera and tripod, BAFTA winning documentary filmmaker Christopher Morris began filming each day in a field near his home. As the world around him tries to cope with the stresses and strains of climate change and the human condition, Morris holds a quiet, reflective vigil: the story of an unassuming Cornish field at Land’s End.

A crop of spring barley forms the centre of an unfolding, compelling and beautiful narrative, but the field is extraordinary in one respect. At its centre is the Longstone, a 4000-year-old standing stone, carved, and thrust into the soil at a time when humans first began to adversely affect the planet.

This pillar of granite has stood silent sentinel to everything we have done and continue to do, the ominous stone figure forming the central protagonist in this sublimely unique film. It points to where we have come from and perhaps, where we are headed.

This screening will be followed by a live Q&A with director Christopher Morris.