THE BIGGER PICTURE
The region has a rich year-round calendar of events and activities to thrill and excite. Here is just a taste of some of the events you will find in the city beyond Southampton Film Week.
AES South: Sound Design for ‘A Feral World’ – Leslie Gaston-Bird'A Feral World' is a post-apocalyptic tale of survival featuring a young, orphaned boy and his friendship with a woman who’s desperate to find her missing daughter. Filmed over four years, we watch the boy mature into a teenager. Sound supervisor Leslie Gaston-Bird (AMPS, MPSE) gives an overview of creating and managing audio assets for the 5.1 mix for this feature, which is scheduled to debut next year.
Leslie Gaston-Bird Leslie is a sound engineer with over 30 years of experience in film, video, music, and radio. She works at Mix Messiah Productions, based in Brighton and London. She is also Vice President for the Audio Engineering Society's Western Region (USA & Canada). Leslie is a former Associate Professor of Recording Arts at the University of Colorado Denver, where from 2013-2015 she served as Chair of the Department of Music and Entertainment Industry Studies. Click here to find out more |
Date: Thursday 29th November
18:00 - 20:00 Venue: Palmerston Lecture Theatre, Solent University, East Park Terrace, Southampton SO14 0YN Tickets: Free advance booking 
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Philip Hoare: 'I was a dark star always' - John Hansard GalleryA tribute in film to the life of Wilfred Owen with readings by Ben Whishaw. John Hansard Gallery is pleased to present ‘I was a dark star always’, a new film installation marking the centenary of the death of Wilfred Owen.
The film, written by Philip Hoare and directed by Adam Low, incorporates readings by Ben Whishaw of both letters and poems by Owen, and is filmed at key locations from his life, including the beach in Torquay where he swam as a child, and the canal in northern France where he died, on 4 November 1918, aged just 25. Wilfred Owen was the first poet Philip Hoare loved. Growing up as a teenager in suburban Southampton in the 70s, Hoare saw him as an icon of otherness, alongside Oscar Wilde and David Bowie. 40 years on, ‘I was a dark star always’ is an expression of this affinity and an exploration of what Owen truly represented as a modern artist dealing with themes of the natural world set against human frailty. Click here to find out more |
Date: 04 November 2018 - 25 January 2019
Venue: John Hansard Gallery at Studio 144 142-144 Above Bar Street, Southampton, SO14 7DU Tickets: Free admission 
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Sean Lynch: 'A Murmur, Repeated' - John Hansard Gallery
Artist Sean Lynch presents a trailer for his new artwork ‘A Murmur, Repeated’ (2018) on the video wall in the foyer of the Gallery.
'A Murmur, Repeated', brings together Lynch's explorations of Southampton’s urban fabric and the ludic history of his native Ireland’s bardic culture. This new artwork poses the question: what would a poetic mind of medieval times make of Southampton's shopping centres, ring roads, and city regeneration? Click here to find out more |
Date: 19 October 2018 - 03 November 2018
Venue: John Hansard Gallery at Studio 144 142-144 Above Bar Street, Southampton, SO14 7DU Tickets: Free admission 
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'Bitter Pineapples' Screening and Conversation - City Eye and John Hansard Gallery
Film and performance by Anna Cady and Gabriel Galvez-Prado.
‘My land / my house / my grand mother / her food / myself waiting for her / my brother - recriminations / my homosexuality / a river of blood…’ A few of the words that Mexican dancer Gabriel Galvez-Prado uses to describe his feelings for Mexico. This work is the result of an intensive collaboration between Gabriel and artist film maker Anna Cady. Together they have endeavoured to convey the role dance has played for Gabriel in coming to terms with trauma. Click here to find out more |
Date: Thursday 1st November 2018
Venue: City Eye and John Hansard Gallery at Studio 144 142-144 Above Bar Street, Southampton, SO14 7DU Tickets: Sold out
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Hollywood Filmmakers in Southampton
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Date: Thursday 9th November 2017 Time: 10am - 5pm Venue: Sonar Cinema (LT1), East Park Terrace, Southampton Solent University, SO14 0YN Tickets: Free - book in advance 
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Knit The Walls
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Human Worlds FestivalHuman Worlds Festival is the University of Southampton's Humanities-based festival that runs in November.
Kicking off on Wednesday 8th November with two nights of Hope & Hops, the festival programme includes a pre-release preview of a Southampton produced climate change film, a world café bringing community and research together and evenings with authors Jennifer Egan, Claire Fuller and Philip Hoare. Saturday 18th November is Hands-On Humanities Day, a free-to-attend, family day full of interactive exhibits, workshops and talks. The day will include augmented reality, creative writing, art workshops and many other hands-on activities. Further information and free tickets can be booked at www.humanworldsfestival.com Don't miss The Race is On - preview screening at Southampton Film Week on Thursday 16th November as part of Human Worlds Festival. |
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Date: Thursday 23rd November 2017
Time: Doors open from 7pm/ 7.30pm screening Venue: Lecture Theatre Heartbeat Education Centre ‘F’ Level, North Wing Southampton General Hospital Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD |
Meet the Director Charity Film Night
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Making Waves Film Festival
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City Eye Cinema presents Festive Films
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Coming Soon...City Eye, and therefore Southampton Film Week, is working hard on plans for our exciting move to Studio 144 on Guildhall Square in Southampton. Whilst the fit-out of the arts spaces continues inside, Guildhall Walk is already looking glorious in the autumn sun with the tables and chairs which spill on to it from the cafe's and restaurants on the ground floor. Its a great place to pause for refreshment or to just take a moment whilst admiring the architecture and its relationship with the Civic Centre, Guildhall, the square and East Park. Soon there will be fabulous art and cultural events to head for within the building itself, but as more events and activities begin to take place in and around Guildhall Square and the Cultural Quarter there is a growing sense of excitement. We can't wait to be there and think the move is a particularly fitting way to mark our 30th anniversary.
At Studio 144 we will be able to extend the support and opportunities we offer to the region's filmmakers and whilst we will also continue to work with communities from across the City and its surrounding areas we are excited that those communities will be able to come to us and experience the unique and rich mix of art and creativity on offer from City Eye and our partners John Hansard Gallery and Nuffield. |
 
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