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Against The Tide Now Online!Against The Tide Now Online!

News release 26/02/2010

Against The Tide is an interactive documentary project developed by Earth Stock Films, in which local filmmakers create responses to films in the region's archive. It aims to inspire new films, encourage participation in the creation and generation of local archive, and foster a dialogue about people, history and place. The project launched at Brighton's SEE Festival on 20th February with a screening of the first four short films made by Daisy Asquith, Kat Mansoor, Danny Weinstein and Wilma de Jong.

Permanently Yours (dir. Daisy Asquith)
Ken has been perming June’s hair for over 60 years. He is now 86 and, although June protests at times, still perms her hair every week. An unsentimental story of enduring love.

Back at the Ranch (dir. Wilma de Jong)
Enid Briggs filmed 1930s Broadstairs and set up a home for retired horses. Ken Taylor became one of the children who helped her - .the beginning of a lifelong friendship.

The Old Man in the Sea (dir. Kat Mansoor)
David Sawyers, whose great great grandfather started The Brighton Swimming Club, still takes a daily dip in the sea. This film is a testament to all that the sea brings to his mind, body and spirit.

The New School (dir. Danny Weinstein)
A film exploring the passing of time, memory and imagination through children's responses to an archive film about their own school.

You can view the films online at www.tide.org.uk.

Against The Tide has been enabled by Screen South and the UK Film Council's Digital Film Archive Fund supported by the National Lottery’ and is a partnership with Lighthouse and Screen Archive South East.
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Earth Stock Films is a new company set up by four media, education, web and exhibition specialists as a vehicle for projects around film and the environment. Their first project has been to set up a website to enable filmmakers to distribute and earn revenue from their environmental footage (www.earthstockfilms.com) and the company is now developing this tool as a resource for education and production.

Still from Old Man In The Sea, directed by Kat Mansoor (Photo: Kevin Meredith)

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