Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival
An international selection of short films that explore materials and making, and that celebrate craft in all its facets.
Denmark screening.
An international selection of short films that explore materials and making, and that celebrate craft in all its facets.
Denmark screening.
Friday 17 August
Denmark Civic Centre
The international selection of short films, produced by the Crafts Council and Crafts magazine in the UK, is an eclectic programme that explores our relationship with materials and making, and celebrates craft in all its facets.
The 28 short films are divided across two sessions, that cover an incredible diversity of styles, people and approaches.
There’s BAFTA-winning, hand-crafted animation and music videos as well as glimpses behind the scenes in makers’ studios, even a life-size ceramic car.
Specialisms include glass, basketry, ceramics, weaving, felting, letterpress, blacksmithing and metalwork, puppet and violin making.
Themes are at times playful or meditative, some highlight social impact projects, there’s poetry and song, even boxing…
Seats are unreserved & limited to one screening only. Buy your tickets here online to secure your seat. Otherwise tickets at the door $15.
Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival is produced by the Crafts Council and Crafts magazine.
Real to Reel is presented in WA thanks to Maker&Smith, with the support of:
Denmark Community Resource Centre, Rockcliffe wines, MosArts, and Austage.
Chris Keenan
Directed by William Scothern, the documentary is the story of how this brilliant potter went from being a jobbing actor to one of the most successful ceramists in the country via an apprenticeship with Edmund de Waal.
Alan Kitching
A short film by Alice Masters that goes behind the scenes to explain the history and thinking of this legendary figure of British craft.
Heath Robinson
Created by Swedish folktronica band, Wintergatan, the music video features an instrument that might have been created by Heath Robinson and uses over 2000 marbles.
Liz Williamson
The only Australian film in the program showcases Sydney-based weaver Liz Williamson. The film was made for ‘Obsessed: Compelled to make’, an Australian Design Centre touring exhibition, which examines the fundamental human need to make.
Diego Almazan de Pablo
An insight into the work of the brilliant Costa Rican glass artist Juli Bolaños-Durman directed by Diego Almazan de Pablo and the maker herself.
Keith Harrison
A documentary directed by Stephen Gammond illustrates the making of the artist’s ambitious Jerwood Open Forest commission. His idea is to launch a ceramic replica of the last Rover 75 to leave Birmingham’s Longbridge car plant Evel Knievel-style off a timber ramp in Cannock Chase Forest. But will it all go to plan?
In July 2017, Maker & Smith was founded by Mary Ellen Cliff and Carola Akindele-Obe. Their primary objective was to fulfil their strong desire to elevate the professional craft industry in Western Australia. Maker & Smith operates on a volunteer basis and aims for self-sustainability without compromising standards. We rely on partnerships and pay fair fees to skilled artisans and designer-makers who participate in our programs.
Maker & Smith respectfully acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work, including the Whadjuk, Pibelman, and Minang peoples of the Noongar nation. We recognise the importance of their culture and the ongoing contribution they make to the life of this region. We also recognise the significance of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which calls for constitutional recognition and the establishment of a First Nations Voice enshrined in the Constitution.
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