A Beastly time at Bestival

Bestival / Isle of Wight / 6-9th September 2012

Bestival was a whirlwind of animalistic costumes, joyous dancing, human rivers flowing to the brilliant main stage acts, and days of glorious Summer sunshine. Our first year at this island escape fest, we were overwhelmed by the response to our lush haven and feral film programme. We were especially delighted to be working in partnership with Branchage (in a takeover the Lost Picture Show for sets of comedy, music and live scores), Midnight Movies and The Sound of Film to bring some wild revelry to the fields.

With all that was going on, we’re glad we didn’t miss:

- Stevie Wonder!
- The resplendent Sigur Ros
- Waking up with lindy hop grooving dance sessions in the amazing spiegeltent
- Continuous merriment in the Knees Up tent, especially the outstanding Ida Barr
- Early morning transcendental meditation in the ampitheatre with David Lynch Foundation

 


Teeth of the Sea performing “Beyond the Transfinite”

Lots more pictures in our Bestival gallery on Facebook: http://bit.ly/BestivalPix

 

THURSDAY:  THE HUMAN ANOMOLY

An opening day of films featuring all that is twisted and strange about us humans from freaks and geeks to the filthiest people alive, with a peppering of animalistic transformations and a hint of the urge to massacre.

- 18:30 Freaks

- 20:00 Brazil

- 22:30 Pink Flamingos

- 00:15 The Fly

 

FRIDAY: CREATURES OF THE NIGHT

From outer space and out of the closet, we’ve got creeping creatures to haunt and delight. 11:00 Good Morning Bestival film

- a documentary made at last year’s festival.

- 12:25 London Short Film Festival: Music Shorts

An Afternoon with Branchage

  • 13:15  The Memory Band perform folk film soundtrack songs – a selection of music from classic British films, including Far From The Madding Crowd, The Wicker Man, Barry Lyndon and The Innocents.
  • 14:00 Kate Hutchison live radio show
  • 15:30  Pleb Talks: Wildlife & Cinema theme – The world’s first, only, and who knows, perhaps last ‘comedy think tank.’
  • 17:45  This is the Kit live soundtrack of Here’s a Health to Barley Mow – A BFI-curated National Archive programme of short films from 1912 onwards, accompanied by a live soundtrack by Bristol and Paris based folk outfit

- 19:15 The Muppet Show – two classic episodes featuring John Cleese and Julie Andrews

- 20:30 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari – Courtesy of Eureka!

- 22:00 Barbarella

- 00.00 Midnight Movies present: All-Night Creature Features (Predator & The Thing) and interactive mayhem

 

SATURDAY: ANIMAL INSTINCT

Frisky felines, imaginary pets, toothy tyrants and even a bit of monkey madness. Beasties friendly and fierce take the screen, along with some very special guests.

- 11:00 Harvey

- 14.00 Last Shop Standing: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of the Independent Record Shop
With an introduction and Q&A from Graham Jones, author of the book ‘Last Shop Standing (Whatever Happened to Record Shops?)’

Branchage Late Night Double Bill: Live Soundtracks

- 00:45 The Birds

- 02:30 Fritz the Cat

 

SUNDAY: ROADKILL CAFÉ

Classic films for anyone who has been left along the wayside with escaped leopards, human experiments and psychedelic journeys.

- 11:00 Bringing Up Baby

- 13.00 Soul Power – A documentary on the legendary soul music concert staged in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974. Courtesy of Eureka!

- 15:00 The Private Life of Plants: The Social Struggle – the one with the creeping vines taking over everything.

- 16.00 Audience Vote Monster Showdown:King Kong v Godzilla (amphibian triumphs over primate!)

- 18:00 The Island of Lost Souls

- 17:30 The Black Cat

- 21.00 Akira – the original genre-defining anime. courtesy of Manga.

- 23.30 The Sound of Film presents: Movie Theme Karaoke – it was epic!

- 01:00 Holy Mountain

 

 

2 October 2012

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