This autumn the Screen Shot partnership presents Dual Delights, an evocative film programme across Brighton and Hove. Exploring the subversive and stylistic legacy of rewnowed directors Powell and Pressbuger, Dual Delights investigates transgressive presentations of gender and sexuality with the power of cinema and performance.

Fabrica will be hosting a two-parter event in response to our Powell and Pressburger screening Oh…Rosalinda! The event features a life drawing session and film screening inspired by British filmmaker, gardener, & activist Derek Jarman. Tickets can be bought for both parts or for the screening only.

PART 1: 6.30 – 7.30 – LIFE DRAWING: Exploring Colour with Derek Jarman

The session will be untutored, but led by film programmer and artist Piers Courtney, exploring colour through Jarman’s book ‘Chroma.’

Written a year before his death and with his eye-site almost gone, Jarman’s Chroma explores colour through poetry and lyrics in an attempt to memorialise colour even when it was receding from his own life. The session links colour to poses and emotions and celebrates colour as Powell & Pressburger had, with their brilliant use of technicolour.

After the session, each participant can enjoy Jarman’s queer biography of one of the greatest painters in history: Caravaggio.

PART 2: 7.30 – 9.30 – FILM: Caravaggio / 1986 / 1hr&33mins / Rated 15

This beautifully lit and vibrant fictional portrait of Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, reflects the world and look of his paintings.

The film is told in a segmented fashion, and follows the painter as he wanders the streets. Caravaggio works with homeless people as models for his work, and takes on two different lovers Ranuccio and Lena. Caravaggio leads a complicated life in spite of his relative success, with his reckless behaviour steering him towards an early death.

“Jarman’s film is bit of a curate’s egg. Arguably the most accessible of his films, it remains a testament to his distinctive visual style. Taking a leaf out of Pasolini’s book, Jarman jettisons period authenticity in favour of highly aestheticised spaces, filled with beautifully composed and lit pictorial tableaux. The theatrical acting and dialogue, as well as the occasional token anachronism – designed to emphasise the artificiality of it all” Andrew Puilver, Guardian

Doors & refreshments open at 6pm for a 6:30pm start for life drawing. Doors reopen for those with just screening tickets at 7.30pm for a 7.45pm start for the film . Affordable refreshments and popcorn stand on site.

• We recommend booking in advance for this event as places are limited. Bookings can also be made in person at Fabrica by speaking to a member of the team during office hours (9am – 5pm Monday to Friday). No booking fee applies to in person bookings.
• Online bookings will close 1 hour before the event starts – unless ‘Sold Out’ there is likely to still be tickets available on the door.
• Fabrica is a registered charity and donations are always welcome: add a donation ticket on top of your existing ticket(s) or sign up to make a regular donation here.
  

For Fabrica’s full programme of events please visit fabrica.org.uk/whats-on

Powell and Pressburger: Dual Delights

October-November 2023

This autumn the Screen Shot partnership presents Dual Delights, an evocative film programme across Brighton and Hove. Participating venues, Fabrica, Cinema Saltdean, The Old Market and White Wall Cinema, will each present a title from the Powell & Pressburger’s back-catalogue and a second screening which takes inspiration from it. The programme also features experimental shorts, an outdoor choral performance, life drawing, talks and more.

Delight in the spectacle of cinema, metaphysicality and dream-like reverie that is notorious of Powell and Pressburger.

Led by Fabrica on behalf of Screen Shot, which promotes and supports alternative film events in Sussex. Screen Shot works with independent programmers, film clubs, festivals and community groups to help special events, pop-up screenings and live cinema events reach a wider audience.

This programme is part of a major BFI nation-wide celebration Cinema Unbound: The Creative Worlds of Powell and Pressburger and was brought to you with support of the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK.