Natural World Blog
A Rare Glimpse into the Ocean

In partnership with the Filmhouse, we're screening classic cult cinema, award-winning documentary and some fascinating rarely seen big screen explorations of our environment. Dive under the sea with our compelling selection of films...

You can still catch the amazing documentary Between the Folds directed by Vanessa Gould, today (Tuesday 12^th April) at 6.15pm!  Discover the remarkable artistic and scientific creativity that fuels the art of origami and fuses science and sculpture, form and function, and ancient and modern. At this screening, you will also get the chance to watch a stunning short film before hand, revel in Russian master animator Garry Bardin’s wondrous stop-motion film from.

Wednesday 13^th April brings the phenomenal The Films of Jean Painlevé. He began his pioneering work in the 1920s, documenting and dramatising the private lives of animals in the coastal waters of his native France. This programme features highlights from his long career as a poetic observer of underwater life.This screening, also, includes an introduction and a post-screening Q&A for further discussion of this cinematic great.

A Zed & Two Noughts on Thursday 14^th April, is the dark and perversely comic story from controversial director Peter Greenaway. A must see this film tells the tale of twin zoologists and their search for the meaning of life through their obsession with evolution and decomposition. Frank Hepburn, of BBC Scotland, will introduce this film and lead a post-screening Q&A.

One not to miss is Jacques Perrin and Jacques Culzaud’s ecological documentary-drama Oceans, is filmed in underwater locations across the globe. Part thriller, part meditation, this film brings the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world to our attention. Come along on to the screening on Friday 15^th April at 6.15pm forintroduction and a post-screening Q&A.

Catch Luc Besson’s awe-inspiring celebration of the beauty and wonder of the world beneath the sea, Atlantis on Saturday 16^th April at 4pm. This documentary explores the thrilling and mysterious world of ocean as you’ve never seen it before. On Sunday 17th April at 8.30pm enjoy a rare screening of Luc Besson’s cult classic The Big Blue (Le Grande Bleu) with a memorable soundtrack by Eric Serra. This beautiful and contemplative love story, starring Jean-Marc Barr, Rosanna Arquette and Jean Reno, tells the story of a man torn between life on land and the intense and perilous underwater world of free diving. Which will he choose?

Don’t forget Filmhouse’s Ticket Deals! Get 15% off if you book three (or more) films in this season. These packages are available online, in person and on the phone, on both full price and concession tickets