Frem by Viera Cákanyová

Frem by Viera Čákanyová

Czech Republic / Slovakia, 2019, 73’

+ elephantfish by Meltse Van Coillie, 2018, 28'

Presented by East London Experimental Film Club + Slow Film Festival

Good Shepherd Studios E11 3DR

Tickets - pay what you can (suggested £7 admission / £5 concession)

Please join us for the next screening and meet-up of the East London Experimental Film Club at Good Shepherd Studios, a forum for encountering alternative cinema in all of its forms in a friendly and welcoming environment. This month, we are excited to be holding the first London screening of Viera Čákanyová’s experimental documentary Frem (2019), one of the most buzzed-about films shown at Berlinale Forum in 2020.

As the climate crisis becomes increasingly urgent beyond the point of no return, and artificial intelligence expands exponentially, FREM presents a striking and sometimes uncomfortable reaction to the current wave of post-humanist, anthropocentric thinking. A unique and wildly experimental documentary, Viera Čákanyová’s film provides a haunting and futurist portrayal of one of the most beautiful yet extreme landscapes on earth: King George Island off the coast of Antarctica.

Before Frem, we're setting the mood for the Slow Film Festival, which returns to Good Shepherd Studios on 20–21 September 2025 for two full days of slow cinema. In collaboration with the festival, we’ll be presenting a highlight from a past edition: Meltse van Coillie's elephantfish (2018). In this enigmatic short film, we find ourselves aboard a cargo ship, drifting in an endless sea. The sailors cope with the vast emptiness in time and space in their own particular ways. Gradually imagination rises from beneath the surface and takes the helm…

Event Details

Schedule:

• 7:00pm Doors Open

• 7:30pm-9:15pm Film Programme

• 9:15pm-10:00pm Post Screening Discussion and Social

Accessibility: Screening takes place in 1st floor auditorium with stair access. Accessible tickets are available--please email us at eastlondonexperimentalfilmclub@gmail.com if you have any access requirements so that we can facilitate.

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