All The Wild Horses - Film Screening

Presented by BHS Suffolk, All The Wild Horses is an award-winning documentary feature film, which follows international endurance riders competing in the longest and toughest horse race in the world, the Mongol Derby. In this race across 700 miles of Mongolian steppe, riders are on their own, navigating from horse station to horse station, where they change horses every 30 miles. 

Riders have to deal with dehydration, hypothermia, exhaustion, extreme weather, attacking dogs and roaming wolves. They spend the nights out in the wild or share tents with local nomad families. To choose the wrong horse at a horse station could get them bucked off, causing them to lose their mount in the process, or suffer more serious injuries. 

Filmmaker Ivo Marloh completed the race twice to embed himself in the individual stories and document exactly what compels riders to risk broken bones, life-threatening injuries, their life savings, and often a good dose of mental sanity to experience one of the last true wildernesses on earth, on the back of wild horses.

In 2017 the film won several Best International Feature Documentary awards, was awarded Best Film at the Spotlight Documentary Awards, and the Best Director award at the Equus Film Festival. 

BHS coach Philippa Kemp-Welch will introduce the film, drawing on her own equestrian adventure, riding 140 miles across Mongolia in 2018, through the steppes to the Gobi Desert and fundraising over £4000 for the British Horse Society. She will share some of her experiences of riding the Mongolian horses - the breed largely unchanged since the time of Genghis Khan - and give us some insight into the culture and lifestyle of the Mongolian herders and the unique environment they live in.

Please note that due to some swearing near the end of the film, it has a 15 Certificate, so unfortunately nobody younger than 15 years can be admitted.

Venue Information

The screening is taking place at the Spill Festival Think Tank, next door to Ipswich Museum, and the ticket price includes tea, coffee and biscuits. Doors will be open from 6.30pm, the screening will be introduced at 7pm and the film is 90 minutes long. The building has step-free access and an induction hearing loop. 

There is limited parking (for up to 10 cars) available at the rear of the building (accessed via St George Street). There are two other car parks 5 minutes walk away, the NCP Ipswich Tower Ramparts and Crown Car Park on Claude Street. If you wish to use Crown Car Park, you need to park before 6.30pm and ensure you're parked on the exterior, ground-level section, and not within the multi-storey area, otherwise you won't get out! Another option is the Spiral Car Park next to the New Wolsey Theatre, which is around 8 minutes walk away. The Think Tank is a 25 minute walk from Ipswich Train Station; a taxi from the station will cost around £6 or £7. If you have any questions about this event or the venue, please email kathryn@spillfestival.com