Film Screening Weekend

Friday 15th September  -  Sunday 17th September 2023

Space is available on this event

We will be showing the film made on the coast at Othona last year by students from the National Film and Television School (NFTS). Members of the cast and crew will be coming to the screening and this will be a great opportunity to find out about film production from location selection to final edit. 

The film centers on the importance of midwives, Hannah Renton’s period short Gossip is a dramatic look at the power of community during Britain’s era of witch trials. A small, prominently female community on the fringes of East Anglia set about their daily routine but when a due mother begins the process of labour she relies on those around her to guide her through. Renton’s short does an excellent job of showcasing the important relationship mothers share with midwives during labour whilst also depicting the shadowy looming male presence that seeks to disrupt it. A prescient and beautifully rendered portrayal of patriarchal subjugation.

The Film showing will occur on Saturday with a buffet lunch for all attending.

Arrivals: from 3pm Friday - first meal is dinner at 7pm

Departures: 3pm Sunday

Costs: We have two rates for adults £96 (Basic Rate) or £120 (*Benefactor Rate), If you would like to camp then adults are £72 (Basic Rate) or £96 (Benefactor Rate). If you are able to afford the Benefactor rate this helps to support the work of Othona and enables us to provide bursaries to support those who cannot afford to come.  If you wish to come for only one night then the cost is £48/adult.

Normal child rates apply, if you are coming with two or more children then the eldest goes free.

We may be able to offer concessionary rates (25% reduction) at the Manager's discretion. Please contact us to find out more.

*(Find out about our Benefactor Rate)