Matter of Britain
Synopsis
The performance took place over 12 months from 2023 to 2024 in multiple locations across the parish of Mayfield, East Sussex. Over 300 members of the community took part as questing knights, angelic choirs, guiding anchorites and tempting devils.
The performance was documented and subsequently made into an ethnographic fantasy that has screened at the Museum of Modern Art, CPH:DOX, Cinéma du Réel and Open City Documentary Film Festival.
The work was supported by an Arts Council England Project Grant, the Lund Trust, High Weald AONB, East Sussex Arts Partnership, the University of Reading and the Museum of English Rural Life.
Details
- Year
- 2026
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 104 min
- Format
- Digital Video
- Director
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Peter Treherne 1st Feature
- Producer
- Peter Treherne, Jane Urquhart, Anna Thompson
- Editor
- Peter Treherne, Piers Broadfoot
- Screenwriter
- Peter Treherne
- Director of Photography
- Piers Broadfoot, Peter Treherne
- Sound
- Michael Umney, Simon Keep
Genre
Production Status
Production Company
Peter Treherne
Herons FollyFletching St
Mayfield
East Sussex, TN20 6TE
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