Essex Book Festival

Beach of Dreams Film-Screenings
2025-05-28 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | King's Quay Street, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3ER, United Kingdom
Beach of Dreams Film-Screenings
Wednesday 28 May, now starting at 4.00pm
Electric Palace Cinema, Harwich
Free - All welcome, booking recommended.

At our special Beach of Dreams community film-screening we will be showing short films from the Collecting Dreams, Shifting Futures project and Beach of Dreams.

Funded by Historic England and run by community-driven art and design organisation Kinetika, ‘Collecting Dreams, Shifting Futures’ is a story-gathering project uniting communities in Great Yarmouth, Harwich and Orford Ness.

With a special emphasis on coastal heritage, the project centres on inclusivity and working with diverse local communities.

Find out more about Collecting Dreams, Shifting Futures at essexbookfestival.org.uk/new-project-celebrates-the-coastal-heritage-of-great-yarmouth-harwich-and-orford-ness/.

Collecting Dreams, Shifting Futures is part of the national Beach of Dreams 2025 project.

Beach of Dreams is taking place 1 May - 1 June 2025. It is a UK-wide coastal arts festival exploring the unique heritage, cultures, and futures of our coastlines in the face of the climate emergency. Find out more at beachofdreams.org.

A selection of short films will be screened including:
Dreamers – A film by Fotis Begklis about Beach of Dreams 2021
The film was commissioned by Kinetika and Essex Cultural Diversity Project, following the walkers on their journey across diverse terrains and coastlines. Hear form participants as they reflect on their personal connections to their coastline and their hopes for the future of our beaches.

Collecting Dreams, Shifting Futures - Harwich by Marley Karazimba
and
The silent scream of hares – Orford Ness by Lucia Barbagallo
These films were created for the Collecting Dreams, Shifting Futures project where participants were invited to explore and share stories of the unique coastal heritage of Harwich and Orford Ness.

Please join us at Electric Palace at 3pm - all welcome!

Part of our Celebrating Collecting Dreams, Shifting Futures day in Harwich.

Join in the fun this half term at the finale of Essex Book Festival and Kinetika’s collaborative story-gathering project, Collecting Dreams, Shifting Futures: a community celebration of Harwich’s fascinating heritage and coastline.

Find out more at essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/celebrating-collecting-dreams-shifting-futures/.

Photo of Beach of Dreams by Mike Johnston
