Documentary about Secret Garden Party only begins to get the spirit of the shindig when it degenerates into a collaged melee
Dylan Harvey’s documentary commemorates Secret Garden Party, the boutique festival in Abbots Ripton that ran from 2002 until 2017 – and which is returning later this year. Provided you can stomach the frequent outbreaks of self-satisfaction, there’s a lot of entertaining footage and woozy anecdotes here in a lord of misrule vein. Its Usp (heavily inspired by Burning Man) was that it was a party rather than a festival; the onus was on attendees to get dressed up, stuck in and become part of the spectacle, rather than a passive audience.
It’s ironic, given the often-asserted iconoclasm of the event, that That Was a Serious Party cleaves hard to the staid talking-heads format, starting with founder and “head gardener” Freddie Fellowes. Possibly tired from 15 years of partying, the heads...
Dylan Harvey’s documentary commemorates Secret Garden Party, the boutique festival in Abbots Ripton that ran from 2002 until 2017 – and which is returning later this year. Provided you can stomach the frequent outbreaks of self-satisfaction, there’s a lot of entertaining footage and woozy anecdotes here in a lord of misrule vein. Its Usp (heavily inspired by Burning Man) was that it was a party rather than a festival; the onus was on attendees to get dressed up, stuck in and become part of the spectacle, rather than a passive audience.
It’s ironic, given the often-asserted iconoclasm of the event, that That Was a Serious Party cleaves hard to the staid talking-heads format, starting with founder and “head gardener” Freddie Fellowes. Possibly tired from 15 years of partying, the heads...
- 7/19/2022
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
It will be in cinemas and available to stream on May 13 2022.
UK production and distribution company Bohemia Media has picked up Venice 2020 title Listen for UK and Ireland distribution in cinemas and on Bohemia Media’s new streaming platform, Bohemia Euphoria.
The first feature from actress-turned-director Ana Rocha de Sousa, Listen is a UK-Portugal co-production drama that premiered in Venice’s Orizzonti section in 2020, winning five awards at the festival. It tells the story of a Portuguese family living in the outskirts of London, grappling to keep the family together after the social services try to separate them. Love Actually’s Lucia Moniz stars.
UK production and distribution company Bohemia Media has picked up Venice 2020 title Listen for UK and Ireland distribution in cinemas and on Bohemia Media’s new streaming platform, Bohemia Euphoria.
The first feature from actress-turned-director Ana Rocha de Sousa, Listen is a UK-Portugal co-production drama that premiered in Venice’s Orizzonti section in 2020, winning five awards at the festival. It tells the story of a Portuguese family living in the outskirts of London, grappling to keep the family together after the social services try to separate them. Love Actually’s Lucia Moniz stars.
- 12/1/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
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