As we welcome summer’s end and enter the darker half of the year, we invite you to bask in the flicker from these 6 short analogue folk films. While some are more overtly folk-coded than others, veering into the territory of folk horror, all embrace the alchemy and tangibility of celluloid film processing. They are independently-produced, often processed by hand, and shot on the amateur formats of Super 8, 16mm and DVCAM. They are not products to be consumed, but deeply personal works to be collectively enjoyed and engaged with.
Featured Work:
- Diving Wombs / Paola Guzmán Figueroa / FIN / 2024 / 8’ / 16mm & DVCAM
- Muyas (Inheritance) / Jules Leaño / GER / 2024 / 7’ / 16mm
- Norðanvindr / Will De Ritter / UK / 2026 / 7’ / Super 8
- The Stone Key / Will De Ritter / UK / 2024 / 3’ / Super 8
- Thanatophobia / Ieva Balode & Michael Higgins / LAT / 2022 / 11’ / 16mm
- Transmutation / Charlie Jimenez / UK / 2026 / 9’ / 16mm
Curated by Wyrd Lab, a new artist-run folk film lab expanding access to analogue film processes through workshops, screenings, and community building.
Hosted by Barking Community Cinema, co-programmed by Abel Holsborough and Maria Anastassiou offering free monthly screenings of independent artist films and experimental work.
Location: The Living Room, A House for Artists, Barking, England
Date: Thursday, October 29 2026
Doors open 7pm. Screening starts promptly at 7:30pm.