THE LAND REMAINS (12A) 32m + DIRECTOR INTRO & DISCUSSION

Dir: Boris Thompson-Roylance,

Genre: Documentary

The Land Remains places Britain’s renewed interest in folklore and ritual in dialogue with the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge, exploring how land, migration, and belonging shape national identity today. Across a year, director Boris Thompson Roylance spent a year filming pre-christian traditions and sacred sites across the country. Pagan practices, aligned with the calendar wheel, structured around the solstices, equinoxes, and seasonal thresholds. Alongside this, Boris spent a year documenting the Bibby Stockholm Barge in Portland, Dorset, which housed hundreds of male asylum seekers. The filmmaker saw the Barge as a symbol of the previous Government’s hostile environment.

The Land Remains examines how folklore and the rising tide of nationalism collide within a divided nation, revealing how belonging continues to shape national identity today.

A powerful convergence of two themes – migration, and connection to the land – with a powerful manifesto for divided times “we are a migrant nation”.

The film features many prominent voices in the folk community, including folk singer and song collector Sam Lee and alchemist and apothecarist Charlotte Pulver.

Boris Thompson-Roylance is a visual artist, director, and co-founder of the multi-award-winning production company Deadbeat Studios. Working across documentary, fiction, and installation, his work explores identity, ecology, folklore, and subculture, often situating contemporary tensions within wider cultural and historical contexts.

We are thrilled to have Director Boris Thompson – Roylance and special guest speaker Mac Macartney from Embercombe Retreat join us for a post film discussion.

Bar opens from 7pm serving our fabulous cocktails, fine wines and craft beers, as well as savoury and sweet snacks.

Film starts promptly at 8pm with last orders 10 minutes before the film

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