Friends of the Armchair Traveller

Yesterday I received an email from our friend David concerning his recent work  "Mansions in Eternity" .  This film has been held back for release later in the year, but as David explains, it is now included in a new collection linked below. Hello Peter, Just thought I would share with you the news that my film  Mansions in Eternity  has been selected by German curator Wilfried Agricola for his  Peace Letter to Ukraine  project which includes films by some of my highly-respected peers in the experimental field.  I'm very happy to stand in solidarity with Ukraine in one of the few ways I can - as a filmmaker. The program (including my film) is linked below. I have a long association with Wilfried Agricola stretching back to 2011 when he selected my first (after many decades) experimental film  Dystopic Overload  for his globe-trotting  Cologne International Videoart Festival  which screened films at many other festivals, galleries an...

 Just received from my fine friend Geoff Gardner Hi Peter, As the director of the very first film ever shown at Cinema Reborn, way back in 2018 I thought I would send you some early advice for your blog followers and any others with whom they share their thoughts. This year’s Cinema Reborn catalogue is being distributed a little differently. Instead of us just printing a small number of copies and selling them during our event there will still be a limited number of copies printed but we are expecting a far broader readership by making it available free online via our Cinema Reborn website and via the Ritz Cinemas website. This year’s edition is 76pp of absolutely splendid critical commentary. It is already posted on the Ritz website so I thought I would pass along the link. You can now read it, download it into your PC or print it out if you wish. The publication was designed and laid out by Cinema Reborn’s great friend David McLaine to whom we owe a huge debt of thanks. Here...

  As you all know from previous postings both on Facebook and on this blog since March last year, I have been following the dream which Maggie Grout initiated about 7 years ago. Maggie's dream to provide low cost education infrastructure to people in third world countries burdened with non-existent budgets, very poor natural resources or facilites led her to establish the "Thinking Huts" project. In the time which has passed since 15 year old Maggie set up her NGO (?) she has gathered together a very competent team of supporters and now they have completed Stage 1...  this is a proptotype building in Madagascar, a "printed" concrete building! Yesterday I received this brief email from Maggie after the opening of her dream building in Madagascar. Hello Thinking Huts Family!  April 14, 2022.  We did it! Truly a miracle. 7 years bringing everyone together to achieve this large vision.   I will be forever grateful for our dedicated and selfless volunteers, ou...