Fear in the Fens Festival 2025 |
Friday 24th October 2025 |
| Website:www.fearinthefens.com |
| Marriots Warehouse South Quay KING'S LYNN Norfolk PE30 5DT |
| The 10th Fear in the Fens Film Festival opens with a very special evening exploring the Witchcraft Acts and the East Anglian women who were tried and executed down the centuries. The evening will feature a screening of the acclaimed short film: Gossip: East Anglia, 1584. When a young woman goes into labour a group of women, led by the local midwife, guide her through the trials of labour. But as they celebrate the safe arrival of new life, a greater danger arrives at the door. Writer and director Hannah Renton will introduce her film. Hannah's work has screened internationally at festivals including BFI Flare, LSFF, Aesthetica, Rhode Island and Kiev Molodist, as well as in museums, archives, and community and art spaces. She is a graduate of the NFTS and considers the Essex mud her muse. We will also be hosting a talk and Q&A from Ruth Dillon from the We Are Witch Quilt, a new artistic collaboration honouring those tried as witches in East Anglia. This remarkable piece of work is touring the country and we are proud to host part of it in a capsule exhibition at Marriott's Warehouse while we are working to find a venue to bring the whole exhibit to King's Lynn. Both Hannah and Ruth will be taking part in a Q&A session where we will explore these two artists' different approach to the subject. ?The quilt panel pictured right is by Lily Doble and honours Margaret Read (Shady Meg), who was burnt to death in 1590 in Kings Lynn. This event and exhibition has been made possible with the support of Visit West Norfolk.? |
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