Shouting at the Sea

Absolutely loved it - the cinematography, the pacing, the framing, the wonderfully 'simple' script that allowed so much said and unsaid to give body and real depth to the characters. Excellent performances too from Harry Michell and Maddie Rice, each delivering an honest and gentle reflection on friendship and youth and what it means to stay or to go.

Shot on location in Hastings, there is an affectionate specificity about some of the scenes, but it's clear that the Film Makers have an excellent eye for place and space and this town is very much every town, every where, in which people stayed in, and people left - and a genuine curiosity for what 'home' means.

Added to that the wonderful backdrop & scope of the sea, voiced by the fantastic Daisy Haggards adds a real poetry to what is a really thoughtful and beautiful film.