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Oriel Davies Gallery
The Park, Newtown
Powys SY16 2NZ
Telephone: +44 (0) 1686 625041
Fax: +44 (0) 1686 623633
Email: desk@orieldavies.org
Monday - Saturday 10am-5pm
Free Admission

Film screening: Sleep Furiously

Saturday, 28 January 2012

Film screening of Sleep Furiously and discussion with Director, Gideon Koppel and writer, Jay Griffiths

Saturday 28 January, 2-5pm

Sleep Furiously (90 mins) 2008 A film by Gideon Koppel with music by Aphex Twin

An award-winning film of life in Trefeurig, a Mid Wales village. Called ‘the most beautifully elemental documentary film to have emerged in Britain in over a decade’, this poignant film follows an agricultural community over a year. Review on The Guardian website

This 90 minute special screening is followed by a not-to-be missed opportunity to hear Gideon Koppel in conversation with author, Jay Griffiths, writer of the acclaimed novel, Wild.

A free event, but please book early as places are limited. Tel 01686 625041