The Tides of Kilpeck (coming soon!
(12 minutes, Wales / England UK, 2024)
A mystical journey, weaving imagined ancient history with mythical spirits and old gods. Built in the late 9th century, Kilpeck Church stands as one of the UK's most mysterious sacred sites, drawing pilgrims worldwide to its Romanesque stone work.
Amongst the many details carved into Kilpecks corbel table is the Sheela-na-gig. An embodiment, the cycles of life, fertility, birth and death, She is mother earth. Marked in Kilpecks the southen door is her conterpart, the Green Man, a symbol of the rebirth of spring, the wild nature within us all.
Listen for Eccelia, personification of the Church, guardian of Kilpeck's mysteries, as she calls forth these older gods. Old loves and friends meet once again to dance amongst the creatures and mythical beasts of our lands before they return to nature once again.
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Matthew Robert Hughes
PRODUCER: Legion Projects
BASED ON: ‘A Dedicatory Incantation to Birth a Congregation of Spirit’ a poem by Hannah Louise Saunders
CAST: Isabelle Jones, Blue Firth and Matthew Robert Hughes
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Rebekah Lowri Llewelyn
COSTUME DESIGNER: Her Mother the Mountain
EDITOR: Rebekah Lowri Llewelyn
MUSIC: Stephen Crowe, Final Track Isabelle Jones
VOICES: Isabelle Jones, Stephen Crowe and Blue Firth
MAKEUP & HAIR DESIGNER: Ashleigh Fisk
SUPPORTING CAST: Martha Hand and Rachel Bowen
MASKS: Her Mother the Mountain and Ashleigh Fisk
CERAMICS: Matthew Robert Hughes
FLOWERS: Layla Robinson
CATERING: Graham Nolan
This film would not have been possible without the kindness and generosity of Diana Blunt and Robin Boswell and Hesketh Millais at St Mary and St David Church, Kilpeck
Funded by the Arts Council of Wales
